NEW GLOBAL CYBERCRIMES CALL FOR HIGH-TECH CYBER-COPS.

Almost every day we see reports of cybercrimes, whether involving hacking into a company's data system and stealing millions of customer accounts or exposing yet another identity theft scheme. In 2013, there were 13.1 million victims of identity theft in the United States losing more than $18 billion, which was actually a decrease of $3 billion from the previous year (Javelin Strategy & Research, 2014)! Large and small businesses, as well as individuals can be attacked and those attacks are not always by the typical hackers. Lately, we have been besieged by ransomware, click-jacking, doxxing, phishing, pharming, and even mini-drones (Ikseu & Yongyun, 2015). The expansion around the world of these high-tech cyber-crimes call for new methods and new technologies to thwart these attacks and dismantle the criminal enterprises. In this paper, the authors examine some of the latest cybercrime threats and offer recommendations to thwart those crimes and stop cyber-criminals who use technology to steal from or cause harm to individuals and/or businesses alike. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]