A RICH TIME FOR HACKERSA RICH TIME FOR HACKERSWhat cross-border industry is profiting from the global slump? Cybercrime cybercrime also known as computer crime Any use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. . The past 12 months have seen a sharp boost in the volume of malware, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new report by McAfee. The IT security specialist figures the number of PCs infected and turned into zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. machines has quadrupled in the last quarter alone. And criminals are exploiting the fact that more people are using the Internet to search for good deals and good jobs. For instance, fake job listing sites have popped up to collect detailed personal information and then use it for nefarious ends. (McAfee Virtual Criminology criminology, the study of crime, society's response to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of criminal investigation and conviction, and the efficacy of punishment or correction (see Report, 2008) 
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