Title: Class Outline 20
Course: KVCC CPT126 > Section: Class Outlines

1.   Threats to your digital assets

a.      Definition

b.      Who Perpetrates

c.      What kinds of crime are common

i. Impersonation scams

ii. Nonauction/delivery

iii.   Advance fee fraud

iv.   Identity Theft

2.      Understanding Hackers

a.      Different Kinds

i.   White Hat

ii.   Black Hat

iii.   Gray Hat

iv.   Blue Hat

v.   Script Kiddie

b.      Hacking Tools and Attack Types

i.   Packet analyzer

ii.   Key Logger

iii.     Trojan Horses/Rootkits

iv.   Denial of service attacks

3.      How do they gain access

a.      Direct

b.      Through Internet

i. Logical Ports

4.      Computer Viruses

a.      What is a virus

b.      How do you catch a computer virus

c.      How can you tell if you are infected

d.      Types of viruses

i. Boot-Sector

ii.   Logic/Time bombs

iii.   Worms

iv.   Script and Macro Viruses

v.   E-mail viruses

vi.   Encryption viruses

vii.   Additional

1.      Polymorphic

2.      Multipartite

3.      Stealth

5.      Online Annoyances and Social Engineering

a.      Malware

i. Adware

ii.   Spyware

iii.   Spam

iv.   Cookies

b.      Work Monitoring

c.      Social Engineering

i. Pretexting

d.      Phishing/Pharming

i. Spear Phishing

e.      Scareware

6.      Protecting your Digital Property

7.      Restricting Access

a.      Firewall

i. Hardware or Software

ii.   How do firewalls work

1.      Packet filtering

2.      Logical port blocking

3.      Network address translation

b.      Testing security

c.      Antivirus Software

i.  Computer

ii.    Mobile Devices

d.      Software updates

e.      Password management

f.       Biometric tools

g.      Anonymous web surfing

Attached Files: | - KVCC CPT126_IntroDigitalLiteracy_Outline 20.pdf