Post by account_disabled on Mar 14, 2024 3:08:50 GMT -5
The coronavirus confined us at home, and the confinement triggered, sometimes out of necessity, other times out of simple boredom, the time and scope of our digital life ( teleworking , online shopping, video calls, etc.), with this, traditional crimes decreased and, logically, computer crimes increased in our country, although its increase had already been recorded by the National Computer Crime Observatory since 2018. The Autonomous Communities that register the highest number of digital crimes are Catalonia, Madrid and Andalusia The most frequent computer crimes in Spain The most frequent digital crimes in Spain are: Computer fraud Threats and coercion Computer Forgery Unlawful access and interception against honor sexual crimes Interference in data and systems Against intellectual property As we can see, computer fraud accounts for almost 90% of computer crimes committed in Spain, so this is what we will focus on.
What is computer fraud? With computer fraud we basically refer to scam, but perpetrated in digital life through resources and procedures, obviously, digital and computer. The most common practices within computer fraud or scam are: phishing : or impersonation of an identity (an Administration, an email from our bank, an NGO, etc.) in order to appropriate our data such as passwords, etc. carding : trafficking or theft of credit cards or banking information online. We have had plenty BYB Directory of examples of these fraudulent practices during the COVID19 quarantine: regarding the coronavirus, we have received emails or WhatsApp messages inviting us to click to make donations for the disease, to receive information about it, or to enter our data to receive some of the social benefits etc. Tips to prevent computer fraud To begin with, we must make it a general rule to never provide our personal data over the Internet.
Once this is done, the following tips may be useful to prevent computer fraud: Pay attention to incorrect spelling or incorrect or ungrammatical use of Spanish. Many of these messages, or the websites to which they refer us, are automatically translated from other languages or written with the urgency of the scam. We must not fall for and we must distrust all those messages that urge us to carry out actions with haste and urgency: notices of fines, sanctions or, from another point of view, notices of raffles, prizes, countdowns, etc. We must always check the url of the place we enter, even if aesthetically the place meets all the official requirements: logos, brand, slogans, corporate colors... the url of the place will not be the official and predictable one. In addition, search engines offer us an indication of whether it is a secure url or not: a secure url will always begin with https:// and then have the icon of.
What is computer fraud? With computer fraud we basically refer to scam, but perpetrated in digital life through resources and procedures, obviously, digital and computer. The most common practices within computer fraud or scam are: phishing : or impersonation of an identity (an Administration, an email from our bank, an NGO, etc.) in order to appropriate our data such as passwords, etc. carding : trafficking or theft of credit cards or banking information online. We have had plenty BYB Directory of examples of these fraudulent practices during the COVID19 quarantine: regarding the coronavirus, we have received emails or WhatsApp messages inviting us to click to make donations for the disease, to receive information about it, or to enter our data to receive some of the social benefits etc. Tips to prevent computer fraud To begin with, we must make it a general rule to never provide our personal data over the Internet.
Once this is done, the following tips may be useful to prevent computer fraud: Pay attention to incorrect spelling or incorrect or ungrammatical use of Spanish. Many of these messages, or the websites to which they refer us, are automatically translated from other languages or written with the urgency of the scam. We must not fall for and we must distrust all those messages that urge us to carry out actions with haste and urgency: notices of fines, sanctions or, from another point of view, notices of raffles, prizes, countdowns, etc. We must always check the url of the place we enter, even if aesthetically the place meets all the official requirements: logos, brand, slogans, corporate colors... the url of the place will not be the official and predictable one. In addition, search engines offer us an indication of whether it is a secure url or not: a secure url will always begin with https:// and then have the icon of.