Tu100 Tma 1 Question 1
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TMA 01
Answer 1
(a) I scan over the material once. I then check back over recording information I feel is crucial and important. You can record this information on a computer or simply with a pen and paper. I prefer to use a computer for this so I can copy any quotations (naming the author off course) - however I don’t copy large chunks of text as I feel it is important to read through the information and recycle it in your own words, helping you remember it better. Once I have the information in my own words I like to add bullets for important issues.
(b) “Will we ever can the spam monster”
* Spam is probably the best known security threat in the modern world. Nowadays we all use either social media or email so it affects everybody.
* It started with legitimate business but it was inevitable criminals follow suit.
* In the early 2000’s criminals worked out ways of sending out spread messages designed to trick people out of their money and data.
* The primary method of doing this was by using botnets. They could bombard people with dodgy adverts and pay per click fraud.
* This became a very lucrative criminal activity up until end of the 2000,s.
* By the end of the 2000’s the industry started fighting back. Spam was effectively managed by individuals and companies. Most emails providers can filter spam for up 99%.
* However in the first halve of 2014 spam is on the rise compared to the previous year.
* “The current spammer organisations have learned from the mistakes of the older campaigns” – Flora Chang, threat intelligence product manager at Barracuda.
* Today spam comes in many forms – pornographic spam, fake pay pal, bank account spam and the old click spam is still there.
* Modern spam that uses social media can be very miss leading and will catch the most savvy of computer user
* Using social media spam take advantage of world events that are trending.
* Sms text spam in the UK is largely for payday...
Answer 1
(a) I scan over the material once. I then check back over recording information I feel is crucial and important. You can record this information on a computer or simply with a pen and paper. I prefer to use a computer for this so I can copy any quotations (naming the author off course) - however I don’t copy large chunks of text as I feel it is important to read through the information and recycle it in your own words, helping you remember it better. Once I have the information in my own words I like to add bullets for important issues.
(b) “Will we ever can the spam monster”
* Spam is probably the best known security threat in the modern world. Nowadays we all use either social media or email so it affects everybody.
* It started with legitimate business but it was inevitable criminals follow suit.
* In the early 2000’s criminals worked out ways of sending out spread messages designed to trick people out of their money and data.
* The primary method of doing this was by using botnets. They could bombard people with dodgy adverts and pay per click fraud.
* This became a very lucrative criminal activity up until end of the 2000,s.
* By the end of the 2000’s the industry started fighting back. Spam was effectively managed by individuals and companies. Most emails providers can filter spam for up 99%.
* However in the first halve of 2014 spam is on the rise compared to the previous year.
* “The current spammer organisations have learned from the mistakes of the older campaigns” – Flora Chang, threat intelligence product manager at Barracuda.
* Today spam comes in many forms – pornographic spam, fake pay pal, bank account spam and the old click spam is still there.
* Modern spam that uses social media can be very miss leading and will catch the most savvy of computer user
* Using social media spam take advantage of world events that are trending.
* Sms text spam in the UK is largely for payday...