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.
Complete discussion of cookies and dynamic web pages.
Video:
Tuesday:
JSUMC Orientation
Wednesday:
Group 2 current events:
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: Brynn, Josh, Renee, Jess, Ainslie
P2: Emily, Anthony, Jake, Jai, Sebastian
I'd be very interested in hearing your reaction to this system for fighting cell-phone addiction: This simple solution to smartphone addiction is now used in over 600 U.S. schools
Tuesday:
JSUMC Orientation
Wednesday:
Group 2 current events:
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: Brynn, Josh, Renee, Jess, Ainslie
P2: Emily, Anthony, Jake, Jai, Sebastian
Homework for today is to 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.
Thursday:
Homework for today is to 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
Query class on Medical Informatics topic preferences
Videos:
Homework for today is to read the following:
Videos:
- Flashlight App Malware (5:40)
- State of Surveillance with Edward Snowden (26:55)
- Business Casual G-Men (link not usable from school. . . )
Homework for today is to 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) . (try this link if the other isn't working. . . )
- DDOS attack that disrupted internet was largest of its kind in history, experts say(2016)
- (optional) Here is an fascinating description of the Stuxnet worm: What is the most sophisticated piece of software code ever written?
Videos (in class):
- Cyberwar Threat from NOVA (2015) (53:10)
- Ukraine blames cyberattack for Christmas power outage (2016) (5:48)
