...Cookie Types and Ethics of Their Use Matthew Fones IFSM 201 06/30/2013 The purpose of this research paper is to identify and explain three commonly seen cookies used on the Internet, along with identifying any potential ethical issues with such activities. The two most commonly used cookies are session cookies, persistent cookies. I will also describe a third type of cookie known as a flash cookie. First I will define what a computer cookie is. A cookie is a piece of text that a Web server can store on a user's hard disk or equivalent. Cookies allow a Web site to store information on a user's machine and later retrieve it (Brain, 2000). Cookies are created when a user's browser loads a particular website. The website sends information to the browser which then creates a text file. Every time the user goes back to the same website, the browser retrieves and sends this file to the website's server. Without cookies, websites and their servers have no memory. Computer Cookies are created not just by the website the user is browsing, but also by other websites that run ads, widgets, or other elements on the page being loaded. These cookies regulate how the ads appear or how the widgets and other elements function on the page. The first type of cookie to be described is the session cookie. This type of cookie allows users to be recognized within a website so any page changes or data selection you do is remembered from page to page. The most common example of this functionality...
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...The browsers that I use are Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer. For this class, I mostly use Internet Explorer due to its compatibility with Blackboard vs. Chrome. At one time, I used Mozilla’s Firefox; however recently, I have found issues with the browser getting a little sluggish and decided to completely go to Chrome and save IE for when I absolutely could not use Chrome. Chrome has become a very well rounded browser from when it started. Currently, the version of Internet Explorer that I use is 9.0.8112.16421 and upon a quick check, it is the most current version. Internet Explorer 9 has anti-phishing and anti-malware functionality. In Internet Explorer 9, the functionality is called SmartScreen filter. To check if it is turned on, you click your settings (or tools) icon, scroll to safety, and click Turn off (or on) SmartScreen Filter. This will launch the tool that allows you to select whether the setting is on or off. I believe this is a great feature of Internet Explorer 9 and my SmartScreen filter is always turned on. In addition, you can double check a suspicious site if you feel that SmartScreen missed it by going to tools, safety, check this website. In addition to the SmartScreen filter, my Internet Explorer 9 browser is also set to block pop-up windows. There are a couple exceptions that I have added to the pop-up blocker which include the Pima Blackboard site and my corporate VPN site. To get to the settings for Java, I go to my Control Panel. Since...
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...Exercise No. 1 Computer Graphics Application Objectives: 1. To define computer graphics and introduce its various applications in different fields. 2. To consider a particular application wherein the students can apply computer graphics as a visualization tool. Discussion: Computer graphics provides methods to generate images using a computer. These include 2D/3D images, graphics, and image sequences that are generated on computer screens or displays, printers and other devices. An image can represent a realistic scene from the real world, but graphics like histograms or pie charts as well as the graphical user interface of a software tool are also considered as images. Application Fields Graphical user interfaces (GUI) can be considered as an application of computer graphics. However, there are standard programming tools and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for the implementation of GUI. These tools make the generation of GUI easy for the programmers. Advertising and art pictures are sometimes designed using the computer only. In particular, photos serve as a basis and are modified or changed with computer graphics techniques. 2D/3D visualisations are used in the representation of high-dimensional data collected in business, industry, economy and science. Other than simple representations like graphs of functions, pie or bar charts, suitable data analysis techniques, methods for visualising high- dimensional data are needed...
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...Browser and Plug in Requirements Blackboard Learn 9.1 June 4, 2014 The dates listed are the original release dates for general availability. Internet Explorer® 10 from Microsoft (26 October 2012 for Windows 8, 26 February 2013 for Windows 7) Internet Explorer 9 from Microsoft (14 March 2011) Some configuration options for Internet Explorer might make some features of Blackboard Learn difficult to use. To learn more, see the Internet Explorer Security Zones and Compatibility View topic in this section. Safari® 6 from Apple (25 July 2012) Safari 5 from Apple (7 June 2010) Safari 5 for Windows is an exception. Apple's continued support for this browser is unclear, and Blackboard does not test it. Firefox® 24 (stable channel) from Mozilla (17 September 2013) Firefox 24 (ESR channel) from Mozilla (17 September 2013) Chrome™ 30 (stable channel) from Google (3 October 2013) Opera - Not supported. Will work if user changes to identify as IE or Firefox. Java and Other Browser Plugins A handful of features in Blackboard Learn require particular additional software to be installed. Without these, the features themselves do not function. For this service pack of Learn, the following features have plugin requirements: Multiple file uploads in Course Files and Content Collection requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Oracle enabled as a browser plugin. The single file upload tool does not have this requirement. The upload...
