Question

Cybercrime 1) What is Cybercrime? 2) Give an example of Cybercrime? 3) What do you do to protect yourself from Cybercrime? 4) What do you do if you come across an internet scam/crime? What do you do if you are a victim? or, You receive a scam e-mail. or, You come across a scam webpage. 5) Who do you report the crime too? Your internet provider? The organization that owns /operates the search engine? The local police? The FBI? (what is the e-mail or URL?) The FTC (Federal Trade Commission)? INTERPOL? Another law enforcement agency? All the law enforcement agencies listed. How do you report it? What steps do you take the protect yourself?

Answer 1

• 1. A Cybercrime is a computer oriented crime. It is carried out by an individual or by an organisation. The persons who are involved in such crimes are called Cyber criminal or hackers. This crime uses technology to attack a computer, it's network or a device connected to the network. It is a very professionalized crime to attack a network or a computer, that includes illegal activities using technologies.

2. Crimes against normal people without their knowledge is one of the common Cybercrime. It includes harrasment through online, stalking and bullying. Some higher crimes are like hacking your system or network, online theft, credit card fraud and spoofing.

3.The range of Cybercrime is increasing day by day. It is an ongoing threat. It not only effect our financial security but also our personal security. We individuals have to protect ourselves and our systems from such threats. Some of things we can do to protect ourselves or prevent Cybersrimes are

a)Use a full time and high secured internet connection.

b)Use strong and unique password.

c) Keep updating your software.

d)Keep your social media settings to private.

e)Take measures to prevent Cybercriminals to attack your financial details.

f)Keep an awareness amongst the users about Cybercrime.

4. There is not a perfect solution against a Cyberattack. But there are several ways to avoid it and there are several actions taken against the attackers by a government. When you have been attacked by a hacker or criminal you can report it officially. To avoid such attacks

a) Keep your confidential information highly authentic.

b)Don't disclose your personal information to third person.

c)Keep backup for important data

d)Keep your system updated.