A greater involvement of education in fight against cybercrime

In the latest years a spectacular growth of hacking cracking activity is going one. In many cases behind these activities young students are involved. What is the their motivation for taking the road of cyber criminality? Why they use their skills and knowledge to harm other people? What can we, teachers, do abut it? Not all cyber criminals start their activity with financial benefits in mind. In order to try to identify possible solutions to improve the present situation, we would try to briefly discuss the following subjects:, the motivation factors of youngsters to become a hacker, the public image of those who "infringe the law on the Internet"; The attitude towards other young people involved in such activities in correlation with involvement of a higher number of youth in cybercrime activities;, the level of knowledge and awareness regarding the notions of cybercrime;, reactions of youth in relation with the educational activities mentioned above;, the role and "image" of cybercrime law enforcement authorities;, involvement of other actors from the public or private sector in combating or preventing cybercrime. Considering the actual level of knowledge of the wide masses in the field of cyber criminality, we propose a higher involvement of education in preparing the people to face the threat of a cyber attack (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.