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 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
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,
A cyber attack has the potential to create extreme economic damage that is out of proportion to the low cost of initiating the attack. A successful cyber attack targets vulnerable computers, forcing them to malfunction or become disabled, whereby businesses, financial institutions, medical institutions and government agencies are not able to use them.
To conclude, in the world we live in computers, mobile phones, TV’s, network connections are in everywhere. These beautiful technology products threats privacy of the data. Hackers could easily own our private data by hacking but on the other hand hacking is an excellent way to find & fix vulnerabilities and build stronger defense systems. In spite of the fact that there is a tremendous danger, with a few safety precautions hackers could be hired in companies at network systems security management.
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
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...
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...
Today in present, with the improvements in technology and science new concepts are integrated in our lives. Cyber crime is among those concepts that did not exist 15 to 20 years ago. In the old days only conventional crime was discussed, which refers to those traditional, illegal behaviors that most people think of as crime. In today one has to be careful not only against conventional crime but also cybercrime also known as “faceless crime” it’s the latest and the most complicated problem in the new century. Cybercrime consists of all criminal actions against communication devices in a network such as Internet, telephone lines or mobile network. Cyber crime can be observed among people at various age groups as it is easier to commit compared to other types of crime like murder, kidnapping or human trafficking.
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,
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.
Cybercrime is a global issue plaguing the world. The dictionary defines cybercrime as “crime conducted via the Internet or some other computer network”(Merriam-Webster). The definition remains very broad because the word “cyber” is defined as “relating to the culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality.” Due to the growing number of people gaining access to the internet, rapid development of technology, and the globalization of the world, more of the world population is becoming susceptible to involvement in cybercrime – whether it be as a victim or a criminal. Cybercrime involves different levels of the world on both the victim and criminal side from an individual citizen, to small groups, businesses, and the government, to the countries of the world. There are different groups from law enforcement agencies to the U.S. Secret Service, that are attempting to combat the problem through cooperation and preemptive efforts. If these groups combined with the public to protect themselves and the country from criminals that commit cybercrime, the nation’s network and technology servers would be much safer for technology users. Clearly, cybercrime is a problem because it puts internet users at risk of being taken advantage of or harmed.