The Dangers of The Internet
Ryan and Luke
The Recent Hack of Sony
Recently Sony was hacked. With investigation it shows that Sony may have been hacked by North Korea. McAfee states that they recorded 307 new threats every minute. The amount of the threats compared to last year increased by over 75%. Some of the major security problems over the year were Unix's Bash Exploit and OpenSSL's Heartbleed Error. There is a database that tries to collect all exploitable software problems and the numbers surpassed 5,200 problems and at this rate it can surpass 6,500 problems. Kevin Mandria says that Sony's hack was planned. It was well planned and organized that Sony wasn't ready to encounter this. This hack feared many and Mandia also states that other companies weren't ready either.
Major Tech Companies Requested to Strengthen Privacy
Canada and places around the world made a letter to Google and Apple, some of the major tech giants, to control privacy better. The following listed are the companies that are requested to strengthen their privacy, Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Nokia, BlackBerry, and Amazon. Privacy Sweep checked 1200 apps and 15% worldwide and 28% in Canada had a clear explanation on how they used app data and user data.
Biggest Problems With Security and Privacy
OpenSSL Heartbleed
This is a bug that allowed for people to steal SSL/TLS encrypted information. This is very vital because this is a security measure that protects all of your messages, email messages, usernames, passwords, etc. Since the username and password is vulnerable this allows hackers to use your data and take your data.
Shellshock Exploit in Bash
This exploit allowed all vulnerable devices to remotely run commands. The Shellshock Exploit could completely devastate your computer leaving behind no evidence on who did it. This is rather an easy exploit that even people with little computer knowledge could do too.
The NSA's Data Collection Program (Big Brother)
The NSA kept secret about a program that would suck data out of your device until Edward Snowden revealed this program. Big Brother is a surveillance program where the NSA took pictures through your device and stored the data.
The Internet Can Be Dangerous
Some mass media aren't up to the task of providing security and privacy in two way communication, the internet is. Messages that look like they are from your bank. People can attach viruses to their websites. 62% of Americans do their banking online. New malware is able to get around security fixes of later year.