Cybercrime
noun
This is when someone commits a crime using computers, the internet or other digital networks.
Identity theft is a type of cybercrime that is growing in popularity due to the rise of online banking.
Often appears as...
- commit cybercrime
- cybercrime investigation
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Technical, General
noun
This is when someone commits a crime using computers, the internet or other digital networks.
Identity theft is a type of cybercrime that is growing in popularity due to the rise of online banking.
Often appears as...
- commit cybercrime
- cybercrime investigation
Usage tips
Technical, General
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Broad Application
Cybercrime includes various illegal activities, not just hacking or theft.
Selling illegal goods online also counts as cybercrime.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Nature
Cybercrime is a serious issue with real-world consequences, treated gravely in discussions.
Companies invest heavily in cybersecurity to prevent cybercrime.
Pro Tip 3/3Global Reach
Cybercrime can cross international borders, affecting people worldwide.
A cybercrime ring in one country can scam users globally.
Pro Tip 1/3Broad Application
Cybercrime includes various illegal activities, not just hacking or theft.
Selling illegal goods online also counts as cybercrime.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Nature
Cybercrime is a serious issue with real-world consequences, treated gravely in discussions.
Companies invest heavily in cybersecurity to prevent cybercrime.
Pro Tip 3/3Global Reach
Cybercrime can cross international borders, affecting people worldwide.
A cybercrime ring in one country can scam users globally.
Pro Tip 1/3Broad Application
Cybercrime includes various illegal activities, not just hacking or theft.
Selling illegal goods online also counts as cybercrime.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Nature
Cybercrime is a serious issue with real-world consequences, treated gravely in discussions.
Companies invest heavily in cybersecurity to prevent cybercrime.
Pro Tip 3/3Global Reach
Cybercrime can cross international borders, affecting people worldwide.
A cybercrime ring in one country can scam users globally.
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The alliances needed to...
live in a world that first of all is far more interdependent and whether it is a pandemic whether it is extreme poverty extremism cybercrime climate change this mention a few of the key issues that will define our own well-being the outcomes for our nation's actually have led us to work together and despite what
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Marc Goodman: A vision...
the introduction of the personal computer to the level of cybercrime we have today, but looking at how biology is proceeding so rapidly, and knowing criminals and terrorists as I do, we may get there a lot faster with biocrime in the future. It will be easy for anybody to go ahead
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James Lyne: Everyday...
actually still haven't been arrested, and at this point possibly never will. Most laws are national in their implementation, despite cybercrime conventions, where the Internet is borderless and international by definition. Countries do not agree, which makes this area
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Mikko Hypponen: Fighting...
a U.S. citizen. These guys were running an operation called I.M.U., a cybercrime operation through which they netted millions. They are both right now on the run. Nobody knows where they are. U.S. officials, just a couple of weeks ago, froze a Swiss bank account
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Misha Glenny investigates...
And it's actually much easier because the fascinating thing about cybercrime is that it's not so much the technology. The key to cybercrime is what we call social engineering. Or to use the technical term for it, there's one born every minute.
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A Navy Admiral's...
is part of cybercrime which is a two trillion dollar a year discontinuity in the global economy two trillion a year that's just under the GDP of Great Britain so this cyber sea which we know
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Misha Glenny: Hire the...
And if they did, he then passed on the money to the vendor and the stolen credit card details to the purchaser. And it was this which completely revolutionized cybercrime on the Web.
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Hire the hackers! -...
website which led to the industrialization of cybercrime welcome to the now forgotten realm of karma planet this is how they were advertising themselves a decade ago on the net now
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Where is cybercrime...
far sooner than they had ever anticipated. We ruin their reputations, we crush their ratings and reviews. We make cybercrime not pay. We change the economics for the bad guys.
