Saturday, May 6, 2017

ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

- refers to creations of mind, original creative works from creator
e.g: software, applications, systems, etc

➤COPYRIGHTS

exclusive right given to the owner of copyright for a specific period
permission must be obtained to use copyrighted material (and pay any required fee)

➤TRADEMARKS

used as a marketing tool to enable customers in recognizing the product of a particular trader
includes words, logos, pictures, names, letters, numbers or a combination of these

➤PATENTS

exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something
offers a new technical solution to a problem

CYBER LAWS IN MALAYSIA

Since 1997, some of the cyber laws that have been passed by our Parliament include:

1. the Digital Signature Act 1997,

2. the Computer Crimes Act 1997,

3. the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997, (also read Copyright Act 1987)

4. the Telemedicine Act 1997,

5. the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,

6. the Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998, and

7. the Electronic Commerce Act 2006.

http://malaysiancyberwarriors.blogspot.my/2013/03/introduction-of-cyber-law-acts-in.html

SOFTWARE PIRACY AND DIGITAL COUNTERFEITING

Creating duplicates of software/digital items and then selling/using them as authentic items

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

NETWORK AND COMPUTER SECURITY

NETWORK SECURITY CERTIFICATE
SSL or Secure Socket Layer certificates
• allows secure connections from a web server to a browser
• when installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol
• SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins

Phishing and Web Spoofing

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PHISHING
- Attacks are performed with the intention to acquire personal information like credit card numbers, bank account, etc.
- The recipients are encouraged to enter personal identification data.

WEB SPOOFING
- Mocking the web presences of trusted corporations with the intention to trick customers.
- Use convincing websites, email designs and URLs

DESKTOP SECURITY ISSUES

Difference between Adware and Spyware
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/spyware.asp

Adware - Programs used to deliver advertising contents.
- Visible to the user, experienced to be annoying

Spyware - Intends to remain unrecognized.
- Used to gather personal info like login details, etc.
- Spyware monitors the user’s activities and scan the system.

Viruses - Attached to executable files or documents
- Spread through sharing of infected files or sending emails with viruses contained in the attachment
- Some can cause further damage to the systems

Worms - Replicate or copy themselves

Trojan Horses - Do not replicate themselves but typically cause damage or compromise of security of infected computers
- Appears to be useful software and often offer the pretended useful functionality
- Damage caused varies – include data theft and destruction or illegitimate access

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TYPES OF ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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BASIC WEB DEVELOPMENT

WHAT IS HTML???
HTML is an acronym for HyperText Markup Language

to tag various parts of Web document so browsing software will know hot to display that document's link, media, text, graphic and attached file.

HTML FILES

is a text file containing small markup tags
markup tags tell the Web browser how to display the page
must have htm or html file extension https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-html-and-a-htm-page
can be created using simple text editor

EXAMPLE:

HTML: HEAD, TITLE, BODY

<html>

<head>

<title>Title of page</title>

</head>

<body>This is my first

homepage.

</body>

</html>

HEADING

<BODY>

<H1>Level 1 Heading</H1>

<H2>Level 2 Heading</H2>

<H3>Level 3 Heading</H3>

<H4>Level 4 Heading</H4>

<H5>Level 5 Heading</H5>

<H6>Level 6 Heading</H6>

</BODY>