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Ethics CT

Computer Tech Ethics

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Criminal Hackers (Or Black Hats) professional hackers whose goal is to make money and/or harm the interests of others
Personal Data Collection Collecting information about people such as their name, address and phone number.
Cyber-Terrorist Hackers violent extremists who use hacking as a tool to further their terrorist purposes
Personal Identity Theft Stealing someone's information such as their social security number or credit card number
Nation-State Hackers known as cyber-spies, who hack bon behalf of the interests of their nation. Many countries, including the US, hire hackers to defend government networks and computers and/or to actively infiltrate other gov’ts networks and computers
Copyright A legal right granted to the creator, publisher or distributor of a work.
Ethical Hackers (or White Hats) who are often hired by companies as consultants to test system security
Piracy The unauthorized and illegal reproduction, sale, distribute or other use of copyrighted work.
Crackers who break into computers and networks illegally
Plagiarism The act of taking work written or created by someone else and using it as your own.
Hacker Gangs organized groups that hack each other, web sites, and companies
Hactivists those whose hacking goals are to further a social or political cause
Malware Software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system, without the owner's consent and most commonly in the form of a virus, trojan, or spyware.
Spam An unsolicited e-mail sent via bulk e-mail.
Viruses A program that can replicate itself and spreads itself by means of a transferable host.
Spyware Malicious software that subverts the computer’s operation for the benefit of a third party.
Phishing An attempt to fraudulently acquire confidential information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official electronic communication, such as an email or an instant message.
Pharming Software that allows a hacker to: acquire the domain name for a site and redirect that website’s traffic to another website for the purpose of gaining access to usernames, passwords, etc.
Trojans A malicious program that is disguised as a legitimate program.
Worms A self-replicating computer program that is self-contained and does not need to be part of another program to propagate itself.
Backdoors Method of remaining hidden on a computer while bypassing normal authentication and securing remote access to a computer.
Zombie Computers A computer attached to the Internet that is under remote direction by an illegitimate user.
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