The Hacker

poll, 27% of Americans say their credit card information has been stolen in the past year, and 11% say their computer or smartphone has been hacked. And the rest are scared: Almost 70% of Americans worry that hackers will steal their credit card numbers from retailers, and 62% worry that hackers will target their personal devices” (Battensby, 2015). So what is to take from this? Does society start hiding their money under there pillow again, should banks shut down and society go in…

applications created to do a phone scan and to check newly installed applications to ensure your phone is protected from viruses. The world wide web is like playing Russian roulette because of the possibility of contracting a virus or worm. Hackers across the globe will forever be a serious threat to citizens around the world and National Security. The Department of Defense along with the Department of Homeland Security oversee security measure to protect the United States from…

pick pockets and burglars. “crimes conducted via the internet or some other computer” (Evans, Kendall and Poatsy). With all the dilemmas that the society has to deal with, creating a secure password to protect our personal information from cyber hackers can be very overwhelming. Before it wasn’t so complicated to create a password, but, since then the requirements for a stronger password is special characters that can’t be used more than three times such as;&,@,!,digits, at least eight…

week. Every company surveyed was the victim of a Trojan, virus, or worm type of attack. Ninety-seven percent surveyed were reported to have been the victim of a malware attack and 76 percent were victim of a Web-based attack. Just as worrisome as hackers trying to get into a network system are those with malicious intent who already have access to a system. Forty-three percent of companies reported cyber attacks by malicious insiders and 36 percent of companies suffered attacks as the result of…

disciplines”(WF). Many of these technologies, impact countless parts of our lives, which can enhance our quality of living. Brain-computer interfaces ” the possibility to interact with computers through thought alone – in the field of cybersecurity as hackers could easily find ways to use sensitive and critical data, hijack systems or manipulate devices”(WF). The benefits include making their jobs easier and increasing their ability to problem solve, thus making them more useful. When…

Why might hackers have an interest in hacking? Is it true people prepare to know what to do when they get hacked? You’d better believe that “if your location services are on, you can get hacked and it could be dangerous. Also, on all of our phones, there are social…

Our group decided to discuss the Target breach. This breach occurred in 2013 when they stated hackers broke into the retailer’s network using login credentials stolen from a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company that does work for Target at a number of locations. This company called Fazio had access rights to Target’s network for carrying out tasks like remotely monitoring energy consumption and temperatures at various stores. The attackers leveraged the access provided by the Fazio…

Other companies, such as Bank of America, American Express and Amazon, began using encryption on their website to protect information transferred between the company and the user, minimizing the threat that user data will be seized by hackers (Soghoian 374-375). Using a series of mathematical operations and algorithms, users can protect their data (Saitta). These algorithms are created through processes such as passwords, which are often created through a device or program user. Each password…

can have serious consequences for the owner. In 2015, two hackers conducted an experiment to remotely hack a 2014 jeep cherokee while someone was driving it. In the experiment the hackers had someone drive the Jeep on the highway, while driving the hackers were able to take control of the vehicle. They started small and turned the A/C on, then they were able to turn the radio up as loud as they liked. At the end of the experiment the hackers were able to shut the car down and the car was no…

Evidence shows that individual’s private information such as credit card numbers and company’s secretive information are accessible by hackers who end up using such information for financial gains (McCutcheon 1). Statistically, about 40,000,000 credit cards have ever been accessed by hackers in addition to other 350,000 credit cards which were accessed by a hacker in Neiman Marcus’ Computer system (McCutcheon 1). According to the author, this trend has also been witnessed in government…