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Cybercrimes: 7 Salient Points
Cybercrimes are any crimes that involves a computer and
a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a
crime, or it may be the target. For more understanding, there are 7 main points related to cybercrimes which can be summarized into an acronym PPRREST. They are as follows:
Punishable Acts. These includes illegal possession, system interference, data interference,malware, camp-related identity theft which are punishable as were stated in the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
Preventions of Viruses. Computer viruses could be prevented through a) Always use an anti-virus software program; b) Update the virus database in your anti-virus program regularly; c) Don't allow your web browser to automatically run programs; and d) Be sure do a full back up of your system on a regular basis.
Reasons of Continues Flourishing.
Cybercrimes continue to flourish because of many reasons such a) inherent vulnerability of internet; b) the enormous number of users of computers gives cybercriminals a wide variety of target; c) internet as a
medium for running illegal automated systems and more.
Reasons of Committing Cybercrimes.
Reasons include curiosity, egoism and they think it's fun, they will gain finances, espionage and because of political and personal reasons.
Evolution. The evolution of cybercrime and in particular the internet is transforming societies worldwide - from the traditional like theft, fraud and others to the development on ICT like phishing, pharming and others.
Substantive Crimes.
Cybercrime is considered as the crime of the century since many
substantive crimes appeared like hacking, cracking, phishing, phariming
and others.
Types of Cybercrimes. Types include High-Tech Crimes which are penalized by the Cybercrime Prevention Act and the ICT Communication Traditional Crimes.
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As an education student and at the same time, an officer of an organization, I can promote the proper use of computer in the University of Baguio by organizing perhaps also seminars which UB students could participate in. I believe that seminars are a great help to enlighten every one in the right use of computers and so that the will be aware on the different crimes that might attacked them anytime and anywhere.
