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-Natural Disasters
-Accidents
-Employees and consultants
-Links to Outside Business Contacts
-Outsiders |
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| What are the primary threats to IS security? |
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The act of using a computer to commit an illegal act including:
-Targeting a computer to commit an offense
-Using a computer to commit an offense
-Using a computer to support criminal activity |
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| What is a computer crime? |
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-Hackers gain access to computer systems without authorization (started at MIT)
-Crackers intend on breaking into a computer system without malicious intent
-Hactivists intend on spreading a political or idealogic goal through defacing a website |
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| Differentiate between types of computer criminals (i.e. hackers, crackers, hactivists) |
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-Unauthorized access occurs when people who are not authorized look through, manipulate or handle stored data (over-shoulder viewing, breaking in, obtaining information for sale)
-Change information through cracking (changing an employee's bonus) |
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| Differentiate between types of computer crimes (i.e., unauthorized access and information modification). |
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| Short for 'malicious software' which causes organizations money every year. |
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viruses-a destructive program that disrupts the normal function of a computer. It can reproduce itself
worms-similar to a virus, but targeted at networks. Can corrupt servers which will deny internet service to customer
trojan horses-appear to be running a program normally when downloaded, but run background programs which can corrupt computers |
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Definition
| ?What types of malware are there |
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| Stealing of a person's social security number, credit card number, and credit score to withdraw money, make purchases, and run up debts that won't be repaid. |
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| Passing on of information about current events. Spammers may harvest information to flood in-boxes with junk-mail. |
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Definition
| What is an internet hoax? |
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Cyberharrassment-using a computer to communicate obscene, vulgar, or threatening messages that could cause distress to others
Cyberstalking-Repeated contacts with another person
Cyberbullying-Use of the internet to deliberately cause emotional distress to someone |
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| Differentiate between cyberharrassment, cyberstalking and cyberbullying. |
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| The purchase of one copy of a software application and then make many copies to distribute to others |
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