Question

n your own words, discuss 5.4 "Why is the Digital World so Vulnerable" read in the Crime and Security chapter. How are Operating Systems vulnerable? What makes the Internet an open target for crime?

Your initial post will be your 2 to 3 paragraph response to the discussion question. Each paragraph should contain 4-5 complete sentences and have no grammar/spelling errors

Answer 1

We all know that we live in digital world surrounded by smartphones, computer systems,Tablets, Internet , social media etc. what we do not know that how these are very vulnerable. We use operating systems like windows, Mac in computer system and Android and iOS in iphones. these operating systems are not strong as they include bugs and error in coding which gives loophole to hackers to hack into our phones and devices. They can get access to our names, contacts, bank information just because of an error or bug present in OS. We get spam mails and just simple click on mail can let hackers enter or transfer our information to them.

Internet is very popular and vulnerable platform out of all. Internet is a place where people's privacy can be compromised in minutes. there are several cases of Data breach in Companies even Facebook, Yahoo etc where millions of user's data has been steal or lost to hackers.We hear news of identity theft where hacker may ask for our information by becoming someone we know but actually they are not. for example- they ask for our bank information like card pin by becoming employee of Bank over internet.

I think every one knew of Ransomware in which hackers decrypt our data and ask for ransom like use of wannacry , badrabbit etc. it is also not sure that they will fulfill their promise but in the end the target will be at disadvantage just because of digital world and its sideffects.so we can see how we live in so much vulnerable digital world where nothing is safe. any cyber attack can happen to anyone.