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Hacking, 2006.
A discussion regarding the serious danger of hacking.
2,609 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 114.95
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This paper takes a look at computer hacking. According to the paper, hacking can cause very serious problems and is a potential danger that should not be taken lightly. The paper defines hacking as an activity that involves some degree of violation of the privacy of others.
Outline:
Introduction
Computer Hacking Defined
History of Computer Hacking
Common Methods of Hacking
Issues Concerning Hacking
Minimizing or Preventing Hacking
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"This is the extent of how hacking can cause damage. Computer hacking is indeed a big threat to small groups of people and up to the level of national security. If one person can get accessed with the data and information that is not intended for public viewing or for the authorized people only, chaos, confusion among people and various more other damages will surely happen. "
"What is computer hacking and how is it being done? Who are the people behind this 'hacking business'? Is hacking illegal? If so, how can it be prevented? These are few of the questions raised concerning hacking. These are the very information that this paper intends to find out. "
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Computer Hacking: A Crime of Today?s World, 2001.
This paper studies the phenomenon of computer hacking and tries to define what a hacker is and what hacking does.
3,365 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 139.95
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This paper examines what hacking is and what kind of people become hackers. It discusses the laws that exist regarding this issue and stresses the need for harsher laws to stop this types of computer crime. It gives several definitions and examples for the word "hacker". The paper goes on to give a brief historical overview of hacking and how it got started. It discusses the media's part in this growing phenomenon. It gives examples of different types of hacking attacks and studies the differences and motives behind them. Finally, it examines the law enforcement of these crimes and gives recommendations on how to solve this problem.
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"We?ve all heard of it. Their crimes are almost as common as rapists and robbers. Although their crimes are often quieter and sometimes go unnoticed, hackers can cause as just as much harm as any other kind of criminal. Computer hacking and the crimes that define this type of criminal, make hacking difficult to define. According to Carter (2002), ?Computer hacking always involves some degree of infringement on the privacy of others or damage to computer-based property such as files, web pages or software.?
Computer hacking can range from the placing of pornographic pictures on a website to cracking a code that puts the security of millions of Americans at risk. Sometimes it involves stolen identities; other times it?s just the ripping off of DVD movies and other media. Hackers themselves also come in as many forms as their crimes do. They range from bored college students to wealthy business men. Hackers are the criminals of today?s technological world. This paper will attempt to illustrate just what a hacker is, what this criminal does, and how the laws need to become steeper in order to stop these types of computer crimes for causing the damage they do. "
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Is Hacking Ethical?, 2005.
A look at the concept of 'ethical hacking'.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95
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The paper introduces and explains the concept of ethical hacking and questions whether such a concept can exist. A vast number of arguments are put forward to claim that ethical hacking is ethical at all costs.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction to Hacking
II. What Is Ethical Hacking?
III. Is Ethical Hacking Ethical?
IV. Conclusion
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"The likely to explode expansion of the Internet has brought about many good things. As with the largest part of scientific move on, there is also a dark side: criminal hackers and hacking. Hacking is a term which can be defined as the unlawful draw on, or tries to get out of or find a way around the mechanisms of safety measures of an information system or network. It can easily be defined as the, unauthorized access to a computer, its files and programs. Hacking indicates the illegal accessing of other people's computer systems for destroying, disrupting or carrying out illegal activities on the network or computer systems. It is the, ?original term referred to learning programming languages and computer systems; now associated with the process of bypassing the security systems on a computer system or network? (Cyber Crime glossary)."
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Hacking, 2005.
This paper discusses the costs of hacking on business.
2,690 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 117.95
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This paper explains that hacking is unauthorized use or attempt to circumvent or bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network for the thrill of learning and "looking around" or for the malicious intent of gathering information for gain, data corruption, or access to a system. The author points out that a hacker replaced the home page of the Burger King UK site with a parody of arch rival McDonald's site, stating "Eat our food, we want your money," and suggesting to visitors that they should go to McDonalds instead. The paper relates that it is hard to quantify the financial losses of clean-up and investigation from hacking, but the real costs are soft costs, such lost business opportunities. Graphs and illustrations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
What Is Hacking?
