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Why is this important to you? all feb 3 martin

This is important to be for several reasons. First reason is that as the technology developes, i get the higher quality of technology.Second reason is that, the number of Internet and smart phone users will increase. In 2016, half of the population on the earth will use internet and smasrt phones. i will need to follow them.that way i can join with people globally.

Describe the kinds of attacks. Explain the security measures. all feb 9 kevin

Describe the kinds of attacks. - First attack is called "Upgraded Security System." On the webpage of the bank, this kind of trick is shown. and when the user is attracted by the offer, money is moved out of the account but this hidden from the user without knowing owner. Second attack is called "Man in the Browser." A malware sticks between the connections of the user and the webpage. It shows the users false pages. Explain the security measures. - Secure keys are used these days. For an example, in order to log in on a website, you have to insert correct numbers or letters shown not really clearly on the side. It prevents other softwares to use your account.

How did they test their response to a cyber attack? all nov 10 alec

They intentionally sent a Trojan virus in to try and steel information from chemical and defense firms. They also used a Duqu malware attacks against organizations in at least eight countries.

Give examples of cyberbullying. Describe possible solutions. all feb 13 jang

Cyber bullying happens through the use if IT devices, especially through social networks. It has psychological effects on the person being bullied. An eighteen-year old boy Carney Bonner can be an example of cyber bullying. Carney was cyber bullied when he was 14 years old. He received constant text messages saying 'go kill yourself' or 'you're nothing.' This kind of messages made Carney anxious restricting him from social life. A possible solution to cyber bullying is parents educating their child about being safe online. Also, the person who is being bullied can consult to someone he can trust. Keeping it to yourself is very bad.

How was the system hacked? Describe possible solutions. all feb 13 hyojeon

How was the system hacked? - Shodan search engine which specializes in finding online devices that could be used to discover cameras vulnerable to the flaw. - People set the camera with an own password, it video stream became accessible to anyone who typed in the correct net address. This consisted of the user's IP address followed by an identical sequence of 15 characters. The camera captures people password and IP address. This will invade camera users' privacy. Describe possible solutions. - The Trednet has to foster its network system and try to do their security system that they have to make new firmware and update which resolves the vulnerability of its cameras.

How did they attack? What was stolen? Describe a possible solution. all nov 23 Kevin

How did they attack? - By using emails that are attatched with viruses, they attacked Norway's industrial secrets and information using their hacked network. However, none of the anti-malware software detect these emails. What was stolen? - Industrial drawings, user names, passwords, contracts negotiation and documents were stolen from the attack. Describe a possible solution - The whole attack was from "viruses." Which means that the company should feel necessary to have another stronger and higher quality of anti-malware software. When it detects things properly and more clearly, that means more possibility of defending the attacks that might happen in the future.

Why might smart phones be costly? Explain two possible solutions. all Nov 23 Tik

Smart phones could be costly because it's download, upload and connect to the network almost all the time. People that use smart phones and don't have good deals or promotions,and people use data more than they think, so the phone company can cost the data that we download, upload with the network, and smart phones can do many thing that use a lot of data and it will cost a lot of money, for example sending 10 photos it's take 10MBand watch video on youtube it will take 15MB per video, etc. In this case the solutions are that users should make sure that they get the right deal or promotion, that they won't get a big bill in the end of the month. Secondly, there are people that use unlimit promotion, but every deal have a gap, so the phone company should tell their customers, or send the users a messages to warning them that they used data more than the deal they got.

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Explain 2 solutions. all nov 28 kuni

The most common causes of data loss and downtime are hardware failure, power outage and software malfunction. One solution is to regularly back up data (daily) and make sure that the computer has a recovery system enabled. The second solution is to plug every computer into a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) in case of power outage.

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Net neutrality: principle of internet service providers should not block customers that pay less to give faster speeds to those who pay more. Verizon says, FCC is not following the principle(net neutrality) so they argued to FCC with the order called "Preserving the Free and Open Internet". Basically, verizon is arguing to FCC; Why FCC is not following the principle, and they should follow it. inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, have said that everyone should have the right to a free and open internet.

