unrestricted number of free Web sites‚ the Internet is undeniably open to exploitation. Known as cyber crimes‚ these activities involve the use of computers‚ the Internet‚ cyberspace and the World Wide Web. Any criminal activity that uses a computer either as an instrumentality‚ target or a means for perpetuating further crimes comes within the ambit of cyber crime. While the worldwide scenario on cyber crime looks bleak‚ the situation in India isn’t any better.Despite the Information Technology Act‚ 2000
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Cases Operation Ghost Click International Cyber Ring That Infected Millions of Computers Dismantled 11/09/11 Six Estonian nationals have been arrested and charged with running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry. Users of infected machines were unaware that their computers had been compromised—or that the malicious software rendered their machines
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countries of the Asia-Pacific region come up with an assessment of the situation‚ followed by guidelines for action to combat the incidence of malicious attacks on the confidentiality‚ integrity and availability of electronic data and systems‚ computer-related crimes‚ such as forgery and fraud‚ content related offenses‚ such as those related to child pornography‚ and violations of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Further‚ threats to critical infrastructure and national interests arising from the use
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the internet‚ it is also a haven for people who commit certain crimes such as pornography‚ defamation‚ fraud‚ computer hacking or misuse. To set an example‚ a computer misuse was demonstrated when a Filipino hacker created a virus “Love Bug” which destroyed data in 45 million computers and caused damaged worth $10 billion. However‚ the offender was never punished because the Philippine’s at that time had no law criminalizing computer misuse. In other countries such as the United States‚ there were
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best to fight against this crime for years. (Small Scottish Software Company shows early sign of growth‚ 2006‚ Retrieved on 29 November 2006‚ from http://press.arrivenet.com/technology/article.php/874070.html) Based on a research regarding “Piracy Rate in Asia Pacific”‚ Malaysia obtained an average piracy rate‚ which is 61%. Compared to last year’s research‚ the piracy rate went down by 2%. The study was done due to examine the effort being devoted to fight the crime as well as to clearly define
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The computer world gives criminals a large amount of power because victims can just about anyone and can happen internationally (Maras‚ 2015). It can be hard for law enforcement to understand cybercrime because of how fast new crimes are committed and the new ways to commit those crimes is constantly changing (Maras‚ 2015). For example‚ various ways to commit cybercrime include hacking‚ malware‚ cyberterrorism‚ cyberextortion‚ and cybervandalism (Maras‚ 2015). It can be hard for law enforcement to
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2012 Internet Security and Cyber Crime / REVISION Society as a whole depends upon a basic human need for security. Over the last decade the relationship between security and society has grown complex and the balance between the two has been challenged by the introduction of the internet and digital technologies. Since the internet was developed in the 1960s to maintain communications in the event of nuclear war a lot has changed. By the 1980s‚ millions of computers‚ business and personal‚ were connected
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Press Clarke‚ Richard A. (2010). Cyber War. HarperCollins. Csonka P. (2000) Internet Crime; the Draft council of Europe convention on cyber-crime: A response to the challenge of crime in the age of the “Cybercrime More Profitable Than Drugs”‚ Sydney Morning Herald‚ June 9‚ 2009 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/cyber-crime-moreprofitable-than-drugs-20090609-c1qm.html Fafinski‚ S. (2009) Computer Misuse: Response‚ regulation and the law. Faturechi‚ Robert. “It was the text message
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TECHNOLOGY ACT‚ 2000 The Act rather than giving information and technology gives rise to cyber crime. 2011 11/14/2011 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT‚ 2000 The Act rather than giving information and technology gives rise to cyber crime. 2011 11/14/2011 Table of Contents Introduction 3 The Information Technology Act‚ 2000 5 Positive Aspects of Information Technology Act: 9 Rise of Cyber Crime 11 Caselet 14 Statistics and Facts 18 Case Study 28 Case Study 1 28 Case study 2
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Real world cyber crime cases This document is an extract from the book Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence – Indian Perspective authored by Rohas Nagpal. This book is available as courseware for the Diploma in Cyber Law and PG Program in Cyber Law conducted by Asian School of Cyber Laws www.asianlaws.org Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence – Indian Perspective 23. Real World Cases This chapter serves as a ready reference guide. First the various scenarios are covered. A detailed discussion on
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