The document discusses cyber crime and the role of computers in criminal activities. It describes how computers can be used as targets of attacks, tools to enable fraud and other crimes, or accomplices by storing contraband or stolen information unknown to suspects. Various types of cyber criminals are outlined, including hackers, virus writers, criminal groups, terrorists, and those engaging in cyber warfare or information warfare. The computer has increased unethical activities and privacy invasion through criminal uses. Computer ethics examines the social impact of technology and policies for its ethical use.

1. Cyber Crime

2. Impact of Information Technology
• Development of IT has changed our
– societies
– commerce
– lifestyle (communication, working, shopping)

3. Crimes relating to computers
• Definitions
– Computer crimes
– Cyber Crimes
– Electronic crimes
• Problems
– unreported
– lack of training

4. Role of Computer in Crime
• Computer as Target
– Using a Computer to attack victim computers
– Attacks on the confidentiality, integrity or availability of
information or systems
• Computer as Tool
– Fraud
– Gambling
– Pornography
– Piracy
– Harassment

5. Role of Computer in Crime
• Computer as Accomplice
– Personal information (diaries, downloaded e-
mails)
– Contraband (porn)
– Stolen Information (trade secrets, credit cards)
– Key evidence unknown to suspect!!!

6. Cyber-criminals
• Insider threats (employees)
• Hackers (teenage thrill-seekers to sophisticated criminals)
• Hactivists (overloads e-mail servers or hack web sites to send political
message)
• Virus writers
• Criminal groups (attack systems & steal password for financial gain)
• Sensitive intrusions (sensitive information is obtained via computer
intrusions)
• Information warfare (alternative to military attacks)
• Terrorists (who have potential to disrupt government systems with
computer attacks)
• Cyber Warfare (attack by sovereigns --- Crime or Declaration of war)

7. • The computer is considered as one of the
most important technological advances and
back bone of the twentieth century.
• But in turn, they have increased the using
computers for unethical activities, privacy
invasion and illegal purposes leading purposes
leading to serious ethical issues.
• Some of the issues arise due to the computer
abuse are Hacking, cyber crime, computer
virus, software piracy, cyber squatting and
internet defamation

8. • Computer Ethics is the study of ethical issues that are
associated primarily with computing machines and the
computing profession
• It is field of applied professional ethics dealing with
ethical problems aggravated, transformed or created by
computer technology.
• Thus computer ethics is the analysis of the nature and
social impact of computer technology and the
corresponding formulation and justification policies for
the ethical use of technology.

9. • Don’t use a computer to harm other people.
• Don’t interfere with other people's computer work.
• Don’t snoop around in other people's files.
• Don’t use a computer to steal.
• Don’t use a computer to bear false witness.
• Don’t use or copy commercial software for which you
have not paid.
• Don’t use other people's computer resources without
authorization.
• Don’t appropriate other people's intellectual output.
• Think about the social consequences of the program you
write.
• Use a computer in ways that show consideration and
respect.

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