Cyber espionage

Cyber spying or Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets without the permission of the holder of the information (personal, sensitive, proprietary or of classified nature), from individuals, competitors, rivals, groups, governments and enemies for personal, economic, political or military advantage using illegal exploitation methods on the Internet, networks or individual computers through the use of cracking techniques and malicious software including Trojan horses and spyware. It may wholly be perpetrated online from computer...

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Cyber espionage Threat of 2012 computer security

Cyber espionage (also spelled cyberespionage) involves the unauthorized probing to test a target computer’s configuration or evaluate its system defenses, or the unauthorized viewing and copying of data files. Cyber-espionage, along with privacy violations and social networking attacks facilitated by the increased use of mobile and tablet devices, will be the source of increased security threats over the coming months, according to PandaLabs. Cyber-espionage targeting companies and government agencies around the world will dominate corporate and...

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Facebook---Sexbook Virus

Facebook get affected by orkut Type Virus so dont click if any post seen like following snapshot on your wall.If you click then it will automaticatlly post that link to all of yours friends wall.!!!!!!                                                           Happy facebooking but be safe!!!!!!! ...

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Computer Operations Security

Operations security and controls safeguard information assets while the data is resident in the computer or otherwise directly associated with the computing environment. The controls address both software and hardware as well as such processes as change control and problem management. Physical controls are not included and may be required in addition to operations controls. Operations security and controls can be considered the heart of information security because they control the way data is accessed and processed. No information security program...

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Defense in depth...IT SECURITY

Information security must protect information throughout the life span of the information, from the initial creation of the information on through to the final disposal of the information. The information must be protected while in motion and while at rest. During its lifetime, information may pass through many different information processing systems and through many different parts of information processing systems. There are many different ways the information and information systems can be threatened. To fully protect the information during...

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Information System Security

Information system security processes and  invitees provide valuable input into managing IT systems and their development, enabling g risk identification, planning and mitigation. A risk management approach involves continually balancing the protection of agency information and assets with the cost of security controls and mitigation strategies throughout the complete information system development life cycle (see Figure 2-1). The most effective...

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Malware, trojans and threats

Most PCs are now connected to the Internet and networks, making easier the spread of malicious software (malware), which includes trojans (also known as trojan horses), viruses, worms, spyware, adware, rootkits and other malicious or unwanted programs. Like spyware and adware, trojans can get onto your computer in a number of ways, including from a web browser, via e-mail, or in a bundle with other software downloaded from the Internet. You may also inadvertently transfer malware via a USB flash drive or other portable media. It is possible that...

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Malware types

Adware Malware Adware Malware is the class of programs that place advertisements on your screen. These may be in the form of pop-ups, pop-unders, advertisements embedded in programs, advertisements placed on top of ads in web sites, or any other way the authors can think of showing you an ad. The pop-ups generally will not be stopped by pop-up stoppers, and often are not dependent on your having Internet Explorer open. They may show up when you are playing a game, writing a document, listening to music, or anything else. Should you be surfing,...

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Malware

Malware is short for “malicious software."  It includes viruses and spyware that get installed on your computer, phone, or mobile device without your consent. These programs can cause your device to crash and can be used to monitor and control your online activity. Criminals use malware to steal personal information, send spam, and commit fraud. Avoid Malware Scam artists try to trick people into clicking on links that will download malware and spyware to their computers, especially computers that don't use adequate security software. To...

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Phishing

                                          Formate of Phishing Messages You open an email or text, and see a message like this: "click to login in orkut" "Choose your net banking and login from your mailbox" "We suspect an unauthorized transaction on your account. To ensure that your account is not compromised, please click the link below and confirm your identity." "During our regular verification of accounts, we couldn't...

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Latest computer security threat

Latest 10 virus alerts 1 Troj/Mdrop-DKE 2 Troj/Sasfis-O 3 Troj/Keygen-FU 4 Troj/Zbot-AOY 5 Troj/Zbot-AOW 6 W32/Womble-E 7 Troj/VB-FGD 8 Troj/FakeAV-DFF 9 Troj/SWFLdr-W 10 W32/RorpiaMem-A Top 10 viruses in October 20111 Troj/Invo-Zip2 W32/Netsky3 Mal/EncPk-EI4 Troj/Pushdo-Gen5 Troj/Agent-HFU6 Mal/Iframe-E7 Troj/Mdrop-BTV8 Troj/Mdrop-BUF9 Troj/Agent-HFZ10 Troj/Agent-HGTTop 10 virus hoaxes 1 Hotmail hoax 2 Budweiser frogs screensaver 3 Bonsai kitten 4 Olympic torch 5 MSN is closing down 6 A virtual card for you 7 Meninas da Playboy 8 Bill Gates fortune 9...

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How to kill malicious processes

Using safe mode Most of malicious processes are inactive when PC operates in safe mode with networking. To reach safe mode with networking, do following: Reboot Press F8 early on (you can press F8 couple times) Choose Safe mode with networking (preferably) or safe mode from menu On success you should not see any alerts that bother you under normal mode Killing processes using task manager The benefit of using task manager is that you do not need to download anything. Task manager is present in all windows computers, though it might be disabled...

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Removing Security Shield Virus

Removing Security Shield can be accomplished. You must use our custom made free program called nuke-M to disable the virus. After disabling the virus you need to run PC Tools to scan and fully remove the infection from your computer. Security Shield makes several registry modifications as well as system file modifications. PC Tools will fix all of the issues that the Security Shield virus has caused. The instructions below are the fastest and easiest way to remove the Security Shield Virus. Begin Virus Removal by Following the Instructions Below Target...

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Security Shield Virus

 It is program or software which is used to steal money from your computer.Almost all type of operating system has infected from from security shield virus.There is some way or set of rule to remove this virus from computer.To uninstall this software from computer we must know which type of file can infect from security shield virus as well as we must know what type of alert it will show                ...

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Computer Security

1 Protect your personal information. It's valuable. 2 Know who you're dealing with. 3 Use security software that updates automatically. 4 Keep your operating system and Web browser up-to-date, and learn about their security features. 5 Keep your passwords safe, secure, and strong. 6 Back up important files. 7 Learn what to do in an e-mergency. Access to information and entertainment, credit and financial services, products from every corner of the world — even to your work — is greater than ever. Thanks to the...

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Internet security

1. Use a firewall We strongly recommend the use of some type of firewall product for Internet security, such as a network appliance or a personal firewall software package. Intruders are constantly scanning home user systems for known vulnerabilities. Network firewalls (whether software or hardware-based) can provide some degree of protection against these attacks. 2. Don't open unknown email attachments[ Internet security] Before opening any email attachments, be sure you know the source of the attachment. It is not enough that the mail originated...

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Enterprise resource planning(ERP) Security

                                   Introduction Every good hacker story ends with the line: "and then he's got root access to your network and can do whatever he wants." But the story really doesn't end there. This is just the beginning of the real damage that the hacker can inflict.While most information security initiatives focus on perimeter security to keep outsiders from gaining access to the internal network, the potential for real financial loss comes...

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