Real life cyber crimes happen on a daily basis. This isn’t a post that is tailored to scare individuals or companies from having a presence on the web. It has the intention to educate, those of us who are uninformed when it comes to Cybersecurity.
Whether or not you know the difference between Black Hats and White Hats or hackers and crackers. You must understand you cannot underestimate the knowledge a person holds going off of what, they title themselves as.
The ability to cause mayhem through theft and shutting down web applications may not have a big enough barrier to entry for those who find it valuable and not of consequence.
The absolute amount of boot camps and instructional videos granted to the population at large is staggering. The nature of these two resources enables those with no background or academic history. To learn malicious skills which would traditionally be taught through higher education for combating against them. This is not to say that all persons who seek out a bootcamp or use Instructional videos in Cybersecurity are of bad character but it is to say the ability to weaponize these resources for personal gain is troubling.
We have seen through public fear or being overcautious of the unknown, cause incorrect circumstances befall on those that would have otherwise gone about their day as usual. One case comes to mind that made national headlines in September 2015 where a young boy was arrested for being in possession of a disassembled digital clock, the link is below if you are interested in the full story. This fear of the unknown only requires knowledge to combat against.
Fear is also a tool which can be wielded by bad actors or hackers, that also can be found with a short search. How to effectively produce whatever the bad actor aims for. This is also another reason why knowledge of these sophisticated manipulations can be important to combat against bad actors.
Cybersecurity is not only through the web, the pursuit to steal information can be conducted offline. Use of physical means to break into a system is a cybercrime. The selling or procurement of illegal items through the web is also a cybercrime. The reality of combating against bad actors with cybersecurity is knowledge.
The clock incident:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Mohamed_clock_incident
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/us/texas-student-ahmed-muslim-clock-bomb/index.html
*JD MC holds multiple degrees in IT and is an experienced writer for LetsGoIT.data*
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