There has been significant advancement in the field of science and technology over the past few decades. These advancements made it possible for us to accomplish the impossible work in no time. Although, these developments may offer many benefits, but it is also a disadvantage for our daily lifestyle. Furthermore, people tend to spend most of their time on the technology such as phones, computers, etc. These devices can be very handy in order to do online shopping or any other personal work; however, they do not know that doing online shopping or any other personal work can turn into a nightmare. These personal devices are not safe while we are browsing on the internet and even people are aware of it, they are not doing anything to prevent
It is an incredibly serious and growing threat, and in this attack the majority of the attackers are criminals, overseas adversaries, and terrorist. From the article, Understanding the Relationship between Human Behaviors and Susceptibility to Cyber Attack, by Aditya Prakash, “there are four distinct categories of users, gamers, professionals, software developers, and others.” This show the category of users using the computer. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Cyber intrusions are becoming more commonplace, more dangerous, and more sophisticated. Our nation’s critical infrastructure, including both private and public-sector networks, are targeted by adversaries.” Identically, in these attacks victims are the companies, universities, and the citizens, in most cases. For example, citizens are targeted by fraudsters, or in other words, by the overseas adversaries and identity thieves, and children, by online predators. Accordingly, for identity thieves stealing identities is increasingly being facilitated by the internet and so for the online
It also gives brief description of cyber attack and what are the possibilities to occur in these attacks. Furthermore, it holds reasons an example how people fall into hackers’ traps and give their identities, including their personal information. From these stolen identities they make money by selling our identities. Most of the people are aware of these things, but they still fall into their traps and do not really do any thing to prevent it, even there are ways to prevent the attack which are included in this paper. In the end, this proves the point of people being careless about the cyber-attack in which they have possibilities to lose their
The term “cyber terrorism” refers to the use of the Internet as a medium in which an attack can be launched such as hacking into electrical grids, security systems, and vital information networks. Over the past four decades, cyber terrorists have been using the Internet as an advanced communication tool in which to quickly spread and organize their members and resources. For instance, by using the instantaneous spread of information provided by the Internet, several terrorist’s groups have been able to quickly share information, coordinate attacks, spread propaganda, raise funds, and find new recruits for their cause. Instantaneous and unpredictable, the technological advantages these terrorists have obtained from using the Internet includes
The internet, a powerful engine for growth and freedom, nations is, therefore, taking advantage of its enormous benefits. Since everything from military to systems to Smartphone-linked to the internet, however, bad actors are trying to steal from those targets has increased drastically. Hackers, compromise, take or destroy hundreds of billions of dollars in intellectual property and real money as well as assessing the critical military top secrecy from various nations, majorly the United States annually. The Congress and the senior members have taken no tangible and practical steps to counter this persistent and growing threat. One of the effective policies is sharing cyber security threat and vulnerability information between the private and
While many people don’t realize it, there is always a risk when you use the internet. You must be able to know how to defend yourself against these attacks, or you risk losing it all. References Denholm, Martin. The. The Number One Threat to America's National Security."
The ability to conduct warfare through technological methods has increased information security awareness and the need to protect an entities infrastructure. Subsequently, cyber warfare produces increased risk to security practitioners that employ technology and other methods to mitigate risks to information and the various systems that hold or transmit data. A significant risk to information lies in the conduct of electronic commerce, hereinafter called e-commerce. E-commerce is the purchasing or selling of goods and/or services through the internet or other electronic means (Liu, Chen, Huang, & Yang, 2013). In this article, the researcher will discuss cyber warfare risks, present an evaluation on established security measures, identify potential victims of identity theft, and present an examina...
According to Forbes, security hackings were viewed as invasion of the ensured information and property that consequently establishes a malicious demonstration. The security business has seen on attacks from countries,
In the simplest form, crime is an illegal action which the societies do not support and government punishes for. Crimes and the criminal justice system are witnessed by society every evening newscast, and in every newspaper. The answer to crime seems to be more punishment, more security and, of course, more prisons. To deal with crime, the best way is imprisonment because prisons have many missions such as; punishment, deterrence and rehabilitation and also do a lot to solve the crime problems by using these missions. Therefore, to keep criminals away from society, prisons serve an essential role.
