...this report is to educate the public on how to protect themselves. Additionally in this disadvantages and advantages will be discussed along with the effects on consumers and the future. According to Dr. Phil Nobles, a wireless Internet and cybercrime expert at Cranfield University, said: this is how the evil twin works. "So-called 'evil twin' hotspots present a hidden danger for Web users. In essence, users think they've logged on to a wireless hotspot connection when in fact they've been tricked to connect to the attacker's unauthorized base station. The latter jams the connection to a legitimate base station by sending a stronger signal within close proximity to the wireless client -- thereby turning itself into an 'evil twin. Cybercriminals don't have to be that clever to carry out such an attack. Because wireless networks are based on radio signals they can be easily detected by unauthorized users tuning into the same frequency." The Disadvantage of Evil Twins The Evil Twins a Menace to Wireless Security > Mobile, (by Jack M German Tech News World 06/04/09). Once the wireless victim has connected to the illegitimate Wi-Fi hotspot, The Evil Twin attacker can gain access to the user’s log-on details, along with personal and confidential information that aids the attacker in identity theft and other illegal activities. Unprotected wireless are warning wireless connections can be more damaging to corporate network and user privacy than always-on cable...
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...Business Continuity Plan Technical Support For technical support I will use the options available our college website including the live chat, submitting a ticket, or calling the support line. The support line would be best utilized if I cannot access the web, therefore I have written down the phone number in my monthly paper planner. I also have an IT service desk engineer in the family who can help remotely or in person if the support I am in need of is issue that the college support team is unable to assist me with. I own a desktop, laptop, tablet, and smartphone. Unless the issue is an internet connection, there is no reason why I cannot complete assignments on time with one of these four devices. Alternate Internet Access 1. Family and friends – I have family and friends that live close by, they have a few laptops/computers that are available if needed as well as a wireless internet connection if I’m using my laptop. I can go there at any time during the day to access the internet if my internet connection has failed. I can call them any time to ensure that I can come over and use a device at (508)555-5555 2. Barnes and Noble (B&N) – B&N offers free Wi-Fi; they are open 7 days a week: Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-11pm, and Sun 10am-9pm. I can call them to verify this information. 3. McDonalds – If I need to stay closer to home I can go here to access the internet as it offers free Wi-Fi. Their lobby is open from 5am-12am daily, and I can...
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...'Ethical hacker' reveals trade secrets What comes to mind when you think of wireless Web surfing? It may not be security, or lack of it. There are nearly 30,000 public wireless "hot spots" in the United States at places such as parks and cafes, but there's more to consider than just where to log on. The convenience comes with a caveat. "Understand that the information you're sending is very similar to standing up here in the park and shouting out all the information -- would I normally do that?" said Richard Rushing, a wireless expert with security firm Air Defense who visited an Atlanta park to show security vunerabilities. Rushing is considered an "ethical hacker" and works with companies to strengthen their wireless networks. He said many people don't realize they could have all their personal data stolen while checking out their checking account. "It's great to be able to sit somewhere and work without having any wires attached, no nothing attached, but you have that risk that it comes back to," Rushing said. At the park, Rushing was able to log onto an unsecured hotel wireless signal in a matter of seconds. To illustrate how vulnerable such networks can be, Rushing then sent an e-mail and intercepted the entire contents of the message. He could've done the same thing to any of the dozens of people sitting nearby in the park. "At any point in time, I can reach out and touch everyone's laptop at the hot spot, and there's usually not any way of preventing...
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...Nikoli Romo Article 1 1.) How do animals eventually go extinct? Wouldn’t they be able to keep reproducing? 2.) How do wetlands produce these natural filters that clean the water? 3.) If one quarter of a million people join the planet everyday, how many leave it? 4.) I did not know that vultures played such a big role in our everyday lives, what other animals play a big role? What do they do for us? 5.) How could you get involved in helping out or ecosystem? I read the article “Conservation for the people”, written by Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier. It was a very interesting article about how we could maintain our ecosystem and save some of the animals that are going extinct. It touches on a lot of key points and facts that I didn’t even know were real! Did you know, that vultures play a key role in our lives? When an animal dies, vultures usually come down from the sky to eat the animal. Well while it’s eating the animal it also eats all the bacteria and viruses that come with the deceased animal. If vultures went extinct then the animals would either decay or get eaten by some other animal. The animal they were looking at was the dog. Since vultures started to become endangered, the feral dog population has skyrocketed! Why is this bad? Well it comes with a threat of rabies! “Saving the vulture from extinction would protect people from dangerous disease.” (P.K, M.M 13) What are we doing to help prevent this? Well in 1988 a student from The University...
