What is a cybercrime?
Cybercrime is an online offense committed by hackers, crackers, and other malicious types that use the Internet to steal identities, hijack PCs, illegally spam, phish and pharm, and other types of fraud.
Why is it a problem?
Cybercrime is a growing problem that negatively impacts everyone. Criminals have exploited software vulnerabilities and human psychology to spawn a broad range of malware and threats including spyware, phishing, botnets (a robot network is a network of hijacked zombie computers controlled remotely by a hacker), adware, rootkits (a group of programs designed to take control of a PC), spam, and unsafe websites.