Cyber Crime
WHAT IS COMPUTER CRIME ?
All crimes performed or resorted to by abuse of electronic media or otherwise, with the purpose of influencing the functioning of a computer or computer system.
IN SHORT
COMPUTER CRIME is any crime where – Ø Computer is a target. Ø Computer is a tool of crime Ø Computer is medium to crime
Profile of Cyber Criminal
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Disgruntled employees. Teenagers. Professional Hackers. Business Rivals. Political Hacktivists. Ex-Boy Friend. Divorced Husbands, etc
People are vulnerable to Cyber Crime
Because of :Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø
Anonymity of the offender Huge storage capacity of Computers Weakness in Operating Systems Ignorance of users Geographical Distance Easy to create email address with any name Mostly uncensored use of free premium software (Software Piracy)
Types of Cyber Crime
( This is not exhaustive list of cyber crime )
Ø HACKING Ø DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK Ø VIRUS DISSEMINATION Ø SOFTWARE PIRACY Ø PORNOGRAPHY Ø IRC Crime Ø CREDIT CARD FRAUD
Ø NET EXTORTION Ø PHISHING Ø SPOOFING Ø CYBER STALKING Ø CYBER DEFAMATION Ø THREATENING Ø SALAMI ATTACK
HACKING
Hacking, in simple terms, means illegal intrusion into a computer system without permission of the computer owner / user.
DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK
This is an act by the criminal who floods the bandwidth of the victim’s network or fills his e-mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is entitled to access or provide
VIRUS DISSEMINATION
Virus is a malicious software that attaches itself to other software and causes break down of the operating system in extreme cases. The kinds of viruses are –
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worms, Trojan Horse, Time bomb virus, Logic Bomb, True Love Spyware Malware Hoaxes Rabbit and Bacterium etc. are the malicious software.
SOFTWARE PIRACY
Ø Theft of software through illegal copying of original programs or counterfeiting and distribution of the products intended to pass for the original. Ø Retail
All crimes performed or resorted to by abuse of electronic media or otherwise, with the purpose of influencing the functioning of a computer or computer system.
IN SHORT
COMPUTER CRIME is any crime where – Ø Computer is a target. Ø Computer is a tool of crime Ø Computer is medium to crime
Profile of Cyber Criminal
Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø
Disgruntled employees. Teenagers. Professional Hackers. Business Rivals. Political Hacktivists. Ex-Boy Friend. Divorced Husbands, etc
People are vulnerable to Cyber Crime
Because of :Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø
Anonymity of the offender Huge storage capacity of Computers Weakness in Operating Systems Ignorance of users Geographical Distance Easy to create email address with any name Mostly uncensored use of free premium software (Software Piracy)
Types of Cyber Crime
( This is not exhaustive list of cyber crime )
Ø HACKING Ø DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK Ø VIRUS DISSEMINATION Ø SOFTWARE PIRACY Ø PORNOGRAPHY Ø IRC Crime Ø CREDIT CARD FRAUD
Ø NET EXTORTION Ø PHISHING Ø SPOOFING Ø CYBER STALKING Ø CYBER DEFAMATION Ø THREATENING Ø SALAMI ATTACK
HACKING
Hacking, in simple terms, means illegal intrusion into a computer system without permission of the computer owner / user.
DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK
This is an act by the criminal who floods the bandwidth of the victim’s network or fills his e-mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is entitled to access or provide
VIRUS DISSEMINATION
Virus is a malicious software that attaches itself to other software and causes break down of the operating system in extreme cases. The kinds of viruses are –
Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø
worms, Trojan Horse, Time bomb virus, Logic Bomb, True Love Spyware Malware Hoaxes Rabbit and Bacterium etc. are the malicious software.
SOFTWARE PIRACY
Ø Theft of software through illegal copying of original programs or counterfeiting and distribution of the products intended to pass for the original. Ø Retail