Computer crimes and their classification

With the development of information technologies, so-called computer crimes became widespread. They are not insured by anyone: neither ordinary users, nor even secret services. A computer connected to the Internet is a priori in danger. Sometimes even powerful antivirus programs can not be saved.

Information can be considered as an immaterial subject, which, nevertheless, has a certain value. And it includes not only the work of someone who worked on its creation and implementation, but also the benefits that can be obtained by using it. That's why information offenses are so common - they can bring a lot of money.

Computer crimes can be committed both in relation to the devices themselves (as material objects), and in relation to various programs and databases. By the way, this type of offense is not fixed by law. Today the list of crimes related to computers is growing steadily. Let's list the main ones.

Types of computer crimes

• Unauthorized access to information resources and their interception. For example, hacking of sites and the subsequent change of the information on them;
• fraud. Often these are all kinds of ads, the main idea of which is that you need to send money to an unknown purse. Arguments can be different, starting from "and you will get back the amount, twice as large" and ending with "a person needs help";
• Removal of protection from the software (on Internet slang - "cracking"). This computer crime is committed for the further free use of certain objects. The same term denotes the situation when the licensed version of the program (movie, book, etc.) was first legally acquired, and after that it began to spread in a pirated way on the network;
• Unauthorized distribution (mass character) of all sorts of messages - from advertising to viral. These computer crimes in the people were called "spam." Fortunately, today almost everyone knows what it is, and do not fall for the bait of scammers;
• Obtaining third-party credentials illegally for use by the Internet. This can also be attributed to the acquisition of pages in social. Networks and reading the user's private messages. In some situations, such computer crimes may well lead to criminal liability. And although the laws according to which a person should be punished for committing an offense in this area, no, such cases can be regarded as "intrusion into personal space". Likewise, law enforcement agencies operate in other situations involving computer crime;
• Performing various kinds of actions that on the remote computer entail "denial of service", hangup of the PC, possibly even partial or complete loss of information. At the same time, the offender has administrator rights on the "hacked" computer.

To reduce to zero the probability that you will become a victim of computer scammers is impossible. However, it's quite possible to secure yourself as much as possible - you just need to choose a good anti-virus system, do not go through unknown links and do not believe in dubious promises about possible enrichment.