Open AccessAn Empirical Analysis of Cybercrime Trends and Its Impact on Moral Decadence Among Secondary School Level Students in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Muhammad Aslam Ahmad,
Daniel Dauda Wisdom,
Samson Isaac
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in multidisciplinary and scientific research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2488-8699
DOI - 10.22624/isteams/v26p10-ieee-ng-ts
Subject(s) - cybercrime , hacker , certificate , identity theft , spamming , ransom , internet privacy , botnet , pornography , language change , phishing , order (exchange) , honeypot , computer security , political science , business , criminology , the internet , psychology , law , computer science , world wide web , finance , art , literature , algorithm
Cybercrimes in various forms are on the raise daily; these crimes pose a potential threat to our moral society as well as economy and nation building at large. They are namely: social engineering, malvertising, ransom ware, Spamming, Botnets, fake bank alert messages (SMS) /unsolicited SMS requesting you to provide bank details as Bank Verification Number (BVN), fraud, identity theft, piracy, pornography, hacking, fraudulent e-mail related SMS, forgery such as fake documents as Certificate etc. Thus, Cybercrime is gradually becoming a threat to our moral society at large. Hence, the increase number of cybercrime rate is an open field of ongoing research studies. Therefore, we have proposed a new approach that emphases on the prominent cybercrimes carried out around the world, and presents a precise study in Nigeria within some secondary school students. The study revealed a new approach to fighting Cybercrimes in order to combat cybercriminals.Keywords: Cybercrime, Botnets, Malvertising, Ransom ware, Pornography