Week of February 18th - 22nd, 2019

Note that the Pioneers project is due on Monday, February 25th at the beginning of class, on paper and via turnitin.

Monday:
No school, President's Day holiday

Tuesday:
Homework for today is to read the following:

• How Phishing Works (from HowStuffWorks)
• Creepster of the Week: Webcam Hijacker Gets Six Year Sentence (2011)
• Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords As You Type (2006)
• Health Insurer Anthem is Hacked, Exposing Millions of Patients' Data (2015)
• Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret (2018)
• I’m terrified of my new TV: Why I’m scared to turn this thing on — and you’d be, too and this followup
• In stores, secret surveillance tracks your every move (2019)

Videos (in class):

• Hacking Your Phone (60 Minutes) (13:00) sensationalized, but has some good information
• Medical Identity Theft
• Business Casual G-Men (link not usable from school. . . )

Wednesday:

JSUMC Orientation

Thursday:
Group 3 current events due today:
P1: Debdij, Shannon, Aleia, Ahan, Julia
P2: Maggie, Mark, Thirth, Neo, Mary Cate
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your section is already doing it. 

Homework for today is to read the following:

• How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
• The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018 - long but worthwhile, very current) (This one has a really bad word, repeated three times. I wish people wouldn't do that, because outside of that it tells an important story really well.)
• 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)

Friday:
Give out review sheet for test next Tuesday on analog/digital, internet technology, and computer security.

Begin Medical Informatics project.  Each group must create a Google Slides presentation and share it with me before the end of the period.