| With more people using the internet, and the availability | | | | that you keep up on all the security updates for these |
| of the internet on every street corner, there has been | | | | programs as well. |
| a drastic increase in cyber crime. These can be | | | | Protect your personal information. Although many now |
| committed against large companies, and individuals. It is | | | | have pictures and their entire lives posted on blogs and |
| easy for large companies and large wallets to stop | | | | other sites, they are playing in dangerous waters. |
| cyber crime, but what about those on limited budgets? | | | | Criminals can locate everything about you from |
| What is the solution for those who have fallen victim | | | | something as simple as your email address. So, simply |
| to cyber crimes? | | | | put, minimize the information you provide online. Don't |
| First it is important to understand what cyber crime is. | | | | give out vital information like your Social Security |
| Cyber crime is a crime committed online via emails, or | | | | Number or anything else unless you trust the source |
| chatrooms or any other form of interaction that can | | | | and their use for that information. |
| take place online. It does not vary much from the | | | | When shopping online, always ensure that you are |
| same criminal misconducts committed in real life. The | | | | using secure sites for your e-commerce transactions |
| only difference is the fact that it is much harder to | | | | and payments. |
| pursue these types of criminals, because they | | | | Password protect everything, and do not use the |
| transcend the typical borders associated with | | | | obvious birth date or mailing address or any other |
| countries and the jurisdictions of various law | | | | simple to guess password. Pick up instead a program |
| enforcement agencies may clash as a result. | | | | like roboform that will generate randomized letter and |
| Cybercrime can take the form of cyber stalking, | | | | number combinations that are not associated with |
| where they follow you around into various chat rooms | | | | anything in your life. |
| and harass you online. This can also be things like a | | | | When all is said and done if you really want to protect |
| hacker taking control of your computer or someone | | | | yourself from cyber criminals and cyber crime, you |
| stealing your identity online. Everything can be | | | | can always purchase a detailed report on how safe |
| destroyed by cyber criminals. They can wipe entire | | | | you are online. This report is called a risk assessment |
| hard drives, steal your entire life and everything about it | | | | report and can give you a greater insight into how and |
| and essentially just mess with your entire world. | | | | where you are risking yourself online and how you can |
| How can you protect yourself from becoming a victim | | | | fix the problem. The prevention of identity theft and |
| of cyber crime? | | | | other cyber crimes begins with you. Knowing how to |
| To prevent criminals from reaching your personal | | | | protect yourself and minimize your risk is essentially all |
| computer it is important to have a good antivirus | | | | you can do to limit the chances you are taking with |
| protection program in place as well as a firewall. | | | | your life. |
| Ensure you use spyware programs and of course | | | | |