...T. Robinson Challenges Fighting Cybercrime CIS 170 Strayer University Dr. Wesley Phillips Putting together hundreds of individual computer networks has created a virtual space on which much of the world's business and communication now depends. Email, peer-to-peer data sharing, and wireless networks are examples of the technology that enables almost unlimited access to information. This access comes with significant risk. Criminals, terrorists, and foreign industrial competitors share this access to information as well. In the industrial age, we protected ourselves with high walls and deadly weapons. However, in the digital age, the availability and rapid development of cyber weapons requires layers of defenses and improved awareness of adversarial capabilities and intentions. There are a number of challenges that law enforcement has to deal with cyber-crime, one of the greatest challenge facing law enforcement agencies in investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity is the power of anonymity. Anonymity gives the Perpetrator a sure advantage in that, without the target knowing, he could either around the corner, in another state, or even next door. The cyber stalker could be a former friend or lover, a total stranger met in a chat room, or someone playing a joke on an unsuspecting victim. (Pettinari, 2002). The anonymous use of public access points, for example Internet cafés, is a very serious issue, considering that a crime committed using those infrastructures...
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...Studies indicate that cyber-bullying incidents have quadrupled in past five years (Ross). Cyber-bullying has become a huge issue recently. Every time you turn on the news there is another bullying, or a suicide related to bullying, incident being reported. “Love is louder” has been a common phrase among celebrities and influential figures lately. They are trying to send out a message to their followers saying that bullying is not right and should not be tolerated. The expansion of communication technologies is widening the way bully’s can torture their victims. The fact of the matter is, technology is not going anywhere, so we need to figure out a way to put an end to cyber-bullies. Cyber-bullying is becoming a major problem and we all need to do our parts in figuring out what can be done to stop cyber-bullies in their tracks. Cyber-bullies will continue to be a threat to today’s youth until we take preventative measures against them. Before putting a stop to cyber-bullying we must understand why and how a cyber-bully works. After researching and analyzing informative articles on the topic, this research paper aims to inform and answer questions such as: what a cyber-bully is, how they work, whom they target, and how to stop them. By understanding how a cyber-bully works we will be able to better protect youth populations as technology grows. Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day (Ross). Cyber-bullying is technology powered and...
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...the machine for its appropriate uses, laws are formulated and implemented. For the computer, cyber law was implemented to regulate cybercrime and inform people on the different types of computer uses that are viewed as legal and as crimes. One of the most commonly violated cyber law is the United States anti- cyber-stalking law, which is found at section 223 of the United States constitution stipulated for the cyberstalking crime. The anti-cyber-stalking law according to Hitchcock (2006) defines a cyber stalker as a person who intentionally, cruelly, and continuously harasses another person through the internet with the intention to make the person fear for his or her safety or the safety of other people who are closely connected to the victim. Additionally, a cyberstalker maybe an online stranger or a person known to the victim and may involve other people online who are not in any way connected to the victim. Lawfully, cyberstalking is considered as a criminal offense that is moderated through the anti-staking laws or the harassment laws. The penalties for cyberstalking include restraining orders, probation, and jail-term. According to Meloy (2000) the anti-cyber-stalking laws have been violated on many occasions, this has been confirmed by the State Law Enforcement Agencies, whereby the stalking and Threat Assessment Unit Office has estimated that among 500 cases handled by...
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...* So, cyberstalking. A quick look around the internet, and you can find the a range of definitions, somewhat similar, but none too encouraging. We've just got a couple here. One site defines it as an attack for revenge, control or just simple anger. Another defines it as the use of electronic means to harass people. * If anything, then cyberstalking is a more severe form of cyberbullying and thus it should well be noted, that cyberstalking, in itself has the ability to absolutely demolish self-esteem, mental peace and general happiness of an individual. * So why is cyberstalking so very complicated? Simply because if someone is being bullied or cyber-bullied, they can seek help. However, what if you're being cyberstalked? With cyber-bullying, you can talk to someone about it and gain encouragement, courage and be better prepared mentally to deal with being bullied. But in the case of cyber stalking, you can definitely talk to someone about it, but just talking to someone won't help you get over or counter the problem, because there is in fact, a threat to your safety. It is well worth noting that there is no global legal protection against cyberstalking. Apart from controlling the extent of information you post on places such as social-networking sites, you can't do much more. This can be a massive problem, and really, cyberstalking is far from just a simple concept, it is quite complex in itself. * Intimate partner: this stalker, the most common type, is a partner...
