Introduction to Cyber Security and Investigations

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You are on a treadmill of continual learning

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WelcomeBlair Brown

blair.brown@flemingcollege.ca

Office B2175

Rules• Good Writing Skills

• Teamwork and Professionalism

• Citations and Scholarly Writing

• Cell Phones

• Safety

• Academic Dishonesty

• Due Dates

Document Formats

• Hard Copy – most assignments

• Electronic Copy

– PDF - preferred

– Microsoft Office 2010- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio – if requested

Other Stuff

• Weather

– If Storm, check cancellation page

• Absences

– Notify me in advance if it impacts a test or assignment

– I am away on Week 9

Where it Fits

Supports the following

– Crime Scenes

– Asset Protection

– Physical Security

– Risk Assessment

– Investigations

– Information Security

First Half Outline

- Introduction to Cyber- Cyber Threats- Emerging Technologies- Risk Assessment- Technical Protection

Second Half Outline

HANDS ON LAB WORK -Investigation- Search Engines- Browsers- Email- Social Media

Assessment

2 Assignments = 10% each7 Labs = 65%1 Test = 10% Professionalism = 5%

Things We Will Talk About …and more• Denial-of-Service (DoS)

• Malware

• Phishing

• State cyber attacks

• Carders

• Pranksters

• Social Engineering

• Trojan Horse

• Hacktivism

• Worms

• Spyware

• Adware

• Keystroke Logging

• Spamming

• Scanning

• Cracking

• Password Encryption

Security NewsTell me what you have been hearing?

Symantec, maker of Norton Antivirus tells us …

Cyber Crime Costs $114B Per Year

Mobile Attacks on the Rise

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392570,00.asp

Security News

Security NewsCybercrime hits Aussies for $4.6b a year – more

than burglary, assault combined

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/cybercrime-hits-aussies-for-46b-a-year--more-than-burglary-assault-combined-20110908-1jyeo.html#ixzz1XJttLDHK

Security News

Cyber crime cost Canadians $5.5-billion

What do you think makes up this $$$$

http://business.financialpost.com/2011/09/07/cyber-crime-cost-canadians-5-5-billion-in-2010-study-finds/

Canada a favourite for cybercrimeCanada ranks sixth in the world for hosting cybercrime sites including

Phishing sites

Botnet command and control servers

Other malware servers

Canada ranked 13th in 2010

Canada is getting worse

When it comes to cybercrime

The ethics of digital direct action

Is this social disobedience? Legal?

Is this like a protest march ?

Anonymous who is this ….?

DDOS attacks … what do you think this is?

Security News

• This film explores how the CIA fought al-Qaeda in the shadows, focusing on the monitoring of its communications

911 the communications story

47 minuteshttp://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeraworld/2011/10/201110207

5124103401.html

Security News

Cyber Spear Phishing

What do you think this might be … ?

Who would use this kind of attack …?

Hey, I was at work and started hunting on CNN's local self-employed section late last thursday & learned about this interesting work online job where teenagers bring home up to $1100 a /wk+

so of course they didnt understand it in the beginning but I had to try anyways & its a good thing I did because I managed to make $491.27 on my very second day actually trying.

Its completely not hard I have already been paid once straight into my bank account! it is the greatest thing that has hapened to me in my life..

Credit / Debit Card Fraud

What do you think…. Is this a big deal?

Two Videos … 2 min each

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-10053523-57.html

Security NewsInternational phone hacking scandal

British tabloid newspapers

celebrities

politicians

members of the British Royal Family

relatives of deceased British soldiers

victims of the 7/7 London bombings

Places of Interest

http://www.securityweek.com

http://cybersecuritynews.org/

http://www.topix.com/tech/computer-security

http://cyberinsecure.com/

http://www.computerworld.com/

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/topics/cyb

ersecurity

September 9, 2011

Australians lose at least $36 million a year to Nigerian scammers according to Detective Superintendent Brian Hay of Queensland Police Fraud Squad, Australia.

Hay disclosed that Australians send about $3 million a month to Nigeria of which at least 80% was fraud-related.

http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstage/index.php?&id=3589&active=news

What is really true

on the web

Prep Work