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- 11: Computer - Hacking
- Computer - Hacking My name is Patrick Haebig and my IB – number is .................. Today I would like to talk about computer hacking. I will divide my talk into several sections. Firstly I will talk about hacking in general and then, about how you can prevent hacking. To begin, what is computer hacking? On the whole Hacking is the unauthorised entry into a computer system. All you need is a P. ...
- 12: Hackers
- Hackers By: Richard Love Hackers, Good or Evil?? Since the introduction of personal computers in the 1970's, the art of computer hacking has grown along with changing roles of computers in society. Computers have taken over our lives. People could not function without them; our electricity is run by computers, the government could not function without computers ... access to, and sometimes tamper with, information in a computer system. Due to recent media coverage and corporate interest, hackers’ activities are now looked down on by society as criminal. Despite the growing trend of hacking, very little research has been done on the hacking world and its culture. The image of a computer hacker has grown from a harmless nerd into a vicious techno-criminal. In reality most hackers are not out to destroy the world. The hackers ...
- 13: Hacking
- Hacking The Technology Age, and the Downfall of the U.S. In today's society, people are always trying to improve technology, but in doing so, are they creating something that can be used to create ... other countries are jealous. Most understand the word terrorism to mean bombs, and mass murders, but with the evolution of the computer age, terrorism is taking on a whole new meaning. No longer is computer hacking something from a movie, or a sci fi flick, it is now a real danger to the United States. This new technology is being called Cyber Terrorism, and is used by a variety of people ... trying to ward of terrorist attacks and better prepare the Country incase such attack should ever occur. Presidential Decision Directive 63, which is the alliance between industries and the Government to prevent terrorism and computer hacking could work, but only if both private and public sector corporations work with the Government one hundred percent. The main areas that the Government hopes will work with them on this is the power ...
- 14: Hackers Misunderstood
- ... is someone who seeks knowledge and information. When hackers hack into systems or networks, it is to explore an operating system that is foreign to them. The younger generations have bred a new philosophy of hacking. Wannabe hackers who do not deserve the title “hacker” use simple utilities available over the Internet to hack into personal computers or banks and cause havoc. This is due because they have no respect for ... a select few have leisure of knowing what the rest of the public does not? Knowledge is and should always remain free. A hacker will share his knowledge, encourage it to be reproduced and distributed. Hacking is a skill that takes years and years and tons of practice to achieve. A hacker’s qualifications are based on qualifications and performance. Prejudice is non-existence, a person’s title such as degree ... systems. Hackers are the ones that should be helped and assisted because of the their sheer intellectual capacity, and their ability to solve the everyday problems of the rapid advancement in modern technology. But is hacking really a crime? Is there a line between harmful and harmless hacking? “Hacking is a state of mind, not just the activity of breaking into computer systems. It can mean sitting up behind a ...
- 15: Essay On Hacking
- Essay On Hacking A topic that i know very well is computers and computer hacking. Computers seem very complicated and very hard to learn, but, if given time a computer can be very useful and very fun. Have you ever heard all of that weird computer terminology? for and example ... still can't figure out, but sometimes you type ftp:// before the name of the site. This simply means File transfer protocol. You use this when download image files or any other files. Now, onto hacking. Most people stereotype people simply as "HACKERS," but what they don't know is that there are three different types of computer whizzes. First, there are hackers. Hackers simply make viruses and fool around ...
- 16: Money And Information
- ... he is using the company as a legitimate front with which to defraud other companies. This category will be referred to as ‘white-collar crime’. The third distinct category of computer crime is independent financial hacking where an individual or gang use a computer to gain access to a separate business or bank and transfer funds to accounts that they control. The fourth category is the information hacker. The individual or ... charged and convicted of a crime of financial theft, whether it is fraud, embezzlement, or illegal transfer, and an individual who has been charged and convicted of an illegal act of computer misuse, i.e. hacking. The intention of this paper is to explore the differing levels of punitive measures that have been imposed on individuals and to show a correlation between excessive punishment and ‘information crime’. The inference that information ... 85) The quest for information can be taken as a direct rebellion against those who wish to package and sell it. Richard Stallman identified this anti-authoritarian stance; when asked if he thought that some hacking was undertaken in a spirit of political rebelliousness he replied: ‘I don’t see a connection directly with abuse of power by governments, but abuse of power on a smaller scale by sysadmins (system ...
