Susan W. Brenner’s CyberCrime: Criminal Threats from Cyberspace

Cybercrimes are one of the significant types of crimes that make various individuals vulnerable to victimization. Numerous types of cybercrimes exist throughout the world, including identity theft, spam, phishing, and online consumer fraud that relies on computer-based technology to facilitate criminal activities. The risk of cybercrime victimization influences individuals who differ in age, gender, ethnicity, and social class. This conveys that certain individuals are more likely to face cybercrime victimization than others. It’s also important to understand that certain countries are at a higher risk of cybercrime victimization due to the level of access towards technology and the effectiveness of different approaches to target these crimes. In this paper, I will discuss demographics such as age, gender, and level of education to predict the risk of cybercrime victimization and emphasize on different approaches that reduce the likelihood of cybercrime victimization.

Computers are one of the world’s greatest inventions, and sadly, one of the worst. Thanks to computers, there are so many things we can do from the comfort of our own home. We can do our banking online, pay our bills, go to school, look for jobs, and so on. Computers have made us all lazy. They have also made us unconcerned, at least up until recently, with our privacy. We all know there are bad people in this world, but it seems to be that we have forgotten that there are some very, very smart people in this world as well. It took a very smart person to invent the computer, to figure out the inner workings. But if one person can do this many can do this. Enter the computer hacker.

The internet has aided to criminal activity by providing an increased amount of anonymity for the criminal. They are able to commit crimes from long distances even from other countries. Most people feel protected because they are not physically near the person they are committing the crime against. Computer related crimes have become prevalent in recent years as many aspects of human life are consumed by

Cyber crimes, as defined by dictionary.com, are criminal activity or a crime that involves the internet, a computer system, or computer technology. Cyber Crimes may occur all over the globe, but the scene of the crime shares one common location, the internet. Law Enforcement has been tasked with bringing an end to this digital dilemma and they have started by going to war. The war on Cyber crimes is a term used to designate the efforts of Law Enforcement to go against these sly criminals. There are many different forms of these crimes, such as some come in forms of scams and others are ushered in by hackers. The shocking part is the statistics that come along with these crimes and the amount of money that

With the dramatic development in the technology of computers and communications, the entire world has certainly benefited a great deal, but the purchase price of computers might also be very expensive. Computer crimes are now becoming very serious problems that are costing as much as billions of dollars. Also, computer crimes are threatening the continuing future of communication, confidentiality, and even the integrity of businesses and organizations.

The fourth spoke on the wheel of terrorism is “computer crime”. The use of computers can be used in a good way or can also be abused. Cyberattacks are a huge threat to our national security and technological infrastructure.

When you begin to examine how the internet and crime are related, you must first examine exactly what the internet is and how it works. The internet is a global system of computers and networks that are interconnected and service billions of users at any given time. This could be considered a cybercriminals’ playground. Because billions of computers are connected via a vast array of private and public networks including many government agencies, it is easy to see how a cybercriminal could obtain valuable information or unleash denial of service attacks that could cripple many of these systems.

With the advent of any new technology must also come an added respect and responsibility for that technology. Today's world has been significantly modified over the past decade due the internet and the superconductivity this tool has provided to its users. As a result of this popularity, a criminal element has seeped within the confines of cyberspace to present new challenges for lawmakers and law enforcers everywhere, all the time. The purpose of this essay is to describe the role of the internet and its involvement with crime and criminal behavior. This essay will describe specific examples of how the internet has aided criminal activity and highlight the types of crime that have received more notoriety because of the internet's ability to connect people anonymously.

This paper was prepared for CIS522, Cybercrime Techniques and Response, taught by Dr. Jodine Burchell

What would later turn out to be one of the deadliest hacks in the history of cyber crime began when actor Seth Rogen and screenwriter Goldberg Evans joked about producing a comedy that would feature the assassination of North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-un. A few months later, the reality of the joke dawned when Sony Pictures Entertainment made an announcement that both Rogen and Goldberg would direct the movie dubbed “The Interview.” The movie was to be officially released toward the end of 2014. However, just before the release of the movie a tragic incident unfolded that left hackers in total control of Sony Pictures Entertainment Network. A group by the name The Guardians of Peace (GOP) had breached Sony Pictures Entertainment and brought their operations to a standstill. The hackers stole over a hundred terabytes of private date containing salaries, Social Security Numbers, movies, and others personal identifiable data. A few days later, the stolen data started popping up on the internet along with GOP’s demands including a warning not to release the movie “The Interview” (Sanchez, 2015). In this paper, an analysis of the motivation behind the attack and response to safeguard against further breeching will be dealt with.

Robbing a bank traditionally meant isolated incidents at individual banks. “Cybercrime opens new doors to criminals where they have the power to defraud entire institutions in way that would not have been possible traditionally.” (Carnaghan, 2013). The effects of a solitary, but thriving cyber attack can have an across-the-board implication together with a loss of trust, consumer confidence, financial losses, and theft of intellectual property. Three men named Kevin Mitinick, Kevin Poulsen, and Jeanson James Ancheta were found guilty and convicted of committing cybercrimes by hacking into computers and software systems. Kevin Mitinick began his criminal behavior at twelve years old. Social engineering became his primary method of obtaining information, including user-names, passwords, and phone numbers. By age six-teen he had hacked into the computer system Digital Equipment Corporation used for developing operating

Cybercrime is the use of computers and technology for criminal activities. Crimes that are committed in the virtual realm encompass a wide category. Thanks to the easy availability and increasing dependence on technology, cybercrimes are a fast-growing criminal undertaking that is limitless in its potential. With the fast-pace advancements in technology, cybercriminals are evolving their methods faster than law enforcement can advance theirs making it difficult to incriminate them. In addition, the lack of a physical barrier, as well as the lack of an individual or corporation knowing they are victims, makes it difficult to trace the criminals because no barrier is preventing attacks from occurring, or isolating it to a local area, and because attacks do not cause physical or mental harm. However, with research and resources, law enforcement has identified a common medium a cybercriminal uses to commit crimes: crimeware, commonly known as computer viruses.

Cyber Crime, including fraud, identity theft, stalking, and hacking is a growing problem which can be prevented by taking the proper precautions.

Malware is a malicious software and act a single term to refer to virus, trojan horse, spy ware, worm and spam. It is design to harm to a standalone computer or a network computer.

Cybercrime is an ever-increasing issue in the modern business world. It is rapidly becoming a business opportunity open to everyone driven by profit (Jones, 2007). In cybercrime, the perpetrator typically gains access to a computer system without the owner’s authorisation (Davis, 2003). It is often not just one particular type of cybercrime that is occurring, but usually when individuals think of cybercrime they immediately think of viruses or worms (Table 1) (Hutchings, 2012). These types of crimes are becoming a world problem that costs the government, businesses and individuals millions of dollars annually. In the past year, Australia lost $1.06 billion affecting mainly small businesses that make up 96% of all