When did this new and insidious variety of crime actually come into being? One may say that the concept of the computer came with the invention of the first abacus, hence it can be said that “cybercrime” per se has been around ever since people used calculating machines for wrong purposes. However, cybercrime has shown itself as a serious threat to society for less than a decade. Before we plunge into the world of cybercrime, it is necessary to have some basic understanding of how the cyber world evolved.

With the opening up of cyberspace came the construction of the roads on which people would henceforth travel. The Internet, which once started out as a military tool has become a global phenomenon and brought the world closer together. At a certain cost, however.
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The word “hacker” almost always conjures up the image of a powerful criminal capable of wrecking havoc at the touch or click of a button. But this was not always the case.
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Just like the virus and the bacteria of the real world, malicious programmes seem to be capable of doing damage on their own without human aid. And just as microorganisms in the real world have evolved in shape and form over the millennia, so have malware in a matter of decades.
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The concept of fraud has existed as long as society itself. But the new, more insidious type of fraud known as phishing has created a significant impact by itself throughout the past few years of its existence and phishing scams seem to be getting deadlier by the day.
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