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Cybercrime

This document provides an overview of cyber crime, including its history, definitions, types, perpetrators, and prevention. It discusses how cyber crime involves the use of computers and the internet for illegal activities such as hacking, phishing, stalking, and fraud. The document also outlines classifications of cyber crimes like those against individuals, organizations, and society. It provides examples of specific cyber crimes and describes common cyber criminals like hackers, phishers, and hackers. The document concludes with recommendations for preventing cyber crimes through tools like antivirus software, firewalls, and user education.

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Introduction History of cyber crime What is cyber crime? Classification Types of cyber crime Cyber criminals Prevention Conclusion
 Cyber crime is an “unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or target or both” The term “cyber crime” was first coined by Barry Collins in 1980’s. Criminals simply devise different ways to undertake standard criminal activities such as fraud theft, blackmail, forgery using the new medium, often involving the Internet.
 The first recorded cyber crime took place in the year 1820! The first spam email took place in 1978 when it was sent out over the Arpanet.  The first virus was installed on an Apple computer in 1982. Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by „Mafia Boy‟ on eBay, Yahoo! and other popular sites (2000)  FBI's e-mail system is hacked (Feb,2005)
“Cybercrime is criminal activity done using computers and the Internet.” Criminal activity involving      Information technology infrastructure Illegal access Data interference Misuse of devices Forgery and Electronic fraud.
 Against Individuals  Against Organization  Against Society
 Harassment via e-mails  Email spoofing  Defamation. Unauthorized control/access over computer system  Cheating & Fraud  Phishing
Unauthorized control/access over computer system. Possession of unauthorized information. Cyber terrorism against the government organization. Distribution of pirated software etc.
Polluting the youth through indecent exposure.  Trafficking  Financial crimes  Sale of illegal articles  Online gambling  Forgery
          Hacking Phishing Cyber Stalking Denial of service attack Virus Dissemination Computer Vandalism Cyber Terrorism Software Piracy Email spoofing Trojan attacks
 Hacking in simple terms means an illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network .Also called as cracking! Hacking means finding out weaknesses in an established system and exploiting them. A computer hacker is a person who finds out weaknesses in the computer and exploits it.
      For profit, protest, or challenge. A large fraction of hacker attacks have been pranks Financial Gain Revenge Venting anger at a company or organization Terrorism
A deception designed to steal valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, account data, or other information. In order for Internet criminals to successfully “phish” a personal information, they must go from an email to a website.
It is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk someone. This term is used interchangeably with online harassment and online abuse.
 Attack through which a person can render a system unusable or significantly slow down the system for legitimate users by overloading the system so that no one else can use it.  Act by the criminal, who floods the bandwidth of the victims network.
Malicious software that attaches itself to other software. (virus, worms, Trojan Horse etc.)
 Damaging or destroying data rather than stealing.  Transmitting virus
Use of Internet based attacks in terrorist activities. Technology savvy terrorists are using 512-bit encryption, which is impossible to decrypt.
Theft of software through the illegal copying of genuine programs. Distribution of products intended to pass for the original.
A spoofed email is one that appears to originate from one source but actually has been sent from another source.
The program that act like something useful but do the things that are quiet damping. The programs of this kind are called as Trojans.
Insider Threats Hackers Hactivists' (employees) (teenage thrill-seekers to sophisticated criminals) (overloads e-mail servers or hack web sites to send political message) Virus writers Criminal groups Sensitive intrusions (attack systems & steal password for financial gain) (sensitive information is obtained via computer intrusions) Terrorists Cyber Warfare (who have potential to disrupt government systems with computer attacks) (attack by sovereigns --- Crime or Declaration of war) (writes viruses to that infect systems) Information warfare (alternative to military attacks)
Cyber Crime In India  The majority of cybercrimes are centered on fraud and Phishing,  India is the third-most targeted country for Phishing attacks after the US and the UK,  Social networks as well as ecommerce sites are major targets,  6.9 million bot-infected systems in 2010,  14,348 website defacements in 2010,  6,850 .in and 4,150 .com domains were defaced during 2011,  15,000 sites hacked in 2011,  India is the number 1 country in the world for generating spam.
 Anti-virus software  Firewalls.  Safe surfing.  Frequent virus checks.  Email filters. Frequent password changing.
History is the witness that no legislation has succeeded in totally eliminating crime. We need to bring changes in the Information Technology Act to make it more effective to combat cyber crime.  User awareness is key to a secure computer/network  Do not open suspicious files/emails  Avoid using P2P programs  Avoid downloading freeware
Cybercrime
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