Chapter 3:

Cybercrimes
Professional Ethics 102
Marzouk H Alfahad 202100674
Ali AlHussain 202101644
INTRODUCTION

As the world becomes more

reliant on the internet, the
cybercrimes rate increased
drastically. Cybercrimes are
criminal activities that evolve
around using a computer or
an online networking platform
such as hacking, blackmailing,
and stealing important
secretive information from
companies and banks’
systems.
STATISTICS
Let numbers speak, these graphs show the amount
of organizations compromised by at least one
successful cyberattack yearly from 2018-2021 2021
Report by: CyberEdge Group 2021 Cyberthreat Defense 86.2%
2020
80.7%
2019
2018 78%
77.2%
 EXAMPLES OF CYBERCRIMES

Malware attacks Identity Theft

The attacker uses the victim’s
identity to commit another
crimes in the name of the
victim

Phishing Credit Card Fraud or

Debit Card Fraud
The attacker sends a
message to trick a
person into revealing
sensitive information to
the attacker.
PROTECTION AGAINST CYBERCRIMES

● Use a full-service internet security

suite (never use free public internet
connections that do not have a
password)

● Use strong passwords

● Keep your software updated (as

bug fixes include strengthening
security)

● Ignore spam emails

● Only use encrypted websites

HOW TO ACT IF CYBERATTACKED?

To file a cybercrime complaint in

Saudi Arabia a person must follow the
following steps:

1. Report the crime at the nearest

police station.
2. The Police station will forward the
report to the Saudi Bureau of
Investigation and Public
Prosecution (BIPP)
3. BIPP investigates the identity of
the suspect.
SUGGESTED CYBERSECURITY APPS AND PROGRAMS

● ESET

● Bitdefender

● Trend Micro

● Avast

● MacAfee

● Norton

● WithSecure
CONCLUSION

Cybercriminals are improving

their tools, and so are
cybersecurity groups. A person
must be fully aware of such a
topic as the world is relying more
on the internet day by day.
Payments, data, pictures, Identity
cards, and personal information
must be securely encrypted and
never shared across cyberspace.
THANK YOU!
Do you have any questions?

Professional Ethics 102

Marzouk H Alfahad 202100674
Ali AlHussain 202101644