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anonymous

iPhone Tracking Only Tip Of Security Iceberg -- InformationWeek - 1 views

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    Explain what the following means: Miriam Wugmeister, chair of the global privacy practice at law firm Morrison & Foerster, echoes that assessment and stresses than employers should make it clear to employees that they can't expect privacy using corporate devices. While she observes that allowing employees to backup personal devices containing corporate data on a home computer could pose an e-discovery problem in the event of litigation, she also says there are good technical solutions that allow corporate IT administrators to create sandboxes that segregate personal and corporate communications. april 28 woo
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anonymous

Corporate computing: Online reputations in the dirt | The Economist - 2 views

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    Explain the issues that are in common with both Amazon and Sony? Explain the reasons that cloud computing will continue to grow? What could have prevented Sony from getting hacked? Describe: Rambo architecture Chaos monkey Explain the reason that data centers for cloud computing need backups? may 9 woo
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    1. Explain the issues that are in common with both Amazon and Sony? Issues that are in common with both Amazon and Sony are their reliability and integrity as well as its security. Amazon has just revealed that its Availability Zone in northern Virginia has failed to accommodate customers that were using their services. Sony's hack incident includes its network protection system to be unreliable. Also the security of Amazon's customer's data along with Sony's online users' data is at risk, as well as sensitive information linked to bank accounts. Both Sony and Amazon suffer a setback on their online reputation. Both companies have their servers down which affect a lot of their customers using their services. They both revived worries about the safety of storing and processing data over the Internet. The two crises have also raised questions about the speed and quality of information provided by tech companies when confronted with systems failures. This further links to the data integrity. Amazon users have said that some data may be corrupted or loss resulting from their sites crashing. Sony's users' accounts data may have been altered by unauthorized people. 2. Explain the reasons that cloud computing will continue to grow? Cloud computing will still continue to grow despite its recent incidents because the benefits users receive outweigh the risks that come with cloud computing. The outage suffered by Amazon has been rare. Also, managing one's own network is hardly a guarantee of reliability; it costs a lot of money and is high maintenance. Cloud computing provides another alternative that can save costs for businesses. Also, the recent incidents have proven that managing one's own network is not as reliable as some think considering protection issues and failure/crashes in the network itself. 3. What could have prevented Sony from getting hacked? Sony could have increased its protection system, as well as create random simulations in orde
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    Tags: 1.1 Reliability and integrity 1.2 Security 3.3 Network
anonymous

BBC News - Chemicals and defence firms targeted by hacking attack - 3 views

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    Explain the type of attack and possible security measures to prevent it. m12 nov 8 jenny
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    The type of attack was a phishing attack that involved sending e-mails that had attachments, that when opened, will install a Trojan horse code into the person's computer. From there, the Trojan horse will be able to locate and copy files to another part of the computer system where they will be extracted back to the hacker who performed the attack. Possible Security Measures to Prevent it: Don't open e-mail attachments unless you know they are from a trusted source, especially attachments containing extensions .exe, .ink, and .vbs. Always have your security software up to date. http://sync.sympatico.ca/how-to/computing/how_to_prevent_a_trojan_horse_infection/a1487f14 Customize your firewall settings for your browser to filter out content. (Default is usually all, but choose to "limit" your connection so that it limits the connection to possible attackers).
anonymous

BBC News - US NSA and UK GCHQ 'can spy on smartphones' - 1 views

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    summary jab
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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.
Alex Lenk

Maybe Your Old Credit Cards Are Smart Enough - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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    Jason October 17th  BAA
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    1.Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. Business and employee 2.Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. The main stakeholder in this article is the credit cards company such as, Visa, MasterCard & American Express. The customer how are using these credit cards company service as well. 3.Identify and describe the ITGS social/ethical concerns in the article. The social/ethical concern in the article is Reliability/ Security. In this article it talk about the old expired credit card that can be re-used again. Unwanted access and get a magnet chip/stripes of a credit card and still use it, to buy whatever they want. The magnet chip/stripes still provide some information of the conventional card. 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. PIN- A PIN is a 4-digit number that is used in combination with your Social Security Number, name, and date of birth to identify you as someone who has the right to access your own personal information Chips- is an integrated circuit in which all the components needed for a computer or other system are included on a single chip 5. Describe the solution stated in the article or find a solution to the concern (issue) discussed in the article When a customer uses their credit card to buy product from shops their must type in they PIN to continue the process and if the PIN is enter incorrectly the process cancels. This will allows the original card hold to buy the products only. Dynamics Inc recently unveiled smart-card technology that doesn't require a smart reader but could still require a PIN: the issuer could program the card so that the PIN has to be tapped on special buttons found on the card itself.
anonymous

