Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Cybercrime
- Crimes committed utilizing computers, or the internet.
Anmerkungen:
- any criminal activity carried out using the internet or computers.
- identity theft
- using stolen data, they pretend to be you,
often spending money.
- transaction fraud
Anmerkungen:
- Quicker transaction times increase the chances of fraudulent transactions going undetected
- stolen data is used to generate unauthorized
transactions
- advance fee fraud
- scams, in which an individual, or "businesses"
offer something, but ask for money prior to the
deal. In the end, they never pay.
- hacking
- gaining access to someone else's
systems/data
- piracy
- usage of another persons work
(copying) without permission
- data theft
- an example is when someone is leaving
their job, they copy data from the old
one and use it in their new one.
Anmerkungen:
- Copying data from elsewhere and using it as your own.
- ransomware
- using malware, they steal data and put a ransom
on it for you to buy it back off them
- phishing
- often sending fake emails, to get personal
details out of people.
- look out for
- greeting
- address
- forged link
- request for personal info
- sense of urgency
- poor grammar/ spelling
- the message often has something convincing
about winning money or banks.
- emails start with 'dear customer' or
'client' rather than your name
- a padlock or the 's' on 'https' are signs of if the links
are safe
- a legitimate email will have a link with
an 's' or secured padlock
- Cyber security
Anmerkungen:
- (information technology security)
- protects computer's network from theft or damage