Research paper on CYBER CRIME. Abstract – Background – What am i researching, what area i am covering/focusing etc (basically set up of
Requirements –
1. Abstract –
2. Background – What am i researching, what area i am covering/focusing etc (basically set up of the paper). It could be 2/3 pages.
3. Issues – What i read, what going on, concern etc.(May be 2/3 pages)
4. Insights and implications – Why it is significant, what have we learned from it, how to solve the problems, what will happen if it’s not solved etc.(May be 2/3 pages)
5. Conclusion
6. Recommendations.
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Hey good to see you again. As we discussed before it’s actually 12 pages research paper. I have 2 page ready and you got to add this somewhere to make 12 pages.
Cyber Crime
Similar to the normal type of crimes such as carjacking, theft, and others that happen on our day to day life, cybercrime is a new form of crime that is carried out through the internet. Since the emergence of and uptake of the public internet (internet) by the world, there has also emergence and growth of various crimes, which are facilitated by the presence of the internet in almost every part of the world. From the definition, we can be able to understand that cybercrime is a special form of criminal acts that are done through the internet with the utilization of computers and network technologies. Some notable cybercrimes include cyberbullying, child pornography, hacking, infringement of intellectual property, privacy violation, computer system sabotage among others. As the access to the internet has increased due to the cheaply available internet-enabled smartphones, the same has happened to the cybercriminals, who has taken the space and inadequate awareness by the internet users to make their activities thrive. The effect of the cybercrimes on society is so huge that some form of these acts results in death and other damages (employee, 2018).
My personal experience of cybercrime relates to media reporting. Throughout my interaction with various people and their opinion online, I came to realize that criminals can use online platforms including social media, to harass and even harm one. Take, for instance, a situation where there is an open discussion on a Tweet or a Facebook post, and people tend to take the situation up to personal levels; some of this can even escalate to abuses and even online bullying. This shows how for instance, cybercrime can thrive due to internet access. According to one of the cyberbullying incident reported by cbcnews.com back in the year 2016, a Family based on Texas was advocating for tighter regulation on the online crimes after their daughter killed herself due to the incidents of cyberbullying. The family, according to the article, outlines various ways that their daughter was bullied; this includes the situation where their child would receive abusive messages using untraceable mobile applications. The article describes the situation that led to the teen killing herself as a sad state of online bullying (cbsnews, 2016).
Another experience in cybercrime is that of the WannaCry ransomware attack which happened in 2018 affecting several companies and organizations worldwide. According to the media reports, the attack happened as a result of an employee opening an attachment that had malware attached. The attack targeted Microsoft based computers, and once it executes, it would encrypt the whole computer and demand ransoms. Several online firms came together to end the menace.This is just the tip of an iceberg since there are a lot of cybercrimes incidents that are reported daily.
My thought and opinion on cybercrime are that every country should come up with legislative to help curb the incidents of cybercrimes. Nobody should be allowed to commit any crime while using public platforms such internet and its associated tools. It is through these laws and regulation that we can be able to prevent occurrences of cyberbullying, hacking among other cybercrimes. Other than regulations firms and organizations should come up with an awareness campaign to educate the internet users on how to best use the internet and its contents.Creating awareness is a great way of ensuring that the cybercrimes do not thrive. Take, for instance, where people open their emails and click on attachments, which has malware and, as a result leads to attacks and overall sabotage of an organization/company computer information system; this can be prevented basically by training and creating awareness to the internet users.
References
cbsnews, c. (2016). Cyberbullying pushed Texas teen to commit suicide, family says. Retrieved 8 December 2019, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyberbullying-pushed-texas-teen-commit-suicide-family/
Employee, S. (2018). 11 ways to help protect yourself against cybercrime. Retrieved 8 December 2019, from https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-how-to-how-to-recognize-and-protect-yourself-from-cybercrime.html
i would really appreciate if you could get the insights and implications part ready by 12/17/19 (Tuesday) and a short summary of the research that you are going to. It doesn’t need to be formal just message me here and mention the main point. Because i have to present this at class next week as an overview of my paper. Thanks in advance and good luck.
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