IDENTITY THEFT:
Identity theft is a crime used to refer to fraud that involves someone pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits. The term is relatively new and is actually a misnomer, since it is not inherently possible to steal an identity, only to use it. The person whose identity is used can suffer various consequences when he or she is held responsible for the perpetrator's actions. In many countries specific laws make it a crime to use another person's identity for personal gain.
MALICIOUS PROGRAMS:
In common usage, a hacker is a person who breaks into computers. The subculture that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground. Proponents claim to be motivated by artistic and political ends, and are often unconcerned about the use of criminal means to achieve them.
PHISHING:
phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT Administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public.
PHARMING:
Pharming (pronounced farming) is a hacker's attack aiming to redirect a website's traffic to another, bogus website. Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts file on a victim’s computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software. DNS servers are computers responsible for resolving Internet names into their real addresses — they are the "signposts" of the Internet. Compromised DNS servers are sometimes referred to as "poisoned".
Monday, 1 June 2009
Monday, 20 April 2009
INTERNET SAFETY - Threats To User Safety
In September 2006, ABC News reported on a survey prepared by I-Safe.Org. This 2004 survey of 1,500 students between grades 4-8 reported:
42% of kids have been bullied while online. One in four have had it happen more than once.
35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly one in five had had it happen more than once.
21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails or other messages.
58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than four out of ten say it has happened more than once.
58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.
A 2006 survey by Harris Interactive reported:
43% of U.S. teens having experienced some form of cyberbullying in the past year.
Similarly, a Canadian study found:
23% of middle-schoolers surveyed had been bullied by e-mail
35% in chat rooms
41% by text messages on their cell phones
Fully 41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators.
CYBER-STALKING:
Cyber-Stalking is use of the internet or other communication electronics to "stalk" someone online.
Cyber-Stalking can lead to dangerous situations like being held against there will or being assaulted etc.
GROOMING:
Another threat to user safety is Grooming, this consists of an older person going onto chatrooms etc. and persuading the younger underage users to meet up in person for sexual intentions. This is illegal.
Along with assault there can also be a new thing called "sexting" in which is where someone asks an underage person to take sexually revealing pictures of themselves and sending them to the person who asked. The danger with this is that the picture might be forewarded or sent to someone else by accident who they do not want to see the picture's and might post them up on the internet.
INNAPROPRIATE/ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR:
Another form of threat to the user is Inappropriate or abusive behaviour. This can consist of swearing, threats and insulting the user into being scared of the person, which in some cases can end in disastrous complications.
42% of kids have been bullied while online. One in four have had it happen more than once.
35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly one in five had had it happen more than once.
21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails or other messages.
58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than four out of ten say it has happened more than once.
58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.
A 2006 survey by Harris Interactive reported:
43% of U.S. teens having experienced some form of cyberbullying in the past year.
Similarly, a Canadian study found:
23% of middle-schoolers surveyed had been bullied by e-mail
35% in chat rooms
41% by text messages on their cell phones
Fully 41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators.
CYBER-STALKING:
Cyber-Stalking is use of the internet or other communication electronics to "stalk" someone online.
Cyber-Stalking can lead to dangerous situations like being held against there will or being assaulted etc.
GROOMING:
Another threat to user safety is Grooming, this consists of an older person going onto chatrooms etc. and persuading the younger underage users to meet up in person for sexual intentions. This is illegal.
Along with assault there can also be a new thing called "sexting" in which is where someone asks an underage person to take sexually revealing pictures of themselves and sending them to the person who asked. The danger with this is that the picture might be forewarded or sent to someone else by accident who they do not want to see the picture's and might post them up on the internet.
INNAPROPRIATE/ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR:
Another form of threat to the user is Inappropriate or abusive behaviour. This can consist of swearing, threats and insulting the user into being scared of the person, which in some cases can end in disastrous complications.
Monday, 2 February 2009
INTERNET SAFETY - Precautions For Threats To Performance.
The Best Precautions for a threat to security on your personal computer is some sort of security software. Usually these are known as Anti-Virus software, Spyware etc.
I compaired the best Security software on the web through the 2 websites: Google and Wikipedia.
Then i found out the best software in my opinion and decided to show what they have to offer. After that i decided to find out prices eg: if they are free or pay monthly or one payment.
Then i decided to catagorize them from the best to the not so best, these are as follows:
1.AntiVir (Avira Premium Security Suite) is the most user friendly because the menu's are layed in a simple order instead of loads of sub menu's and has everything that you will need to keep your computer safe and well protected, with it's anti-virus, firewall, internet security suite and spam filter. Also it is a free download so if you are looking to get some good Anti-Virus software for free then this is the choice for you.
