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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