Nowadays, there are a lot of criminal acts did by people. Not only in the real life, but also in cyberspace. People call the criminal acts in cyberspace as Cyber Crime. Then, what is Cyber Crime, actually?
I'll show you what Cyber Crime is and it's case...
What is Cyber Crime?
Cyber crime is a criminal act did by someone using computer technology as the main crime, including internet.How many kinds of Cyber Crime?
There are a lot of cyber crime's kinds. For instance, carding; hacking; cracking; defacing; phising; spamming, malware, etc. But right now, I'm going to tell you only 2 of them, they are spamming and malware.Spamming
Spamming is one of cyber crimes did through electronic mail (e-mail), where the criminal sends a suspicious message through e-mail to the victim. The criminal called spammer, meanwhile the suspicious message called junk mail.
Junk mail usually contains viruses that could attack victim's computer. That is why, there's Spam in e-mail so the junk mail could be thrown away directly and would not attack victim's computer. But nowadays, junk mails do not only contain viruses, but also some suspicious advertisements and news that could cheat and make disadvantage for the victim.Malware
Malware is a program made for breaking a software or operating system. Malware could be in the form of virus, worm, wabbit, key logger, browser hijacker, trojan horse, spyware, backdoor, dialer, exploit and rootkit.
- Virus is made for breaking files data in computer.
- Worm is made for attacking operating system in computer, caused antivirus system in the computer become non-active.
- Wabbit is made for slowing down computer's working system.
- Key logger is made for recording someone's password account when he/she typed it on keyboard.
- Browser hijacker is made for bothering browser application in computer.
- Spyware is made for snooping a user activity in using computer without his/her knowledge.
- Trojan horse is made for activating virus, worm and spyware.
- Backdoor is made for bothering computer net.
- Dialer is made for connecting computer to the internet for sending data that has been captured by spyware or key logger to another person, but your computer does not connect to the internet.
- Exploit is made for attacking antivirus in computer that has weakened.
- Rootkit is made for deleting malware's track from a computer.
Now, let's check one of the Cyber Crime case...
Is there any solutions to prevent from Cyber Crime?
Yes, there are some solutions to prevent ourselves from cyber crime.Here some tips you can practice:
- Make the strongest password in all of your accounts.
- Activate your antivirus software (it's better to use strong antivirus software, such as Bitdefender; Kaspersky; Norton; etc.).
- Make sure your social media profiles (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.) are set to private.
- Download applications from trusted sources.
- Update applications and operating system in your computer.
- Never reply to emails that ask you to verify your information or confirm your user ID or password.
- Be cautious when giving out your personal information on the Internet.
Sources:
http://indochaters.hexat.com/
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/
