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Steven Mcdermott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Countering the social ignorance of 'social' network analysis and data mining with ethnography : a case study of the Singapore blogosphere
    2013
    Co-Authors: Steven Mcdermott
    Abstract:

    This thesis questions on one level the assertion that the Internet is a force for democratisation in authoritarian regimes (Habermas, 2006), and at the same time another means for disseminating propaganda, fear and intimidation (Rodan, 1998). It overcomes the limitations of using automated data collection and analysis of blogs by supplementing these techniques with a prolonged period of participant observation and a detailed reading of the textual extracts in order to allow for meaning to emerge. It analyses the discourses and styles of discourse of the Singapore political blogosphere. Hurst (2006) and Lin and Sundaram et al., (2007) described the same blogosphere as isolated from the global blogosphere and clearly demarcated with no central topic. Countering the social ignorance of such automated data collection and analysis techniques, this study assigns meaning to data gathered from January 2009 to February 2010. This case study will help highlight the analytic framework, benefits and limitations of using social network analysis and an anthropological approach to networks. It has targeted blogs using hyperlink network analysis and measured ‘importance’ with ‘betweenness centrality’ (de Nooy & Mrvar et al., 2005) in order to demarcate the boundaries of the sample of blogs that are archived for semantic and discourse analysis. Beyond a brief introduction to betweenness centrality, and the merits or otherwise, of combining various ranking of blogs such as Google’s PageRank, Hits and Blogrank algorithms it avoids the algorithm fetishism within hyperlink data collection and linguistic analysis of corpus collected from blogs; allowing for culture, identity and agency. It assesses which of White’s (2009) three disciplines and relative valuation orders the Singapore blogosphere adheres. The contention raised here is that social network analysis, or rather those elements within it that are focused exclusively on algorithms, are in danger of co-option by states and multinational corporations (Wolfe, 2010:3) unless they acknowledge sociocultural forces. The tools of social network analysis and data mining are moved beyond mere description, while avoiding prescription – and at the same time advancing its contribution to substantive theoretical questions (Scott, 2010). Ensuring space for agency in a field dominated by sociograms, statistics and algorithms with theory that places persons lacking recognition at its centre is important to this thesis. Focusing only on the relational aspects of the interaction and in the individual persons linked (Wolfe, 2010: 3) creates a limited representation of the wider phenomena under study and a narrow awareness of the context in which these networks exist. A people governed by one political party since 1963 (The People’s Action Party) with the government of Singapore is the focus of this case study. This paper also highlights the use of various software technology; blogs, IssueCrawler, Httrack, NetDraw, and Leximancer while using an ethnographic approach to counter the social ignorance of automated electronic software. The analysis of the Singaporean blogosphere from 2009 to 2010 provides a descriptive analysis of the argument that the non-democratic nature of Singapore society shapes the development of online public spheres.

  • ASONAM - White's Three Disciplines and Relative Valuation Order: Countering the Social Ignorance of Automated Data Collection and Analysis
    2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 2010
    Co-Authors: Steven Mcdermott
    Abstract:

    This paper asks which of White’s (2009) three disciplines and relative valuation orders does the Singapore blogosphere adhere to. Analysing not just the hyperlink connections but the textual discourse; and in doing so attempts to highlight certain limitations of using automated data mining and analysis software. Using the Singapore blogosphere, described by Lin, Sundaram, Chi, Tatemura, and Tseng, (2006) and Hurst (2006), as an isolated and distinct network with no theme or focus, I have targeted blogs using social network analysis uncovering the key players, with higher levels of ‘betweenness centrality’ (de Nooy & Mrvar et al., 2005) and the themes and discipline of the Singapore blogosphere. This case study will help highlight the analytic framework, benefits and limitations of using social network analysis and an ethnographical approach to networks. This paper also highlights the use of various software technology; blogs, IssueCrawler, Httrack, NetDraw, and Leximancer while using an ethnographic approach to counter the social ignorance of automated electronic software.

  • White's Three Disciplines and Relative Valuation Order: Countering the Social Ignorance of Automated Data Collection and Analysis
    2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 2010
    Co-Authors: Steven Mcdermott
    Abstract:

    This paper asks which of White's (2009) three disciplines and relative valuation orders does the Singapore blogosphere adhere to. Analysing not just the hyperlink connections but the textual discourse; and in doing so attempts to highlight certain limitations of using automated data mining and analysis software. Using the Singapore blogosphere, described by Lin, Sundaram, Chi, Tatemura, and Tseng, (2006) and Hurst (2006), as an isolated and distinct network with no theme or focus, I have targeted blogs using social network analysis uncovering the key players, with higher levels of `betweenness centrality' (de Nooy & Mrvar et al., 2005) and the themes and discipline of the Singapore blogosphere. This case study will help highlight the analytic framework, benefits and limitations of using social network analysis and an ethnographical approach to networks. This paper also highlights the use of various software technology; blogs, IssueCrawler, Httrack, NetDraw, and Leximancer while using an ethnographic approach to counter the social ignorance of automated electronic software.

Suzanne Loker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Mark Edward Phillips - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

José Luis Borra - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • PARA BAJARSE WEB COMPLETAS.
    2013
    Co-Authors: José Luis Borra
    Abstract:

    Httrack Website Copier es un programa de software libre bajo licencia GPL, gracias a el podremos descargar paginas web completas para acceder a ellas sin necesidad de Internet. Este interesante software se encarga de bajar cualquier sitio web desde la red, y lo almacena en un directorio local que elijamos en nuestro computador, organizando todos los directorios que hacen parte del mismo, como son archivos HTML, Javascript, imagenes, y cualquier otro archivo que sea necesario para que el sitio (...)

Patrick Engebretson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Chapter 2 – Reconnaissance
    The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing, 2020
    Co-Authors: Patrick Engebretson
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    Publisher Summary Reconnaissance, also known as information gathering, is classified as active and passive reconnaissance. Active reconnaissance includes interacting directly with the target. It is important to note that during this process, the target may record IP address and log activity. Passive reconnaissance makes use of the vast amount of information available on the web. When one is conducting passive reconnaissance, one is not interacting directly with the target and as such, the target has no way of knowing, recording, or logging activity. The reconnaissance is aimed at collecting as much information as possible on a target. At this point in the penetration test, no detail should be overlooked regardless of how innocuous it may seem. While one is gathering information, it is important to keep the data in a central location. Reconnaissance begins by closely reviewing the target's website. In some cases, a tool called Httrack is used to make a page-by-page copy of the website. The copied website will include all the pages, links, pictures, and code from the original website; however, it would resides on local computer. An excellent tool to use in reconnaissance is The Harvester. The Harvester is a simple but highly effective Python script written by Christian Martorella at Edge Security. This tool allows quickly and accurately catalogs both e-mail addresses and subdomains that are directly related to the target.