High School Visit
2009-2010
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
University of South
Carolina Columbia
http://www .cse.sc.edu/~farkas/security-ELE -lab .htm
Cyber Security
http://www.cse.sc.edu/~farkas/security-ELE-lab.htm
What it's all about?
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Increasing awareness of computer security – focusing on personal computers and
the use of Internet – demonstrating the ease with which computer systems and
communication messages can be compromised.
The students will learn about available tools and techniques to
strengthen security.
Activities:
1. Hide a message: Experiment with one of the easiest to use
encryption/decryption tools.
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Try to break a
simple encrypted text… can’t do it?
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Here is how it was
encrypted. Try again.
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Now, have fun
with some harder to break encryption using an online tool.
Hint: copy and paste the encrypted
text into the ciphertext window of the online tool. Change the number of lines shifted until you
see the joke.
2. Are you safe from phishing? Phishing usually involves sending an e-mail to
a user in an attempt to trick the user to visit a web site. The web site claims to be a legitimate site where
the user is asked to update personal information, such as passwords, credit
card number, or bank account number.
However, the web site is fake and it was created to steal the user’s
information.
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Here is an
online game to teach you to identify bogus web sites. The tool was designed by researchers at
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Learn about Computer
Security while having fun reading cartoons. SecurityCartoon.com
will educate you about malware, spoofing, phishing, pharming,
and other interesting security topics.
Take a look!
3. Master of
Security: ” The goal of the game is to protect your software from
harmful threats: adware, spyware, viruses, etc. To kill security invaders you must build
security shields on the game desktop. All invaders, except viruses, can’t go
through the shields." (from http://www.kongregate.com/games/gmentat/master-of-security
). Click here to
play the game.
4. Try it at
home: secure your home personal computer: Are you using
email? Do you download files? Are you participating in a social
network? YOUR
COMPUTER IS AT HIGH RISK TO BE ATTACKED!
You need to have Administrator privileges in your machine to try the
following links. Here are some useful
links you can follow to learn more about securing your personal computer:
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4 steps to protect your computer, http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/default.mspx
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Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/tools/mbsahome.mspx
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Windows XP Backup
Made Easy by Ed Bott, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx
HAVE You have worked hard and deserve some
rest. The following online-games were developed by Instructions:
With the exception of the first game (An Internet
based fighting game – Chrome Desire) you can play them online. Each game has a help file to learn
controls. Chrome Desire
instructions: