Phishing

to the Internet and Email. This opens up the possibility to be scammed. This can occur by clicking on a link not knowing the true threat behind it, or by providing personal information on a website that is not safe. Email scams are also known as phishing scams. In 2003, 22% of the elderly population used the Internet. Of this percentage 46% utilized the Internet daily. In 2004 The Internet Crime Complaint center received 207,449 complaints of Internet crimes this increased from 2003 by 157,738…

Computer crime are referred to criminal activity where computer are involved. The computer may be the target of the crime or have been used to commit the crime. Net crime refers to the use of internet to commit the crime. Cyber crime are usually a combination of the two individuals and can be defined as “Offences that are committed against individual or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim…

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Protection, advise members of an organization what they should or should not do. Informative policies can be the one most subject to change as they provide information on specific concerns the organization has such as social engineering scams like Phishing or ransomware. They often are meant to be educational in nature to prevent members from falling victim. Each of the policies will define the standards and guidelines clearly to help management and members during implementation to meet…

attack. The hackers and programs that are running these attacks are trying to get into the system and have access to healthcare information, social security numbers and even military information. They have many ways of doing these things, such as, phishing/hooks, digital spying, malware and the list goes of forever.…

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When thinking of a thief, the stereotypical picture of a man wearing all black, donning a ski mask, and toting a revolver comes to mind. The thief usually hangs out in the bad parts of town and only strikes at night. In modern times this is no longer the case. Many of today’s criminals cannot be picked out of a crowd. They are cyber criminals that can anonymously attack anyone from behind a computer (Vigoroso). These criminals can do anything from stealing some quick cash to stealing someone’s…

credential-stealing attacks aim to fraudulently gather a user’s credential either by invading an insufficiently protected PC via malicious software (such as a virus or Trojan horse) or by tricking a user into voluntarily revealing his or her credentials via phishing” (Hiltgen, Kramp, Weigold, p.g, 21). Online channel-breaking attacks is known to be more sophisticated. It is done by a malicious man in the middle. In this type of attacks, “the intruder unnoticeably intercepts messages between the…

Today as technology continues to advance, the growing concern of cyber terrorism has became an essential factor to the United States infrastructure and US-CERT (United States Computer Readiness Team). Presently, China is the leading force of these attacks against the United States in attempt to steal top secret information and data to improve their economy. In his article “ The code not taken: China, the United States, and the future of cyber espionage,” Adam Segal (2013) writes about the…

by using computers with the internet. For Example, downloading music or video files illegally from the internet to stealing information from other users from all over the internet . The most common crime is done through phishing and most of the crimes have such large scope, phishing is just an example of a cybercrime activity as there are a lot more crimes that are called computer crimes. Types of Computer Crime Attacks There are many different types of cyber crimes, listed below are a few of…