computer abuse | computer-related abuse

computer abuse [ information system abuse | maliciousness ]

clean malware-infected computer | cleaning malware-infected computer | cleaning virus-infected computer | remove computer virus or malware from a computer

malicious program | malicious software | malware | rogue software

test designer | ICT test analyst | IT test analyst

malicious logic [ malicious program | malicious code ]

antimalicious program | antimalicious software | antimalicious code | antimalware

computer salesperson | ICT specialised seller | computer and accessories specialised seller | consumer electronics specialised seller

Thus, it is incumbent on the industrial sector to play its part in developing and distributing secure systems designed to help detect computer abuse, preserve electronic evidence and assist in ascertaining the location and identity of criminals".

Cybercrime comprises traditional offences (e.g. fraud, forgery, and identity theft), content-related offences (e.g. on-line distribution of child pornography or incitement to racial hatred) and offences unique to computers and information systems (e.g. attacks against information systems, denial of service and malware).

90. Points out that recent incidents clearly demonstrate the acute vulnerability of the EU, and in particular the EU institutions, national governments and parliaments, major European companies, European IT infrastructures and networks, to sophisticated attacks using complex software and malware; notes that these attacks require financial and human resources on a scale such that they are likely to originate from state entities acting on behalf of foreign governments; in this context, regards the case of the hacking or tapping of the telecommunications company Belgacom as a worrying example of an attack on the EU’s IT capacity; underli ...[+++]nes that boosting EU IT capacity and security also reduces the vulnerability of the EU towards serious cyberattacks originating from large criminal organisations or terrorist groups;

This could, for example, include preventing unauthorised access to electronic communications networks and malicious code distribution and stopping ‘denial of service’ attacks and damage to computer and electronic communication systems.