International Journal of Information Science and Management

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Special Issue,  ISSN 1726-8125, 2010

Examination of Cyber-criminal Behaviour

H. Jahankhani, Ph.D., University of London, UK , Email: hamid.jahankhani@uel.ac.uk

Ameer Al-Nemrat , , University of London,UK School of Computing, IT and Engineering

Abstract

Cybercrime is the world’s biggest growth industry and is now costing an estimated €180 billion loss to organisations and individuals, every year. The creation of ‘virtual identities’ gives a greater anonymity to the activities of organised criminals. Today our commonwealth is protected by firewalls rather than firepower. This is an issue of global importance as new technology has provided a world of opportunity for criminals. As a consequence law enforcement agencies all over the world are struggling to cope. Therefore, today’s top priority is to use computer technology to fight computer crime.

Keywords: Cybercrime.