with recent high-profile and widespread
computer viruses making headlines it’s
become obvious that the future is now
welcome to watchmojo.com n’t we’re
counting down ten crucial facts you
should know about cyber security number
ten what is cyber security the term
cyber security was coined in 1988 as a
result of one of the first ever
registered online viruses the Morris
worm the worm caused many of the 60,000
computers connected to the Internet at
the time to slow down to the point that
they were unusable my personal
speculation is that this is somebody who
is trying to to warn people to say it
can happen to you
more recently cyber security has come to
signify a form of protection from
attacks designed to paralyze websites
financial networks and other computer
systems by flooding them with data from
outside computers number nine
how has the landscape changed cyber
attacks have become much more
sophisticated and much more dangerous
over the years today several
organizations have proven that the cyber
community is not safe private
information is not private and anything
can be leaked online if you’re not
careful created in 2006 WikiLeaks is a
website that publishes secret
information news leaks and classified
documents for public consumption the
website has been involved in numerous
high profile investigations as thousands
of secret government and corporate
documents have been made available to
the masses we would like the rest of
media to to take up our gauntlet do
everything that we can do and therefore
you wouldn’t be necessary number 8 what
is the cloud cloud storage is
essentially where digital data is stored
on a server and typically owned by a
hosting company by storing your data
this way it’s easily accessible anywhere
anytime you may have heard about iCloud
which is a cloud storage and cloud
computing system from Apple Inc on
August 31
2014 iCloud was hacked and over 200
private celebrity photos were posted to
the imageboard 4chan according to Apple
the leak nicknamed celeb gate and the
fappening was quote a very targeted
attack on usernames passwords and
security questions a practice that has
become all too common on the Internet
number seven who’s doing the hacking
hello citizens of the Rio Grande Valley
I come to you again on an urgent note as
technological advances increase so does
the number of enemies in the cyber arena
from white hat hackers looking to
highlight the weakness of a computer
system two lone hackers trying to steal
personal photos or information to use as
blackmail two experienced criminals
devoted to stealing banking info two
teams of hackers looking to protest
hackers come in every shape and size a
major player today is anonymous an
international network of hacktivists who
attack government religious and
corporate websites using their
wide-ranging technological expertise to
fight for what they believe is the
greater good working as online
vigilantes hacker groups like anonymous
and LulzSec work in the shadows of the
Internet though undoubtedly influential
they’re still widely criticized the
corrupt fear us be honest to support us
the heroic join us number six what are
some famous targets citizens
corporations and even large government
agencies are not safe from the
machinations of cyber criminals as early
as 1995 the citibank network was hacked
by Russian Vladimir Levin and millions
of dollars were taken famously in 2011
the website of technology security
company HBGary federal was hacked
exposing over 71,000 confidential emails
another example of the power some
hackers wield was the shutdown of the
CIA’s main website On June 15 2011 by
the group LulzSec coming on the heels of
the group’s high-profile attack on the
Sony Pictures site in 2013
hackers involved in the biggest cyber
fraud case in American history were
charged after they targeted the Nast
back as well as companies like visa
JCPenney JetBlue and more costing them
more than 300 million dollars number
five
what does cybercrime look like
cybersecurity infringement scan be split
into two classifications crimes that
target computer networks and those that
use computer networks to advance other
ends we’ll be focusing on the first
category which includes computer viruses
denial of service attacks a favorite of
hackers and malware like Trojan horses
worms bugs and more these attacks can
work in two ways either they require the
user to mistakenly run an infected
program or as in the case of a worm the
virus spreads itself and only needs a
network to infect other computers the
good news is that antivirus and
anti-malware software is available for
your computer with the goal of
protecting your operating system by
stopping unwanted operations number four
who’s protecting my rights in the United
States and around the world governments
are gearing up to tackle the next threat
to global security cyber attacks in some
cases governmental e mandated programs
have been created to support key
infrastructure sectors by providing
money and resources on a global scale
international treaties dealing with
cybercrime are being considered like
2001’s Convention on cybercrime cyber