Every day millions in some cases billions of dollars are made by businesses from income brought in by online sale of products and services. As businesses continually develop and expand their client base with online products and services so does the desire by criminals to exploit vulnerabilities in their e-commerce setup. The mass worldwide internet usage growth within the last 20 years has been “an approximate 16 million users in 1995 to an estimated 2,937 million in March of 2014” As the importance of e-commerce increases so does the need to protect the technological infrastructure that will carry out online transactions for each business regardless of its size. I will attempt to highlight and review the history of a few cyber crimes to show the progression of the crimes within the last 30-40 years. I also plan to review how the economy and consumers are impacted by cyber crimes. Finally I will make an effort to contribute with information gathering on how to lower the risk of a cyber attack from and individual user to a large scale business.
Since it is easy to figure out that for cyber-terrorism to occur computers need to be accessible to the groups or individuals committing acts, why not restrict who can use computers? This has actually been considered but would be rather difficult to do in today's world. "Increasingly, America depends on computers'? (Cyberterrorism~ Fact or Fantasy?). We are not alone in this dependency, more and more of global business and personal activities are conducted via the Internet. This in itself indicates a major difference...
There are many dangers computers users face that can put them and others at risk. Most computer users believe that they are not targets or don’t have anything worth stealing. But the internet can be dangerous, because computers can be a spring board for others to attack. For example, a hacker’s endeavor is to get into someone’s computer in order to have access to their identity, finances, and personal information. They can also use your computer to send scams and other false documents such as emails, which can be used for phishing other sites.
In the American society criminal activity has become a part of the everyday activity. At any given time an individual can turn on the news and there has been some type of criminal activity that is headlining the news. More often then not it is a violent crime. Thanks to the media and exposure to crime on a regular basis as well as the entertainment industry, and other outlets projecting a certain stereotype of crime, and also criminals, society has developed their own definition of each. Society has also developed many myths or misconceptions about crime itself, and has distorted the realities to fit their mythical beliefs.
Technology has revolutionized the world. Nowadays, people depend on technology to modify, store, and organize their data and information. Therefore, it is significant that users consider the risks and protect their computers, electronic devices, and data. The data information from online purchase is valuable and important for users. Digital security risk has become a serious problem in the society.It could lead up to a loss of or damage to computer or mobile device. Digital security risks include unauthorized access and use of electronic device, internet and network attacks, hardware theft, software theft, information theft, and system failure. The common examples for digital security risks are intercepting wireless communications, virus attack,
Every day, citizens are constantly losing money and being victimized due to these fraudulent activities. Cyber crime, including fraud, identity theft, stalking, and hacking, is a growing problem that can be prevented by taking the proper precautions. The biggest cases of cyber crimes are cases of fraud. Online fraud comes in many forms. It ranges from viruses that attack computers with the goal of retrieving personal information, to email schemes that lure victims into wiring money to fraudulent sources” (What is “online fraud”).
Internet has vital impact in our life nowadays as it becomes more and more popular. It allows us to have wider range of communication and interaction, to exchange and share experiences, thoughts, information, and to make business online. Without doubt, internet make our life more easier, internet banking system allow us to manage our bank accounts, paying bills without queuing, online shops allow us to make purchase without going out, online education, publication and article postings allow us learn more than what we get from text book, and a lot more. As Internet plays more important role in our daily life comparing to its initiation, some keen groups are ringing our bell, hackers, and theft of data, crackers.
The internet offers high speed connectivity between countries, which allows criminals to commit cybercrimes from anywhere in the world. Due to the demand for the internet to be fast, networks are designed for maximum speed, rather than to be secure or track users (“Interpol” par. 1). This lack of security enables hacker...
While George Murphy responds to the philosophical questions about the existence of God and the problem of evil in the world, Kenning Arlitsch and Adam Edelman provide information about hackers' techniques and the ways in which people can minimize the risk of being victims of identity theft and/or hacking bank account. In the article “Staying Safe: Cyber Security for People and Organizations”, Arlitch and Edelman discover techniques and tricks that many hackers practice to steal money, identities, and personal information throughout the internet. In addition, they provide some effective ways for people to stay safe while using technology. While Arlitch and Edelman's article is informative, the article “Necessary Natural Evil and Inevitable Moral Evil” by George Murphy is argumentative. Furthermore, these two articles have many more differences, such as heading formats, conclusions, sources, etc.