crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
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cybercrime::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking |
Examples of cybercrime
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Iran cybercrime experts claim to have found a way of controlling the Duqu virus.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Companies might anyway have lost some of the business written off to cybercrime.
From the economist.com
A recent study has ranked cities nationwide with the highest risk to cybercrime.
From the forbes.com
In 2006, he joined the fight against cybercrime with the website ByteCrime.org.
From the time.com
Botnets have emerged as the cybercrime world's tool of choice to carry out scams.
From the usatoday.com
What's more, there is little urgency for banks to measure cybercrime precisely.
From the usatoday.com
Using social networks increases the risk for becoming a victim of a cybercrime.
From the post-gazette.com
A report from Symantec finds small businesses are being battered by cybercrime.
From the boss.blogs.nytimes.com
Making things more difficult is the international aspect of organized cybercrime.
From the money.cnn.com
- Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
- Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network, where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of a crime.Moore, R. ...
- CyberCrime was an innovative, weekly America television program on TechTV that focused on the dangers facing computer users. Filmed in San Francisco, California, the show was hosted by Alex Wellen and Jennifer London. ...
- Cybercrime is motivated by fraud, typified by the bogus emails sent by "phishers" that aim to steal personal information. The tools driving their attacks and fueling the blackmarket are crimeware - bots, Trojan horses, and spyware.
- Crime on the information superhighway, typically having to do with online fraud.
- Crime related to technology, computers, and the Internet
- Any internet-related illegal activity.
- Criminal activities by means of electronic networks, or involving the use of new information technologies. Electronic money laundering, personal identity theft, electronic vandalism and monitoring electronic correspondence are all emergent forms of cybercrime.
- Criminal activities in cyberspace, e.g., theft of R&D secrets from a computer or vandalization of networks by letting loose a virus.
