Week of February 22nd - 26th, 2021

Monday:
Khan Academy: ' Scalable systems', 'The Internet protocol suite',  'Open protocol development', 'The digital divide', 'The Internet: Quiz 3', and 'The Internet: Unit test' will be due by 7:30 AM.

Wrap up 'The Web and The Cloud'

Begin unit 3: 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.

Tuesday:

For this morning, read the following: (it looks like a lot but these are short):

• New Fast-Spreading Virus takes Internet by Storm(1999)
• Slammed! An inside view of the worm that crashed the Internet in 15 minutes (2003)  (If wired.com says that you have read all your articles for this month, try again with your browser in incognito mode, delete your wired.com cookies, or try a different browser.)
• The Facebook Virus Spreads: No Social Network is Safe (2008)
• What is a Drive-By Download? (2013)
• New Jersey hospital chain pays attackers to thwart ransomware incident (2019)

Wednesday:
Current Events group #3 due today:

P1: Vansh, Zachary, Elizabeth, Avinash

P2: Ayushi, Revanth, Erica, Aarya, Jasmin

Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Career and Technical Education Day - shortened classes

Thursday:

For this morning, 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) (this is long -- take a look, but just skimming it is ok)

We will do this Google phishing quiz together

Friday:

• How Zombie Networks Fuel Cybercrime (2004)
• The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018 - long but worthwhile) (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.) If wired.com says that you have read all your articles for this month, try again with your browser in incognito mode, or try a different browser.
• Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet (2016) . (try this link if the other isn't working. . . )

Remember that the Computer Pioneers project is due next Monday morning at 7:30!