Breaking Trust On The
Internet
Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems
By
Prosper Oli
stdno: 117424
INTRODUCTION:
• What is Internet?
The Internet is a global system of interconnected
computer networks that use the
standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve
several billion users worldwide.
• What is Trust?
Complete confidence in something.
INTRODUCTION(continue)
• Internet is today one of the most important part
of our daily life. There are large numbers of
things that can be done using the internet and is
used for different purposes depending upon the
requirement.
• Easy and cheap communication
• Share files with others easily.
• Loads of information
• Financial Transaction
• services
INTRODUCTION(continue)
• Then this presentation is on the BREAK of that
trust in the accept of internet perspective.
Breaking Trust on the Internet
 Identity Theft
 Phishing.
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Chat Room Predators
False Information
Cyber Bullying
E-mail Spam
Virus Threat
Security
Identity Theft
• Definition: when someone uses your personal
information without your permission to commit
fraud or other crime.
This can be done in various ways like using someone’s
 Name.
Social security number.
Credit card number.
Bank account number.
Etc.
Identity Theft Graph
How it Occurs
• Phishing:
Emails that appear to be from IRS requesting
you to confirm information.
Emails that are thanking you for a recent
purchase (or something you didn’t buy).
Examples of Phishing
Chat Room Predators
• Chat room : supports real-time discussions
among many people connected to network
• Some pedophiles(any sexual interest in children or
the act of child sexual abuse, often termed
"pedophilic behavior".) meeting children, Through
chat rooms.
False information
• Quality of web-based information varies
widely.
• Internet helps spread false information
• Anybody can write and update false
information on the internet through blog or
other means.
• Not everything on the internet is accurate or
correct.
Cyber bullying
• What Is Cyber bullying?
• Cyber bullying is the use of technology to
harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another
person.
• By definition, it occurs among young people.
When an adult is involved, it may meet the
definition of cyber-harassment or cyberstalking, a crime that can have legal
consequences and involve jail time.
E-mail spam
• Electronic spamming is the use of electronic
messaging systems to send unwanted bulk
messages (spam), especially advertising.
While the most widely recognized form of
spam is e-mail spam,
Virus Threat
• A computer virus is a small software program
that spreads from one computer to another
and interferes with computer operation.
• A computer virus might corrupt or delete data
on a computer, use an email program to
spread the virus to other computers, or even
delete everything on the hard disk.
Virus threat case
• A hacker provided electronic files containing hotel
advertisements to the newspaper, which began running the
advertisements on its website. He then replaced the hotel
advertisements with a file containing a malicious computer
code, or malware, which infected the computers of people
who visited the website and required them to purchase
antivirus software for $49.95 to regain control of their
computers. If the users did not purchase the software, their
computers immediately became flooded with pop-ups
containing false "security alerts," and all information, data
and files stored on the computers became unreachable.
• http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/peteris-sahurovs
Security
• Internet security is a branch of computer
security specifically related to the Internet,
often involving browser security but
also network security on a more general level
as it applies to other applications or operating
systems on a whole.
Security
• Its objective is to establish rules and measures
to use against attacks over the Internet.
• The Internet represents an insecure channel
for exchanging information leading to a high
risk of fraud, such as phishing.
• Different methods have been used to protect
the transfer of data, including encryption.
Security
Security break case
• Attackers forge Google's Gmail credentials
Skype, Microsoft, Yahoo, Mozilla also targeted
Extremely sophisticated hackers, broke into the
servers of a web authentication authority and
counterfeited certificates for Google mail and six
other sensitive addresses.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/23/gmail
_microsoft_web_credential_forgeries/
Final thoughts
• Know this, your bank will NEVER ask you for
account number or password.
Law Enforcement needs to be aware of:
• Difference between annoying and dangerous
communications
• How to investigate a cyber crime
• How to obtain information from an ISP
QUESTION TIME