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...I0059 Laboratory Exercise Loading and Unloading Movie Clips Objectives: At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to: load and unload Movie Clips, and create instances of movie clips on the stage. Materials: Computer with Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed with Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 Procedures: 1. Open Adobe Flash CS4 application. 2. Create a Flash File ActionScript 3.0. 3. Click Insert > New Symbol and set the following: a. Name: jetX b. Type: Movie Clip 4. On the first layer draw a rectangle using the Rectangle tool ( a. Stroke Color: #000000 b. Fill Color: #CCCCCC c. Width: 106px d. Height: 15px 5. Add a new layer by clicking the Add Layer button (). 6. Click on the Line tool ( a diagonal line. ) with the following properties: ) and press the key while dragging the pointer over the stage to draw 7. Select the line and click on the Free Transform tool ( ) and change the angle of the line. 8. Click the Select tool ( ) and click on the line. 9. Right-click on the line and select Copy > Paste in Place. 10. With the new line selected, click Modify > Transform > Flip Vertical to flip the line. 11. Use the Select tool ( ) to position the line so as to form the tip of the triangle. 12. Draw a vertical line to close the gap and to create a triangle. 13. Click Layer 2 and click Modify > Combine > Union. 14. Click the Paint Bucket tool ( ) and set the Fill color to #CCCCCC. 15. Position...
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...used |11.5 |Wireless Card if installed | | | | |Local Admin Password |roo$t3r | |Note: Latest ROMPaq must be installed (dock must be updated |Note: After ghosting and before putting on the network, PC or laptop must have McAfee| |also for laptops). |AntiVirus run on it. | | |General Applications |Ver/Rel |Notes | | |Adobe Acrobat Reader |9 |...
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...Things that can be configured to a web browser in order to stop different threats are that the source code should be closed off to stop people from being able to view it, this way they will not be able to look for any vulnerabilities in the source code with will prevent attackers from using the source code as a step for attacking, people can do thinks like keep their browser updated and patched whenever necessary, they might want to turnoff items such as javascript and active X controls, applications that work with the browser such as ones in which you use to view videos like an adobe flash player for example should be patched and updated daily so that they do not become vulnerable to an attack, the popup blocker should be turned off to prevent you from accidentally clicking on malevolent pop-ups, it is possible to protect against session hijacking by changing the browser’s settings, when you have a screen in which you have to log into with a username, password, or both such as AMU website your computer’s web browser always ask you if it would like for you to allow it to remember the credentials so you do not have type it in every time. You should click no instead of yes because it prevents your credentials of that website from being stored into your web browser’s cookies and being used for session hijacking, in addition to that whatever website someone goes to that requires a log in, like AMU and facebook, they need to actually log themselves out of that page before closing...
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...Elvie Bramich Unit2 Assignment 2 : Microsoft Environment Analysis 1. WHAT VULNERABILITIES EXIST FOR THIS WORKGROUP LAN BASED ON ADVISORIES?LIST FIVE OF THEM. Answer: 2755801, 2719662, 2854544, 2846338, 2847140. 2. DO ANY VULNERABILITIES INVOLVE PRIVILEDGE ELEVATION?IS THIS CONSIDERED A HIGH-PRIORITY ISSUE? Answer: 2846338 involves privilege elevation, Vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution, and is a high priority. 3. IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT AT LEAST 3 VULNERABILITIES AND THE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE CLIENT CONFIGURATIONS. Answer: Three vulnerabilities and Solutions related to client configurations. Advisory Number: 2719662 Microsoft is announcing the availability of an automated Microsoft Fix it solution that disables Windows Sidebar and Gadgets on supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Disabling Windows Sidebar and Gadgets can help protect customers from potential attacks that leverage Gadgets to execute arbitrary code. Customers should consider the following ways that an attacker could leverage Gadgets to execute arbitrary code: Microsoft is aware that some legitimate Gadgets running in Windows Sidebar could contain vulnerabilities. An attacker who successfully exploited a Gadget vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker...
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...Instructor: DR. JAMES E. COFER, SR. Glass Hall 213 jcofer@missouristate.edu Office Hours: MONDAY 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM WEDNESDAY: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM FRIDAY: 12:00 PM -12:45 PM COURSE DESCRIPTION: PREREQUISITE: CIS 101 OR CSC 101; AND GRADE OF C OR BETTER IN MTH 135 OR HIGHER (EXCLUDING MTH 130, FORMERLY MTH 145). COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION OF DATA RELATED TO BUSINESS, MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION, ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY, PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS, SAMPLING, STANDARD ERROR, INTERVAL ESTIMATION, HYPOTHESIS TESTING, REGRESSION ANALYSIS. COMPUTER STATISTICAL PACKAGES WILL BE UTILIZED IN ANALYSIS OF A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS PROBLEMS. Course Objectives/Learning Outcomes: QBA 237 IS A PROBLEM BASED COURSE GIVEN IN A LECTURE FORMAT. In this course you will learn What statistics is and how it is used in decision making Basic statistical terminology How to organize, display, describe, and summarize data using Microsoft Excel and other methods How to calculate and analyze descriptive statistics What is meant by inferential statistics using estimation and hypothesis testing? Basic concepts of probability Basic sampling methods Analysis of data using correlation and regression. Course Resources: BLACKBOARD Consult Blackboard for assignments and due dates before you contact the professor. Blackboard is a Learning Management System which we will use for our course. You can login to Blackboard...
