Emilio Aguinaldo College-Cavite

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Congressional East Avenue, Brgy. Burol Main, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite

EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Name: _____________________________ Date: ___________________

Section: ____________________________ Teacher: Ms. Charlene Sarmiento

THE DISADVANTAGES OF ICT

CYBERCRIMES are illegal acts done through the use of the Internet.

In 2012, Stephen Nale (Complex.com) posted a list of ten most common Internet Cybercrime
as follows:

1. Phishing/Spoofing The act of sending multiple emails to multiple users in hopes of having a number
of clicking them on the links or malwares attached to the email.
2. Blackmail/Extortion The act of using the internet to threaten or damage someone’s reputation to
extort money or anything else in value.
 This can be avoided if you are aware of what you should post on the internet.
 The victims of this act tend to have posted something “inappropriate” over the internet even
if they put it at a secured location.
3. Accessing Stored Communications or Hacking The act of obtaining unauthorized access to data
from a computer network.
 This is typically done to commercial and government sites to threaten its owner.
4. Sports Betting The act of wagering on any sports event over the internet.
 In some countries, gambling (including sports betting) is illegal if you are doing it over the
internet.
5. Non-Delivery of Merchandise The act of devising a scheme wherein a culprit posts on an item or
service for sale on the internet and once the transactions have been done, does not really give the
item or service.
6. Electronic Harassment The act of anonymously using the internet to harass, abuse, threaten, or
annoy other people.
 This is also an act of cyberbullying, however, because the culprit is anonymous, it is hard to
detect who is bullying you.
7. Child Pornography The act of using the internet to show child pornography. This act is highly
punishable by law.
8. Prostitution The act of using the internet to engage in prostitution.
9. Drug Trafficking The act of selling illegal substances using the internet.
10. Criminal Copyright Infringement The act of piracy mainly for financial gain.

The internet is the present and the future of your generation and you define what impact it
can do to shape our society, whether it is negative or positive. The future is in your hands.

COMBATTING CYBERCRIMES
There are several ways the authorities can help solve or prevent cybercrimes. Here are some
of them:
1. Network Security Before a hacker can get through the unauthorized files he or she is targeting,
the hacker has to get through several security measures like firewalls, secure connections,
passwords, anti-malwares, and data encryption
 Encryption is the process of converting raw data into code.
However, these methods are not 100% secure and there will always be a way for hacker
to hack.
2. Investigation URL tracing and logging are used by websites to track your unique IP addresses.
This can be used by investigators to trace hackers. In piracy, trackers are used to identify IP
addresses currently sharing a pirated file.
3. Penalties More and more laws are being created and implemented today. Penalties include both
fine and imprisonment.

Reference: Empowerment Technologies Innovative Training Works, Inc 1st Edition, (Pages 239-241)

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