Networks and Cybercrime Webquest Scavenger Hunt Your Task

Networks and Cybercrime Webquest Scavenger Hunt

Your Task • Complete slides 3 -12. You can search online to find the information. Some slides have links provided, but if there isn’t a link, search on your own. • If a link is provided, hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and click the link to open the page. ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 2

Define the following: IP Address - DNS - Bit (as it relates to computers - Firewall - Malware - ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 3

Explain the difference between a computer virus, a worm, and a trojan horse. Go to http: //computer. howstuffworks. com/virus. htm • Type your answer here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 4

List two things you can do to protect your computer against viruses. Go to https: //computer. howstuffworks. com/virus 7. htm • Type your answer here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 5

Read "The Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics" at the website https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Ten_Commandments_of_Computer_Ethics While these commandments may seem simple, some of these rules summarize complicated laws that are in place in the United States. Others simply remind computer users of what is right and wrong. After reading the Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics, answer the questions below: Do you believe that one of these commandments is more important, or more serious than the other? If so, which one(s)? Which commandment do you feel is disregarded by many people? Why do you feel so many people disregard it? ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 6

Go the following website and read the sections indicated, and answer the questions below: http: //www. fbi. gov/about-us/investigate/cyber Read COMPUTER AND NETWORK INTRUSIONS • Who is behind the computer attacks that take place each year? • Describe three new ways that the FBI is trying to combat the new cyber threats Type your answers here Read RANSOMWARE • Describe what ransomware does • How is ransomware normally delivered? • What are three things the FBI recommends businesses should do for dealing with ransomware? Type your answers here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 7

Continuing on the http: //www. fbi. gov/about-us/investigate/cyber website, read the section indicated, and answer the question below: Scroll down to the PROTECTIONS section • What are three things suggested as steps to protect your computer from intrusion? Type your answers here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 8

To review some statistics regarding Internet Crimes, go to the website https: //www. ic 3. gov/media/annualreports. aspx and click on the 2018 IC 3 Annual Report (Internet Crimes Report) to answer the following (Hint: You will need to scroll down to page 16 to start answer the questions): What is the average number of complaints received per day on average? What was the dollar amount of victim losses in 2018 - What age group had the greatest total financial loss? - What are the top 5 states, based on count of victims (see page 21) - ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 9

Go back to the https: //www. tampabay. com/news/publicsafety/crime/middle-school-student-chargedwith-cyber-crime-in-holiday/2224827 website and read the article about a student charged with cybercrime. Write a brief summary of the article, and explain whether you think the student should be charged with a crime or not. What do you think the punishment should be? Type your answers here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 10

Go to https: //www. boisestatepublicradio. org/post/report-finds-idaho-has-highest-levelcyberbullying#stream/0 and read the article. Write a brief summary of the article. Are you surprised by any of the statistics in the article? How do you define cyberbullying? Type your answers here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 11

Find a news article online about a cybercrime. Copy and paste the URL for the article below (so I can click on the link to find it). Type up a summary of the article following the URL. Type your answers here ©Tech. Check. Lessons, 2018 12