wonder what it means? Are you anxious about security of your passwords and credit card numbers? (Attention Getter) II. Based on our class discussion last week, many of you are aware of software known as spyware that can install itself on your computer and smartphone without your knowledge and harvest sensitive information, and many of you have taken steps to protect yourself. III. Spyware is constantly evolving, however, and to stay safe, we need to learn about and arm ourselves against
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Information Technology Acts Paper Natasha Bright-Wight BIS/220 April 21, 2014 Marty Mueller Information Technology Acts Paper I chose to research the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. Both are similar in comparison but still both serve different issues to help with the advances in information technology and ethical issues that arise. With all these changes that are happening there have been necessary Acts that needed to be
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Cyber Crime Computer crime encompasses a broad range of activities. Generally, however, it may be divided into two categories: (1) crimes that target computers directly; (2) crimes facilitated by computer networks or devices, the primary target of which is independent of the computer network or device.[citation needed] Crimes that primarily target computer networks or devices include: Computer viruses Denial-of-service attacks Malware (malicious code) Crimes that use computer networks or
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------------------------------------------------- Computer Viruses are a major threat to business information systems April 23, 2013 Computer Viruses are a major threat to business information systems Computer viruses are programs that infect your system and multiply. Viruses have many symptoms: some can simply slow down your computer whilst others can have more severe effects like moving documents and/or deletion of documents or programs. No matter the severity of the virus and its symptoms
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The exposure to media and its effect of aggressive behavior among the youth has been an ongoing focus. Violence among teens and children has increased dramatically over the years. Moreover, children are starting to engage in sexual intercourse at a very early age. Television programs are effecting the attitude, emotions, behavior of youth; we wake up to it, dance to it, and sometimes cry to it. "Effects of the media have found to be far reaching and potentially harmful in influencing the health-related
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disrupt regular computer operations, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems. Malware is not something new to computers; it is as old as software itself. Programmers have been creating it for as long as they have been creating legitimate software. There are many different reasons as to why a programmer would create such malware. Some programmers create malware for reasons as simple as pranks and experiments or more serious and organized Internet crime malware.
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Introduction Today’s world computer crimes are internet related, and in this area carrying out law barriers are either not well defined or most of the countries they don’t have arraign cyber crime laws. Those laws deliver the absence of the safe, the only substitute is protection against apparent warning exists is to develop ones own, depend on constitutional protection, a big range, and ethics to reduce constitutional entrance. Establishing information systems are grater speed than process of
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Revision #1 24 November 2012 Internet Censorship of the People’s Republic of China 2000 years ago, in Qin Dynasty. The ancient Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang launched the infamous event "Burning of the Books". He burned all the books from the countries he conquered and thousands of Scholars were killed. Why it happened? The reason is simple, Qin Shi Huang wanted to censor any of the information either threat him or his nation. Today, the speed and the scale of the Internet development in China is incredible
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Negative effects of the Internet Julia Tucker Today’s teenagers use technology more than ever. Most of them have Internet access, which they use to send and receive email, instant messages, live chat, and more. Rarely do they stop to think about how harmful the Internet can be, such as exposure to pornography, identity theft, or cyber-bullying. Not only are they exposed to certain things but also the Internet affects a teenager’s social life, mental health and physical health. Over usage
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Cyberattack? It is an “attack on computer based systems to sabotage, destroy or to spy on others, through such means as viruses, hacking, denial-of-service attacks.” [Jannson] For example, one method is DDoS, which would make the victim’s machine inaccessible to them. If these Cyberattacks are politically motivated, then the conflict is named Cyberwarfare. It is well known that confidential or personal data of any type in the wrong hands could have catastrophic effects on whoever the victim shall be
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