Homework for today:
Read Cookie Monsters.
Please complete this survey so I can assess your knowledge of computer security
Complete discussion of cookies and dynamic web pages.
Video:
What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)
Tuesday:
Homework for today:
Read the following:
- New Fast-Spreading Virus takes Internet by Storm(1999)
- Slammed! An inside view of the worm that crashed the Internet in 15 minutes(2003)
- The Facebook Virus Spreads: No Social Network is Safe (2008)
- What is a Drive-By Download? (2013)
- Think You're Safe at Starbucks? Think Again. (2013)
- Hacker Lexicon: A Guide to Ransomware, the Scary Hack That’s on the Rise (2015)
Students list ways to avoid getting malware on their computers.
Wednesday:
Group 2 current events:Wednesday:
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it. Also remember to submit your writeup to turnitin.
P1: Aaron, Eliana, Kaitlyn, Stephanie, Andrea
P2: Brian, Jess, Ayla, Alex, Lenny
Homework for today:
Query class on Medical Informatics topic preferences
Read the following:
- Email Phishing and Scams (2011) -or- How Phishing Works (from HowStuffWorks) or both if you're so inclined. . .
- Creepster of the Week: Webcam Hijacker Gets Six Year Sentence (2011)
- Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords As You Type (2006)
- Growing Target for Identity Thieves: Kids(2006)
- Health Insurer Anthem is Hacked, Exposing Millions of Patients' Data (2015)
- Another Lawsuit Filed Over School Webcam Spying (2010)
- Privacy advocates try to keep 'creepy' 'evesdropping" Hello Barbie from hitting shelves
- I’m terrified of my new TV: Why I’m scared to turn this thing on — and you’d be, too and this followup
Pass out review sheet for test next week.
Thursday:
School closed
Homework for today:
Read the following:
- How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
- Digital Fears Emerge After Data Siege in Estonia (2007)
- If North Korea Did Hack Sony, It's a Whole New Kind of Cyberterrorism (2014)
- Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet (2016)
- DDOS attack that disrupted internet was largest of its kind in history, experts say(2016)
Cyberwar Threat from NOVA (2015) (53:10)
Ukraine blames cyberattack for Christmas power outage (2016) (5:48)
Give out review sheet for test next week.
