MIS 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Adware, Wi-Fi, Dumpster Diving

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Mgmt Info Systems
• Course: MIS 311
• Professor: Seyed Eshagh Ashraf Vaghefi

Document Summary

Before we begin, here is a link for a quick study break. It represents my performance when i took this course: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=bnj8upvdtqy. Malware was snuck into a partner of target, where credit card transactions were recorded. The alert system was ignored and employees did not allow the system to automatically remove malware. Security is a must for any firm. Software and hardware solutions grow more complex. Intellectual property theft: cyberwarfare, terrorism, prank, protest hacking: hacktivism, revenge (disgruntled employees) Data harvester: hackers who infiltrate systems and collect data. Cash out fraudster: criminals who purchase data from harvesters in order to buy/resell goods using stolen credit cards and false accounts. ***clearly know the relationship between data harvester and cash out fraudster*** Botnet: zombie computers used to send spam. leads to : ddos (distribute denial of service): shut websites down by overloading them with requests. Hacktivist: protester seeking to make political point by leveraging tech for infiltration.