Essays Tagged: "Hacker"
The Footbag
hybehind it and showing you some basic kicks.The Olympics claim to promote peace and unity, but any hacker will tell you the true goodwill gameis hackysack. It has kept warrior guards awake in ancient ... kicks: 'jesters' 'fliers,''clippers' and 'stalls,' among other so-called circus tricksor as fellow hacker Timur Willson put it, 'hacksturbation'The game may feel awkward to the uninitiated, like shoo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Internet security
apidly growing world of internet users, many users are afraid of 'on-line' thieves, commonly called hackers or crackers. Most of these users are inexperienced, or lack the knowledge to protect themsel ... kers. Most of these users are inexperienced, or lack the knowledge to protect themselves, while the hackers are extremely experienced. It is very easy for a hacker with a plain-text, which is non-enco ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Hacking as a secure satisfying career.
ow there is ananswer found within many corporations throughout the world, and it isdefinitely, yes. Hackers used to be just people that cause havoc on anotherperson's computer or a network of computer ... network of computers to gain access to secretinformation or private agreements and the like. Today hackers are beinghired by major companies to test their software and hardware for 'holes'(glitches) ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Computer Viruses
growing problem in using computers is computer viruses. Viruses are pesky little programs that some hacker with too much time on his hands wrote. Viruses have been known to create annoyances from disp ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
What really is a hacker
There is a common misconception among the general public about what constitutes a hacker and what hacking is. Hacking is defined as 'gaining illegal entry into a computer system, wit ... st individuals would describe hacking as gaining access to information which should be free to all. Hackers generally follow some basic principles, and hold these principles as the 'ethical code.' The ... some basic principles, and hold these principles as the 'ethical code.' There are also a few basic 'Hacker rules' that are usually viewed by all in this unique group.The principles that hackers abide ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Hackers Manifesto
ther one got caught today, it's all over the papers. 'Teenager Arrestedin Computer Crime Scandal', 'Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering'...Damn kids. They're all alike.But did you, in your three-piec ... you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, evertake a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what madehim tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?I am ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Hacking
ther one got caught today, it's all over the papers. 'Teenager Areested in ComputerCrime Scandal', 'Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering'....Damn kids. They're allalike. But did you , in your three-pi ... you , in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take alook behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, whatforces shaped him, what may have molded him? I a ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Hacking to Peaces
iolate citizens in any way possible. A reckless driver who runs another off the road is like a good hacker. Hacking is the way to torment people on the Internet. Most of the mainstream hacking communi ... sonal benefit. The motives do not have to be focused on profit because many do it out of curiosity. Hackers seek to fulfill an emptiness left by an inadequate education. Do hackers have the right to e ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Electronic Commerce, discusses methods and concerns of Electronic Commerce
he necessary data by modem; but intercepting messages on the Internet is trivially easy for a smart hacker, so sending a credit-card number in an unscrambled message is inviting trouble. It would be r ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Hackerne
HACKEROnsdag den 10. november 1993 ringer en telefon på Københavns Universitet: 'Hallo, ... telefon på Københavns Universitet: 'Hallo, du taler med sikkerhedschefen. Der er nogle hackere, som forsøger at misbruge din adgang til universitetets computersystem. Giv mig lige ... ulle han aldrig have gjort. For stemmen i den anden ende er alt andet end sikkerhedsekspert. Han er hacker. Og for ham er kodeordet lige så værdifuldt, som brækjern og dirk er det fo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
"The Cuckoo's Egg" by Clifford Stoll
to be in town. None of his closest friends know that. The Lab becomes suspicious that it might be a hacker. To fill you in who Seventek is, he is a computer guru that created a number of programs for ... oken up by the cable operator. Cliff said that he must have smelled like a dying goat. Any way, the hacker only logged on once during the night, but left an 80 foot souvenir behind. Cliff estimated a ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Computer Crime in the 90's
se and untold dangers. Are we prepared ? It's a battle between modern day computer cops and digital hackers. Essentially just think what is controlled by computer systems, virtually everything.By prog ... ually everything.By programming a telephone voice mail to repeat the word yes over and over again a hacker has beaten the system. The hacker of the 1990's is increasingly becoming more organized very ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Hackers are not criminals
A Hacker is not a criminalAnother one got caught today; it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested i ... her one got caught today; it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"... Damn kids. They're all alike. But did you, in your three-pi ... in your three-piece psychology and 1960's techno-brain, ever took a look behind the eyes of a real hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces moulded him, what may have fashioned him ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
"Hackers" analyzes the many misconceptions of the Hacker culture, which often contributes many unrecognized positive influences on the computing world today.
"Hackers"When the word technology is mentioned, the first thing that comes to a person's mind is a co ... or evil, yet rather for good. Enter the person who has become synonymous with computer carnage; the hacker. The hacker is also someone who strives for good in a sea of evil. Stereotypes are something ... till very influential in society, even in the world of cyberspace. The stereotype that all computer hackers are bent on world domination and mass destruction is one that is false. True computer hacker ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Essay relating Plato's Allegory of the Cave to the movie Matrix
d is the basis of his life. The Matrix is about a computer programmer, Neo, who is also a part-time hacker is dissatisfied with his existence tries to find the true meaning of his life. The Allegory o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
Electronic Commerce
the necessary data by modem; but intercepting messages on theInternet is trivially easy for a smart hacker, so sending a credit-card numberin an unscrambled message is inviting trouble. It would be re ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The insecurities surrounding wireless networks with a brief background on how wireless networks work.
out security issues. They just go about their daily routines paying no attention to the fact that a hacker could be accessing their whole network. This paper will talk about the insecurities surroundi ... one can easily spam thousands, or come across delicate information. Many consumers are unaware that hackers can gain access to their network with such ease; as a result few consumers think to protect ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Computer Security
wed the home computer to be vulnerable. The high-speed modem has the computer on at all times. If a hacker wants to get into the computer there is very little you can do. The home computer owner must ... ometime use the vendors mailing list to get to home users continued scrutiny is needed to help keep hackers from the use of the websites that are used to help the home computer user. The patches as we ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
Hackers versus Business and Financial Institution Computers: Who will win the battle?
Introduction:"Hackers are not just geeks from War Games. The reality is a lot scarier." (Gregory Pleshaw, December ... War Games. The reality is a lot scarier." (Gregory Pleshaw, December 11, 2000) Most people think of hackers as being innocent kids looking for kicks by invading other people's computers. Hackers are r ... sponsible for much more and it is far worse than playing war simulations from government computers. Hackers are responsible for global scale terrorism, theft of identities, and even theft of personal ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
This essay is about latest news of hacking
Hacker accesses 5.6 million credit cardsVisa: No accounts have been used fraudulentlyFrom Fred Katay ... m Fred KatayamaCNNfnTuesday, February 18, 2003 Posted: 12:16 PM EST (1716 GMT)NEW YORK (CNN) -- The hacker who breached a security system to get into credit card information had access to about 5.6 mi ... iginally announced, the two card associations told CNN Tuesday.Monday, Visa and Mastercard said the hacker could look at as many as 2.2 million accounts after breaching the security system of a compan ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science