The world started to take notice of hacking as a serious crime or felony when Jonathan James, an American hacker, was first arrested for making intrusions into the Department of Defense computers between August and October 1999. Hacking happens mainly because of poor IT management, lack of control, lack of proper knowledge and exposure, haphazard computer networks, illogical system design, misconfigured systems and applications, etc. The number of readymade hacking applications, tools, code, etc, and their availability in the market are the real enticers to the “would be” hackers.
Posts Tagged ‘Hackers’
Hacking – What, When, And How?
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Computer Forensics and Legal Aspects
Thursday, July 9th, 2009The rate of crimes on internet and networks is increased to an alarming state by hackers, contractors, intruders and employees. Laws are enforced and computer forensics is practiced to avoid and prevent these crimes. Using computer forensics investigators use latest techniques of science and technology to find some evidence against crimes.
USB Ports – Risks and Safety Precautions
Monday, June 29th, 2009USB ports might have become the most revolutionary discovery in the industrial computer component industry, but there are some risks that are involved with them. This fashionable accessory along with the computer savvy also attracts various hackers that commit various identification thefts and cyber crimes. This write up contains various tips and steps that can help in limiting the happening of these crimes to a larger extent. The USB are small reusable memory storage devices that can be fitted into the USB port of any computer and can store data up to 20 gigabytes for some models. It is their small size that makes it easier to lose. According to the security services, in New York 12,500 handheld devices, including USB drives are found left behind in the taxis and cab. Read through to know more about the threats as well as precautions that are involved in the USB drives.
How to Make Your Emails Secure
Friday, May 8th, 2009We talk about securing our data on our system, we protect our data on CD and DVD, we make our data safe on portable storage media but we never thought about securing our emails which we usually use to send our important data to people we know. As the number of computer users is growing really fast, the people have to face many security threats in the face of viruses, spy wares and the most dangerous threat are the hackers who are always looking to hack in to other PCs and steal their private and confidential information…