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...messages, blog posts, or websites are sent/made solely to torment another individual. That is a form of cyberbullying because it uses the internet/mobile devices to purposely torment another person. Next, victims of cyberstalking are 2 to 9 times more likely to commit suicide than any other form of cyberbullying. Cyber stalking occurs when internet, email, and any other electronic device is used to stalk, and it generally refers to a pattern of threatening/malicious behaviors. This is a form of cyber bullying because it uses the internet to stalk and hurt another person. Lastly, a 13 year old girl gave her password for an internet chat room to her best friend. After they had they had gotten into a fight , the ex friend hacked into the girls account and gave the girls phone number away to a strange man. The man tried calling the house phone, but the girls mother answered. That is called masquerading. Masquerading is when a person uses the internet to pretend to be someone else. They post things that they normally wouldn't, because they are completely anonymous. This is a form of cyberbullying because it uses the internet to pretend to be someone else, and embarass or hurt them. There are many different types of cyber bullying, three of them are cyber harassment, cyberstalking, and masquerading. What can you do if you are being cyber bullied? Cyberbullying affects almost every...
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...Why are people so mean on the Internet? It’s a question we have been trying to answer for more than a decade, but the matter seems to be reaching a cultural boiling point. Listen to episode No. 545 of “This American Life,” entitled “If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS,” about the pain people can cause online. Watch Monica Lewinsky’s TED talk, “The Price of Shame,” in which she pleads that “public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.” Read the new book by Jon Ronson, “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed,” chronicling people whose lives have been obliterated by Twitter mobs. And listen to Louis CK, the comedian who recently quit Twitter, saying, “It didn’t make me feel good.” Sure, the topic of cyberbullying is not new, but it feels different this time. The debate is happening everywhere: on radio shows, movies, media.books, talks, TV shows, blogs, book reviews and especially on social “I think this conversation has been going on for awhile, but it’s getting this particular kind of attention now because it’s coming to the fore that anyone can be a victim of that kind of shaming,” said Jacqui Shine, a writer in Chicago who has written about online shaming and minorities. “Women of color online, especially on Twitter, have dealt with harassment and bullying for years.” Women, Ms. Shine said, are often ridiculed on social media in ways that most men do not experience, sometimes being threatened with rape, having their addresses and Social Security numbers posted...
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...The internet has a big power to influence what goes on in todays world, to connect one another in real time, and to mobilize the current generation with the help of recent technological advances that many people wouldn’t believe that would happen. But in today’s society, it has happened and the primary focus has been with the rise of social media. According to The Pew Research Center, “there has been an 356% increase of social media use in the United States alone since the rise of Facebook in 2006.” And including about “over 94% of social media use by people through the ages of 12-18 years of age.” Therefore is doubt that social media has been a godsent to young people who want to get in touch with others around the world who also share the same interests and want to know what is going on in their friends and families lives. Even with this upside there is still a downside because with these social media sites are greatly affecting today’s teenagers, in turn are making it a health concern for these teens to be on social media. Communication is key to any thing you do whether you are talking to a friend or speaking to your doctor on your latest test results. Real communication skills are what teenagers are lacking today. These social practices that you have been taught throughout your life seem to be missing in today's generation since eye to eye contact and having conversations without looking down on your phone are very rare to see today. Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a clinical...
