Technology in Action

121 Pages·2014·4.11 MB·English

Technology
in Action
Alan Evans • Kendall Martin
Mary Anne Poatsy
Tenth Edition
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Technology in Action
Chapter 7
Securing Your System:
Protecting Your Digital Data and Devices
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Chapter Topics
• Cybercrime and Identity Theft
• Protecting Yourself from Computer Viruses
• Protecting Digital Assets from Hackers
• Managing Online Annoyances
• Keeping Your Data Safe
• Protecting Your Physical Computing
Assets
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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
• Cybercrime: Any criminal action
perpetrated primarily through the use of a
computer
– Programs damaging computers
– Stealing identities online
– Attacking corporate websites
• Cybercriminals: Individuals who use
computers, networks, and the Internet to
perpetrate crime.
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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
(cont.)
• Top categories of complaints
– FBI-related scams
– Identity theft
– Nonauction/nondelivery of merchandise
– Advance fee fraud
• Complaints not related to fraud
– Computer intrusions
– Child pornography
– Blackmail
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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
(cont.)
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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
(cont.)
• Identity theft: Occurs when a thief steals
personal information such as your name,
address, Social Security number, birth
date, bank account, and credit card
information and runs up debt in your name

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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
(cont.)
• Acts perpetrated by identity thieves
– Counterfeiting existing credit and debit cards
– Requesting changes of address on bank and
credit card statements
– Obtaining new credit cards and bank account
in your name and writing bad checks and not
paying off credit card balances
– Obtaining medical services in your name
– Buying a home with a mortgage in your name,
then reselling the house
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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
(cont.)
• Other methods used to obtain personal
information
– Stealing purses and wallets
– Stealing mail or looking through trash for bank
statements and credit card bills
– Posing as bank or credit card company
representatives
– Installing skimming devices on ATM machines
to record information
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Cybercrime and Identity Theft
(cont.)
• MAAWG found that half of e-mail users in
North America and Europe have opened
spam
• 46% of people who opened spam did so
intentionally

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