Hacker Motivation
The Costs of Hacking on Business
Burger King
Cert.org
The FBI and SirCam
NetNames and Osama Bin Laden
Adobe and Dmitry Sklyarov
Companies' Hacking-Related Insurance Costs
The Effects of Cyber Criminal Activity
Conclusion
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"White-Hat hackers is often used to describe those who attempt to break into systems or networks in order to help the owners of the system by making them aware of security flaws, or to perform some other altruistic activity. Many such people are employed by computer security companies. This type of hacker takes pleasure in learning and working with computer systems, and as a result gains a deeper understanding of the subject."
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Hacking, 2002.
A study of computer hacking, viruses, and network security.
4,210 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 163.95
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This paper examines the issues of computer hacking. It defines hacking as the intentional breaching of another personal or business computer system without permission of the owner of that system either simply for the technical challenge of doing so or because the hacker wishes either to gain information from that system or to disrupt the work being done by that system. The paper describes that while some hacking is harmless in intent, a great deal of it is highly destructive. The author illustrates that hacking on the highest levels can be catastrophic to national security.
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"Hacking has become a part of both our daily lives and a part of our popular culture. While in the former it is often extremely harmful, in the latter it is often depicted either as good clean fun or as part of the arsenal of those fighting the good fight.
Before we examine two fictional hacking episodes ? before going on to examine both real and hypothetical cases ? we should perhaps first define exactly what we mean by hacking. Here is one definition, or rather two, for ?hacking? refers to a number of different activities."
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Hacking, 2005.
This paper discusses hackers and hacking.
4,140 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, AU$ 208.95
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This paper describes hackers and hacking by examining their attitudes, ethics, techniques and motivations. The author explains the hacker counterculture and provides insight--much of it from hackers themselves--into why and how hackers do what they do.
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"Most people think of hackers as super-intelligent science geeks who illegally break into computers and steal information, Although this type of activity represents one small aspect of what some hackers actually do, it fails to convey the spirit and in ..."
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Computer Hacking, 2004.
This paper describes computer hackers, the crime of hacking, and laws to stop the damage it does.
3,315 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 137.95
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This paper explains that computer hackers are the criminals of today?s technological world whose actions range from the placing of pornographic pictures on a website to cracking a code that puts the security of millions of Americans at risk. The paper points out that, according to the FBI?s computer security report, 70% of computer crimes against organizations originate from the Internet, where hackers cover their tracks by ?looping and weaving? in and out of dozens of computer systems around the world, masquerading as legitimate users on the co-opted systems and creating problems for law enforcement. This paper stresses that the laws and penalties for computer crimes are not stringent enough, but the main problem with hackers is their lack of respect for other people?s property; therefore, they should be punished for the seriousness of their crimes.
Table of Contents
What Is a Hacker?
How ?Hacking? Got Started
Media
How They Get In
Attacks
Law Enforcement and Hackers
Attacking the Problem
Conclusion
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"The word hacker was first originated from the term ?hack writer? which refers to a writer that keeps ?hacking? away at the typewriter until he considers his piece complete. Later, in the 60s and 70s, the word hacker came to mean someone that was very committed to perfecting their computer software. But during the 80s, the term hacker came to know an even different meaning when it referred to non-computer activities but meant the ?manipulation of a complex system? instead."
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Hacking into Computers, 2001.
This paper is a detailed examination of computer hacking.
3,675 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 147.95
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This paper looks at some of the different methods that computer hackers use when trying to access different networks. The paper gives a detailed background on computers, terminology and some of the damage that can be done by hackers. It also looks at the characteristics of hackers, security systems, passwords and encryption. The author uses a case study to illustrate how to hack into a computer system.
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"Most people tend to think of computers and all of the data that is stored within them as confidential because they are physically situated within a private space (usually a business or a house) and their use is formally restricted to a limited number of users. We know that the computers are a part of the work space or a part of a house and we see this physical positioning of them as being a proxy for the confidentiality of the information that is stored within them. While this does have important legal implications, it does not in fact have a great deal of practical value. The computer sitting on your desk in your cubicle connects you via that phone line to hackers in Russia and China with nothing better to do than to find out exactly what information you might be in possession of that might be useful for them."