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On the September 8 article on "US NSA and UK GCHQ' can spy on smartphone" state that NSA (US National Security Agency) and British GCHQ have joint together and have cracked the smartphones such as IPhone, Blackberries and Android devices. The article said that this was a revelation by Edward Snowden who has been welcomed by Germany. This is why on Saturday; thousands of demonstrators in Berlin demand the NSA to stop monitory internet users. As Der Spiegel said, NSA and GCHQ have been able to read smartphone users contacts and lists of who had been called. This disclosure has ignited a heat of debate in Germany.

Describe the problem and possible solutions. March 14 Rot presents

Jean October 10th  Describe the IT system by watching the video Answer here

Basically just watch the video... ok lets start 1. The apps used in the supermarket needs to be downloaded by the clients before use. 2. Enter the store and open your apps from your mobile. 3. Pick the goods you want and scan the code off the bar code (using your cell phone) 4. The list of goods you buy will be store into your cell phone. 5. After scanning click the finish shopping button on your apps and the cell phone will generate a big bar-code which mix all the code you scan into one master-code. (like mixing salad after you put vegetables in) 6. Go to the paying counter and insert the master-code into the paying machine. 7. The machine will tell you how much to pay and client pay by cash, credit card and etc, Extra ( you can play stepping on fish in the supermarket for fun) Oh and there is a useless robot roaming around also.

Alex October 30th  BAA

1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. Business and Employment. 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. The main stakeholders are the cyber thieves and the people getting lured into buying fake products. 3. Identify and describe the ITGS social/ethical concerns in the article. The social/ethical concern in this article is privacy because the cyber thieves are trying to get bank information from customers by creating fake shopping sites. 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. E-Crime: Involves the use of computers, computer networks or the Internet as a tool for performing criminal activities. 5. Describe the solution stated in the article or find a solution to the concern (issue) discussed in the article. Paul Hoare said that customers should buy product from legitimate sites only. You can also check the websites credentials to see if it was approved.

Eun Young  October 17th  BAA

1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. The area of impact the scenario relates to is 'business and employment'. 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. The main stakeholders to the IT system from this article are the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) and customers. 3. Identify and describe one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. The social/ethical concern that has been identified in this article is 'security'. Security refers to the protection of hardware, software from unauthorized access. Security tries to prevent the access by hackers. In this article, the RBA has been hacked (cyber attacked). For an example, the malware has embedded in the emails. They think it is China to blame because they thought that China has already been through a similar cyber attack, which aimed to get the information out of it. The staffs in the RBA have opened several malware emails. This malware application has managed to go through the computer system. 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. * Malware: Malware refers to software programs that are designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer system. * Cyber Attack: Cyber attackers use malicious code to alter computer code,logic or data, resulting in disruptive consequences that can compromise data and lead to cyber-crimes (information and identity theft). * Computer Viruses: Small but insidious piece of programming-code that attacks computer and network systems through infected data files, introduced into a system via disks or Internet. 5. Describe the solution stated in the article or find a solution to the concern (issue) discussed in the article. Even though the RBA did not lose any of their information, it's better to have a safe security system/software to protect their information. The RBA needs to be more careful when opening email files, and for a better protection, they would need to find a better way to secure. I would suggest them to have an encryp

Describe talktalk. What is new about talktalk's way of blocking sites? Explain 3 possible problems with the system. may 17 nat

How does apple propose to solve the tracking program? Describe two examples of data tracking services that people use. Do you think privacy is still an issue with phones and apps? May 17 cream

1. How does apple propose to solve the tracking program? Apple released newly developed software that cuts the amount of stored data to just a week and no longer transfer it to the owner's computer when the phone is connected. And if users disable the location services setting on their iPhone or iPad, it will stop collecting data completely. 2. Describe two examples of data tracking services that people use. - Foursquare: Foursquare is a location-based social networking website based on software for mobile devices. - Mobile Me: Mobile Me automatically pushes new email, contacts, and calendar events to your iPhone, Mac, and PC. So your devices always stay in perfect sync. 3. Do you think privacy is still an issue with phones and apps? Of course yes because mobile devices are connected to networks for all the time in order to access to files and media. Privacy is always going to be an issue with phones and apps because even though Apple is storing data for shorter time, the stored data can be used or leaked anytime when threats attack.

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If passed, it would "accelerate" the net down a path that could lead to governments everywhere sanitising online content so citizens only get what those in power think they should see... What does this mean? may 19 nat

This means that once the bill passes, the government will have control, and block any sites that they think people should not see, and this quote is saying that the people will only be able to see what the government approves of, leaving them with no freedom on the internet.