InfoSec

MIkko Hypponen: 3 Types of Online Attacks:
The first type is the online criminal that make money online. They uses hacking trojans to steal money from banks accounts while people bank online. They also use key loggers to get credit card information while people shop online. The second type is Hacktivist that protest online by illegally breaking into a computer systems for political or socially motivated purposes. The last is governments/nations that use rouge certificates to investigate their own citizens. A Star Trojan is a common tool used by the government. Fighting viruses and defending the Net are difficult to do, says Hypponen. The largest problems are security and privacy. The government makes laws, so they can violate privacy and security, while the internet criminals are extremely hard to catch because of jurisdiction and proof of foul play. I believe that it is hard to govern and prevent theses types of attacks. The people and organizations that commit theses attacks are skilled and break through fire walls. It really discourages me from shopping online.

SOPA-stands for Stop Online Piracy Act-which gives tools to owners of copyright material to take legal action on the infringement sites. It was created by the House of Representatives and the Senate has one alike called PIPA, Protection IP Act. This would allow actors to enforce punishment on the cites that may facilitate the sites that still from them. In other words, punish the middle man. Search engines, add sites, and payments sites are the ones that the infringement sites use to steal. The problem is defining what enabling and facilitating are exactly. The full proof of what sites like google, youtube, and paypal have to do with the crime is still in question. I don't think that this act should be passed because it will hurt the internet in a massive way. A large majority of the sites they are after by association, are the leading innovators in the web. If they go down, the internet will lose its worth.

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Sherry Turkle informs the connecting online with mobile devices has changed who people are and how the do things. People are texting and emailing during school, work, and board meetings. She defines this as Alone Together, which is people being in a certain place to hear what they want and still be connected to what interest them online. Another term used was the Goldilocks Effect-where the right range is established in which people want to connect or contact one another. Connection is over riding conversation in this age. Interaction and conversation development with young people are being compromised. No One is Listening is a term that Turkle used to show why so many people have Facebooks and Twitters. The machine serves as a companion and appeals to where we are most vulnerable on a relationship level.

I think that she is absolutely right concerning how the contact between people has been severed through these communication management systems. The development of conversation is now under the curve. The younger generation cant even speak plainly without using acronyms that translate in the computer language. No one pays as much attention to the people that are right in front of there face anymore. That means that things that are of the utmost importance are neglected attention and cause a decline in the production of society.

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I think that the CMS site was very appealing. The focus of the site is to appeal to the community and the desires they have. The site serves as a resource for activity in the area like eating and night life activities. I like that fact that it has a diverse list of things such as, printable coupons, health plans, and hybrid car links.

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Ralph Lauren.com is a retail site that uses several methods of e-commerce to attract consumers. The first e-commerce technique is the personal account management. It gives you the liberty to select items and receive special offers by purchasing items with credit cards via internet. This site uses search engines to locate key items. The site has listing to single out the consumers demographic with available men, women, and children's apparel. Sales promotion are a highlight incentive for customers to see the deals of the day or season. Ralph Lauren offers a diverse line of casual clothing, formal wear, and sports apparel.