Cybercriminals Violate Consumer Privacy

No doubt internet is a greater way of communication and it provides an exceptional platform, where user can share their experiences, stories, blogs and not only share as well as can extract a wide variety of information. The Internet is a system that allow users to reach value and service by exchanging data. Due to high number of internet users, the shared information are experiencing exponential growth. These all information shared on internet benefits all of the Internet community, however, the advantages of the web world have come at some cost, one being loss of privacy. Moreover, users are more open to data breaches and identity fraud. As a consumer of the Internet everyone should be aware of how our digital information show snippets …show more content…
A global black market exists for stolen data across the globe. Most of the Cybercriminals looking for specific type of personal information such as mobile phone numbers, email addresses, online gaming account username and password, credit card numbers so on, so they can sell online. The example of this kind of security breach happened most recently the hacker has been posted millions of Yahoo user’s personal data to a marketplace on dark web. It is to believe that the same hacker also previously sold millions of passwords and email addresses stolen from social networking and professional networking websites. The company officials aware of this incident and currently working to determine the facts. The company is also working on the authenticity of the claim that these personal information are belong to the users and if they were retrieved in a hack however, the company has not confirmed the breach. The consequences of these kind of security breaches create a question mark on company security policy but the personal information of the users also comprised too and that will be the serious issue. The users will not have any knowledge who is using their personal information and for what …show more content…
Antispyware programs, Antivirus software applications, firewalls and encryption techniques all form a part of Internet security. They each protect against specific kind of threat, and yet each individually is very important in their own right. However, user may feel secure by installing those software application in to the computer, users often neglect to consider threats like male ware, spyware and so on. It is very important when dealing with malicious activity, especially when doing some online shopping or any other finance related activity over the