Cyberish

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  • Cybercrime
  • is
  • a
  • relatively
  • new
  • concern
  • for
  • all
  • of
  • us.
  • As
  • the
  • number
  • of
  • computer
  • owners
  • connected
  • to
  • the
  • internet
  • increases,
  • so
  • too
  • does
  • the
  • opportunity
  • for
  • cybercrime.
  • To
  • fully
  • understand
  • the
  • development
  • of
  • cybercrime
  • one
  • must
  • study
  • the
  • language
  • and
  • culture
  • ofthe
  • internet
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • the
  • pathways
  • that
  • connect
  • users
  • from
  • around
  • the
  • world.
  • This
  • book
  • describes
  • the
  • types
  • of
  • crime
  • generally
  • committed
  • via
  • a
  • computer
  • and
  • the
  • internet.
  • The
  • author
  • deems
  • this
  • knowledge
  • essential
  • to
  • combat
  • the
  • recent
  • surge
  • in
  • internet-related
  • offences.
  • This
  • book
  • begins
  • with
  • the
  • history
  • of
  • cybercrime
  • and
  • relates
  • these
  • to
  • how
  • cybercrime
  • threatens
  • the
  • security
  • of
  • internet
  • users.
  • The
  • stated
  • objective
  • of
  • this
  • book
  • is
  • to
  • give
  • readers
  • a
  • basic
  • understanding
  • of
  • this
  • issue.
  • Though
  • it
  • is
  • full
  • of
  • technical
  • information,
  • its
  • writing
  • style
  • is
  • clear
  • and
  • concise
  • and
  • will
  • not
  • confuse
  • readers
  • with
  • long
  • and
  • unnecessary
  • passages
  • or
  • terminology.
  • Cyberish
  • is
  • made
  • up
  • of
  • various
  • chapters
  • that
  • outline
  • the
  • types
  • and
  • frequencies
  • of
  • various
  • computer
  • crimes
  • currently
  • being
  • committed
  • and
  • the
  • impact
  • that
  • these
  • crimes
  • will
  • likely
  • have
  • in
  • the
  • future.
  • Chapter
  • titles
  • include
  • Cyber-pornography,
  • Identity
  • Theft,
  • Hacking,
  • and
  • Criminal
  • Justice
  • and
  • Cyberspace.
  • Each
  • chapter
  • begins
  • with
  • an
  • explanation
  • of
  • its
  • title
  • and
  • how
  • it
  • applies
  • to
  • the
  • book's
  • overall
  • objective.
  • The
  • author
  • suggests
  • that
  • future
  • efforts
  • should
  • be
  • undertaken
  • to
  • safeguard
  • the
  • information
  • that
  • is
  • frequently
  • stored
  • on
  • electronic
  • media.
  • Overall,
  • this
  • book
  • is
  • designed
  • for
  • every
  • individual
  • who
  • is
  • looking
  • for
  • a
  • quick
  • introduction
  • to
  • the
  • topic
  • of
  • computer
  • crime.
  • It
  • takes
  • basic
  • subtopics
  • of
  • cybercrime
  • and
  • explains
  • them
  • in
  • non-technical,
  • layman's
  • terms.
  • It
  • is
  • small
  • and
  • easily
  • understandable,
  • so
  • its
  • readers
  • will
  • be
  • able
  • to
  • use
  • and
  • reference
  • it
  • whenever needed.
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