An overview of contemporary cyberspace activities and the challenging cyberspace crimes/threats

Ahmad Jamah Ahmad Alnagrat, Haroon Shakirat Oluwatosin, Nur Adlya Bt Muktar, Maryam Omar Abdullah Sawad, Samson Olasunkanmi Oluga, Azizah Bt Haji Ahmad
2014 Zenodo  
One thing that has emanated from the development of the internet technology and popular embrace of social networking is the emergence of a second digital world which is a virtual reality world called the cyberspace. The cyberspace users who can be described as the Cyberians are attracted to the cyberspace from time to time especially because of the various opportunities/activities available via the cyberspace cutting across many spheres of human endeavor. There are however many threats or
more » ... nges which may be inimical to the safety of the cyberspace, the cyberspace assets/resources and the interest of the Cyberians, the regular cyberspace users or cyber citizens. This paper, based on extensive examination of contemporary literature on the cyberspace, explores fundamental activities of the cyberspace and explicates various forms of cybercrimes orchestrated by cyber criminals posing great threats to the cyberspace. The basic ideas of the paper are equally captured in vivid illustrative models.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.6273061 fatcat:y53upie7zbchvcdfzujjbk3wdi