C Nachelle Digital Media And Cyber Crimes
Digital Media and Cyber-Crimes
Cletus Subetiq Nachelle
Instructor: Stephen Newsome
CMST 301 6981 Digital Media and Society (2152)
University of Maryland University College
March 22, 2015
Abstract
Technological devices and infrastructures such as the internet have led to their pervasive use across socioeconomic factors such as gender and age as well as geographical boundaries. The proliferation has led to a perfection of cyber-crime activities, which have threatened global economy. Cyber-crimes have increased so dramatically over the last few years, seemingly replacing the contemporary forms of organized crimes. Cyber-crimes are the intentional actions involving the use of computers, internet infrastructures and other technologies to promote criminal activities with adverse economic impacts on a third party. All cyber-crimes involve the use tools and techniques to perpetrate crime. The perpetrators execute a criminal plan referred to as the vector, to carry out a cyber-crime.
Introduction
Cyber-crimes can be divided into two broad categories; the first category involves attacks on computer hardware and software tools, such as botnets, network intrusions, and malware. The category involves cybercrimes of financial nature such as online fraud and penetration of online financial services (Brenner, 2010). Others include phishing, corporate account takeover and theft of intellectual properties. Cyber-crimes are committed across geographical boundaries, with the perpetrators taking advantage of the internet to propel their criminal activities. The convenience, anonymity and increased profitability of cyber-crimes have increased the proliferation of cyber-crimes in recent years. Eighty percent of modern cyber-crimes are estimated to originate from organized criminal activities. Prevalence of the crime can be attributed to the establishment of fraud-as-service, increased profitability and increasing diversification of the digital media platforms (ITU,
Cletus Subetiq Nachelle
Instructor: Stephen Newsome
CMST 301 6981 Digital Media and Society (2152)
University of Maryland University College
March 22, 2015
Abstract
Technological devices and infrastructures such as the internet have led to their pervasive use across socioeconomic factors such as gender and age as well as geographical boundaries. The proliferation has led to a perfection of cyber-crime activities, which have threatened global economy. Cyber-crimes have increased so dramatically over the last few years, seemingly replacing the contemporary forms of organized crimes. Cyber-crimes are the intentional actions involving the use of computers, internet infrastructures and other technologies to promote criminal activities with adverse economic impacts on a third party. All cyber-crimes involve the use tools and techniques to perpetrate crime. The perpetrators execute a criminal plan referred to as the vector, to carry out a cyber-crime.
Introduction
Cyber-crimes can be divided into two broad categories; the first category involves attacks on computer hardware and software tools, such as botnets, network intrusions, and malware. The category involves cybercrimes of financial nature such as online fraud and penetration of online financial services (Brenner, 2010). Others include phishing, corporate account takeover and theft of intellectual properties. Cyber-crimes are committed across geographical boundaries, with the perpetrators taking advantage of the internet to propel their criminal activities. The convenience, anonymity and increased profitability of cyber-crimes have increased the proliferation of cyber-crimes in recent years. Eighty percent of modern cyber-crimes are estimated to originate from organized criminal activities. Prevalence of the crime can be attributed to the establishment of fraud-as-service, increased profitability and increasing diversification of the digital media platforms (ITU,
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