attacks have plunged entire cities into
darkness furthermore on January 1st 2013
the European Union established the
European cybercrime Center a hub that
will support Member States in
investigating and responding to cyber
crime number three how secure is my
online information there are many steps
you can take daily to secure your
privacy personal information and
essentially your digital footprint to
start make sure the websites you
frequent are reputable especially when
banking and be mindful of questionable
emails or requests for personal
information in terms of passwords make
them long strong and unique and wherever
possible enable a 2-step verification
process to keep yourself even
safer always check a Wi-Fi network
before you connect to ensure it’s secure
and finally avoid sharing compromising
information and pictures as these things
can easily be shared with anyone in your
network number two what are the current
concerns with more and more people and
devices connected to the Internet than
ever before the opportunity for hacking
and cybercrime is growing exponentially
a recent concern facing computer users
is the software bug known as shell shock
or bash door some specialists are
worried it will pose an even bigger
threat than the security bug heartbleed
which had previously been labeled
catastrophic unlike heartbleed shell
shock can not only spy on computers it
can also take complete control of them
exploiting an existing vulnerability in
Mac and Linux based computers with
potentially hundreds of millions of
devices at security risk
many major software companies have
patched the bug worst thing that could
happen is that some we would write code
that would automatically go and scan the
internet and would infect all of these
computers number one what is the future
of cyber security combating cyber crime
will require a cohesive formalized
international movement whereby law
enforcement agents can go beyond
cyberspace to prosecute those engaged in
illegal cyber activity criminals
techniques are constantly changing but
their goals remain steadfast they wish
to either malevolently destroy or to use
hacking as a means of protesting the
status quo as new cybercrime issues
arise and old ones persist the need for
a global system of laws to prevent and
police these infractions
will soon become a requirement only then
will cybercrime become a thing of the
past
did these facts surprise you to vote for
which news story is covered next
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and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s every week
you
computer viruses making headlines it’s
become obvious that the future is now
welcome to watchmojo.com n’t we’re
counting down ten crucial facts you
should know about cyber security number
ten what is cyber security the term
cyber security was coined in 1988 as a
result of one of the first ever
registered online viruses the Morris
worm the worm caused many of the 60,000
computers connected to the Internet at
the time to slow down to the point that
they were unusable my personal
speculation is that this is somebody who
is trying to to warn people to say it
can happen to you
more recently cyber security has come to
signify a form of protection from
attacks designed to paralyze websites
financial networks and other computer
systems by flooding them with data from
outside computers number nine
how has the landscape changed cyber
attacks have become much more
sophisticated and much more dangerous
over the years today several
organizations have proven that the cyber
community is not safe private
information is not private and anything
can be leaked online if you’re not
careful created in 2006 WikiLeaks is a
website that publishes secret
information news leaks and classified
documents for public consumption the
website has been involved in numerous
high profile investigations as thousands
of secret government and corporate
documents have been made available to
the masses we would like the rest of
media to to take up our gauntlet do
everything that we can do and therefore
you wouldn’t be necessary number 8 what
is the cloud cloud storage is
essentially where digital data is stored
on a server and typically owned by a
hosting company by storing your data
this way it’s easily accessible anywhere
anytime you may have heard about iCloud
which is a cloud storage and cloud
computing system from Apple Inc on
August 31
2014 iCloud was hacked and over 200
private celebrity photos were posted to
the imageboard 4chan according to Apple
the leak nicknamed celeb gate and the
fappening was quote a very targeted
attack on usernames passwords and
security questions a practice that has
become all too common on the Internet
number seven who’s doing the hacking
hello citizens of the Rio Grande Valley
I come to you again on an urgent note as
technological advances increase so does
the number of enemies in the cyber arena
from white hat hackers looking to
highlight the weakness of a computer
system two lone hackers trying to steal
personal photos or information to use as
blackmail two experienced criminals