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...Connor Wilkinson 1301.160 Prof C J Arevalo 31 August 2015 Essay 1 Game Day that was No Game Day I remember it like it was yesterday. I had moved to College Station to attend Texas A&M and to find my freedom. On a hot, humid game day I was ready to sprout my wings and fly like a college student, or so I thought. From the time I was accepted into Texas A&M until this defining moment, I thought college was all about partying and drinking on game day and that everyone did this, no matter what your age. I found out rather quickly that this bad assumption on my part would lead me to learn a hard and valuable lesson about life and consequences. It started out pretty innocently. It was a night game so we had plenty of time to pre-party. My friends and I had decided to pre-party before the big football game. We had the golden ticket, my roommates were 21. They bought the alcohol and we helped consume it. What started as a typical Saturday ended on a sour note. After drinking in our apartment and getting hyped for the big game, we decided to head out to Northgate and carry-on with our revelry. Northgate is known as the party area of College Station and usually there is lots going on. This day was no different. Our first stop was the Chicken. After hooting and hollering with other A & M fans we moved on to the other hot spots for more partying. After our Northgate shenanigans we decided to head back to our apartment to cool off. This is when our great...
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...intended for authorized users within the Acme enterprise. Authorized users are defined as anyone who has been granted approval to access Acme information and information systems. This includes employees and contingent workers. Authorized users are expected to understand and comply with the contents of this document. Appropriate Use Laptop users are permitted, with prior management approval, to use Acme’s internal WLAN solution. The WLAN should be used only when a wired network solution in unavailable or inappropriate for a particular situation. To ensure appropriate protection of privacy, all wireless transmissions will be secured utilizing strong mutual authentication and encryption. When establishing a connection to a public hotspot or WLAN within your home, a VPN connection must be established and used in conjunction with an Acme approved personal firewall solution. Only Acme approved WLAN technologies are permitted within the enterprise. Use of non-standard hardware, software and protocols is strictly prohibited. Systems Management It is the responsibility of the Network Administrator, for Acme’s WLAN, to ensure all Access Points are configured with proper settings as defined by the WLAN System-Specific Policy. This includes but is not limited to authentication and encryption configurations. It is the responsibility of the end-user to ensure that his/her laptop remains properly configured as defined by Enterprise Workstation Standards. This includes but is...
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...Summary of the case: Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB) established in 2002 at Taiping Perak. It was a small and medium sized enterprise in crude palm oil (CPO) transportation business. PHSB was managed by En.H.Rossly and son in law of its founder, Datu S. Najeed. PHSB was facing the same problems likes others transportation companies which is drivers embroiling in oil piracy. The transportation companies will bear the responsibilities of compensation of the refineries if there any hijacking or piracy happened. The involved culprits most probably are the tankers’ driver, deport operators and the transporters. One of the major customer of PHSB, Oilene Refineries Sdn Bhd (Oilene) was complaining to Datuk Najeed on the poor quality of CPO delivered by PHSB and it has caused them in big losses in their business as failed to fulfill the requirement of their customers. Oilene will not renew the contract if PHSB does not improve the situation in one month. Besides that, Datuk S. Najeed has reviewed the first quarter result of 2009 and noticed that the profits has dropped significantly compared to the same period of last year. If Oilene could not placated and, as a consequence, decide to leave their custom, PHSB would run into the trouble to return profits for the coming financial year. Datuk Najeed was very happy and insisted Rn.Rossly to investigate on these matters and report to him within one week with possible solutions. En.Rossly invited his university’s friend, Mukhiz Mohd who...
