Worksheet Using Ethical Hacking Techniques to Exploit a Vulnerable Workstation IS4650 Course Name and Number: _____________________________________________________ Student Name: ________________________________________________________________ Instructor Name: ______________________________________________________________ Lab Due Date: ________________________________________________________________ Overview In this lab, you performed all five phases of ethical hacking: reconnaissance (using
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HACKING Introduction • Hacking is unauthorized use of computer and network resources. • According to Computer Crime Research Center: “It is act of gaining access without legal authorization to computer or computer network.” • Traditionally hacking refers to the hobby/profession of working with computers. • But now a days it refers to breaking into computer systems. History • 1960s – MIT AI Lab – Ken Thompson invented UNIX – Positive Meaning • 1980s – Cyberspace coined – 414s arrested
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Abstract The first time that phone hacking scandal caught the attention from the general public was in November 2005, when Prince William’s knee injury, which was only known to few cronies, was exposed as news by News of the World. Former NOtW royal editor Clive Goodman was accused of hiring private detective Glenn Mulcaire for phone hacking activities. The major victims were celebrities, politicians, and members of the British Royal family. Later in 2006, both Goodman and Mulcaire were sentenced
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Ethical Event In July 2011, billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid newspaper was engulfed in a media scandal that jeopardized his media empire, News Corporation. On July 4, 2011, a reporter for the British the Guardian broke the scandalous news that employees from Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had hacked cell phone messages of Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old murder victim. An employee had hacked into Milly’s voice-message system to delete messages. This in turn gave her family
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iPad’s Security Breach Samantha Phillips Dr. Prakash G. Menon BUS 508: The Business Enterprise May 29, 2011 Justifying Hacking into a Web site In 2010, McDonald’s said that customer information was exposed after a security breach involving an email marketing managing firm. McDonald’s released a statement explaining that information was obtained by an “unauthorized third party”, but added that financial information and social security numbers were not part of the data accidentally exposed
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100,000 email ids of new iPad owners which included government officials, politicians, journalists, and other important famous people (IPad Security Breach, 2010). The question now arises is that what are the reasons that forced Goatse Firm from hacking into AT&T’s website? Goatse Security officials shared the email addresses and network ID’s to Gawker Media, LLC, after they informed AT&T and the vulnerability was closed (IPad Security Breach, 2010). Some expressed little concern over the security
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are black hat and white hat hacking? If you do, or do not, explain what they are and how they are different. Do you consider white hat hacking essential? Why or why not? I don’t really know much about hacking. From what I’ve read is that A white hat hacker breaks security for non-malicious reasons, perhaps to test their own security system or while working for a security company which makes security software. The term "white hat" in Internet slang refers to an ethical hacker. This classification
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IPad Security Breach Kimberly Parker Dr. Brenda Harper The Business Enterprise- BUS 508 Strayer University May 25, 2011 Hacking a Website A group of expert hackers breached Eidos Montreal website which disclosed information of more than 25,000 email addresses along with more than some 350 resumes dated May 13, 2011. The details of the incident were reported by the company as "Square Enix who could verify that several hackers gained
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information on desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones. Thinking like a hacker and understanding a hacker’s tactics and scams could make you aware and become more effective when applying countermeasures. There are several methods for carrying out ethical hacking, the most common are limited vulnerability and penetration testing. Limited vulnerability analysis, focus on entry points to gather critical systems and data. By understanding the basic approach used by hackers to target organizations, you
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investigate and discuss some of the major issues involving Apple’s security breach. First determine if hacking into a website is ever justifiable, applying your theory to a real-world case in which someone hacked into a system, including the name of the company and details. We will create a corporate ethics statement for a computer security firm that would allow or even encourage activities like hacking. Secondly discuss if it is important for organizations like Gawker Media to be socially responsible;
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