Global - Reference - Internet - Cybercrime and Internet Security

Synopsis

Archived report. This report was archived in 2006 and has not been updated. As the exploitation of the potential of the Internet increased, so has its criminal exploitation. This has taken many forms, from simple credit card theft through complex fraud through destructive activities such as viruses and hacking to physically dangerous activities such as the Nigerian Scam and paedophilia. The financial and social effects of these crimes have grown so significant that governments have set up monitoring and investigating organisations and are seeking forms of legislation to overcome them.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. An international problem
  • 2.1 How serious are we about the protection of our children?
• 3. Crime statistics
  • 3.1 Reports for USA from 2005
  • 3.2 Reports from 2004
• 4. Internet security
  • 4.1 FBI targets cyberharassment
• 5. Efforts at crime prevention
  • 5.1 OECD measures
  • 5.2 Far reaching anti-crime powers in Britain
  • 5.3 Internet crime bill in the USA
  • 5.4 Internet security software
  • 5.5 Filters
• 6. Related reports

• Table 1 – Global Internet security attacks by industry – H2 2003, H1 2004
• Table 2 – Worldwide IT security revenues – 2002 - 2007