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...In the following assignment, I will evaluate the benefits realized by consumers because of the ability to gain access to their own data via mobile applications, discuss some of the benefits and how they affect consumers, and finally, I will also compare how consumers conducted themselves prior to these mobile applications. Some of the benefits that are realized are convenience and portability of the information such as email, web services, and account information. It allows people to expand the work and recreational spaces in which they can operate. Consumers are no longer tied to a desk or office because of these services. Mobile applications have matured in such a manner that office space may soon be a thing of the past. “Potential Wireless Internet customers may only need to be made aware that these services can be delivered via high-speed wireless data communication services to convert them from the traditional wired (e.g., Internet access) to new wireless services” (Kikta, Fisher, & Courtney, 2002). With these expanded capabilities people are now able to telecommute (work from home or other locations). Being able to view bank account data prior to making a purchase could potentially save money by not incurring overdraft charges, documentation can be processed or shared from anywhere with mobile devices, and communication can remain constant. In addition, some consumers can utilize mobile applications to pay bills online which saves the environment by reducing...
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... Loudspeaker | Yes | Memory Card Slot | MicroSD, up to 32 GB | Messaging | SMS(Threaded view), MMS, E-mail | Multitouch | Yes | Operating System | Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) | Other Features | - Mp3 / MP4 - Shake to change music - Overtune mute (Flip phone to mute call ring) - Scroll up desktop to setting - Scroll down to notification bar | Processor | Dual-core, 1.3 GHz | Radio | FM Radio with recording | RAM | 1 GB | Release Date | June 2014 | Sensors | Accelerometer (3D), light, compass, proximity, orientation | SIM Card Type | Dual SIM (dual stand-by) | USB | MicroUSB | Video | HD video playback & recording | Web Browser | HTML | Weight | 123.5 g | Wireless LAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WLAN Hotspot | 7770tk. Walton f4 Nokia X2 (Android) Full Specifications 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 | 3.5mm jack | Yes | 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 2100 | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | Battery Performance | Stand-by: up to 552 h Talk time: up to 10 h (2G) / up to 13 h (3G) Music play: up to 86 h | Battery Type | Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery (BV-5S) |...
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...‘Enter’ to execute the command. You would be showed a complete list of your internet properties. Search for ‘Hosted network support’. * If it’s ‘Yes’ then, you are good to go otherwise, you will have to upgrade your Wi-Fi card. Tip: Don’t close the Command Prompt as you will be needing it in the next steps. Now, when you have fulfilled the above simple requirements, you can proceed to the setup of that virtual Wi-Fi router (hotspot). Just follow the instructions below to create a virtual Wi-Fi router (hotspot) on your Windows 8 PC/tablet. Creating a virtual Wi-Fi router (hotspot) * If, you have the Command Prompt open, simply type in the following netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=<enter_network_name_here> key=<enter_password_here> * Here, <enter_network_name_here> would be replaced with your desired name e.g. Windows8CoreVirtual and <enter_password_here> would be replaced with the password e.g. 987654321. * Once you have entered the correct Wi-Fi name and password, press ‘Enter’. * Your virtual Wi-Fi router (hotspot) would be created. * Now, we need to activate it. Simply type the following in the command prompt netsh wlan start hostednetwork * Your virtual router would be started. * That’s all! Now, you will want to connect other devices to that virtual Wi-Fi router...
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...being wired to anything. The advantage of this is that the user can keep a connection while moving around the office because it is wireless. It is much easier to incorporate additional devices to the WLAN since there is no wires attached, however, the downfall is that it is not always the most secure or reliable method as. Wifi is a wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to grant access to the internet on multiple devices at a high speed level. The advantages of having WIFI is that it can be more secure because the user can lock it and only grant access to whoever they want with a password. There are different devices that can be purchased to give a user Wifi access anywhere they go, this is called a hotspot. There is a great advantage to having a hotspot device because the user is not limited to where they can be basically anywhere they go all they have to...
