Title: Cybercrime What Does It Mean To You? | Daves Computer Tips
Headings: Cybercrime What Does It Mean To You?
Cybercrime What Does It Mean To You?
What is CyberCrime
Statistics
Should You Be Afraid?
Scenarios and Solutions
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Content: According to Brian Murphy, ex Defense Department’s network security unit, “ No computer hacker has yet shut down an electrical grid or opened a dam .” So, I ask once again, what does this mean to you and me. What is CyberCrime
First of all, what is cybercrime and how pervasive is it? Cybercrime is any crime affecting an individual or group of individuals carried out by the use of a computer. It has grown so much that it is now bigger than illegal drug trafficking as far as making money for criminals. According to Symantec “ somebody’s identity is stolen every 3 seconds as a result of cybercrime and your computer can become infected within four minutes after connecting to the internet if you are not protected by a software or hardware protection solution “. A large part of this increase is due to the incredible number of targets available to computer hackers. Statistics
In 2011 there were 431 million adult victims of cybercrime in 24 countries. There are 14 cybercrime victims every second and over a million adults affected per day. At least 81% of cybercrime is achieved through hacking, while 59% is achieved with malware that a user invites into their computer through free music, games and porn, etc.