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Technology in Action Alan Evans • Kendall Martin Mary Anne Poatsy Tenth Edition Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Technology in Action Chapter 7 Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital Data and Devices Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1 Chapter Topics • Cybercrime and Identity Theft • Protecting Yourself from Computer Viruses • Protecting Digital Assets from Hackers • Managing Online Annoyances • Keeping Your Data Safe • Protecting Your Physical Computing Assets Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 2 Cybercrime and Identity Theft • Cybercrime: Any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer – Programs damaging computers – Stealing identities online – Attacking corporate websites • Cybercriminals: Individuals who use computers, networks, and the Internet to perpetrate crime. Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 3 Cybercrime and Identity Theft (cont.) • Top categories of complaints – FBI-related scams – Identity theft – Nonauction/nondelivery of merchandise – Advance fee fraud • Complaints not related to fraud – Computer intrusions – Child pornography – Blackmail Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 4 Cybercrime and Identity Theft (cont.) Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 5 Cybercrime and Identity Theft (cont.) • Identity theft: Occurs when a thief steals personal information such as your name, address, Social Security number, birth date, bank account, and credit card information and runs up debt in your name Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 6 Cybercrime and Identity Theft (cont.) • Acts perpetrated by identity thieves – Counterfeiting existing credit and debit cards – Requesting changes of address on bank and credit card statements – Obtaining new credit cards and bank account in your name and writing bad checks and not paying off credit card balances – Obtaining medical services in your name – Buying a home with a mortgage in your name, then reselling the house Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 7 Cybercrime and Identity Theft (cont.) • Other methods used to obtain personal information – Stealing purses and wallets – Stealing mail or looking through trash for bank statements and credit card bills – Posing as bank or credit card company representatives – Installing skimming devices on ATM machines to record information Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 8 Cybercrime and Identity Theft (cont.) • MAAWG found that half of e-mail users in North America and Europe have opened spam • 46% of people who opened spam did so intentionally Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 9
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