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...Club IT is a local music nightclub owned and operated by Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada. Recently, Club IT has changed the inside looks of the club and done some heavy remodeling that has improved the business and surely has paid itself off. Then next thing in need of change is the information department. Club IT has asked me to come in and review the club and decide what changes I feel should be made. Since I have arrived, I have had a chance to get to know the staff, and become familiar with the business. After careful considerations, I have evaluated the status of this business, resources, supply chains, and customers. I have found three business problems in need of change at Club IT, and will suggest how these issues can be solved. While analyzing and evaluating Club IT, I have found three business problems that could stand to see some solutions. The first and most obvious issue is that the name of this club is Club IT; meaning information technology is and should be available. The problem with this is, Club IT only offers to its staff and customers a dial up internet connection. With using a dial up internet connection, the bandwidth is slow, can only provide a maximum speed of up to 56 kilobits per second, and limits access to certain medial like videos. Also, if any kind of software needs updated, it will be difficult to do so. Second, the Club IT websites has been designed to make things easy for the customers to offer a wide variety of options for music, and shopping...
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...Fix computers es. With speeds up to AC900 Mbps (N300 +AC565), wireless-AC provides gigabit Wi-Fi speeds that allow content to download faster. Wireless-AC makes it possible for you to stream shows on your HDTV while family members download music or other files–without interruption due to a slow network connection. The AC900 includes a USB 3.0 port and four gigabit ports to let you connect multiple devices, allowing you to quickly print, share, and store content across your network. The Linksys AC900 Smart Wi-Fi router features beamforming, an innovative technology that optimizes the wireless signal strength between your connected devices and Linksys router. Beamforming enables the router to identify and connect directly with other devices, rather than simply sending out wireless signals in a general direction. The result is faster network speeds, better wireless range, and reduced interference from other devices. It also helps extend the battery life of connected devices and reduce their power consumption because data is transferred more quickly. Manage Your Home Network Remotely with Linksys Smart Wi-Fi With Linksys Smart Wi-Fi, you can access and control your home network from wherever you are using your smartphone, tablet, or computer. For example, you can set parental controls to restrict Internet access during certain times of the day and create unique, secure Wi-Fi passwords for your guests. You can also monitor activity on your home network, add new devices...
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...Private firms, including Verizon, will not recognize direct economic benefit from a city-wide wi-fi network. If the city were to provide such a network, the supply of a lower cost alternative for cellular data, home or workplace internet access, and/or hotspot access would be in excess. This would shift the demand for these services down, reducing the revenue Verizon currently realizes. For Verizon, or like firms, to benefit from city-wide wi-fi, they would need to build out the system without the desire to initially (or maybe ever) produce revenue directly from providing internet connections. I would suggest a model such as Google Fiber is following. To provide a fast and overly hyped product that will create enough of a buzz to increase revenues in complementing services or products. In addition, Google Fiber access is limited to those whose needs do not require a server. This limits access to personal or small private users. The issue for Verizon is that they do not have the suite of complementing products, such as Google does. Therefore, in the presented case, they have little upside to supporting the project. For the City of Philadelphia, direct economic costs are not the motivation for implementing such a system. Increasing the supply of free wi-fi shifts the demand curve positively, creating a new demand curve representing the societal impact that free, city-wide wi-fi will provide. Society will realize a benefit that will not be realized by Verizon. Philadelphia...
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...Technology and Management Functions Kristine Chapa University of Phoenix TEC/401 – Week 1 Individual Assignment Dr. Isidro Grau July 22, 2009 Technology and Management Functions I am currently working at an investment firm as an Accounts Payable Clerk and I am in charge of entering bills as well as cutting company checks. In this firm, the owner of the company has invested in a variety of companies of different industries. For instance, he has invested, also in partnership, in an Oil and Gas, Commercial Real Estate, and a Wireless Service Company. Although all these companies are overflowing with numerous types of technology, I am focusing on one in particular, the wireless data company called Cobalt Broadband Corporation. Personally, I feel this company’s technology has plenty of pros and cons that could be beneficial as well as harmful for their business. Cobalt Broadband provides high-speed wireline and wireless services that is not only affordable but enables many people from the country to gain access to wireless internet services. This company has been in business between five to seven years and servicing more than seven hundred customers. Many of our customer base are located in country setting areas, outside of Houston, as in Liberty Hill, Bellville, Hempstead, Waller, San Marcos, Lexington, Columbus and a couple of other small towns around Houston. The reason we don’t service in Houston is mainly because of all of the competition as in Verizon Wireless, AT&T...
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