Wednesday, February 25, 2009 its coming at 12:25 AM
Week 6
For this week, we covered internet security. This is a topic which is rather important to me, as I have faced such issues in the past (which I will touch on later).
Class was certainly interesting as we went through these various terms:
I will not list the definitions here as they were already explained in class. Among the above mentioned, I had gotten viruses before, but the worst I had experience has got to be phishing.
In the past, I used to keep a blog which only a few friends know about. Somehow it spread and before I know it, my account got cracked into, and the impersonator blogged as me fooling even my friends. I managed to get my password back in the end.
That incident taught me to be less complacent, especially when it comes to my password. Currently, I have changed all my passwords to be stronger. I have also done more research on cybercrime in Singapore itself. Look at this websitefor interesting information about the rules in Singapore.
Here is an interview I found on youtube with Jesse Hirsh in regards to online crime and computer security.
From my experience, I have learnt that it is better to be safe than sorry. It is truly a very scary experience having someone stealing your identity fooling even your friends. Thus I believe it is very important that we educate ourselves on internet security and even take measure to protect ourselves from them.
In an article I found, it states that the number of complaints about Internet crime soared by 33 percent since last year. (Click here for the full article) Therefore, people should not get complacent that it will never be them who become victims of such activities. I never thought I would have someone stealing my identity online!
Amid all the information and theories we learnt this week, my biggest lesson here will be to BE SAFE!
