Computing crime

Give examples of how computers are mis used to do crimes:

Cyber bullying

Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.

Safety on the internet

There are number of things which people should be aware of. These things include stuff like people gaining access to your online activity if you are using an unsecured or illicit wireless network. In addition to this, theft of personal information from, or access to browsing history on public computers.

Spam

Spam is an irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet, typically to large numbers of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc. in addition to this, it is an   e-mail that is sent to large numbers of people and that consists mostly of advertising. To give you an idea of the problem, it is estimated that around 80 to 90 per cent of all emails on the internet is spam.

Phishing

The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, online. In addition to this, they set up a fake website which looks identical to a legitimate company such as a bank or insurance company.

Denial of service

A server responds to external requests from its network. For example a web server responds to a browser calling for a web page to be delivered from its hard drive. Moreover, each request takes a short time and some CPU resources on the server. Furthermore, it uses up all the resources which denies normal service for legitimate users.