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Computer Hacking, 1994.
This paper discusses computer hacking: Types, laws and penalties, personalities, impact on society, security measures, vulnerable systems, right to privacy, costs and future.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 13 sources, AU$ 127.95
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"As computer technologies have come into widespread use, computer related crime has emerged as a major problem for society. The costs of these crimes are inestimable. In the past, hacking and cracking behaviors were typically engaged in by mischievous youths. At one time, hackers who cooperated with the authorities received mild treatment. More recently, however, attitudes have begun to change. In response to the increasing prevalence and severity of computer-related crimes, new statutes have been enacted. These laws give authorities the power to respond effectively to hacker attacks. By shifting the emphasis away from the specific monetary damages inflicted by such crime and considering its larger implications, the new laws will result in stiff fines and jail sentences for convicted offenders."
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"War Games" ( Badham, John ) & Computer Hacking, 1994.
Analyzes the hackers' social significance & protagonist's motivations for hacking in the 1983 film.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, AU$ 57.95
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"The movie War Games raises a number of issues of growing importance in our computer-oriented society. We live in an era when certain international tensions seem to have subsided with the disintegration of the Soviet Empire, and as a result many are calling into questions our military expenditures, including those that are directed toward intelligence capabilities and technological means of analysis and protection. It has been charged by some that we are leaving ourselves open to attack, especially attack by the new danger from terrorists, and computers make this danger all the more intense. Computer experts might be capable of breaking through our defenses and entering our computer systems to wreak havoc, including the sort of havoc seen in this film where missiles are launched by accident. Many people would not accept the idea that a lonely.."
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Hacking and Anti-Hackers, 2003.
This paper discusses tools, such as honeypots, to fight against hackers.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 80.95
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This paper examines the hacker community, why hacking is possible and the use of honeypots to identify and track hackers. The author points out the pros and cons of using honeypots. The paper uses only Internet sources.
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"We've been hacked is an information technology manager's nightmare. Hackers break into computer systems for fun, profit and simply to prove to themselves or to others that they can. They make use of other people's computing resources."
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Computer Hacking, 2007.
This paper discusses how computer hackers gain entry to another's computer files.
1,882 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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The paper defines "hackers" and describes the sophisticated techniques they now use to gain entry into the personal electronic databases and computers of others. The paper explains "back door" viruses and explores what everyday PC users can do to prevent hackers and the viruses they spawn from intruding upon one's life. The paper concludes that a commitment to frequently updating PC components and overall vigilance is often sufficient to overcome the cleverness of professional hackers.
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"To begin with, it is important to understand precisely who and what hackers are. For one thing, hackers are individuals who use their computer skills unlawfully (that is to say, without authorization) to enter the network files, computer networks and/or databases of other individuals, businesses or organizations ("Hacker" defin.2). The motivations which drive these individuals are, unsurprisingly, complex, but it appears as though many hackers intrinsically welcome the personal challenge involved in breaking down a computer or network's defenses (Voiskounsky & Smyslova, 2003). In that sense, a good many hackers may be defined as egotists who commit these acts simply because they can. On the other hand, hackers tend also to be (but by no means exclusively) emotionally immature individuals who engage in their nefarious activities out of a desire to either rebel against society or out of a desire to participate in a form of thrill-seeking."
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Hacking Industry, 2002.
Examines the profile of computer hackers, the need for computer security, methods used by hackers and prevention and law enforcement options to this problem.
5,021 words (approx. 20.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, AU$ 184.95
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This paper explains that as the technological revolution has transformed the world in recent decades, computers and computer networks have become ubiquitous throughout society. Not surprisingly, computer hackers have become almost as ubiquitous. It discusses how hackers range from the mischievous at one end to the truly dastardly at the other. Regardless of their motives, they pose a huge threat to the technological infrastructure that underpins the modern world. This paper examines computer hackers, from their goals and personalities to the preventive measures adopted by business and governments to thwart them.