AntiVir System Requirements:
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32 and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit editions)
Memory: Minimum 192 MB RAM for Windows XP, or 512 MB RAM for Windows Vista
Hard-Drive Space: 40MB + quarantine space (100MB needed temporarily for installation)
2.Avast! (Alwil Professional Edition 4.8.1229) is also very user friendly because the menu's are set out in a tab like style, but it has some draw backs with it, it sends out alot of false positives and has a very very slow scan speed. Also the Proactive speed is fairly slow and the Response time is rather slow aswell. It is not free software to download, although you can download a 60 day free trial. If you were to buy it though it would cost you around £25 per year.
Avast! System Requirements:
For a computer running Windows® 95/98/Me:
486 Processor, 32MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space.
For a computer running Windows® NT® 4.0:
486 Processor, 24MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space and Service Pack 3 (or higher) installed
For a computer running Windows® 2000/XP® Workstation (Not Server):
Pentium class Processor, 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space
For a computer running Windows® XP® 64-bit Edition:
An AMD Athlon64, Opteron or Intel EM64T-enabled Pentium 4 / Xeon processor, 128MB RAM (256MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space
For a computer running Windows® Vista:
Pentium 4 processor, 512MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space
The program itself requires about 60MB of hard disk space; the remainder of the recommended space is reserved for the virus recovery database file and its index.
3.The Best choice out of what i have researched was Norton 2009 (Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 Beta) IT was a clear choice because it is generally a very good package conatining all the essential software eg: firewall, internet security suite, anti-virus and spam filter software.
Considering It isnt the best on user friendlyness because it has way to many tabs and little options that you would not need, It has a very good package because Its scan speed and adware detection are very fast and very efficient. It has been classed as the best Anti-Virus software on the market and I have to say I agree. If you wish to have an excellent Anti-virus software wich only costs for the purchase then this is the one for you costing in the region of only £30.
Norton 2009 System Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate**
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 and later Home/Professional/ Media Center Edition
Microsoft® Windows 7 ready***
300 MHz or faster processor
256 MB of RAM (*512 MB RAM required for the Recovery Tool)
200 MB of available hard disk space
Standard Web browser
Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients.
Required for all installations:CD-ROM or DVD drive (if not installing via electronic download)
I compaired the best Security software on the web through the 2 websites: Google and Wikipedia.
Then i found out the best software in my opinion and decided to show what they have to offer. After that i decided to find out prices eg: if they are free or pay monthly or one payment.
Then i decided to catagorize them from the best to the not so best, these are as follows:
1.AntiVir (Avira Premium Security Suite) is the most user friendly because the menu's are layed in a simple order instead of loads of sub menu's and has everything that you will need to keep your computer safe and well protected, with it's anti-virus, firewall, internet security suite and spam filter. Also it is a free download so if you are looking to get some good Anti-Virus software for free then this is the choice for you.
AntiVir System Requirements:
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32 and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit editions)
Memory: Minimum 192 MB RAM for Windows XP, or 512 MB RAM for Windows Vista
Hard-Drive Space: 40MB + quarantine space (100MB needed temporarily for installation)
2.Avast! (Alwil Professional Edition 4.8.1229) is also very user friendly because the menu's are set out in a tab like style, but it has some draw backs with it, it sends out alot of false positives and has a very very slow scan speed. Also the Proactive speed is fairly slow and the Response time is rather slow aswell. It is not free software to download, although you can download a 60 day free trial. If you were to buy it though it would cost you around £25 per year.
Avast! System Requirements:
For a computer running Windows® 95/98/Me:
486 Processor, 32MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space.
For a computer running Windows® NT® 4.0:
486 Processor, 24MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space and Service Pack 3 (or higher) installed
For a computer running Windows® 2000/XP® Workstation (Not Server):
Pentium class Processor, 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space
For a computer running Windows® XP® 64-bit Edition:
An AMD Athlon64, Opteron or Intel EM64T-enabled Pentium 4 / Xeon processor, 128MB RAM (256MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space
For a computer running Windows® Vista:
Pentium 4 processor, 512MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space
The program itself requires about 60MB of hard disk space; the remainder of the recommended space is reserved for the virus recovery database file and its index.
3.The Best choice out of what i have researched was Norton 2009 (Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 Beta) IT was a clear choice because it is generally a very good package conatining all the essential software eg: firewall, internet security suite, anti-virus and spam filter software.
Considering It isnt the best on user friendlyness because it has way to many tabs and little options that you would not need, It has a very good package because Its scan speed and adware detection are very fast and very efficient. It has been classed as the best Anti-Virus software on the market and I have to say I agree. If you wish to have an excellent Anti-virus software wich only costs for the purchase then this is the one for you costing in the region of only £30.
Norton 2009 System Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate**
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 and later Home/Professional/ Media Center Edition
Microsoft® Windows 7 ready***
300 MHz or faster processor
256 MB of RAM (*512 MB RAM required for the Recovery Tool)
200 MB of available hard disk space
Standard Web browser
Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients.
Required for all installations:CD-ROM or DVD drive (if not installing via electronic download)
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