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CS 306

• Unit 6 -Risk and Avoiding Risk

Why Spyware Poses Multiple Threats to Security
Theft through spyware could be the most important
and least understood espionage tactic in use
today drive by Download Spyware Dangers Real
and Pervasive Info - Surfing habits, RAT
Remote Access Trojan, etc.. Capture everything
that you do Denial-of-Service (DoS) Spyware Harms
Computer Performance Adware pest can slow boot
time by 3.5 minutes Unknown Data from Website
Clean Machine 281 bytes V.s 889 bytes,
3,086/1,419 respectively National Security
Threats Keystroke Loggers and other programs
embedded w/ Spyware Downloading Spyware Apps by
thousand everyday Bot Armies and DDoS Possible
Solutions Education/Protection, Disclosure
through Legislation and active Prosecution COAST
Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology
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CS 306

• Unit 6 -Risk and Avoiding Risk

Terrors Server
Fraud, Gruesome propaganda, Terror Planning
The Net enables it all. The online industry can
help fix it. The rise of Internet
Terror Al-Qaedas online and beyond . Osama Bin
Laden In 1997- 12 and today around 4.300 websites
Avoiding the Slippery Slope Opportunity for
Businesses to develop software Laws aim at those
marketers or develop tighter filters Remember
Janet Jacksons breast during the Super Bowl FCC
fined CBS 550,000 First Amendment Technology and
ISPs A Window on Online Fraud 124,509 complaints
Too Little, or Too Much Legal, Policy, Expert
Experts There are No real solutions Who is
responsible?