The document discusses several types of computer crimes such as identity theft, cyberstalking, phishing, DDoS attacks, and ransomware attacks. Identity theft involves someone accessing and using another's personal information without consent. Cyberstalking uses the internet to stalk or harass individuals. Phishing fraudulently obtains sensitive data by impersonating a trustworthy entity. DDoS attacks aim to shut down services by overloading networks, while ransomware encrypts and locks users' data until a ransom is paid. The document provides countermeasures for each crime such as data encryption, VPN use, and IPS/IDS systems.
The document discusses several types of computer crimes such as identity theft, cyberstalking, phishing, DDoS attacks, and ransomware attacks. Identity theft involves someone accessing and using another's personal information without consent. Cyberstalking uses the internet to stalk or harass individuals. Phishing fraudulently obtains sensitive data by impersonating a trustworthy entity. DDoS attacks aim to shut down services by overloading networks, while ransomware encrypts and locks users' data until a ransom is paid. The document provides countermeasures for each crime such as data encryption, VPN use, and IPS/IDS systems.
The document discusses several types of computer crimes such as identity theft, cyberstalking, phishing, DDoS attacks, and ransomware attacks. Identity theft involves someone accessing and using another's personal information without consent. Cyberstalking uses the internet to stalk or harass individuals. Phishing fraudulently obtains sensitive data by impersonating a trustworthy entity. DDoS attacks aim to shut down services by overloading networks, while ransomware encrypts and locks users' data until a ransom is paid. The document provides countermeasures for each crime such as data encryption, VPN use, and IPS/IDS systems.
The document discusses several types of computer crimes such as identity theft, cyberstalking, phishing, DDoS attacks, and ransomware attacks. Identity theft involves someone accessing and using another's personal information without consent. Cyberstalking uses the internet to stalk or harass individuals. Phishing fraudulently obtains sensitive data by impersonating a trustworthy entity. DDoS attacks aim to shut down services by overloading networks, while ransomware encrypts and locks users' data until a ransom is paid. The document provides countermeasures for each crime such as data encryption, VPN use, and IPS/IDS systems.
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Computer Crimes
Computer crime is an act performed by a knowledgeable computer user, sometimes referred to as a hacker that illegally browses or steals a company's or individual's private information. Such crimes include:
Identity Theft This is when someone gains access to your personal information and uses it for his or her own benefit. Hackers have the ability to gain access to financial Accounts or social security numbers and destroy a person’s life.
Cyber-stalking The use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual or group. This may include harassing them, false accusations and gaining uninvited access to their life.
Phishing Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, or other sensitive details by impersonating oneself as a trustworthy entity in a digital communication.
DDoS Attack These are attacks aimed at shutting down services or networks and making them inaccessible to the intended users. DDoS Attacks are targeted primarily at web servers of high-profile organizations such as the government or trade firms. Ransomware Attack
Ransomware is a type of malware attack in which the
attacker locks and encrypts the victim’s data and then demands a payment to unlock and decrypt the data. Ransomware generally blocks victim’s access to their own data and deletes the same if a ransom is not paid.
Counter-measures For Computer Crime
All of these are viable options in trying
to prevent computer crimes : Identity Theft - Data Encryption Cyberstalking - Use of a VPN Phishing - Data Encryption DDoS Attack - IPS/IDS Ransomware Attack - Use of a Proxy Server Sources
I used these sites to gather the necessary information for the given task because they all met the standard criteria I had chosen to use. The information presented on these websites had been written by multiple government agencies and well-known organizations. The authors are also people who specialize in cyber-security. The information on the websites were not only up- to-date but also had correlating information which proved that it was well-researched.
