A True Cybercrime or Hacking Case Matthew Kelsey‚ Justin Kooker‚ Lacy Gillespie CJA/204 July 30‚ 2012 Mrs. Carr A True Cybercrime or Hacking Case The difference between cybercrime and traditional crime are: Cybercrime is a type of crime that not only destroys the security system of the county but also the financial system of individuals or businesses. Cybercrime is done by hackers that crack into computers and steal software‚ credit card information or bank account information.
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methods‚ and no one is immune. Recently even Presidents G.H. and G.W. Bush have had their emails hacked and information downloaded (Kim‚ 2013)‚ (Rumors‚ 2013). By using different methods and the internet‚ Hackers are using Social Engineering‚ Google Hacking and Workplace Sabotage from a disgruntled former employee or ones who feels that they have an injustice done to them and are motivated for revenge (Link‚ 2013).
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trafficking‚ terrorism‚ alien smuggling‚ fraud‚ extortion‚ money laundering‚ bribery‚ gangs‚ counterfeiting and cybercrime. Cybercrime is any crime that uses a computer and a network. Cybercrime can include crimes such as cyber-bullying‚ computer hacking‚ identity theft‚ piracy‚ credit fraud‚ and cyber-terrorism. All countries have crimes and there is no way to stop crimes completely from being committed. Crimes become a problem internationally when it goes across borders. Some of the major global
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and which records are the most popular. The report fist showed that a percentage of the hacking from outside sources came from the European Union‚ and the most popular info being stolen was financial and retail goods. Surprisingly there were a large amount of threats in house that took advantage of software issue’s and exploited them. More than likely sold the info to outside source to further continue hacking and establishing a backdoor it the database. Of the all the outside attacks according
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Hacktivism: The Anonymous Hackers. Hacktivism is the act of hacking‚ or breaking into a computer system‚ for a politically or socially motivated purpose. The anonymous hackers are part of the hacktivisim‚ it originated in 2003‚ however‚ in 2008 the group began to move toward political and social change. “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us” (Brian 2012). The anonymous hacker group has presented itself in the street of different cities in the world after
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will present an argument that that shows the computer hacking by Max Butler‚ the main character‚ demonstrated in the book Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen‚ was unethical in nature. Max’s actions illustrate computer crime defined as‚ “any incident involving an intentional act where a victim suffered or could have suffered a loss‚ and a perpetrator made or could have made a gain and is associated with computers” (Parker‚ 1976). Max utilized his hacking skills in a malicious manner to victimize individuals
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Ethical Hacking Today’s society is solely based and dependent on computer based systems. With the advent of computer technology‚ we have acquired many good things like online banking‚ online commerce‚ emails etc. Along with the advancements in technology comes the relentless pursuit to prevent criminal hacking. Criminal hacking affects big business as well as the individual. The modern ethical hacker is a person who attempts to penetrate a secured computer system in effort to learn how to further
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What are the five steps of a hacking attack? Foot printing‚ Port Scanning‚ Network Mapping‚ Enumeration‚ Covering Tracks 2. During the reconnaissance step of the attack‚ describe what task Zenmap GUI performs to do passive OS fingerprinting. Zenmap sends discreet packets of data to the host computer and asks for a response. When it gets that response it can hopefully determine what OS is on that computer by the data that was sent back. 3. What step in the hacking attack process uses Zenmap GUI
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This report about the five most significant security breaches of the past six months ago. Nasser Algaber W20055883 Yosuf Altayar W20055881 Index Subtitle pages Introduction 3 Cyber Fraud 3-5 Data breaches 5-7 Network intrusion/ Hacking 7-10 Launching worms 10-11 Cyber bullying 11-12 Category of internet security Breaches 12 Reference 13 Introduction The world has been undergoing persistent transformation which some have been attributed to the changing developments
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personal data being compromised for up to 70 million customers (BGR)‚ questions surrounding the massive Target hack of late 2013 have been aplenty. This security breach is a prime example of technology failing its purpose‚ in this instance‚ a hacker or hacking team gained access to private financial and personal information of Target customers. Canadian Target locations were not affected because they use a different system‚ however Canadian shoppers who made purchases at American Target locations during
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