Title: What Is Cybercrime? | Definition & Examples | Avast
Headings: What is Cybercrime and
How Can You Prevent It?

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What is Cybercrime and
How Can You Prevent It?
What is cybercrime?
Common examples of cybercrime
Malware
Identity theft and other fraud
Cyberbullying
Cryptojacking
Cyberextortion
Cyberespionage
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Where does cybercrime come from?
Email
The dark web
Who’s most at risk?
The impact of cybercrime
For individuals
For businesses & governments
What’s the punishment for committing a cybercrime?
How to recognize if you’ve been a victim of cybercrime
Is it possible to stop cybercriminals?
How to prevent cybercrime
Protect against malware: a cybercriminal’s most powerful weapon
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Content: Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying refers to all kinds of online harassment, including stalking, sexual harassment, doxxing (exposing someone’s personal information, like their physical address, online without their consent), and fraping (breaking into someone’s social media and making fake posts on their behalf). Cryptojacking
Cryptojacking is when hackers break into your device and use it to mine cryptocurrency without your knowledge or consent. Cryptominers do this by using JavaScript to infect your device after you visit an infected website. This can cause performance issues and high electric bills for you — and earn big profits for the cryptojackers. Cyberextortion
Cyberextortion is just what it sounds like — a digital version of the nightmare that is extortion. One of the most common forms is ransomware, when hackers infect your computer with malware that encrypts all your files until you pay them a ransom to unlock them. Cyberextortion can also refer to blackmailing victims using their personal info, photos, and video; or threatening businesses using methods like botnet -driven DDoS attacks . Cyberespionage
As mentioned, many cybercriminals these days are actually state-sponsored groups. Whether it’s the North Koreans, the Iranians, or even the US’s own NSA-affiliated Equation Group, world powers use hacker groups as one weapon in the complicated matrix of global politics.