Security challenges faced

Cyber- umbrages be described as crimes either created by the internet or aided by the internet. The danger posed by cyber crime to Australia and global community is discussed.Security challenges faced in the future are predicted utilise the Law of accelerating returns where technological expansion rate is exponential. This renders long-term predictions of cyber-related developments difficult to make. With technological advancements, young people enshroud to integrate their personal life into general computer networks.This is aided by social networking sites which are designd by cyber execrables to collect personal information and the lack of vigilance displayed by these young generation. They continue to be reckless despite better awareness.Tracking the trends of cyber crime is not well coordinated but available information indicates an maturation in cyber crime which is interestingly linked more to the human element than technological advances. This indicates that people c ontinue to make poor choices with regards to risk.Cyber crime is set to increase in the next five years as create felon groups consolidate. Most of these groups are based mainly in Eastern europium but will probably spread to Asia. With the target of making criminal profit there has been the creation of almost undetectable infiltration software.The use of sophisticated software to perpetrate crime like the botnet where compromised computers are organized into a network and used by criminals.Botnets present a high gear risk for online fraud in the future. Phishing, where an unsuspecting user is tricked to think they are communicating with their bank to obtain their password is likely to continue. Denial of return (DoS) attacks which flood an internet site to take the site offline will continue and be used to hold at ransom companies and disturb activities of resolution teams.In a recent cyber attack in Australia during Cyber Storm 2 cyberwar-game topic demonstrated major weakn esses that led to successful attacks in all areas of business. only indicators are that in the next years, not much improvement would begin been made in response to cyber attacks.