enemies line than sending arms, ammunitions, soldiers. It’s a silent agent which kills the security of any computer, enter into it & steal valuable information from that. The virus is doing cyber espionage in Middle Eastern Countries. History : Flame was discovered first in May 2012 by MAHER Center of Iranian National CERT, Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab (Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. (Wikipedia, 2012) It has discovered
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A. Outline the top five threats to each of the following in the given scenario: 1. The server 2. The workstations 3. The website Threats - Server Rootkits – This software, which is malicious in nature, allows hackers to gain and maintain elevated or administrative access to servers. Often times, this type of software come as an attachment shared among e-mail contacts, and is accidently initiated when saved to a local folder. The software can then hold open a gateway to allow the attacker
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Although, definitions of Vulnerability may vary, Vacca (2013) defines the term as “an asset or a group of assets that can be exploited by one or more threats”. In the cyberworld vulnerability can be described as a weakness in a computer hardware or software, which could possibly become exploited. Most would consider vulnerability, as a threat as the approach in which vulnerability can be exploited through a potential cause of an incident. Today, processes and technology alone
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Running Head: PERFORM A FORENSICS ANALYSIS OF A NETWORK BREAK-IN Perform a Forensics Analysis of a Network Break-in Tiffany McGarr IT540-02: Management of Information Security Dr. Flick January 10, 2014 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Part One: Screen Shots for OSForensics………………………………………………………………….4&5 Part Two: What servers were compromised?...............................................................................
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Rosas IT/240 Sunday, April 7th, 2013. John Helt, MISM, MCSE Disaster Plan Scenario: The IST Department of XYZ Computers is located on the first floor. Payroll and all human resources records are processed daily and bi-weekly for 10,000 employees. After payroll is run, data is backed up using tapes. No firewall is in place, and e-mail is on the same server as payroll. XYZ Computers is located in the southern part of the United States in an area that receives heavy rain. During the weekend, a
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“Categories of Computer Crime” Marcus S. Mathews Professor Fleming CIS 170 7/15/12 Introduction In this week’s assignment, the author will talk about the four categories of computer crimes. The author will give examples of each. The author will also point out which category of computer crime is currently the most prevalent and why he believes this to be so. And finally, the author will try to point out what he believes the criminal justice system can improve upon to better combat cyber crime
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the number of cybercrime especially in this new era technology. Recently, this rises up hot issue about security threat in e-commerce. Cyber-attack usually happened on online business and organizations which threaten the security of data and operations in their trademark reputation as well as their intellectual property. These actions can cause significant damage or loss in e-commerce. Security is like a strong protective wall which blocks the bad guys and launching small, well-guarded doors to provide
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T O N e Foundations of Network Security Fundamentals of Network Security 2 Firewall Fundamentals 43 VPN Fundamentals 79 Network Security Threats and Issues 111 CHAPTer Fundamentals of Network Security 1 C OMPUTER NETWORK SECURITY is very complex. New threats from inside and outside networks appear constantly. Just as constantly, the security community is always developing new products and procedures to defend against threats of the past and unknowns of the future
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company | from: | [Your Name] | subject: | PROposal for a research project on ethical computer hacking course | date: | November 9, 2014 | | | Proposal Synopsis Ethical computer hacking is one of the most essential penetration testing tools that has been used over time. Following the previous discussions, this proposal seeks to present the viability of a research project on the Ethical Computer Hacking course. Furthermore, apart from the benefits and associated shortcomings of a course
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vulnerabilities and threats and subjectively ranks them in order of their contribution to the company’s total loss exposures. 6. Types of threats that affect information systems a) Active threats include information systems fraud and computer sabotage. b) Passive threats include system faults, as well as natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, fires, and hurricanes). 7. Characteristics of white-collar criminal 8. Types of individuals pose a threat to an information system
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