ingilizce 12 unit 4 /42
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There is a Turkish saying which goes “There is no rose without a thorn” to emphasize that sometimes you have to take the bitter with the sweet. This is the same for the cyber world. While enjoying the conveniences and advantages of cyber tools, you may be under serious threats. Since criminals have been where humans are, cyber world, in other words, the virtual world has turned out to be a new world for crimes. Just like the criminals in everyday life, cyber world has created its own criminals who are called hackers, cyber criminals and cybercrooks. Their culprits are sophisticated malware (malicious+ware), which are software designed to stop a computer’s normal functioning.

 

Some of the popular cyber crimes are phishing, identity theft, online harassment and invasion of privacy. There are phishing websites which can mimic a legitimate website. The computer user is not suspicious of anything and if s/he has entered bits of personal information such as home address, citizenship number, social security number or banking passwords, it is far too late. A phisher’s already gotten them. Thanks to a phishing filter, you can eliminate it.

 

Identity theft is another major crime. They may go hand in hand with phishing as it contributes to it. Identity theft scams may come in the form of a spam e-mail, website or even an online pop-up survey. Cybercrooks who may have gained access to your credit card or banking account information may do shopping in your name and you may suddenly face a huge credit card dept. Monitor your accounts frequently and in case of a suspicious activity, report it to authorities at once.