most of the time in harmless programs. Email worms are spread through emails, they usually spread via attachment. These type of worms need to be opened before they can do anything. Worms can take up much needed memory and cause computers, web servers, and network servers to stop responding. Instant messaging worms are spread through instant messages, and their main purpose is to replicate themselves and infect users. This type of worm can cause a network to shut down or allows hackers
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A Brief History “In 1949, Von Neumann established the Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata, where he presented for the first time the possibility of developing small replicating programs able to control other programs with a similar structure In 1959, in Bell Computer’s laboratories, three young programmers: Robert Thomas Morris, Douglas Mcllroy and Victor Vysottsky created a game called CoreWar, based on the theory of Von Neumann and in which programs fought between each other, trying to occupy
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Backdoors give hackers the opportunity to establish a connection to a network that they haven’t been authorized to join from a remote location. Backdoors make their way onto systems and networks through vulnerabilities. This allows the backdoor to exploit the vulnerabilities on the system and network by installing itself on the system without being seen. This is when the hacker has made his way onto a system and can take control of it. Backdoors can do so many different types while on a system
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CIS 109: Week 3 – The Love Bug Virus January 27, 2014 Ten years ago the Love bug virus infiltrated computers around the world throwing consumers - and sometimes government offices - into turmoil. Ten years later many consumers think viruses are a thing of the past and that any anti-virus software will protect them. The truth is consumers, businesses, and brands are still very susceptible to viruses and malware simply because many attacks go undetected until it's too late. Computer programmers
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NT2580 Introduction to Information Security STUDENT COPY: FINAL EXAM 30. What does risk management directly affect? a. Company investments b. Security policy framework c. Security controls d. Number of employees 31. Which of the following is a cipher that shifts each letter in the English alphabet a fixed number of? Positions, with Z wrapping back to A? a. Transposition b. Vigenere c. Caesar d. Vernam 32. Identify a security objective that adds value to a business. a. Revocation
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To create a virus, a user or attacker needs to create a code. In this code the attacker needs to express what type of virus, he/ or she wants to use. Once the attacker determines what type of virus is going to be used, then they must determine who they want to attack. Lastly, ask what type of data they want to gain from the attack. People write computer viruses. The person has to write the code, test it to make sure it spreads properly and then release it. A person also designs the virus's attack
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developer, who retains the rights to control its distribution, modify it and sell it in the future 9. Hacker- a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data 10 Hoax- A virus hoax is an email that provides a warning about a virus, worm or some other disaster, and urges recipients to forward the message 11. Intellectual Property- 12. Password- a secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to something. 13. Piracy- the state or condition of
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on many events, but several historical factors were very influential in this time period such as; Charlemagne being crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, church participation in feudalism, lay investiture, simony, and finally the Concordat of Worms. These topics are the major factors that outline the evolution of church and state relations so their effects will be discussed in great detail throughout this paper. Charles Augustus being crowned emperor by Pope Leo III most definitely marks
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Nowadays, E-commerce is a fundamental part of marketing activity. Most of e-commerce proceeds on the websites of publicly traded companies. A challenge that e-business face is that vulnerably experience e-crime, also known as cybercrime. As Internet technology continues to rise throughout the world, the threat of cyber crime also grows. While some of these crimes are relatively harmless and commonplace, others are very serious and carry with them felony charges. Various types of Cyber crimes that
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1) Identify the Operating System and note whether you are and/or have been running your Operating system updates regularly. When was your last update? Do you have outstanding updates? Is your computer set to run and download these updates automatically? Be sure to get your computer up-to-date if it isn't already. The operating system running on my Mac air now is OS X Mavericks. I updated it on last Monday. I set up an alert system to make sure my computer update the new system automatically
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