FROM CYBER THREATS TO CYBER-CRIME

Stefan Iovan () and Alina-Anabela Iovan ()
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Stefan Iovan: West University Timisoara, Romania
Alina-Anabela Iovan: Railway Informatics SA, Bucharest, Romania

Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management, 2016, vol. 10, issue 2, 425-434

Abstract: Cyber-attacks and / or on the web arose with the advent of the Internet. They use a variety of malware software. Phishing attacks and spam remain the cyber threats companies are facing most frequently. At the same time the volume of malware and spam attacks have increased substantially in the past years. The threat of cyber-crime is a daily reality for companies and making the challenges dynamic and continuous. This means that the CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) and top management must include FDA (Forensic Data Analytics) as a critical component in their risk management and compliance. The need for these investments is strengthened by the current regulatory environment and market reaction to situations of alleged fraud, bribery and cyber-attacks in the corporate environment. The fact that these attacks will not disappear is given by the reasons behind them, which is that are closely related to people's thirst for power, fame and wealth. The paper aims to present relevant issues, statistics and considerations on this phenomenon - crime / cybercrime and / or cyber. In the end of the paper we present a few issues of the last level that was reached - in cyber war.

Date: 2016
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