Internet Security

1
Internet Security

• Group 6
• James Richards, Kellie Yood, Ryan Ferer, Andrew
  Renton

2
Intro/Outline

• History of Hacking
• Operating Systems
• Hacking Information
• Cookies
• Phishing
• Viruses
• Protection Against Viruses
• Future of Hacking
• Conclusion
• References

3
History of Hacking

• Hacker was originally a positive term for a
  person who was very skilled with computers and
  their programming systems.
• In the 1980s government started a crackdown on
  computer hacking.
• The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act law was created
  to reduce the hacking of computer systems.
• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) was
  created by U.S. defense to investigate the
  attacks on computer networks.
• In the 1990s Federal web sites are now the new
  target for the elite hackers.
• In the late 1990s hackers are able to crack
  military and governmental codes.
• In the early 2000s viruses and spamming are
  introduced.

4
Operating Systems

• Different Operating Systems
• Vulnerability of Operating Systems
• Who is Vulnerable?

5
Hacking Information

• Why Hackers do what they do?
• How are Systems Vulnerable?
• What can you do?

6
Cookies

• What are Internet Cookies?
• Should you be concerned?
• What can you do?

7
Phishing

• What is Phishing?
• Is it a threat to internet security?
• How to protect yourself.

8
Viruses

• Are you safe?
• Easily disguised
• Also known as Trojan Horse, spiders, worms, bugs
  etc.
• Can spread to other computers
• Deletion of data

9
Protection Against Viruses

• Antivirus software such as McAfee VirusScan,
  Norton Antivirus, Panda Software
• Keep antivirus software up to date
• Be smart!

10
Future of Hacking

• Self Recovery Systems
• A system that detects intrusions and
  simultaneously works on fixing it.
• Digital Pearl Harbour
• As technology gets smarter, will hackers
  ultimately get smarter?
• Today's sloppiness will become tomorrow's
  chaos.
• -Scott Berinato

11
Conclusion
12
References

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• Brain, M (2007). How Internet Cookies Work.
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• Mozilla (2007). Phishing Protection. Retrieved
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