There are a variety of reasons why I am interested in cybersecurity technology. Navigating any aspect of information technology, or just tech in general, from online shopping, browsing news articles, or lurking social media boards, you can see where a criminal element can take advantage of this new space. One social media board that I skim through just be aware of these new techniques points out scams that take place online. People post screenshots of communication logs from Facebook Marketplace, Ebay, and emails. One of the most common scams online are encountered on Ebay, Offer-up, and the Facebook Marketplace. This particular grift attempts to take advantage of the seller, by reaching out and offering more money than the seller is posting on the website, then stating that they live outside of town, or that they are currently enlisted in the military overseas, and want to buy the product for a family member. They state that they will FedEx a certified check to the seller for a greater amount, and have a courier pick up the product. Of course the scammed seller will find out that even though the deposited check clears initially, weeks later that was a bad check, and now they are out of the product, have no money, and suddenly the buyer is unreachable.

In one of the introduction videos of the CYSE 200T class, it is explained that, generally, face to face crime is down, and now there is a new space for this crime to happen. It turns out that much of this is now moved to the online space. Cybersecurity technology is interesting because it will break down how some of these safeguards we sometimes take for granted function. I am eager to learn some of the passive ways this technology protects against some of the petty scams online, but also some of the more sophisticated attempts on bigger industries like power companies, health systems, and governments.