Trends in the development of cybercrime in the internet

This article discusses the results of the analysis of the statistical data that contains the issues of expanding the diversity of illegal actions in the Internet with using network entities actively increasing for brand promotion and / or information services. Nowadays, the existing methods and tools for the analysis of main trends of cybercrime development are not enough, and accordingly, we are lagging behind in training specialists who are able to withstand the increasing global threat. On the basis of data analysis, it was concluded that the solution of this problem must be conducted not only in the legal field, but in the social sphere that requires specialists in various fields for effective adaptation of young generation in virtual environment. Moreover, the paper presents an analysis of new trends in the field of cybercrime and the necessity of research of the ways to protect from new schemes of criminal activity in the network in order to study cadets of higher educational institutions. The paper presents some interesting facts concerning current negative trends of the Internet development and the problems of social adaptation. The main idea is that any changes in the technological sphere are reflected in the social environment. The further developments of the Internet have created new cyber-threats. Cybercrime involves not only the financial sphere but also the legal, social and other aspects of human life. However, more acute problems are the phenomena as aggressive online behavior, cyber bullying, flaming, hater, and etc. The network is the place of manipulation of growing generation consciousness through web-entities. The author expresses the viewpoint about negative trends in the development of the Network deserving particular attention. There is the need of changing the current curriculum adding computer science subject concerning issues of cyber security and social adaptation in network. It must be studied not only by cadets in military academies, but also by pupils in schools in order to teach them how to behave in the Internet. In social network the newsfeed displays the material not only given by “friends”, but also the resources of negative content which can form the emotional background that could lead to negative consequences. The author emphasizes the ideas that the communication in the network environment should be organized and regulated in accordance with education, so that the students can adapt to the virtual environment and identify the negative trends in this new sphere.

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