Week of February 17th - 21st, 2020

Monday:
No school, President's Day holiday

Tuesday:
Homework due today: Read Cookie Monsters.
Complete discussion of cookies and dynamic web pages.
Video: What They Know - Advertising Cookies and You (7:15)

Begin unit 4: Basic principles of computer security, malware, privacy, and cyberwar.

Essential Questions:

• How does the pervasiveness of networked computers affect our personal safety and privacy?
• How does the pervasiveness of networked computers affect our national security?

Discussion: how have you been affected by computer security issues? Students list ways to avoid getting malware on their computers.

Wednesday:
Group 3 current events:
P1: Katie, Prabhnoor, Eric, Christian
P2: Zarin, Natalia, Aakanksha, Jennifer
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:

• 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)
• Hacker Lexicon: A Guide to Ransomware, the Scary Hack That’s on the Rise (2017)
• New Jersey hospital chain pays attackers to thwart ransomware incident (2019)

Videos:

• 5 of the Worst Computer Viruses Ever
• Security Dangers of Public WiFi

Thursday:
Homework for today is to read the following:

• How Phishing Works (from HowStuffWorks)
• Creepster of the Week: Webcam Hijacker Gets Six Year Sentence (2011)
• What is a keylogger?
• 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)

Videos (in class):

• Your TV is spying on everything you watch
• 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. . . )

Friday: 
(Short periods due to career day,  second period ends at 8:40)
Special guest speaker for career day.