Sabotage or Vandalism
Sabotage
One way to commit a cybercrime, is after entering unauthorized computer sites, thanks to refined techniques to mimic the keys or circumvent other security measures has become a popular crime in computer science.
Once access is achieved in an internal or external computer network, intruders can introduce a virus, place insulting messages or steal valuable data, particularly information about credit cards and company secrets.
How the perpetrator of the crime of computer sabotage acts
Other computer criminals to commit computer crime can sabotage computers or computers to gain economic advantage to their competitors or threaten systems damage in order to commit extortion.
Malefactors manipulate data or operations, either directly or through so-called "worms" or "viruses," which can completely paralyze systems or erase all data from the hard drive.
Some viruses directed against computers or computers chosen at random; that originally passed from one computer to another through "infected" floppies; they are also spreading lately through networks, often camouflaged in electronic messages or in programs "downloaded" from the network.
Sabotage is understood as any meddlesome action on other people's affairs. These sabotages are carried out by people who seek to benefit themselves or prevent something. Examples:
Modifications
A financier delivers a million dollars to a company, and a bandit manages to give the financial YOUR bank account instead of the company, receiving all the money, stealing it. Here it is said that he modified, that is, sabotaged, the operation to steal that money.
Destruction
In the midst of a military conflict between two countries, let us suppose, a soldier poses as a crew member of the enemy ship, thus arriving at said vessel to destroy it with a weapon. In this case, the soldier sabotaged the navigation.
Obstruction
Sometimes, sabotage is used to blame outsiders. Example: a man who has a diamond puts it in the pocket of the person who wants to get into trouble, without her noticing, for when they find the diamond is in that person, giving the idea that it was she who stole it or what has illegally Here is observed a sabotage to dirty another.
Vandalism
In everyday life, there are vandals who seem to enjoy destroying things, although it is difficult to understand what kind of advantage they can obtain from their actions. Unfortunately, you can observe the same type of behavior in cyberspace. There are malware creators who dedicate time and effort to acts of computer vandalism that can damage your computers and data, as well as affect the services provided by companies.
Who are the computer vandals?
In the dawn of malware development, most computer viruses and Trojans were created by students and other young developers, in addition to some more experienced programmers. Currently, there are still four main types of computer vandals:
Skilled students who like to brag
In many cases, students (who have just mastered the use of a programming language) want to test their skills, knowledge or demonstrate how smart they are. Fortunately, many of these malware creators do not actually distribute their malware and can send viruses or worms to an antivirus company.
Young people without experience helped by Internet
Young people who do not fully master the art of programming can also become computer vandals, sometimes to demonstrate their "value". In the past, this group produced primitive viruses. However, there are several websites that explain how to write and distribute computer viruses, and how they can circumvent antivirus software. Therefore, the Internet has greatly facilitated the creation of viruses for people without experience.
Professional developers
As young virus developers mature, their experience can translate into much more dangerous activities. The most experienced and talented programmers can create very "professional" computer viruses. These can be sophisticated programs that use innovative methods to infiltrate data system domains or that can take advantage of security vulnerabilities within operating environments, take advantage of social engineering, or use a wide range of other tricks.
Researchers
These are very intelligent programmers who are able to invent new methods to infect computers, without the infection being noticed and avoiding the actions of antivirus software. The objective of the programmer is to investigate the potential of the "computer fauna". The programmer can choose not to spread their creations, but actively promote their ideas through innumerable Internet resources dedicated to the creation of computer viruses. Then, those ideas and "research viruses" can be used by people or malicious criminals.
How to protect yourself from computer vandalism.
Antimalware software is vital to protect your computer, your mobile devices and data against computer vandalism, viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware. Kaspersky Lab has anti-malware solutions that offer first-class protection for a wide range of computers and other devices, including:
acts aimed to destroy an information asset and, ultimately, damage the image of an organization
example:
hackers accessing a system and damaging or destroying critical data.
.