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...40 Tips and Tricks for Kindle Fire HD Below is a list of 40 tips, tricks, hidden features, and recommended apps for the Kindle Fire HD. There’s always a lot to learn when getting started with a new tablet, and these tips can help everyone from the beginner to the advanced user get more out of their Kindle Fire HD tablets. Feel free to share your own tips and recommended apps in the comments section too! Basic Getting Started Tips 1. Kindle Fire HD Help and Support – Here’s the link to the Kindle Fire HD help sectionat Amazon where you can find user guides and help articles on getting started, setting up Wi-Fi, navigating the user interface, troubleshooting, shopping, transferring content, setting up email, and plenty more. The Kindle also comes with an app and has a section in the settings menu called “Help & Feedback” to access Amazon’s help pages from the device itself. 2. Access Notifications and Settings Menu – The notifications menu is accessed by swiping down from the top of the screen. There are a number of quick settings here and the main settings menu is accessed by pressing the "More" button. 3. Install 3rd Party Apps – In order to install apps from outside the Amazon appstore, including several linked to below, you need to turn on "Allow Installation of Applications from Unknown sources" located in Settings > Device. 4. Automatic Screen Rotation – You can turn on and off automatic screen rotation by opening the notifications menu and tapping the locked/unlocked...
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...Introduction This document contains information on the various factors from the user and the server of a website, and their overall effects on the performance and running of the website. It will include the individual effects of each piece of hardware and what it does to help with the performance of the webpage. The effects of malicious entities like viruses and botnets and how they affect the server and its running. User side factors that influence web performance Viruses: If the user’s computer is infected with a virus it is able to reduce the speeds of the internet connection and can overload the processor so it works harder. This then has to calculate the information for the website and other task it has been forced upon by the virus causing loading times to increase. Each virus falls under a different category, each category does a different type of malicious activity. Trojan horse in computing terms is a non-self-replicating malware program that contains malicious coding. This program, when it is executed by the user will carry out various tasks that have been determined the Trojan’s nature. Trojan’s are typically used in a way such that the victim suffers from data loss, data theft, and even possibly damage to the system. Trojan’s can infect the victim’s computer for a various number of reasons. The virus is able to force the machine into a botnet system which is part of DDOS attack. Some attacks that can be unintended or used out of pure intent of being malicious...
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...Flash Tutorials Trademarks 1 Step RoboPDF, ActiveEdit, ActiveTest, Authorware, Blue Sky Software, Blue Sky, Breeze, Breezo, Captivate, Central, ColdFusion, Contribute, Database Explorer, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, FlashCast, FlashHelp, Flash Lite, FlashPaper, Flash Video Encoder, Flex, Flex Builder, Fontographer, FreeHand, Generator, HomeSite, JRun, MacRecorder, Macromedia, MXML, RoboEngine, RoboHelp, RoboInfo, RoboPDF, Roundtrip, Roundtrip HTML, Shockwave, SoundEdit, Studio MX, UltraDev, and WebHelp are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. and may be registered in the United States or in other jurisdictions including internationally. Other product names, logos, designs, titles, words, or phrases mentioned within this publication may be trademarks, service marks, or trade names of Macromedia, Inc. or other entities and may be registered in certain jurisdictions including internationally. Third-Party Information This guide contains links to third-party websites that are not under the control of Macromedia, and Macromedia is not responsible for the content on any linked site. If you access a third-party website mentioned in this guide, then you do so at your own risk. Macromedia provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of the link does not imply that Macromedia endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on those third-party sites. Speech compression and decompression technology licensed from Nellymoser...
