CyberCrime: Part One - What is it?
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- Hacking, child pornography, hate crimes, telemarketing/Internet fraud
- Employee Theft
- Spamming and copyright infringement
- Unauthorized access to a network, malicious code or viruses attacks, and denial-of-service attacks
- Identity theft
- Online gambling and securities fraud
- Cyberstalking or harassment
- Sabotage
Why & How does this happen?
You have to watch the emails you open, the web sites you surf because every aspect of the Internet has changed: e-mail, e-commerce and communication. You have to be aware of viruses, trojans and people/scammers that are always trying to sell or steal something from you.
Newbies (first time or occasional Internet users) are connecting to the Internet daily and the numbers are growing by 8 - 10% each month. This creates millions of new targets for the cyber thieves. You might think, "Why do they continue to send me this junk?" and "who's falling for this?" It's the newbies. They have never seen the false ads about the little girl with cancer, a friend just sent you an online card, or take a survey and get a free Ipod. So unfortunately for all the Internet users, there are constantly new targets for the cyberthieves and they will send these emails to any and everyone just to see who they can get.
The most dangerous aspect is that the Internet or the worldwide web is making it possible for thieves to steal your account information and profit from it.
Organizations that have employees or contractors that have access to customers' credit card information have to take extraordinary measures to protect their data. It has become much easier for Cyber thieves to gather account information and distribute it over the web for profit.
Written by Steve Krisfalusy, MindSpring Editor, Business & Technology Architect SJK Beringer Group and Co-Authored by Tina Hamrick, VP of Ops w/SJK Beringer Group, Inc.; President elect of NAWBO.
