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7055CCJ - Spams and Cybercrime - Research Paper

   

Added on  2020-03-13

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Spams and CybercrimeSpams and CybercrimeA spam is an unwanted and redundant electronic message that is sent in the context of anadvertisement to a number of random users. Spam messages generally have a suspiciousintention and generally advertise shady products or sweepstake messages which promotegambling. The intention of this research paper is to identify how these spam messages arerelated to Cybercrime. Any criminal activity that takes place with the help of a digital device or that usescomputer technology can be categorized as Cybercrime (Anderson et.al., 2013). Now howcan an unassuming spam message become a source for something as serious asCybercrime? Spam messages may sometimes intend to access the personal information ina computer. In such a scenario, the spam message can gain vital information like aperson’s credit card information. If the spam message has access to the user’s identity, itcan be categorized as a kind of cyber crime called as identity theft. A few spam messagesinduce the user to share his personal information. This is called phishing and the personalinformation that the user shares could be anything like his user name, bank account detailsor even his password (Wei et.al., 2008). Another extreme form of cyber crime activity,which is far more serious than the above mentioned one’s comes under Ransomware. Aransomware is a program, sent in the form of an email which blocks the access to anelectronic device till a sum of money is released. The computer may contain a lot ofcrucial information and hence the security of this system could not be compromised.Most of the spam messages that we encounter advertise certain games or sites thatpromote gambling or give links to pornography. These sites may have paid subscriptionsand may be unsolicited and unauthorized. Subscribing to these sites may threaten thesecurity of the user and his personal data. The existing problem in having effective countermeasures against the threats of spam messages is that each of these problems stated aboveare separated as different obstacles with different solutions. But all these problems ofcredit card theft, identity theft, phishing or ransomware are inter-connected in some wayor the other. If there are potent and economical methods of cyber security measures, theseproblems can be tackled effectively and can save a lot of money and time for the users.1

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