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How location might help...
imagine a world without cybercrime I'm here to share with you today a solution to one of the fundamental security flaws of the World Wide Web we've all seen the
Video examples
The alliances needed to...
live in a world that first of all is far more interdependent and whether it is a pandemic whether it is extreme poverty extremism cybercrime climate change this mention a few of the key issues that will define our own well-being the outcomes for our nation's actually have led us to work together and despite what
Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
the introduction of the personal computer to the level of cybercrime we have today, but looking at how biology is proceeding so rapidly, and knowing criminals and terrorists as I do, we may get there a lot faster with biocrime in the future. It will be easy for anybody to go ahead
Video examples
James Lyne: Everyday...
actually still haven't been arrested, and at this point possibly never will. Most laws are national in their implementation, despite cybercrime conventions, where the Internet is borderless and international by definition. Countries do not agree, which makes this area
Video examples
Mikko Hypponen: Fighting...
a U.S. citizen. These guys were running an operation called I.M.U., a cybercrime operation through which they netted millions. They are both right now on the run. Nobody knows where they are. U.S. officials, just a couple of weeks ago, froze a Swiss bank account
Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
And it's actually much easier because the fascinating thing about cybercrime is that it's not so much the technology. The key to cybercrime is what we call social engineering. Or to use the technical term for it, there's one born every minute.
Video examples
A Navy Admiral's...
is part of cybercrime which is a two trillion dollar a year discontinuity in the global economy two trillion a year that's just under the GDP of Great Britain so this cyber sea which we know
Video examples
Misha Glenny: Hire the...
And if they did, he then passed on the money to the vendor and the stolen credit card details to the purchaser. And it was this which completely revolutionized cybercrime on the Web.
Video examples
Hire the hackers! -...
website which led to the industrialization of cybercrime welcome to the now forgotten realm of karma planet this is how they were advertising themselves a decade ago on the net now
Video examples
Where is cybercrime...
far sooner than they had ever anticipated. We ruin their reputations, we crush their ratings and reviews. We make cybercrime not pay. We change the economics for the bad guys.
Video examples
How location might help...
imagine a world without cybercrime I'm here to share with you today a solution to one of the fundamental security flaws of the World Wide Web we've all seen the
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Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
Every case involving cybercrime that I've been involved in, I've never found a master criminal sitting somewhere in Russia or Hong Kong or Beijing. It always ends up that somebody at the company did something they weren't supposed to do. They read an email, went to a website they weren't supposed to.
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John T. Chambers
American Businessman
Organized crime and rogue nation states and terrorists are very much focused on the Internet of things. The challenge that goes with connectivity is always security. The bad guys go wherever the return is, and now it's more lucrative for bad guys to focus on cybercrime than traditional crime.
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Preet Bharara
American Public Servant
The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing frequency, these are the grave terms officials invoke about the menace of cybercrime - and they're not understating the threat.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
Cybercrime is becoming everything in crime. Again, because people have connected their entire lives to the Internet, that's where those who want to steal money or hurt kids or defraud go. So it's an epidemic for reasons that make sense.
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Lu Wei
Chinese Politician
The Internet is a worldwide platform for sharing information. It is a community of common interests. No country is immune to such global challenges as cybercrime, hacking, and invasion of privacy.
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Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera.
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Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers.
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Dido Harding
British Public Servant
Unfortunately cybercrime is the crime of our generation.
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Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
Every case involving cybercrime that I've been involved in, I've never found a master criminal sitting somewhere in Russia or Hong Kong or Beijing. It always ends up that somebody at the company did something they weren't supposed to do. They read an email, went to a website they weren't supposed to.
Quote examples
John T. Chambers
American Businessman
Organized crime and rogue nation states and terrorists are very much focused on the Internet of things. The challenge that goes with connectivity is always security. The bad guys go wherever the return is, and now it's more lucrative for bad guys to focus on cybercrime than traditional crime.
Quote examples
Preet Bharara
American Public Servant
The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing frequency, these are the grave terms officials invoke about the menace of cybercrime - and they're not understating the threat.
Quote examples
James Comey
American Public Servant
Cybercrime is becoming everything in crime. Again, because people have connected their entire lives to the Internet, that's where those who want to steal money or hurt kids or defraud go. So it's an epidemic for reasons that make sense.
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Lu Wei
Chinese Politician
The Internet is a worldwide platform for sharing information. It is a community of common interests. No country is immune to such global challenges as cybercrime, hacking, and invasion of privacy.
Quote examples
Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera.
Quote examples
Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers.
Quote examples
Dido Harding
British Public Servant
Unfortunately cybercrime is the crime of our generation.
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