designed to clog up a company's website so that legitimate customer's can't access to website.
IP soofing
designed to access to a web server or network. IP spoofing involves altering the perpetrator's company's IP address to make it look like its a different computer authorized to access to the network
Malicious Programs
virus can be used to corrupt data on companies' computers and cause other problems (i.e. Trojan)
Three Risk to customers
-theft of credit card numbers
-theft of passwords
-loss of privacy
intranets
an intranet is like a very small internet. Private network or website used to connect a company's employees (and perhaps its trading partners) who are spread over a wide geographic area. Accessible by only the company and its trading partners
Risks associated with intranets
-interruptions of info being transmitter in the network
-Unauthorized access to the company's database
-Override of internal controls by management or IT employees