Cyber crime effects on students’ life during COVID-19
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Cybercrimes, COVID-19, Internet surfing, cyber-attacksAbstract
The pandemic of covid-19 has changed all the aspects of lifestyle. The imposed lockdown has led millions of students to be confined at home leading to spend hours online every day for various activities which they could do offline. As such, full and direct dependence on the use of the unsafe Internet network in running all aspects of life. Students are fully and directly dependent on the usage of internet for all the various activities. Compounding a global health crisis with a sharp increase in cybercriminal activities related to COVID-19 is putting significant strain on law enforcement communities worldwide. These conditions have created a fertile environment for cybercriminals to grow their activity and exploit the pressures that affected human psychology to increase their attack success, given rise to the growth of cyber criminals. The significance of this research is to highlight how criminals are taking the benefit of this crisis. And for better prevention of cybercrimes.
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