One way to commit a cybercrime, is after entering unauthorized computer sites, thanks to refined techniques to mimic the keys or circumvent other security measures has become a popular crime in computer science.
Once access is achieved in an internal or external computer network, intruders can introduce a virus, place insulting messages or steal valuable data, particularly information about credit cards and company secrets.
How the perpetrator of the crime of computer sabotage acts
Other computer criminals to commit computer crime can sabotage computers or computers to gain economic advantage to their competitors or threaten systems damage in order to commit extortion.
Malefactors manipulate data or operations, either directly or through so-called "worms" or "viruses," which can completely paralyze systems or erase all data from the hard drive.
Some viruses directed against computers or computers chosen at random; that originally passed from one computer to another through "infected" floppies; they are also spreading lately through networks, often camouflaged in electronic messages or in programs "downloaded" from the network.
Sabotage is understood as any meddlesome action on other people's affairs. These sabotages are carried out by people who seek to benefit themselves or prevent something. Examples:
Modifications
A financier delivers a million dollars to a company, and a bandit manages to give the financial YOUR bank account instead of the company, receiving all the money, stealing it. Here it is said that he modified, that is, sabotaged, the operation to steal that money.
Destruction
In the midst of a military conflict between two countries, let us suppose, a soldier poses as a crew member of the enemy ship, thus arriving at said vessel to destroy it with a weapon. In this case, the soldier sabotaged the navigation.
Obstruction
Sometimes, sabotage is used to blame outsiders. Example: a man who has a diamond puts it in the pocket of the person who wants to get into trouble, without her noticing, for when they find the diamond is in that person, giving the idea that it was she who stole it or what has illegally Here is observed a sabotage to dirty another.
Vandalism
In everyday life, there are vandals who seem to enjoy destroying things, although it is difficult to understand what kind of advantage they can obtain from their actions. Unfortunately, you can observe the same type of behavior in cyberspace. There are malware creators who dedicate time and effort to acts of computer vandalism that can damage your computers and data, as well as affect the services provided by companies.
Who are the computer vandals?
In the dawn of malware development, most computer viruses and Trojans were created by students and other young developers, in addition to some more experienced programmers. Currently, there are still four main types of computer vandals:
Skilled students who like to brag
In many cases, students (who have just mastered the use of a programming language) want to test their skills, knowledge or demonstrate how smart they are. Fortunately, many of these malware creators do not actually distribute their malware and can send viruses or worms to an antivirus company.
Young people without experience helped by Internet
Young people who do not fully master the art of programming can also become computer vandals, sometimes to demonstrate their "value". In the past, this group produced primitive viruses. However, there are several websites that explain how to write and distribute computer viruses, and how they can circumvent antivirus software. Therefore, the Internet has greatly facilitated the creation of viruses for people without experience.
Professional developers
As young virus developers mature, their experience can translate into much more dangerous activities. The most experienced and talented programmers can create very "professional" computer viruses. These can be sophisticated programs that use innovative methods to infiltrate data system domains or that can take advantage of security vulnerabilities within operating environments, take advantage of social engineering, or use a wide range of other tricks.
Researchers
These are very intelligent programmers who are able to invent new methods to infect computers, without the infection being noticed and avoiding the actions of antivirus software. The objective of the programmer is to investigate the potential of the "computer fauna". The programmer can choose not to spread their creations, but actively promote their ideas through innumerable Internet resources dedicated to the creation of computer viruses. Then, those ideas and "research viruses" can be used by people or malicious criminals.
How to protect yourself from computer vandalism.
Antimalware software is vital to protect your computer, your mobile devices and data against computer vandalism, viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware. Kaspersky Lab has anti-malware solutions that offer first-class protection for a wide range of computers and other devices, including:
- PC with Windows
- Computers with Linux
- Apple Mac
- phones
- Tablets
acts aimed to destroy an information asset and, ultimately, damage the image of an organization
example:
hackers accessing a system and damaging or destroying critical data.
.
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