Computer Crimes
Topic: Computer Crimes Internet, Virus, Privacy and Security Introduction Over the last twenty years, a technological revolution has occurred, as computers are now an essential element of today’s society. In the world of computers, computer fraud and computer crime are very prevalent issues facing every computer user. Computers without any means of security are vulnerable to attacks from viruses, worms, and illegal computer hackers. A definition of computer crime has changed over the years as the users and misusers of computers have expanded into new areas. When computer were first introduced into businesses, computer crime was defined simply as a form of while-collar crimes committed inside a computer system. ... Computer crimes are hard to define, because the term is not subject to a precise definition, and it requires vast amount of computer knowledge to understand how and why it happened. Computer crime denotes the use of computers by individuals in one of three ways. “First, a computer may be the target of the offense” (Singer). In these cases, the criminal’s are trying to cause damage to a computer or steal vital information from the computer. “Second, the computer may be a tool of the offense (Singer). In these cases, dishonest employees create bug or error in computer to generate profit for personal use. ... For example, Narcotics dealers may use a personal computer to store records pertaining to drug trafficking instead of relying on old-fashioned ledgers (Singer). Types of computer crimes · Internet: The Internet is a worldwide computer network, and the foundation of the most computer crimes, because without the Internet people could never connect their computer with remote computer. ... Computer related crimes are surfacing quickly to the top as a concern of businesses doing business on the web. ... But the computer’s ability to gather and sort vast amounts of data and the Internet’s to distribute is globally magnify concerns. ... This data is recorded in a file called a cookies and stored on our own computer.