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...School Psychology Research Adviser: MonthlYear: Number of Pages: Dr. Amy Schlieve December 2009 29 Style Manual Used: American Psychological Association, 5th edition ABSTRACT A literature review of research pertaining to cyberbullying was completed. Findings indicate that cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent as students spend an increasing amount of time using technology that keeps them connected to people at all hours of the day. There are many different ways in which cyberbullies reach their victims, including instant messaging over the Internet, social networking web sites, text messaging and phone calls to cell phones. There are different forms of cyberbullying including, but not limited to, harassment, impersonation, and cyberstalking. It has been found that there are differences between not only the prevalence of cyberbullying between males and females but also the ways in which males and females cyberbully. Like bullying, cyberbullying is a serious problem which can cause the victim to feel inadequate and overly self-conscious, along with the possibility of committing suicide due to being cyberbullied. Two such cases are included in this paper. There are numerous ways in which schools and parents can prevent cyberbullying and ways in which they can intervene if it has occurred. iii The Graduate School University of Wisconsin Stout Menomonie, WI Acknowledgments First of all I would like to thank my parents for always...
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...Adviser: Dr. Amy Schlieve MonthlY ear: December 2009 Number of Pages: 29 Style Manual Used: American Psychological Association, 5 th edition ABSTRACT A literature review of research pertaining to cyberbullying was completed. ii Findings indicate that cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent as students spend an increasing amount of time using technology that keeps them connected to people at all hours of the day. There are many different ways in which cyberbullies reach their victims, including instant messaging over the Internet, social networking web sites, text messaging and phone calls to cell phones. There are different forms of cyberbullying including, but not limited to, harassment, impersonation, and cyberstalking. It has been found that there are differences between not only the prevalence of cyberbullying between males and females but also the ways in which males and females cyberbully. Like bullying, cyberbullying is a serious problem which can cause the victim to feel inadequate and overly self-conscious, along with the possibility of committing suicide due to being cyberbullied. Two such cases are included in this paper. There are numerous ways in which schools and parents can prevent cyberbullying and ways in which they can intervene if it has occurred. The Graduate School University of Wisconsin Stout Menomonie, WI Acknowledgments iii...
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...Amanda Todd’s Extortion, Cyber Bullying and Suicide Analysis Report Kayla Woodside Student # 0657835 Mount Saint Vincent University PBRL 3013 March 15, 2015 Contents Abstract 3 Introduction and background 3 Literature Review 4 Conclusion 9 References 10 Abstract This research project looks at culturally attractive situations or occurrences in today’s world that has or had a significant effect on the media resulting to a trend or, otherwise known as a setting of agenda. This paper in particular will look at Amanda Todd’s extortion and cyber bullying leading to the suicide of the 15-year-old girl. With a serious of articles from four different news sources, this paper will look at the history of the girl, what happened in her life leading to the bullying and how the “sextortion” (Kelley, M., 2013) lead to multiple suicide attempts and inevitably death of Amanda Todd. The paper will identify triggers for the articles trending, framing of the storytelling and underlying message within the articles answering questions of importance, publicity, and extortion amongst extortion. Introduction and Background According to Amanda Todd’s mother, Carol Todd, Amanda was a happy, popular, and energetic 15-year-old girl who loved to sing and perform. Despite being very shy, Amanda shined on camera and grew to love the technology that aided in her decision to end her life. In 2010 Amanda was in seventh grade, she browsed the Internet...
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...With the increasing use of the internet by American and other countries, cyberstalking as a crime has become more common in our society today. Because this is a newly type of crime it may present law enforcement a bit of a challenged in the investigation process. Cyberstalking is a form of harassment that should be taking seriously by the person that is being stalk and law enforcement and the investigation should be handle as any other crime MSI Detective Service, (n.d.). A step by step guide to handling cyberstalking investigation. When it comes to the investigation of a cyberstalking case, the investigator is looking for current things to begin the investigation. One thing that is watched out for is the element of the crime. If any repeated...
