Monday, June 22, 2015

What is Cyber-crime?

Hi everyone,

Today we are going to discuss about cyber-crimes. Cyber-crime can be defined as any illegal activity that uses a computer as its primary means of function. The term ‘cyber-crime’ can refer to offenses which are including criminal activity against data, infringement of content and copyright, fraud, unauthorized access, child pornography and cyber-stalking.

Criminal activity against data
  • Criminal activity against data means that there are people stealing the data from others, example, stealing the private and confidential information from the company.



Infringement of content and copyright
  • Infringement of content and copyright means ‘copying without following the law of copyright’. Example, copy an article without references



Fraud
  • Fraud means the scam in the internet and networking. Example, posting fake photos or fake statements online in order to make benefits.


Unauthorized access
  • Unauthorized access means access without permission from the related person. An example, access to others personal account without permission, such as Facebook, online banking account and others.


Cyber-stalking.
  • Cyber-stalking means paying close attention to a specific person by using computer and internet. For an example, keep searching a specific person’s personal data could be considered as cyber-stalking.

These are the type of cyber-crime that had been widely used by people nowadays. Therefore, we should concern about the cyber- safety. Please do join our cyber safety campaign and know more about cyber safety and learn to protect yourself in cyber world.




Written By:
Chan Lok Yong
Bachelor of Public Relations (Honours)
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College

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