- 17: An Overview Of Hacking
- ... a drive-by shooting or other attempted murder. (Scheir, par. 10) It is for these reasons that medical facilities computer security procedures are second only to the government's. There are even more forms of hacking to go into. One type, called phreaking, is often a side-effect of a computer hacker's work. (Machlis, par. 8) Phreaking is the manipulation of phone lines and phone services. Over the space of ... hospital officials. The actual physical security of a building cannot be neglected. If either physical or computer security are lacking, determined hackers can make quick work of the system. Perhaps the most dangerous form of hacking is to break into a system to acquire information. The most common use of this practice would be industrial espionage, one company hiring hackers to obtain advance information on a competitor's product, but worst ... Hackers represent a clear and present danger to the security of the United States of America. Not only do they cost our nation billions a year, but hackers also contribute to a serious espionage problem. Hacking, no matter its form, is an act of thievery, piracy, or blackmail, and cannot be tolerated. Works Cited Caryl, Christian. "Russia's Hackers: Reach out and Rob Someone." U.S. News & World Report 122. ...
- 18: Hacking
- Hacking Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Areested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"....Damn kids. They're all alike. But did you , in your three-piece ... something that you will never forgive me for. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. you may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike. Hacking is a serious offense. And I think that I agree w/Jansie Kotze's theories and she explains a lot of the things that I was wondering about. I think that she had a lot ... in there and got all sorts of ideas.....bad ideas. He had everything from viruses to download and other tips. He even had a "cookbook" that he called the infection connection. I never thought about hacking and phreaking all too much until now. Sure, kids give ea. other little viruses for kicks, but when you can break passwords and break security grounds, that is getting out of hand. I think ...
- 19: Money And Information
- ... he is using the company as a legitimate front with which to defraud other companies. This category will be referred to as ‘white-collar crime’. The third distinct category of computer crime is independent financial hacking where an individual or gang use a computer to gain access to a separate business or bank and transfer funds to accounts that they control. The fourth category is the information hacker. The individual or ... charged and convicted of a crime of financial theft, whether it is fraud, embezzlement, or illegal transfer, and an individual who has been charged and convicted of an illegal act of computer misuse, i.e. hacking. The intention of this paper is to explore the differing levels of punitive measures that have been imposed on individuals and to show a correlation between excessive punishment and ‘information crime’. The inference that information ... 85) The quest for information can be taken as a direct rebellion against those who wish to package and sell it. Richard Stallman identified this anti-authoritarian stance; when asked if he thought that some hacking was undertaken in a spirit of political rebelliousness he replied: ‘I don’t see a connection directly with abuse of power by governments, but abuse of power on a smaller scale by sysadmins (system ...
- 20: Even from it's humble beginnings, the Internet has always been a battlefield between phreaks and administrators
- ... war ("Internet History"). The creation of the Net can not be blamed for the existence of hackers though, hackers are older than the Net itself, but the Net is the largest 'hacker haven' today (Spencer, "Hacking McDonalds" 6). The growth of the Net since its creation has been nothing less than astounding. In the 25-plus years since its creation, the Net now has over thirty million users using four million sites worldwide. Estimates rate the growth of the Net anywhere from ten to fifteen percent per month (Spencer, "Hacking McDonalds" 6). The Internet was first released to major universities in the United States of America. Since then, the universities have offered connections to small business, service providers, and even to the individual user. Sometimes ... rate, if not faster. In what is often referred to by Net users as the Resource Explosion, the amount of information circulating the Internet has increased more than proportionately with the number of users (Spencer, "Hacking McDonalds" 6). Of all the other factors contributing to the large percent of online crimes, perhaps the most influential is the design structure of the Internet. Experts agree that the underlying structure with no ...
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