devoted to stealing banking info two
teams of hackers looking to protest
hackers come in every shape and size a
major player today is anonymous an
international network of hacktivists who
attack government religious and
corporate websites using their
wide-ranging technological expertise to
fight for what they believe is the
greater good working as online
vigilantes hacker groups like anonymous
and LulzSec work in the shadows of the
Internet though undoubtedly influential
they’re still widely criticized the
corrupt fear us be honest to support us
the heroic join us number six what are
some famous targets citizens
corporations and even large government
agencies are not safe from the
machinations of cyber criminals as early
as 1995 the citibank network was hacked
by Russian Vladimir Levin and millions
of dollars were taken famously in 2011
the website of technology security
company HBGary federal was hacked
exposing over 71,000 confidential emails
another example of the power some
hackers wield was the shutdown of the
CIA’s main website On June 15 2011 by
the group LulzSec coming on the heels of
the group’s high-profile attack on the
Sony Pictures site in 2013
hackers involved in the biggest cyber
fraud case in American history were
charged after they targeted the Nast
back as well as companies like visa
JCPenney JetBlue and more costing them
more than 300 million dollars number
five
what does cybercrime look like
cybersecurity infringement scan be split
into two classifications crimes that
target computer networks and those that
use computer networks to advance other
ends we’ll be focusing on the first
category which includes computer viruses
denial of service attacks a favorite of
hackers and malware like Trojan horses
worms bugs and more these attacks can
work in two ways either they require the
user to mistakenly run an infected
program or as in the case of a worm the
virus spreads itself and only needs a
network to infect other computers the
good news is that antivirus and
anti-malware software is available for
your computer with the goal of
protecting your operating system by
stopping unwanted operations number four
who’s protecting my rights in the United
States and around the world governments
are gearing up to tackle the next threat
to global security cyber attacks in some
cases governmental e mandated programs
have been created to support key
infrastructure sectors by providing
money and resources on a global scale
international treaties dealing with
cybercrime are being considered like
2001’s Convention on cybercrime cyber
attacks have plunged entire cities into
darkness furthermore on January 1st 2013
the European Union established the
European cybercrime Center a hub that
will support Member States in
investigating and responding to cyber
crime number three how secure is my
online information there are many steps
you can take daily to secure your
privacy personal information and
essentially your digital footprint to
start make sure the websites you
frequent are reputable especially when
banking and be mindful of questionable
emails or requests for personal
information in terms of passwords make
them long strong and unique and wherever
possible enable a 2-step verification
process to keep yourself even
safer always check a Wi-Fi network
before you connect to ensure it’s secure
and finally avoid sharing compromising
information and pictures as these things
can easily be shared with anyone in your
network number two what are the current
concerns with more and more people and
devices connected to the Internet than
ever before the opportunity for hacking
and cybercrime is growing exponentially
a recent concern facing computer users
is the software bug known as shell shock
or bash door some specialists are
worried it will pose an even bigger
threat than the security bug heartbleed
which had previously been labeled
catastrophic unlike heartbleed shell
shock can not only spy on computers it
can also take complete control of them
exploiting an existing vulnerability in
Mac and Linux based computers with
potentially hundreds of millions of
devices at security risk
many major software companies have
patched the bug worst thing that could
happen is that some we would write code
that would automatically go and scan the
internet and would infect all of these
computers number one what is the future
of cyber security combating cyber crime
will require a cohesive formalized
international movement whereby law
enforcement agents can go beyond
cyberspace to prosecute those engaged in
illegal cyber activity criminals
techniques are constantly changing but
their goals remain steadfast they wish
to either malevolently destroy or to use
hacking as a means of protesting the
status quo as new cybercrime issues
arise and old ones persist the need for
a global system of laws to prevent and
police these infractions
will soon become a requirement only then
will cybercrime become a thing of the
past
did these facts surprise you to vote for
which news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s every week
you
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