Paper Topic:

Computer Crime

Running Head : Computer Crime

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Introduction .3

Unauthorized use .3

Malicious computer programs .5

Harassment and stalking .6

Prevention of computer crime .6

Punishment of computer criminals .7

Computer ethics and codes of responsible computing .7

Conclusion .9

Reference .10 Introduction

In this age of increasingly abuse of computing resources , computer security becomes a concern to the society . The threat goes beyond the security of the physical hardware such

as protecting computing resources from eventualities as theft or fire , but more precisely on the logical security (Spafford , et al , 1989

Computer crime concerns the misuse of computers to gain unauthorized access to an opponents system (Nitzberg , 1998 . In this highly competitive business environment , the value of information is very great and therefore computers are attacked since that is where this valuable information can be found (Bynum , 2008 . This therefore addresses the concern of increasing computer crime and consequently discusses ethical issues in computer security . A concise measure follows detailing how organizations may secure themselves in the light of the threats posed by the issues presented

Computer criminality issues may be divided into the following aspects

Unauthorized Use

The access to unauthorized computer resource takes several forms which are

Computer voyeur-The attacker gains access to read and copy private and confidential information without deleting or changing the data Malicious programs infect a victim 's computer , eventually releasing confidential information (Standler , 2002

Changing data-Upon gaining access to confidential information , a malicious program may...

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