Unit 1 - Threats – M2
- 2. Cyber Bullying: 0 The problem is it is increasing because more and more teenagers are using social media websites such as (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace) This means more teenagers are being bullied every year due to this. 0 It is a threat because more people are suffering from being bullied every year. This effects children every year as they don’t want to go out or go to school because they are afraid. 0 The people who are effected are children, teenagers and sometimes adults because people are being threatened over the internet. 0 The threat is getting worse as more people are now using the internet and social media websites. 0 Some solutions to stop this from happening is you could make social websites have minimum age and add a report button on the websites.
- 3. Virus Infection: 0 The problem is your computer can receive a virus by accessing certain e- mails and going onto unsecure websites. 0 This is a threat because if you have important documents, the virus on your computer may delete the documents off the hard drive or even crash the computer. 0 The people who are affected by this are people who have access to a computer and e-mail. 0 This threat is quite severe because peoples computers get hacked and people are able to access everything on your computer and even delete them. 0 You can solve this problem by teaching your children what websites are safe and what websites are not.
- 4. Spam: 0 This is where you get an continuing number of unknown e-mails saying stuff that is not true, such as: You have won a prize or saying that your computers virus protector has run out. 0 The problem is increasing because more and more people are believing it and clicking on the links and then their computer is receiving a virus. 0 The people who are being effected by this are the people who have access to an e-mail account. 0 The threat is quite bad as more people are believing it and then they are receiving viruses on their computer. 0 You can solve this problem by telling people about spam and tell them how to spot spam.
- 5. Phishing: 0 Phishing is where people make fake websites in an attempt to scam people in to getting their important details. 0 The problem is people are getting tricked into thinking that they are on the correct website but it is a fake then they give the people important details such as their bank account details. 0 The people who are being effected by this is the people who are going on to this websites thinking they are real and giving out private information. 0 The threat is quite bad as people are being effected quite bad by giving out private information and then in the future getting scammed. 0 You can solve this problem by making people aware of phishing and how to tell the difference between the real website and the fake website.
- 6. Denial Of Service: 0 A denial-of-service attack is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the efforts of one or more people to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet. 0 This is a threat because if people are trying to use the network or machine they will not be able to because it will be unavailable. 0 The people that are being effected by this are people who are trying to use a machine or network resource. 0 The threat is quite bad because people will be unable to use certain machine or network resources. 0 You can solve this problem by trying to make the machine or network more secure.