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...节中介绍的隐私声明在软件的激活和使用期间传输特定信息。如果您不接受并遵守这些条款，则您可能不能使用该软件或其功能。您可以与设备制造商或安装商或零售商（如果您的软件是直接购买的）联系，了解相关退货规定并退还软件或设备以依据该规定获得退款。请务必遵守退货规定，其中的条款可能会要求您退还该软件以及安装有该软件的整个设备，才能获得退款（如有）。 1. 概述。 a. 适用性。本协议适用于您设备上预安装的、从零售商处购买的以及您安装的 Windows 软件、您用于接收软件的介质（如有）、软件附带的任何字体、图标、图像或声音文件，还有软件的任何微软更新、升级、补充程序或服务，除非它们附带有其他条款。本协议还适用于由微软开发并提供诸如联系人、音乐、照片和新闻等功能的 Windows 应用程序，这些应用程序将包含在 Windows 中并作为其一部分。如果本协议包含有关设备上不可用功能或服务的条款，则这些条款不适用。 b. 附加条款。根据设备的功能、设备的配置方式和使用方式，您对某些功能、服务和应用程序的使用可能还适用其他微软和第三方条款。请务必阅读条款内容。 (i) 一些 Windows 应用程序提供在线服务的访问点，或者依赖于在线服务，使用这些服务有时需要遵守单独的条款和隐私政策，例如 (aka.ms/msa) 上的微软服务协议。您可以通过查看服务使用条款或应用程序的设置（如果适用）来查看这些条款和政策。这些服务可能未在所有地区推出。 (ii) 微软、制造商或安装商可能会提供额外的应用程序，这些应用程序将受单独的许可条款和隐私政策的约束。 (iii) 该软件包含依据 (aka.ms/adobeflash) 上的 Adobe Systems Incorporated 相关条款授予许可的 Adobe Flash Player。Adobe 和 Flash 是 Adobe Systems Incorporated 在美国和/或其他国家/地区的注册商标或商标。 (iv) 该软件可能包含根据本协议或其各自的条款获得许可的第三方程序。您可在 (aka.ms/thirdpartynotices) 上查看适用于第三方程序的许可条款、通知和确认（如有）。 (v) 当 Word、Excel、PowerPoint 和 OneNote 作为 Windows 随附的应用程序使用时，除非依据单独协议您具有商业使用之权利，否则您只能将其用于个人、非商业用途。 2. 安装和使用权利。 a. 许可。该软件只授予使用许可，而非出售。根据本协议，我们授予您在您的设备（许可设备）上安装并运行该软件的一个实例的权利，一次供一人使用，但前提是您遵守本协议的所有条款。使用微软或授权来源的软件更新或升级非正版软件并不会使您原先的版本或更新/升级后的版本成为正版，并且在此情况下，您没有使用该软件的许可。 b. 设备。在本协议中，“设备”是指一种带有内部存储设备、能够运行软件的硬件系统（无论是物理硬件系统还是虚拟硬件系统）。硬件分区或刀片被视为设备。 c. 限制。制造商或安装商以及微软保留本协议中未明确授予的所有权利（如依据知识产权法享有的权利）。例如，本许可未授予您任何以下权利，并且您不得： (i) 单独使用或虚拟化软件的功能； (ii) 发布、复制（除允许的备份复制之外）、出租、租赁或出借软件；...
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...underlying issue but would help block known attack vectors before a security update is available. Apply the Microsoft Fix it solution that blocks the attack vector for this vulnerability. Disable Sidebar in Group Policy. Disable the Sidebar in the system registry. 2737111 Solution: Workarounds refer to a setting or configuration change that does not correct the underlying issue but would help block known attack vectors before a security update is available. Disable WebReady document view for Exchange. 2755801 Solution: Workaround refers to a setting or configuration change that would help block known attack vectors before you apply the update. Prevent Adobe Flash Player from running. Prevent Adobe Flash Player from running on Internet Explorer 10 through Group Policy on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Prevent Adobe Flash Player from running in Office 2010 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Prevent ActiveX controls from running in Office 2007 and Office 2010. Set Internet and Local intranet security zone settings to "High" to block ActiveX Controls and Active Scripting in these zones. Configure Internet Explorer to prompt before running Active Scripting or to disable Active Scripting in the Internet and Local intranet security...
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...Action? Please describe the difference between the two as well. Threat actor is a group using Hydraq (Aroura) Trojan horse they were named Elderwood gang Threat action happen when the attackers used nearly a dozen pieces of malware and several levels of encryption to burrow deeply into the bowels of company networks and infrastructure In simple way, we can say that threat actor is the person who does the attack while the threat action is how this attack assaults the system 2. What were the vulnerabilities that the Threat exercised? The most recent use exploits are : 1. Adobe Flash Player Object Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0779) 2. Microsoft Internet Explorer Same ID Property Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1875) 3. Microsoft XML Core Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) 4. Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1535) The attackers gained access to the source code or reserve-engineered to those complied applications. Then use them to hit the targeted victim. 3. Was the attack on Confidentiality, Integrity, and/or Availability? Please provide an explanation for your response. I believe that this attack on confidentiality because the hackers had stolen intellectual property and sought access to the Gmail accounts of human rights activists and this leads to disclosure of data to non-authorized users so it violates the confidentiality 4...
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