Cibercrime

|Running head: CYBERCRIME AS IT RELATE TO INFORMATION SECURITY |

An Analysis of Cybercrime as it relate to

Information Security and

Identity Protection

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Introduction

Along with its advantages, there is a lot of illegal activities committed over the internet as well as exposed us to security risks. Computers today are being misused for unlawful activities like e-mail espionage, credit card fraud, spam, software piracy, spreading of viruses and so on, which invade our privacy and offend our senses. Criminal activities over internet are on the rise.

Hack into a company database

Did someone Hack into a company database that you conduct business with ?

Did someone hack into your computer?

Blackmail, sabotage or sell information

Did blackmail, sabotage or sell information for profit

Personnel Identifiable Information

Did you lose your wallet or purse?

Did you give up any Personnel Identifiable Information over the telephone or over the internet?

Did you get a strange phone call requesting personnel information?

Did someone break into your home or mailbox?

This topic was chosen because the writer is interested in learning more about this issue and it will enable me to enrich my experience in the Cyber Security Field. Cyber Crime is a major problem that a lot of people face almost every day. According to the 2011 Norton Cyber, “74 million people in the United States were victims of cyber crime in 2010”. These criminal acts resulted in $32 billion in direct financial losses. Further analysis of this growing problem found that 69 percent of adults that are online have been victims of cyber crime resulting in 1 million cyber crime victims a day. The attack methods used by the cyber criminals are becoming more complicated every day. With the spread of awareness about the cyber crime among...