Caution When Surf

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October 2, 2009

Internet are more popular today and more widespread, but at the end of 2009 this year also, Internet crime is still high note.

Criminal cases on the internet increase. The experts busy with seminars and discussions, while the hackers and crackers continue to create new innovations through the bulkhead-screen personal life.

Increased internet crime is not because more and more dangerous sites and is not trusted (untrusted site), but because more and more content or a dangerous article on a site that is trusted (trusted site). Starting from popular search engines, blogs, bulletin boards, personal websites, to online magazines now contains various articles and content should be wary of.

Yes, various types of these crimes must be resisted; against terrorism, the theft of privacy and personal data, trading fraud, theft of money, software piracy, destruction of the web, worm and virus attacks, digital manipulation in photography, and so forth.

For those of you who are still a bit ordinary with the Internet world, a little careful because a lot of crime happening online. In the world of the Internet, do not easily trust anyone. There is nothing wrong to be cautious and avoid it – it is not desirable.

Must be selective in following the various online promotion programs with some marketing dimension , this is because the current Internet more free, and you have to actively filter out so as not to get caught by the crime online.

In addition to the increased number of content you should watch out, crime on the Internet also increased because more web applications are not safe. We have some emerging web applications that are hidden slip code – malicious code to steal and manipulate data from the infected computer.

There are some crimes which mode is used, among others:

1. Threats to email with the message to win the lottery / financial aid or other forms of gift-giving promise of thousands to millions of dollars .

2. Theft of login and password.
The perpetrator sends a confirmation email as if you forgot your password when you do not ever forget your password or access your account will be closed and need reconfirmation.

Crimes in the form of phising Web itself has declined in the mid-2009 this year. This is because many online criminals phishing begin by replacing the various methods of deception with a variety of new methods.

With this security report, there is no harm if we are more selective and take – caution when surf to avoid acts of online fraud.