information was targeted? Was the attack successful? If so, what changes has the company (or school) made to ensure that this vulnerability has been controlled? As a response to the question, I would like to present a case of cyber espionage that happened in 2004 with the US Military and Defense. The series of attacks were designated as the Titan Rain by the FBI and known as one of the largest attacks in the history of Cyber espionage. Some claims that the attack was ongoing for three years while
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cases where there are the occurrences of both physical terrorism and cyber terrorism, the people behind it carry out their attacks outside the bounds of conventional warfare. In other words, the terrorists carry out attacks in areas that are not ordinarily considered as battlefields as well as on people not normally considered as military personnel. For example, the attacks may entail an individual dressed as a civilian blowing himself up in a packed place or people dressed like civilians hijacking
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gain access to financial assets. The first and for most thing we need to do is setup a multi-layered security plan to be able to deal with any incoming online threats and attacks. Most hackers will start with and end user on a network since they are the leased experienced in technical security measures. An outside attack will typically come from some sort of email sent to the end user attempting to get them to click on some sort of link and have them enter login information or some other security
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Responses to Attacks Responding to Attacks on Computers Threats to an organization’s computer systems come from a variety of sources. The motivations for computer attacks are as different as the attackers themselves. For example, a group of organized criminals may carefully execute an attack on your computer system, hoping to gain confidential information they can sell to competitors or use to extort money from your organization. Industrial spies may try to steal a company’s secret plans for
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System Attacks Bryan Francia Coleman University Abstract This paper is a brief overview of different types of Information Security System attacks. Without Security measures or system controls, your data could be stolen, your computer hijacked or corrupted, or your network destroyed. There are so many different methods attackers use, attempting to cover down on all of them in a two page paper would be pointless, but will briefly cover some of the more common types of network attacks. Without
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The most common threat to a company's information assets mainly come from human error, inappropriate disclosures, and sheer carelessness on the part of the company's employees. Hackers who do intentionally tamper with the company's network often do so because they are tempted by assets they know are poorly protected. Weak security policies present the image that a company does not truly value its assets, which in turn attracts the petty thief and curiosity seeker. Therefore, the preventive element
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has been only one attack on a patron of the garage in the last five years. Police records do not support the notion that the hotel or garage are located in a high crime area, although there have been a few minor incidents of vandalism and property damage. On September 2, 2005, a female guest is attacked at knifepoint at 7:30 p.m. in the evening in the hotel garage. The attacker is never apprehended. She suffers serious physical and emotional injury as a result of the attack and has sued the
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Terran RANK: 1st Lieutenant VITAL STATISTICS Hit Points: 60 Armor Class: Light Armor: 1 COSTS Mineral: 50 Gas: 25 Food: 1 TECH TREE Built From: Barracks Pre-Requisite: Academy WEAPONS Weapon System: none Attack Type: n/a Damage Class: n/a Splash Damage: n/a Damage: n/a Bonus: n/a SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES Heal (Spell) Casting Cost: 1 mana point for every 2 hp healed Range: 2 Description:
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guidelines that can be implemented in order to prevent future Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the university. No one individual practice, contained in this guide, will act as a perfect form of prevention, but will instead act as an additional layer of security. By combining these practices, the chances of another DoS/DDoS attack succeeding will be greatly diminished. Acceptable Use Policies Acceptable Use policies define the types of actions that are allowed
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Security Recommendations To Prevent Social Engineering Attacks A social engineering attack is a non technical attack that attacks the mindset of the victim. An intruder prefers this attack, because the human mindset has more weaknesses than many systems do. There are several implementations that can be used to deter social engineering attacks. The following are list of security recommendations to thwart social engineering attacks that must be used by all company employees: · Do not click
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