Safe Practices for Life Online
1. Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat
2. If students threaten a faculty member, the school, fellow students, or administrators online, they will be arrested. For example, in Beaverton, Oregon, two students were arrested for threatening the school with a shooting on Twitter. In another example, a high school senior tweeted about something explicit that happened between himself and a high school teacher.
3. Sexting- Sending suggestive, sexual, explicit messages or pictures via text messages or social media. (“Lets Settle This Once and for All: What exactly is Sexting?” by Sam Biddle, 7/22/2011, Gizmodo)
Cramming-To try to learn a lot right before an exam
Cookies- It is a small piece of information about your computer that web browsers use when visiting certain websites that allow you to access certain pages.
Trojan Horse-Virus on your computer that tricks your computer into believing that it is fighting viruses but actually fills your computer with viruses
Phishing- Getting financial information from people online and claiming that it is a legitimate business
Spyware- Software that allows a computer user to get information about another user’s activity secretly
Rootkit- Software that allows a user that is unauthorized to gain control of a computer undetected
Zombie- A computer that has been compromised by a hacker, virus, or trojan horse.
4.These screen names are poor choices because they are degrading to the user and are immature and unprofessional.
5.These screen names are degrading and inappropriate and can draw undesired attention to the user that chose the name.
6.When you use a screen name that gives out information about your interests, full name, age, or location, you are risking someone taking advantage of that information.
My current password has a score of eight based on these questions. It is important to access your password based on these and similar criteria in order to protect yourself from internet predators and hackers. Passwords should not use common or easy to figure out information because it would be too easy to crack and make the user vulnerable to hackers.
#s 10 - 13 - Lindsay Fuller
10. Most & Least common reason students' online accounts are broken into each year:
MOST: Others who know personal things about the student guess the password.
LEAST: A password cracking program is used to crack their password.
11. Malware Analysis: Drive-By Download Thoughts and Summary:
The video, while super cheesy, was actually informative. The man in the video is logging into an infected website with his own computer to show just how quickly your computer can get infected. He also is showing how sneaky and dangerous these websites are. He begins explaining exactly what is going on with the computer and what the program is doing. "Some attacks tip you off by crashing stuff, other times it does nothing, then shows itself later." The website he went to, specifically, was loading the site normally, but when he minimized his screen he showed what was really going on. His computer's desktop changed to a message claiming that he has a spyware infection on his laptop. In his tray there is a new icon also saying, "Your computer is infected. Windows has detected spyware infection!" He clicks the popup icon and a program pops up that he never installed claiming to be a virus scanner.
Other visual cues that a drive-by has hit your machine:
- Unusual apps in your program bar
- Your web browser's homepage changed
- Unfamiliar toolbar appears in your web browser
- Your browser has new bookmarks that you didn't make
- Pop-up windows display ads
- Unusual files in different directories on your computer
After he infects his computer he showed the viewers several different applications and spywares the Malware added then explains how you can prevent this from happening to your own computer. Such as:
- Keep up with patches - Malware uses tricks to get around old patches
- Harden your web browser - keep the web setting at the highest security setting
- Block dangerous file types at your firebox - http & https proxies (inbound and outbound)
- Use antivirus and anti-spyware software - keep it up to date
Watching this video made me a little paranoid about my own anti-virus scanner not working so I updated it right after. I knew how important it was to have a virus scanner and how bad malware and spyware can be, but seeing just how many programs can be installed on your computer in just one click, really puts it into perspective.
12. 3 Tests to Stay Safe Online 8 Tests
- Is your computer protected?
- For this quiz I was at a low risk for being unprotected. The 2 questions that made the bar go up were "Do you have a wireless computer" "yes" and "Do you back up your files on a regular basis?" "no".
- Are you protecting your identity?
- I was at a medium/low risk for this quiz. I got this score because I don't check my bank statement monthly. I know I have no money, so I don't bother checking. I should check anyway. I don't run a regular credit check on myself, annually, like you're supposed to do.
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