Essays on Computer Hacking

Nowadays computer is used everywhere. It is hard to imagine our life without computers, as they make it easier and more pleasant. The only thought that one’s computer may be hacked, makes people nervous. The Internet is another thing, which gave us a number of new opportunities. We can buy thing online, we can communicate with friends, make new acquaintances and even study and work in the Internet. Thus, computer and the Internet became two interrelated facts. However, is everything as easy and reliable as it seems? To answer this question let us consider the notion of computer ...

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1. After considerable thought, what is the greatest danger that people living in the US face because of the rapid expansion of technology? 2. What is the greatest benefit that technology offers for US American today?

1.) There is no doubt that the advancement in technology is good, but we cannot also escape from the collateral danger that is always attached to it. In cyber technology, for instance, identity theft is just one of the problems that pose the greatest nightmare. It is a known fact that most computers have become a safe box for personal data, ...

Abstract

Hacking has been on a growth trend due to increase in awareness of hacking techniques and exposure to information sources on the internet. Hackers have now easy access to personal data of worldwide users of the web. Also, through the advanced technology, they tend to take control of several confidential matters of either a state or it may be an organization. These hackers have been classified into different categories which include white hat hackers, the black hat hackers, the grey hat hacker and the list goes on. Hence, hacking has been a source of great destructions in many places and has continuously ...

Introduction

The task of this report requires the development and analysis of a counterintelligence activity, which specializes in the involvement of drugs, pertaining to an operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A plethora of counterintelligence sectors exist including matters involving illegal drug activities, terrorism, child pornography rings, money laundering, Internet scams, corporate security, and more. In general, counterintelligence competes with these aforementioned areas sometimes in ways that overlap. For example, an Internet scam may involve theft of consumer credit card information – as well as running illegal or non-existent gambling websites. The chosen case study to be developed concerns ...

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Computers are foundations of every facet in human life for many years to come. However, Hacking is a sole activity of entering into computer systems without permission, but it eventually became an accepted business practice. Moral and ethical implications should be put in mind if universities and professors will require hacking as part of the curriculum. Technology aims to improve lives, but its usage may be abused – which can lead people to show self-centered acts towards benefits. In some cases, one can potentially abuse the benefit of convenience – based from the morals embodying ethical egoism. One can use the glaring ...

Hacking is the unauthorized access of very important information about something or somebody willingly and maliciously for one’s personal interests. It is a crime that has been so common from the inception of the internet, this has always been acted in films where people have always brought down big organizations by hacking their very important information and taking control of it (Gibson, 2009). In most countries, this is a criminal offence since it can lead to maliciously getting into the information of a country and causing undue havoc. Hacking does not have any good reason for it, it has always been a ...

A computer crime is defined as any form of crime that involves a network and a computer. Early computer crimes often involved physical damage to computer systems and subversion of the long-distance telephone networks. The earlier periods, 1960s and 1970s, were not common with computer crimes. Actually, the incidents were mere pranks played on the computer systems. There were also few laws against such activities and that is the reason why they were never viewed as crimes. This paper therefore discusses the history and origins of computer crime. According to Kabay (2008), computer crime began as early as the 1870s ...

Hacking as an Addiction

The rising number of computer addicts rise proportionally with the rising number of “computer hacking addicts”. Statistics shows that in 2003, there are around 5.3 million computer addicted users which increased by 18% in a spanned of two years. Of this number, around 25% engaged in computer hacking. (Nikodyz, Ariss & Kurtz, 2005) Because several studies showed similarity of the symptoms of computer addicts compared to that of alcohol or drug addicts, computer addiction has been tagged as a behavioural problem. Computer addicts likewise become computer hackers. Hacking can also be additive when one person becomes finds it fun to solve ...

The Life and Exploits of Kevin Mitnick.

Kevin Mitnick was born in 1963 and is famous for computer hacking. He started hacking when still very young. At the age of 12, he was avoiding to pay for bus rides in the Los Angeles area. He used unused transfer slips that he collected in rubbish bins which he punched with his own ticket punch. A friendly driver had told him where he could buy a ticket punch. At age 16, he gained unauthorized access to the first computer network he ever hacked into. He was part of a gang of computer hackers in Los Angeles. In 1979, he got ...