Cyber is an adjective defined as “of, relating to, or involving computers or computer networks,” and terror is a noun defined as “a very strong feeling of fear” or “something that causes very strong feelings of fear: something that is terrifying,” (Merriam-Webster.com, 2015). One can logically conclude that cyber-terror is a form of fear involving computers. As technology continues to evolve and everyday life becomes more dependent on technology, terms like cyber-terror and cybercrimes become further intergraded in our vernacular thus our understanding of those terms and what they mean to ordinary citizens must be developed with it. The issues of, both surrounding and created by, cybercrime and cyber-terror have and will continue to reach all
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Nearly 150,000 viruses and malicious codes circulate through cyberspace infecting over 148,000 computers daily, (KPMG International, 2011). The cost of information lost to cybercrime in 2008 ($265 million) doubled in just a year when measured at the end of 2009 in the amount of $560 million within the US alone, (KPMG International, 2011). Cybercrime along with the targeted victims have grown in complexity as well. In 2000, the first documented cybercrime (the “I Love You” worm), was a spam email that affected 45 million users would wide. Ten years later, the Stuxnet worm was used as a weapon aimed at Iran’s nuclear facilities and destroyed a fifth of the countries’ nuclear centrifuges, (KPMG International, 2011). The fact that the sophistication of these programs have evolved to the form of weapons mean that the possibilities are endless and will only continue to grow in …show more content…
It is reliant on the general population to understand what problems these agents of cyber-warfare create and what it means to society. It will be difficult to determine what will and will not work in facing this new age problem. One way of measuring the progress of implemented programs is by looking at the numbers. The 2013 Norton Report issued by Symantec, which records consumers’ online behaviors and the financial impact of cybercrime, revealed that the annual global cost of cybercrime is $113 billion; roughly $298 per victim which is a 50% increase from 2012 (Paganini, 2013). The goal of every online user should be to see those numbers drop rather than
Nearly 150,000 viruses and malicious codes circulate through cyberspace infecting over 148,000 computers daily, (KPMG International, 2011). The cost of information lost to cybercrime in 2008 ($265 million) doubled in just a year when measured at the end of 2009 in the amount of $560 million within the US alone, (KPMG International, 2011). Cybercrime along with the targeted victims have grown in complexity as well. In 2000, the first documented cybercrime (the “I Love You” worm), was a spam email that affected 45 million users would wide. Ten years later, the Stuxnet worm was used as a weapon aimed at Iran’s nuclear facilities and destroyed a fifth of the countries’ nuclear centrifuges, (KPMG International, 2011). The fact that the sophistication of these programs have evolved to the form of weapons mean that the possibilities are endless and will only continue to grow in …show more content…
It is reliant on the general population to understand what problems these agents of cyber-warfare create and what it means to society. It will be difficult to determine what will and will not work in facing this new age problem. One way of measuring the progress of implemented programs is by looking at the numbers. The 2013 Norton Report issued by Symantec, which records consumers’ online behaviors and the financial impact of cybercrime, revealed that the annual global cost of cybercrime is $113 billion; roughly $298 per victim which is a 50% increase from 2012 (Paganini, 2013). The goal of every online user should be to see those numbers drop rather than