A LOIC is software tool that aims a massive flood of traffic at a targeted site. This "weapon" disrupts communication or access, which renders the website useless (Moore, 2005).
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The attack by Anonymous highlights the growing threat of cybercrime and the need to subsequently defend against it. Fortunately this attack didn't compromise private consumer information and files. However, as technology continues it rapid advancement, the possibility of a devastating attack increases. Technology, in regards to risk management, has created very unique circumstances by which companies must account for. This recent attack from Anonymous proves as much. Threats of cyber attacks, identity theft, hacking, and the spreading of computer viruses can all can adversely effect business. As such, prudent risk managers must account for these threats as they enter into a more global environment. In particular cyber attacks will become a serious problem over time. Attacks on servers and financial institutions are now becoming more common. As the proficiency of hackers becomes more adept and infringing on consumer rights, the threat of attack becomes more apparent. Over time, and as technology advances, the threat of cybercrime will grow exponentially. Businesses must therefore...
Terrorist Attack Efforts made to identify a terrorist group and techniques used to prevent an attack Crime incidences and terrorist attacks have been on the rise in many parts of Georgia State. Police have tried to conduct investigations and patrol in the area, but minimal or no justifiable results are available to explain the situation. The situation called for the intelligence department of police to conduct surveillance and come up with a
By examining existing occurrences of terrorist attacks, some of the unknown factor can be removed from the threat. Furthermore, the exact nature of terrorism can be quantified in terms of definitions and key terms. This also mitigates much of the uncertainty surrounding the issue. Terrorism can for example be understood by the definition of threat and/or violence in order to achieve an end. Terrorists generally want to force the
Therefore the consequences of such restrictions and regulations have further complicated the case, the research activities have been either shunned or go unreported to avoid any confrontation with the investigation agencies, 'the climate of fear created by the Butler case is even threatening the ability of the United States government to detect bioterrorist activity, the labs in one state are no longer reporting routine incidents of animals poisoned with
Taking the nature of this weapon into account the general assumption is that the target of a bomb of this nature would possible be a large city, congested transport or residential area. However this is common assumption and possibly not the only targets that terrorists might consider. From the point-of-view of the terrorist it may be more appropriate to choose a target which would be less secure and would maximize
Terrorist Group's Use Of Cloud Technology After the 1980s there have been changes on a global scale that included post cold war developments. The changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union coupled with the technological change on the nations of the East caused structural and perceptional changes that were needed to make them competitive in high technology; which included everything from military to the service sector. There was advance of
Regardless, the image of the United States was shaken by the success of the Al Qaeda. From a security point-of-view, the existence of Al Qaeda triggered more vigilance among the security environment in the sense that it attracted the attention on the phenomenon of terrorism as a global threat that needs to be treated at the global level through mechanisms that in 2001 were not set in place. Therefore, a
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