What can be done to stop the growing threat of cybercrime

1. What can be done to stop the
growing threat of cybercrime?
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2. What is Cybercrime?
 Refers to criminal activity where the computer is the
source of a crime
 Describing criminal activity in which the computer
or the network is a necessary part of the crime

3. Cybercrime
 Can be divided into two categories:
- crimes that target computer network or
devices directly.
- crimes facilitated by computer networks or
devices.

4. Types of Cybercrime
 Spam
 Fraud
 Obscene or offensive content
 Harassment
 Drug trafficking
 Cyberterrorism

5. Laws
 We have laws to deter criminal acts
 One very obvious way to combat cyber crime is to
have laws to deter cyber crimes.
 Singapore has the Computer Misuse act and is
continuously reviewed.
 Assistant Professor Warren Chik recommends to
include provisions on cyber forgery, cyber fraud and
identity theft in 2006

6. “Law enforcement Trojans”
 Tools used by backers can also be used by the police
 German police are reviewing the idea to plant
“trojans” on the PCs of suspects

7. Hiring hackers
 The trend has been to hire ex-hackers
 Reasons
- For their skills.
 Downside
- Giving them access may be dangerous
 Solutions?
- Interviews and test to determine if he/she is
trustworthy

8. Credit card frauds
 Credit cards are convenient
 Credit card frauds are predominant
 In 2005, the amount of credit card frauds go beyond
400 million pounds
 One recent way to combat this is to have stronger
security
 For example the Emue card by VISA

9. Spoof scamming to prevent Internet Fraud
 Campaigns were held by the authorities in the
US and Canada.
 They use Internet banner advertising and
sponsored links on search engines.
 Direct consumers to fake websites and stop real
scammers from attacking

10. Using Anti-Virus Softwares to prevent DoS and
Viruses
• The Conficker worm is a potent worm which has
infected millions of computers running the
Windows OS.
• Remedies are provided by anti-virus vendors
such as Symantec and Trend Micro.
• Preventing this worm can be done through Anti-
Virus softwares.

11. Understanding Cybercrime to prevent it
 By understanding Cybercrime, you can help
protect yourself against:
 Internet Frauds.
 Getting spammed.
 Being a victim of Phishing Scams.

12. In Summary...
 Cybercrime refers to criminal activity where the
computer is the source of a crime.
 Can consist of DoS, computing viruses, phishing
scams, fraud and identity theft, spam and many
other unethical acts.

13. What can be done to stop the growing threat of
Cybercrime?
 Laws to deter criminal acts (Legislation).
 Trapping the hackers.
 Hiring White Hat Hackers.
 Using Anti-Viral, Anti-Spyware and Firewalls.
 Understanding Cybercrime.
 Educate the youth on Cybercrime.