France24 - New funding for Viewdle, which lets smartphones 'see' - 1 views

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    brief dec 2 kuninari
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    1.11 2.5 home and leisure / 2.5_digital_entertainment 2.5_social_networking 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5
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    1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. The area of impact is people and security on the machine. 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. The main stakeholder is security 3. Describe one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. The concern is about the people and machines were there are problem with the recognitions on people 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. public transfer information systems is the information that will justify the people who is using on account to find whether people is using account on their own or using other person's account. 5. If possible, describe a solution to the concern (issue). It might need some more technology to fix the problem on recognitions that people can be use on other account or people can't use it even they are on their own account. They should be able to find the difference on fake also, like people using photo on other person to log in to their account.
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    Kuni, you're suppose to upload your answers IN class. Just remember that for next time.
anonymous

The Survival Station - 51 Free Tools to Stay Informed and Invisible on the Internet - 1 views

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    How could this help you? march 17 jenny
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    1.3_privacy_anonymity 2.5_home_leisure 3.2 _software
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    How would this help you? These tools could help us by providing us with at least some more sense of security that what we barely have left now. Because we are often on the Internet, we are exposed to the danger of being seen and tracked by others. These tools help us stay invisible and informed. The use of encryption is used as well as proxies to hide user IP addresses. The free tools are basically for us to be aware of what is being tracked of our online activity, and how we can prevent it with the software.
anonymous

Google accuses China of interfering with Gmail email system | Technology | The Guardian - 4 views

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    What evidence does Google present for Chinese government censorship? How does this impact the Jasmine revolution? Describe LinkedIn. Why was LinkedIn disrupted? What are the 7 International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles? Explain the major criticism of this system (International...)? Explain "self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement". Explain "China's political elite have a love hate relationship with the internet". march 25 woo
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    1. What evidence does Google present for Chinese government censorship? Google says that Chinese customers and advertisers have increasingly been complaining about their Gmail service in the past month. Attempts by users to send messages, mark messages as unread and use other services have generated problems for Gmail customers. Google shows potential signs that the Chinese government is increasing their censorship by revealing that Gmail's e-mailing system features have been disrupted for Gmail users as well as other Gmail interfaces such as sending e-mails. Google also reveals that the users who filed in these complaints are mostly potential threats to the Chinese government such as the activist accounts also with financial, technology, media and chemical companies users' accounts. Thus, even though there is no concrete evidence, there are signs that are most likely to be linked to the Chinese government. 2. How does this impact the Jasmine revolution? The move follows extensive attempts by the Chinese authorities to crack down on the Jasmine revolution, an online dissident movement inspired by events in the Middle East. The censorship was supposed to prevent people from getting too much information but instead, this can provoke people to go against the government since people are aware that they have been treated unfairly. 3. Describe LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. LinkedIn operates the world's largest professional network on the Internet with more than 100 million members in over 200 countries and territories. The purpose of the site is to allow registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people they know and trust in business. The people in the list are called Connections. Users can invite anyone to become a connection. 4. Why was LinkedIn disrupted? LinkedIn is business-social networking and Chinese can use this site as the means of evoking opposition against the government. China's president Hu Jint
anonymous

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Senate-Do-Not-Track-Bill-Aims-to-Add-Teeth-to-Web-Pri... - 3 views

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    Why is the US introducing a bill to limit tracking? Explain problems with implementing a no-tracking law. may 17 jen
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    Why is the US introducing a bill to limit tracking? The US is introducing a bill to limit tracking because practically every website you visit keep track of at least some activity for some conventional purposes, while some aren't (such as preventing you to vote twice in a poll). With this bill, the users will be able to have the Do Not Track option while visiting the website. Explain problem with implementing a no-tracking law. The problem with implementing a no-tracking law is that once the law is passed, users will still have a hard time of knowing whether or not a site is tracking them. Not all sites will honor the no-tracking law, and because they don't honor it, they probably won't tell their users' that they're still being tracked, along with what information is being gathered for what purpose.
anonymous

