Is Your Teenager a Hacker? - Seite 2

Kaspersky Lab urges parents to create an environment for their children where discussions are open and where both parties can agree on what constitutes safe and ethical behaviour online, and to understand the consequences of negative behaviour. The National Crime Agency recently launched a campaign specifically aimed at preventing young people from becoming involved in cyber-crime. It is vital that parents and teachers are aware and understand what to look out for in teenagers and also find ways to use cyber skills positively.

Notes to editors: 

The survey by Arlington Research on behalf of Kaspersky Lab was conducted with 1,556 16-19 year olds who were surveyed over a period of 10 days. 

12 per cent are aware of someone who has undertaken a cyber-activity that could be deemed illegal.

Stealing data such as identity or financial credentials online is seen as by far the most serious on a list of criminal activities (65% give it a 4 or 5 severity rating). Breaking and entering was second place (54% give it a 4 or 5 severity rating)  

Interestingly, a pretty impressive 26% knows how to hide their IP address

The survey also questioned the teenagers on a range of hypothetical scenarios with some interesting findings: 

When asked how they'd feel if a friend managed to replace the homepage of a major bank with a cartoon and the story made headline news, over a third (35%) said that they'd be impressed.

Most shockingly, when asked how they'd feel if a friend managed to find a way into the air traffic control system of a local airport without getting found out, over one in 10 (11%) said they'd feel impressed.

When asked how they'd feel if a friend found their way into a celebrity's online email account and discovered lots of private pictures, 18% said they'd be impressed.

When asked how they'd feel if a friend managed to obtain all the names and addresses of people who had bought adult films online, 17% said that they'd be impressed.

The understanding of a 'cybercrime' other than that which affects them directly is average: Almost all understand cyberbullying (95%) and trolling (82%),

• Almost half know about malware (41%) and phishing (44%),
• A quarter (24%) about DDoS
• This drops off for ransomware (17%) cryptomalware (13%)

Finally, the survey asked if a friend was doing things online that could be illegal, what would you do? The survey found that for the most part - teens don't really know what the right thing to do is: