Cybercrime has been Rising Alarmingly in Recent Years.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31443) has announced the addition of Global - Internet - 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. - Piracy, Pfishing, Others to their offering The incidence of cybercrime in its many forms has been rising alarmingly in recent years. These forms range from petty misdemeanours through to major crime. Paedophiles and pornographers are in the 'most wanted categories, but it appears that the Internet offers the criminal mind a huge variety of potential money-making opportunities. Hacking See hack and hacker. persists, along with Internet piracy. Credit card theft is, of course, an ever-present problem, and this has now been extended to actual identity theft. Identity theft, together with other major forms of cybercrime, Viruses and Spyware, are described elsewhere. This report looks at the following key topics: - Cybercrime - Piracy - Pfishing - Credit card fraud Credit card fraud is a wide-ranging term for theft and fraud committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to obtain goods without paying, or to obtain unauthorized funds from an account. - Hacking and cyberterrorism See cyberwar and information warfare. - Libel - The Nigerian scam (SCSI Configured AutoMatically) A subset of Plug and Play that allows SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See SCSI. - Pornography - Related reports For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31443 |
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