Cyber Phobia At Large

Virtual crimes are better in scaring the wits and causing goosebumps on most Americans than physical crimes. This is from the article I've read in the Internet, based on a telephone survey sponsored by a computer company conducted on U.S. adults which bare the fact that most of us are thinking that will be a victim of a cyber attack like virus outbreaks and hacking than physical offense. These poignant statements from real people made me realize that criminals are getting techie, morphing into high profile computer villains.

Lost of income is the major reason why people are scared of cyber criminals or attack for that matter because they are more troubled by the possibility of a virus, spyware and hackers that might destroy the files, data and entire computer system use for the business. With this fear in mind, consumers are changing their behavior towards the use of computers and the way they take advantage of the conveniences the Internet offers.

Only few are willing to give out their credit card and personal information online, do online bank transactions and engage in peer to peer sharing which is a common practice in airports and cafes. What alarms business enthusiasts more is the bothering situation wherein they will only realize that they've been victimized months after the grueling attack.

Personally, I think that the war against cyber cops and robbers will never cease with the fact that the price of ensuring the safety of our computer machines is not getting any lower. Educating users about proper and simple security measures seems like an eternal task because the more we try to keep our data away from bad hands, the more these computer evils sneak on our backs and surprise us by biting our asses as hard as they can. But the real question here is that are the people in our government doing something to hunt down and possibly arrest these goons? Or are they still looking for secret agents like Ethan Hunt to help them spare us from the growing rate of computer evils?