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It is difficult to answer whether cyberspace or the internet more secure than the five or ten years ago. But it seems the computer industry security professionals need to discuss about the ratio of internet crime. Yahoo! BuzzAsk as perusahanan technology was not able to answer properly about the internet is safe or not in the present. The company claimed its product safety bai more than ever, it is true. But then when didikripsikan number of handling crime and securing the web is also true.

MarkMonitor reports that attacks via the Internet increased by 62 percent during 2008 to 2009. Microsoft said in Internet Explorer has faced potential disturbances or penguduhan 80.000 Web attacks every hour. Every person using a web aware that risk. But now consider the condition of Web users feel better Internet security darikondisi five to ten years ago. Back to the bad days past, the old web Meksi generating computer can become infected. Not as bad now, if only because Microsoft and other industry has been concentrating close security holes that are easy to target internet crimes.

The third threat in the form of business conduct modifi cation of the data or information flowing on the Internet for destructive purposes, such as memfi tnah, misleading, provoke them, destroying the image, and deceive others.
For the nations that are fi physical or ideological still at war, the ways mentioned above is the activity of “war” everyday that can happen in cyberspace. The fourth threat in the form of an individual’s will to spread the wrong things to all people in the world, such notions are misleading, pornographic image and media, information supporting acts of terrorism, offer gambling activities, ways of committing crimes and others hidden. The fifth and final threat of the spread and planting malicious programs (read: malicious software) to computers that connect to the internet with a variety of purposes, ranging from non-destructive as the view that no diiginkan, disrupt the function of letters on the board press (read: keyboard), no operation of input-output devices, until that is highly destructive, like deleting the contents of your hard disk, retrieve data without the owner, mematamatai user activity, tie up a computer or more known by the term “hang”, degrading the performance of the processor speed and other things that are so damaging.

The year ended reported a significant increase in criminal activities in the network of networks. Since the explosion of viruses such as Sobig and Blaster, to the growth of child pornography sites or international terrorism, the Internet has become an ideal space for illegal operations.

One of the characteristics of the Wold Wide Web (www) is the anonymity or the ability to disguise the origin of their activities. While police organizations around the world almost created specialized bodies to combat crime in the network, hackers and crackers are constantly looking for ways to not disclose their operating point.

According to experts, crime in the network could be divided into three groups. First, the hackers rebel attack aimed at large companies or government entities for ideological purposes. For example, the famous Blaster virus, which affected over 800 000 computers worldwide, included a message by calling Bill Gates to stop hoarding money and fix your software.

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All crimes can now be IT-related. Cyber crime can thus be anything from financial crimes to hacking, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and online trading of illegal services and products such as pimping and drugs

IT-related crime can occur both on the Internet and in traditional physical environments.

For hacking the penalty is a fine or imprisonment up to two years. For computer fraud is the same sentence unless the crime is considered to be serious. For serious computer fraud penalty is less than six months to six years in prison. Read the rest of this entry »