BTM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Internet Crime Complaint Center, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, Master Boot Record

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Business Technology Management
• Course: BTM 200
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Cybercrime: any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer. Cybercriminals: individuals who use computer to perpetrate crimes. Virus: is a computer program that attaches itself to another computer program(host program) and attempts to spread while other computer files are exchanged. Main purpose is to replicate and copy its code onto as many other files as possible. Keep safe: allow contact only from users on your buddy list, never automatically accept transfers of data, avoid using instant messaging programs on public computers. Hacker: anyone who unlawfully breaks into a computer system. Different kinds of hackers: white-hat hacker: breaks into systems just for the challenge of it, black-hat hacker: villainous hackers, script kiddies: amateur hackers teens. Keylogger: a program that captures all keystrokes made on a computer. Data travels through the internet in packets. Packet sniffer: is a computer program deployed by hackers that looks at each packet as it travels on the internet.