BBC News - Mobile phones could soon be 'powered by walking' - 7 views

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    Explain the problem and solution. august 30 all alec
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    The device is designed to absorb and feed on micro droplets of water. However if someone were to step in a large puddle of water the device could be over loaded and burnout. Also with the problem of how to transfer the energy a cable would work the best because if you use wifi or Bluetooth other devices could pick up that signal and steal the energy supply for their own use. A solution to the way power is generated it to do something similar to the Japanese train station and make the pad in the shoe absorb shockwaves from each step instead of the micro water molecules also if it were shock absorbent it could be but into a waterproof case so that it can withstand rain and puddles. Explain the purpose of this site. What does *) mean? This site tells you how secure your web browser is and what security is currently in place. *) means this information is most likely be recorded by web servers.
anonymous

Former Gucci Employee Indicted For $200,000 Hack - International Business Times - 1 views

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    brief april 26 az
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    1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. Business and employment 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. Gucci, employees 3. Identify one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. Security 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. Virtual private network- a network that is constructed by using public wires to connect nodes. For example, there are a number of systems that enable you to create networks using the Internetas the medium for transporting data. These systems use encryption and othersecurity mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/VPN.html Hacking- the practice of modifying computer hardware and software to accomplish a goal outside of the creator's original purpose. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-computer-hacking.htm Virtual servers- a Web server, that shares computer resources with other virtual servers. Instead of requiring a separate computer for each server, dozens of virtual servers can co-reside on the same computer. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/virtual_server.html E-mail Server - A computer server that acts as the supplier and sender of e-mails in the network. Ecommerce - Electronic commerce, business to sell and buy online electronically. Identity Theft - The stealing of and ID, or impersonating a fake person. 5. If possible, describe a solution to the concern (issue). Gucci needs to be stricter to their employees. They need to closely monitor anyone that can access the company's financial system and any vital part. By doing so, employees would not even think of hacking the system. Moreover, educating their workers into not being tricked to activate any other fraud employee accounts. Also, improving the authorization system of employees to access information with biometrics may be helpful to increase the security of their data and network system.
anonymous

Sony suffers second major user data theft | Reuters - 1 views

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    Explain what happened. Describe the issues. May 9 jen
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    1.Explain what happened. Sony suffered a hack on their PC games network, which lead to theft of online user's data from its PlayStation video game network. The theft involved 77 million user information. Sony is now hiring various outside firms to investigate on the matter, and try to find the offenders to this hacking. Cyber-security detectives from Guidance Software and consultants from Robert Half International Inc's subsidiary Protviti were brought in to help with the clean-up. 2.Describe the issues. Issues from this includes the reliability and integrity, as well as the security of Sony's protection system and online user's sensitive information which include credit card numbers as well as passwords. The reliability is the reliability of Sony's software. It might have failed to function properly, thus being a loop hole of the hackers to get through. The integrity is keep users' data complete and unaltered without their permission by the hackers. There is also a privacy issue because user's sensitive data was stolen.
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    1.2_security 2.1_online_bus 3.7_databases 3.6_multimedia_digital_media
Bala O

A Contradiction in the Web - 2 views

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    Answer these questions 1. What kind of malware is heartbleed? 2. How is it dangerous to internet users? 3. What security measure should a user use to protect themselves?
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    Heartbkeed isn't a malware, what it does is that it finds the hole or ways to get into a system of which points out the opening in a security system. then a malware of some sort uses that to get into the system. it isn't direct towards normal internet users so there is no concern there. but companies with a large system are the targets. for example google or the NSA. these organiations now use Open SSL.
anonymous

BBC News - Smart home kit proves easy to hack, says HP study - 4 views

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    Explain why this is a security issue.
anonymous

A Terrifying Threat Obama and Romney Aren't Talking About - Bloomberg - 7 views

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    1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. 3. Identify and describe one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. 5. Describe the solution stated in the article or find a solution to the concern (issue) discussed in the article. all: Y1-2 due: oct 18+19 Palm Rot
anonymous

Digital self-defence | Bangkok Post: lifestyle - 0 views

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