Social Issues Essays

Hard times have come for HYIP Ponzi players these days. After authorities started to act on the Profitable Sunrise Ponzi scheme and even the SEC is now going after the company as well as the promoters of the scheme, HYIP Ponzi players seem to be scared and stopped playing these money games for a while. […]

Some time ago I reported that some supposed Ukrainian crowdfunding website called Uinvest, which in reality is a Ponzi scheme, organized some kind of a conference in the United States on April 29 until May 1st. Among two people who pretended to be the Uinvest CEO and the Uinvest lawyer, the scheme also managed to […]

Gilbert Lopez and Mark Kuhrt, former chief accounting officer and controller for R. Allen Stanford, have each received a 20-year prison sentence for their roles in concealing Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme. In November, they were convicted of conspiring to hide the fraudulent activity. The sentencing occurred yesterday in Houston under the supervision of U.S. […]

I think everyone who is watching the JustBeenPaid / JSS Tripler / Profitclicking Ponzi schemes for a while now will agree with me that Frederick Mann is nothing but some made up person for the purpose of making people believe some stupid lies in order to suck more money out of their pockets. Things always […]

It seems like nearly everyone who is participating in the so-called “HYIP industry” thinks that promoting HYIPs is completely risk free and feds are only going after those who are operating such schemes. As the recent arrest of Matthew J. Gagnon is showing, this is not true at all and feds will go after everyone […]

According to the court-appointed receiver of the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme, which has been shut down by the secret service last year, the HYIP offshore payment processors Payza and SolidTrustPay may hold even more money than originally believed. Initially it has been announced that these payment processors held more than $40 million connected to Zeek. […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), formerly known as FSA, has cautioned against SolidTrustPay, a Canadian payment processor. Despite claiming to be a secure and legal payment processor on its website, SolidTrustPay is frequently utilized by fraudsters and HYIP Ponzi schemes like Bannersbroker, Uinvest, and the now-defunct Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme. The administrator of SolidTrustPay, referred […]

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a term used to define a chip or microcontroller. This chip or microcontroller can be placed into a motherboard configuration such as devices like mobile devices, or a personal computer (PCs). The requirements and application was presented and established by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), to deliver a solution where […]

Abstract The Internet was initially created as a research initiative by the US military to connect US universities and research centers. Internet usage has grown worldwide, with 3.17 billion users (Privgcca, 2016), enabling easier communication via chat, email, and online transactions (Friedman, 2014). The Internet has also enhanced customer service, reduced paperwork, boosted productivity, and […]

Computer viruses are most critical area in computer science. All computer users in the world are suffering from this threat. Viruses reproduce themselves and spread through computer to computer as well as network to network. There are some antivirus software and some best practices to prevent from computer viruses. As well as this literature review […]

A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term virus is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can spread from one computer […]

Introduction Nowadays, computer crimes have become a disappointment for businesses due to the advanced technology used by criminals to avoid being detected. In the 1950s, computer programs and data were stored on punched cards. If a criminal broke into an office and damaged or stole these cards, they could face severe punishment under breaking and […]

If you don’t have any weekend plans, you can choose to enjoy yourself. To start a computer, one must make contact with people. With a simple button press, the modem instantly links you to a parallel world where individuals similar to yourself can be encountered. When you start exploring other things, what happens? Computer crime […]

The increase in computer crimes, which have grown in both quantity and variety, necessitates the implementation of laws. Over the past two decades, computers have become an essential part of society. They are extensively used in sectors such as airlines, banking, industry, and businesses. This widespread adoption is primarily due to people using computers at […]

Overview Issues of online scams and hacking have been disturbing for quite long. A large number of those involved in such activities are majorly driven by the desire to acquire money easily. They take it as a kind of business in which a very minute efforts result into lots of profits. This analysis starts by […]

The digital media is being celebrated as an innovative and exciting platform that represents global development. The utilization of cell phones, the internet, and other social technologies is helping to strengthen global communities by providing information and empowering the voiceless. While the internet and communication technologies can be utilized for positive social change, like any […]

Cyber-attacks are the new tools of national power. The attacks provide a means of influence, coercion and attack. The use of cyber techniques does date back to the 1980s while cyber-attacks for militaries do date back to the 1990s. In the Gulf region, the use of cyber techniques and tools does serve as the instrument […]

Introduction The significance of information technology in our everyday lives cannot be overstated. Nevertheless, the swift advancement of technology has led to numerous concerns, specifically regarding data security. These issues encompass cyber-attacks, hacking, and identity theft, which are universally acknowledged as calamitous and are also widespread within the United States. The purpose of this research […]

Introduction Cybercrime involves all illegal activities through a computer or any telecommunication network. It includes hacking and other crimes conducted through the internet like identity theft and credit card account theft. Financial crimes involve misrepresentation of financial records with an intent of obtaining financial benefits. This includes unauthorized altering of financial data by entering of […]

Cyber terrorism is the intentional use of computers, networks and internet to cause harm and destruction (Conway, 2014). It is done to intimidate a government in furtherance of social and political objectives. An attack should result in violence against people and property or at least cause enough harm to generate fear in order to qualify […]

Routine activity theory is a crime event theory which focuses on explaining why some people commit a crime. The theory, therefore, states that, for a crime to occur three elements must come together in any given space and time: an available target, a motivated offender, and absence of a capable guardian that could intervene. In […]

Computer hacking is the practice of illegally creating a fake copy of the original software or accessing into unauthorized computer networks to achieve other intentions rather than the original purposes (Levy). Hacking may cause loss of vital documents, reduced privacy, and financial losses. Sensitive data such as Personally Identifiable Information that can be used in […]