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...Cyberbullying Merriam Webster Dictionary defines cyberbullying as “the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student) often done anonymously”. If you ask a child what cyberbullying is, they would say almost the exact same thing. Everyone knows something about cyberbullying. People use social networks to embarrass or target an individual. However, if you have never been cyberbullied or done research over the subject, you probably do not know much about it at all. Cyberbullying includes impersonation, cyberstalking, and harassment. There are many causes and effects of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a damaging topic that can have fatal consequences. There are many different causes of cyberbullying. Many people bully to feel better about themselves because they have low self-esteem. Sometimes students bully because they see it as a way to get in to the popular group. Cyberbullying offers a cover for the bully. Nobody has to know who is doing the bullying. Therefore, it makes the bully less likely to get caught in the act. Some effects of cyberbullying can be life-threatening. Many students stop wanting to go to school, they start using drugs or alcohol, they have a drop in performance and grades, they complain of illness, or they have issues in their self-esteem. Some students go as far as committing suicide. Numerous amounts of teens start rebelling against their parents. They act out so that someone in their lives might possibly notice that they...
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...Cyber Bullying Table of Contents I. Cover page II. Table of Contents III. Report It only seems like yesterday that teachers would have to stand on the play ground during recess and monitor the bullies, who would try to take another child’s lunch money, or to take a note being passed around in the classroom that would read something like “I will see you on the play ground after school.” A way to help prevent your child from being one of the many bullying victims is to know what the risk factors are of your child becoming one of the bullying victims. When it comes to being a bullying victim, children, teens and adults are those who don't get along well with others, have few or no friends, is less popular than others, what color their skin is, or what kind of clothes they wear, because they wear glasses, and what kind of house they live in. Now here we are in the year 2011, dealing with an entirely different style of bullying, which we all know is called “CYBERBULLYING”. No longer are the days of having the teacher send the student to the principal’s office or a phone call home to mom and dad. Friends and family of victims are also taking part when cyber bullying occurs. They may find themselves in difficult situations where they are peer pressured into participating in the bullying, afraid that if they don't play along, or they could become a target. They may feel that they have no power to stop it or start feeling guilty for not having spoken out against the...
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...30 questions MC and T and F 4 or 5 short answer questions Things to know * Cyber bulling * Who gets bullied * How it is different than traditional bullying ( You get to go home at the end of the day. Cyber bullying follows you around) * What is necessary for search warrant (probable cause) – specific slide that talks about it. * What is phreaking? * Relationship between porn and technological – nice word used in slides * Have idea what cyber stalking victims and/or cyber stalker look like (profile) ex. Women most likely to be stalked, men most likely to stalk. Tend to be young adults. * Describe what critical infrastructure is. (power grid, water supply, distribution) * What are corporate security organizations? (Private, often but not necessary non-profit that deal with computer secrutiy and protecting clients from cyber threats) * What is the biggest group of regulaters on internet? Users. * Define child porn. Individuals under the age of 18 engaging in sexual acts or depicted in sexualized manner. * Niagarian email scam. Social engineering scam. * National Infrastructure Protection Center. * Definition of fraud. If robbery is larsonary by force, fraud is larsonry by deception. Not taking it by force, but taking it by trickery. * Profile for cyber bullying * Profile for media pirate, types, how they are orangized * Filtering internet content. Debate on why should or shouldn’t we, effecitivness...
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...Cyberbullying: the internet as a weapon Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Myspace. YouTube. Flickr. Wikipedia. These are all social networking sites – and they’re all part of what is at present known as social media. In that respect, they’re various benefits of delivering social media in our fellowship. Such as, helping students with their educations, supporting the communities, improving relationships and establishing raw friends... Etc. But there are also negative consequences of social media, like posting everything about our personal lives, providing major distractions to people, and most importantly the increased use of social media has led to more suicides among today’s youth--a result of cyberbullying. Ever since the creation of social media had occurred there have been another type of bullying that’s in our everyday life. Today there is "Cyber Bullying," and although it is less physical than traditional forms of bullying, it can cause more devastating and long-lasting effects, As well, there are ways to help preclude this type of bullying and then that they would be less of a chance to induce these experiences in our spirit. Cyberbullying is another path to spread harm to other masses by employing the internet or other electronic communication devices to share embarrassing information about any other individual. The methods of cyberbullying are used in many forms, it can start by making up rumors about the victims, sending photos without their consent, making...
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