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"Hackers generally fall into three groups. The first group hacks into computer networks just to prove they can do it. The mischievous ones often leave proof of their entry and then exit the network. The majority of hackers fall into this first group, and they are largely harmless. Indeed, they completely reject the actions of the second and third groups (Platt, 1996, p. 52). What would drive someone to tap into private computer networks just for fun? "Because it is there" would be the response of many hackers. For some, it is all a game, and at times they even help computer security experts. "Many expert hackers trespass on systems strictly for the challenge and will patch holes on the way out or notify system administrators about how they broke in" (Koerner, 1999, p. 49)."
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Cyber Terrorism, 2005.
This paper discusses the use of computers and hacking by terrorists.
2,030 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 94.95
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This paper explains that the most importance of the computers to the terrorists is less in hacking and more in recording their financial ledgers, target lists, attack plans and names of co-conspirators as in the case of Ramzi Yousef, who was the mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing. The author explains that cyber terrorism is expected in the air traffic system because the air traffic control system all over the world are well computerized; however, this fear ignores the fact that these computers do not directly control the aircraft, but act as mere aids to the human controller. The paper discusses the vulnerability of the electrical energy systems, gas and oil pipelines under the SCADAS or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems and of the Defense computer systems, which have had many attacks that have not led to any degradation of the capabilities of the US military.
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"Yet the problem is not so simple, and the US government has very little power in this regard. This was seen when the Chairman and Vice Chairman regarding critical infrastructure met the President. They had been informed by Finland that researchers had found a serious deficiency in the Internet's standard language for sending data through the switches. The concerned government team had found this to be a threat for air traffic control and military phone links, among other threats. This led to the critical infrastructure board and the homeland security office asking private organizations whether they would tell the government the names of people working in those sites. The FBI can only collect the names of bank employees, but is unable to take action in other industries."
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The Social Construction of Race, 2005.
Argues that race is indeed a social construct, focusing on Ian Hacking's four premises.
2,450 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 108.95
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This paper describes the history of race as a distinctly Western idea. Through this process, the writer shows how and when the concept of "race" was invented or socially constructed. It then emphasizes the point that race has no biological reality by focusing on genetics and human variation, among other factors that repudiate the notion that race is biologically real. Finally, it looks at how the concept of race is, indeed, as Hacking states, "quite bad as it is," and puts forth a new archetype, one that does away with the concept of race altogether and focuses on the uniqueness of individual human beings.
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"What does it mean to say that race is "socially constructed"? In fact, what do we mean when we say that anything is socially constructed? Ian Hacking, after researching many books on social construction, stated that in order for something - he called it "X" - to be socially constructed, it must adhere to the following two premises: (0) In the present state of affairs, X is taken for granted; X appears to be inevitable. (1) X need not have existed, or need not be at all as it is. X, or X as it is at present, is not determined by the nature of things; it is not inevitable. Hacking goes on to state that these next two claims are also usually, though not always, implied by the use of the phrase "social construction": (2) X is quite bad as it is. (3) We would be much better off if X were done away with, or at least radically transformed."
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Cyber Criminals, 2006.
A study of cyber crime: hacking and computer fraud over the Internet.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper looks at the growing phenomenon of computer-related crimes. Specifically, the author examines computer fraud, which costs $100 million a year, and hacking, particularly by teenagers and others who are thrill-seeking. The paper concludes that despite the cost, there need to be greater safety mechanisms to protect individuals' and organizations' privacy, as well as to safeguard national security and ensure freedom of commerce.
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"The fact that the price of computers now makes it possible for nearly every family to own one, and have it linked to America On Line, or some other service provider, has increased the opportunities of the criminal and pedophile element to use electronic means of defrauding and enticing the public. Federal, state, and local regulations have not kept pace. In fact, there are practically NO statutes on the books that provide serious penalties. Even the most ambitious and dangerous "hackers" such as the notorious Kevin Mitnick, only got slaps on the wrist. "A one-year prison sentence, followed by six months in a rehabilitation program." (Hafner 323)"
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