Open AccessCOMBATTING CYBERCRIMES IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR
Author(s) -
Daniel Dauda Wisdom,
Adamu Bashir Ismail,
Abdullahi Bashar Abubakar,
Mairiga Bawa Ribah,
Ebenezer Akinyemi Ajayi,
Danjumma Bedi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i04.015
Subject(s) - business , psychology
Several computer related crimes known as cybercrimes are committed daily such as fake bank alert messages (SMS)/unsolicited SMS requesting details as Bank Verification Number (BVN), Advance fee fraud (Yahoo Yahoo), identity theft, piracy, pornography, hacking, forgery such as fake certificates etc. Thus, People connected to the internet through their computers/mobile phones have experienced such crimes. Therefore, the increasing rate of cybercrimes in our societies today, is a critical concern and an imperative area of research study. Hence, the impact of these crimes can be felt severely on a nation and it economy at large. We have propose a new approach that focuses on the prominent cybercrimes in Nigeria and presents a brief analysis of cybercrimes within the Nigerian tertiary institutions. And finally highlights methods of Cybercrime detection and prevention in order to efficiently combat