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Update: Computer Crimes. Presented by Jay Toth. Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner Update Technology Today. Presented By:. Jay Toth Crime Prevention HQ .com Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner Florida CPTED Practitioner Florida School Resource Officer Practitioner. Topics.
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Update: Computer Crimes Presented by Jay Toth Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner Update Technology Today
Presented By: Jay Toth Crime Prevention HQ .com Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner Florida CPTED Practitioner Florida School Resource Officer Practitioner
Topics • Size of the Problem • Cyberstalking • Nigerian Letter Scam • Phishing • Identity Theft • Fraud • Malware/Spyware • Social Networking Sites • Child Pornography/Online Predators
Size of the Problem FCPP Update
Latest Trends • Mystery Shopper • New Counterfeit Check Schemes • Disaster Fraud • Rental and Real Estate Scams • Telephone Denial of Service Attacks • Stranded or Jailed Scams (Grandchildren) • Sweepstakes or Lottery Notifications • Telephone Collection Scams
Types of Computer Crimes FCPP Update
Cyberstalking FCPP Update
Cyberstalking What is it? Florida Statute 784.048: "engaging in a course of conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated, words, images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic communication, directed at a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that person and serving no legitimate purpose.
Cyberstalking Electronic Mail or Communications • E-mail • Instant Messaging • Chat rooms
Cyberstalking Latest Trends? • Text messaging • Images • Camera phones
Cyberstalking Prevention Resources (2) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly… cyberstalks another person commits the offense of stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree, (3) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly… cyberstalks another person, and makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury of the person, or the person's child, sibling, spouse, parent, or dependent, commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree,
Child Pornography Sexting
Cyberstalking Prevention Resources FDLE Florida Computer Crime Center: www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/cyberstalking
Nigerian Letter Scam FCPP Update
Nigerian Letter Scam What is it? • Also known as "419" fraud. • Combines the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme. • Letter or e-mail from Nigeria offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars. • Author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria.
Nigerian Letter Scam Latest Trends? • Recent Nigerian Variants • Beneficiary of a Will • Bogus Cashiers Checks • Donation Solicitations • American Soldier in Afghanistan or Iraq
Nigerian Letter Scam Prevention Resources • Forward letter to the U.S. Secret Service as they are spearheading the effort against these scams. • Consumers or businesses that claim to have lost money in a Nigerian scam should call their local Secret Service office • More information at FDLE website: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/nigerian.html
Phishing FCPP Update
Phishing What is it? • ‘Spoofed' e-mail • return addresses, links, and branding appears to come from legitimate businesses • Banks, insurance agencies, retailers, credit card companies • Fraudulent messages trick the recipients into disclosing personal information • account usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, home addresses • E-mails look "official“ causing some recipients to respond to them.
Phishing Latest Trends? • Smaller financial institutions, such as community banks and credit unions. • Increase in the number of variants of keyloggers, decrease of password stealing malicious code URLs. • New level of sophistication. • Vishing(Phone phishing/spoofing)
Phishing Prevention Resources • Anti-Phishing Working Group • www.antiphishing.org • FDLE Florida Computer Crime Center • www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/phishing.html • Federal Trade Commission • www.ftc.gov (free pamphlets)
Identity Theft FCPP Update
Identity Theft What is it? • Impersonation fraud. Personal ID info used to perform a fraud or criminal act. • Illegal acquisition of personal information such as name, social security number, driver's license, or bank/credit account numbers in order to engage in unlawful acts. • Third degree felony s. 817.568,F.S.
Identity Theft Prevention Resources • Attorney General and FDLE have a website • Designed to serve as the State of Florida's official portal for identity theft information • www.myfloridalegal.com/identitytheft • National ID Theft portal • www.consumer.gov/idtheft • Free pamphlets
Fraud FCPP Update
Fraud What is it? • The crime of obtaining money by deceiving people. • Advance fee fraud • Goods never delivered • Fake checks • Lotteries • Online auction fraud
Fraud E-Bay and Craigslist
Fraud On-line Auctions • Non-delivery of goods • Bid fraud • Account Hacking • Misrepresentation • Pirated goods • Shell auctions • Internet fencing
Fraud Latest Trends? • The average Florida loss to Internet fraud: $575. • Most Nigerian money offers, fake check scams, lottery scams, and phishing attempts were initiated by email.
Fraud Latest Trends? • Top Internet frauds victimizing people age 60+: lotteries, phishing, information/adult services, and Nigerian money offers. • A growing number of foreign crooks are scamming U.S. consumers via the Internet. • Wiring money has become the most common method of payment in Internet fraud.
Fraud Prevention Resources • www.IC3.gov • www.FraudBureau.com • www.Fraud.org
Spyware and Malware FCPP Update
Spyware What is it? • Computer technology • Gathers information about a person or organization • Without their knowledge or consent • Put on a computer secretly • Collects information about the user • Then sent to advertisers and other interested parties • Can be installed on a computer by: • Software virus • Result of adding a new program
Malware What is it? • Software used as a tool by hackers to remotely access computers as well as corrupt or destroy important data. • Virus • Trojan • Worm • Adware • Hijackers • Dialers
Spyware and Malware Latest Trends? • Virus infections DOWN • Due to anti-virus programs? • Malware UP! • Keyloggers • That’s where the money is! • Some spyware programs actively fight against and attempt to disable anti-spyware software
Malware Latest Trends? • IM-Worms • Botnets and zombie machines up • Decline in successful email worms • Malicious code targeting mobile phones • Social engineering
Spyware Prevention Resources • Currently, complaints about spyware in the US are handled only by the FTC. • Anti-spyware software: • Spybot Search and Destroy • AdAware • Spy Sweeper • Norton Internet Security Suite • McAffee, Trend Micro, Computer Associates
Malware Prevention Resources • Internet security programs: • www. Symantec.com • www.Macafee.com • www.microsoft.com