【一起听英语】网络犯罪
网络的发展，给我们带来便利的同时，也带来了问题。其中之一就是网络犯罪....
Dan: Hello, I'm Dan.
Rob: And I'm Rob.
Dan: And this is 6 Minute English! This week we're talking about cyber crime.
Rob: Yes, cyber crime. It's something we're hearing more and more about. This is
crime that takes place over a computer network.
Dan: Rob, have you ever been the victim of cyber crime?
Rob: Well, I don't think so. I always use security software on my computer and keep
all my passwords private.
Dan: That's a good idea. I do the same but it still seems possible for hackers 1 to
access our computers. More on that in a minute but first I have a question for
you, Rob.
Rob: I thought you might!
Dan: Well, here goes. According to a recent UK government study, how much does
cyber crime cost the UK economy? Is it:
a) £27 million a year
b) £27 billion a year, or
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c) £270 billion a year
Rob: I’d take a guess at £27 million a year.
Dan: OK, well, as usual, I'll tell you the correct answer at the end of the programme.
Now let's talk a bit more about what's happening in the world of cyber crime.
Rob: This online crime is becoming more commercialised and this is what experts
were recently discussing at a meeting in London.
Dan: So criminals are carrying out illegal practices online and cashing in on them
by selling their services to other people.
Rob: And internet security experts want to stop this.
Dan: That’s right. They're calling it a cyber war. It's a sort of virtual war. But who
exactly are they fighting?
Rob: Well, it's computer hackers, many of who are teenagers working on their
computers at home.
Dan: But there's a worry their work is overlapping 2 with the world of criminal
networks. And Charlie McMurdy of the Police Central e-crime Unit says this
work is international.
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Every investigation 3 has international aspects to it. You don't have to, like your old, say,
the armed robbery team who used to meet in the dark and dangerous pub… Well, on
the internet you can meet virtually and work as a criminal enterprise, even though
you’re in different parts of the world.
Dan: Charlie McMurdy says cyber crime is different from old fashioned crimes.
Criminals can meet virtually anywhere and work as a criminal enterprise - like
a business.
Rob: So they meet virtually. They don't meet physically 4, face to face, but they
communicate via the internet.
Dan: Yes. It's a big problem. Did you know there are nine new unique threats
detected every second in cyberspace 5?
Rob: Wow, that is a lot. And what exactly do they do?
Dan: Well, they are hijacking 6 - or taking over - home computers and turning them
in to botnets.
Rob: Botnets - tell us more about that, Dan.
Dan: Well, these are a network of computers taken over by hackers and used for
malicious 7 purposes. They infect the computers with software that enables
them to control them remotely.
Rob: And this sort of activity is becoming more commercialised?
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Dan: It is. Tony Osborn from security company Symantec uses another word,
'industrialised'.
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What we’ve found over the last few years is a maturing, so it's like the industrialisation
of this business. Part of one organisation 8 might be selling botnet facilities, so you can
rent our botnet for $100 or whatever, and that will give you access to these number of
devices. And that you give us the malicious code, the malware, the spam and we will
inject that into the botnets, and for a period of time we will then send those out.
Dan: Tony Osborn says the business is maturing.
Rob: So that means it's fully 9 developed and it's becoming big business. One
example is hackers renting out access to botnets. They give you access to a
number of devices for a fee - for money.
Dan: And then they inject your malicious codes, malware and spam into other
people's computers.
Rob: Spam. That's when you send the same message indiscriminately to a large
numbers of recipients 10 on the Internet.
Dan: And we don't have much control over this. But the UK government is planning
to spend £650 million on improving cyber security. But what should it be spent
on? John Bassett from the Royal United Services Institute thinks there are
number of priorities.
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How that is going to be spent in the context of the Ministry 11 of Defence, how that's going
to be spent in terms of network defence overall. What's going to be done in terms of
public awareness 12, what are we going to do about bringing on more cyber experts? All
four of those, I think, are important and the cornerstone of good cyber security has to be
based on education.
Dan: So John Bassett is talking about areas of cyber security where he thinks money
could be spent. And he talked about education and public awareness.
Rob: Public awareness is all about educating people on good cyber security. The
risks from cyber crime are everywhere, from fraud to espionage 13 and even
Dan: It seems to be the big crime of the 21st century and it's costing us a lot of
money.
Rob: That's right, and Dan, earlier you asked me a question. According to a UK
government study, how much is it costing the economy? £27 million a year,
£27 billion a year or £270 billion a year?
Dan: And you said?
Rob: I said £27 million a year. Am I right?
Dan: No, you’re not! It's actually £27 billion a year, and that's a lot of money.
Rob: It really is, isn’t it, yeah.
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Dan: OK, Rob, well, before we go, let’s hear some of the words and phrases that
we’ve used in today’s programme.
Rob: cyber crime
hackers
commercialised
cashing in
enterprise
hijack
botnets
malicious
industrialised
espionage
Dan: Thanks, Rob. Well, we hope you’ve found today's 6 Minute English interesting
- and that you’ll join us again next time.
Both: Bye.
- They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网
- There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
- A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
- Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
- She travels in cyberspace by sending messages to friends around the world.她利用电子空间给世界各地的朋友们发送信件。
- The teens spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.青少年花费在电脑上的时间比他们和真正的朋友及家人在一起的时间要多。
- You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
- Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。
- The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
- His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。