Internet Security

Cybercrime in Singapore used to be unheard of because there were barely any televisions in the 1970s much less a computer. This has proved to change over the years and now on average, every family has a computer.
This has therefore increased the number of cybercrimes in Singapore. Over the years, people have learnt how to hack into people's accounts, track people's emails and those used to be the biggest threat until going wireless became the latest trend. This led to people riding on other people's wireless connections and using their accounts. This is because everybody lives very near each other, this is especially so in HDB flats where your neighbor is literally next door. This fact made it easy for people to ride on other people's wireless connections because there was enough proximity to tap onto their connections, especially if the connection is not password protected or if there was no firewall protecting the connection.
Recently in 2005, there was a youth who was charged of tapping onto his neighbor's wireless internet connection. He became the 1st youth to be convicted of tapping onto his neighbor's connection. In 2006, a 2nd person was charged with the same offence but this time, he created a bomb hoax on an online forum. In the same year, a 3rd person was charged with tapping onto someone else's internet connection and was charged with an 18month ban internet ban.
These offences showed that we have to careful when using our wireless networks and to sercure it!
Lastly, Richard Stiennon, a network security expert for his forecast on cyber crime in 2007 and he predicts that it will be a bleak year for cyber-security. Attackers have now developed advanced business-focus strategies, and revenue for cyber crime is set to double. Therefore, all the more we should be on the lookout for cybercrimes.