CSC 101 Introduction to Computers Fall 2004 Lecture Week Fourteen Computers and Crime

Course Home Page Syllabus Assignments - Tuesday Class Assignments - Mon-Wed Class

Security vs. Privacy Employee Monitoring/Email Monitoring The Patriot Act - http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/subs/u_myths.htm Computers and Law Enforcement Crime Databases Computer Forensic Experts Types of Computer Crimes Cybercrime.gov - http://www.cybercrime.gov/ Largely Unreported Theft Money Goods Information Intellectual Property Computer Resources Crimes that create havoc inside a computer How Computer Viruses Work - http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm Viruses E-mail Viruses Trojan Horses Logic Bombs Time Bombs Worms Crimes that involve Fraud and Embezzlement Crimes that Involve Negligence and Incompetence Crimes that Involve Unauthorized Access Spoofing, Social Engineering & Phishing - http://netsquirrel.com/articles/socialengineering.html Hackers and Crackers DoS - Denial of Service - http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/denial_of_service.html DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service - http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/newsflash.html Webjacking Crimes in which the Internet Becomes a Tool for Crime Crimes that Involve the Abuse of Personal Information Crimes that support Criminal Enterprise Crimes that involve the Theft of Software or Intllectual Property Crimes that involve Theft of Hardware

Computers; Information Technology in Perspective - Chapter 7, Sections 3-4 - pgs. 289 - 307

Links for Further Study

How do viruses and worms spread in e-mail? - http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question339.htm

Fighting Computer Viruses - http://vx.netlux.org/lib/ajk01.html

Symantec Virus database - http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html

Computer Virus Index - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/

F-Secure Security Information Center - http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/

Computer Crime Researh Center - http://www.crime-research.org/

How the FBI Investigates Computer Crime - http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/FBI_investigates_crime.html

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION NATIONAL COMPUTER CRIME SQUAD - http://www.emergency.com/fbi-nccs.htm

Computer Crime Directory - http://www.officer.com/c_crimes.htm

Computer Crime Laws by State - http://nsi.org/Library/Compsec/computerlaw/statelaws.html

US-CERT - http://www.us-cert.gov/

Tips for Avoiding Computer Crime - http://www.rbs2.com/cvict.htm

Home PC Firewall Guide - http://www.firewallguide.com/

How to Become a Hacker - http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

The Hacker FAQ - http://www.plethora.net/~seebs/faqs/hacker.html

HOW TO CHOOSE A BAD PASSWORD - http://noether.vassar.edu/~myers/help/Passwords.html

Spam Laws: United States: Federal Laws: Computer Owners' Bill of Rights - http://www.spamlaws.com/federal/108s563.html

Americans for Computer Privacy - http://www.computerprivacy.org/

Homeland Security: An Assault of Privacy? - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5419084.html

Last Updated: 12/13/04