Cybersecurity is very important since we can through it secure our personal and business accounts, it is very important to know what crimes are in this network and to be able to avoid crimes on the internet.
Cybercrime is one of the most common nowadays as there are people who work for it, taking out information and violating privacy, they also make threats without having any physical contact.
The intention of this crime is to affect third parties psychologically, mostly in children and young people. In order to affect their feelings, self-esteem, in order to make the person feel sad or fearful and usually repeatedly, some examples of cyberbullying are: send messages in a chat for their person, post shameful photos or videos in the social networks and create rumors online.
Sexting is the activity of sending photos, videos or messages of personal sexual and erotic content through technological devices, whether using instant messaging applications, social networks, email or other communication tool. It becomes a crime when the person who has been sent any type of video or photos, he or she publishes it on any internet platform in order to ruin the reputation of X person, this crime has some similarity with cyberbullying.
Now, online games are one of the most common ways to enjoy games like Call of Duty, Fortnite, Free Fire, Pug etc. Some games request money in case you want to have access to exclusive content. Some computer experts may fool creators by changing the original game settings. On top of that, if you want to have free access, you must download the fake game from the Internet and risk your data. Just make sure you get it from the main creator of the pirated game, and you may be safe from having your personal data and bank accounts stolen. Because if this happens it would be a gaming offense.
Having our personal accounts public with our information and adding all kinds of people (not only our acquaintances) we put our data at risk. New users think that nothing will happen when adding people from different countries or making their accounts public, but reality shows us otherwise. Hackers or stalkers love public accounts because they are excellent sources of information that can be used for evil purposes.
Recommendations so that we do not have a cybercrime is to keep in mind that we should not have an easy password, do not download any program or game where it has been pirated, if original or pirate do not put your personal data on the internet without knowing that it is a reliable page to Do not be hacked into bank accounts, keep in mind that you should not send intimate photos to people since there are also computer stalkers who can hack you and earn money behind your back using your photos, which later can lead to bullying. Get a good antivirus and check it regularly.
Update all your applications. If you access your account on a computer that is not yours, you must always log out. In this way, hackers or strangers will not be able to use it.
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