This document provides an overview of cyber crime including its history, classification, relevant laws in India, a case study, and safety tips. It begins by defining cyber crime as any crime involving a computer and network, where the computer may be used to enable or be the target of criminal acts. The document then outlines the history of cyber crime from the early 1800s through 2000, classifies cyber crimes as those against individuals, property, and organizations, discusses cyber laws in India and how they aim to support e-commerce, presents statistics on cyber crime cases from a 2013 NCRB report, and concludes with safety tips to help prevent falling victim to cyber crime.

2. What Is Cyber Crime?
History
Classification Of Cyber Crime
Cyber Laws In India
Case Study
Safety Tips To Cyber Crime
Conclusion

3. What is cyber crime?
Cyber Crime or Computer Crime
refers to any crime that involves
a computer and a network .The
computer may have been used in
the commission of crime, or it
may be the target.

4. History
• The first recorded cyber crime took place
in the year 1820.
• The firm spam e-mail took place in 1978
when it was sent out over the Arpanet.
• The first Virus was installed on an Apple
computer in1982.
• Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by
‘Mafia Boy’ on eBay, Yahoo!, Amazon
And other popular sites (2000).

5. Classification
of cyber
crime
Against
Individual
Against
Property
Against
Organisation

6. (i) Email spoofing
(ii) Spamming
(iii) Cyber Defamation
(iv) Harassment &
Cyber stalking
Against Individual

7. Against property
(i) Credit Card Fraud
(ii) Intellectual Property crimes:
Software piracy
Copyright infringement
Trademarks violations
Theft of computer source code
(iii) Internet time theft

8. Against organisation
(i) Unauthorized Accessing
of Computer
(ii) Denial Of Service
(iii) Virus attack
(iv) Email Bombing

10. Cyber laws in India
IT Act 2000
IT Amendment bill 2006
• Aims to provide the legal infrastructure for e-commerce
in India.
• A major impact for e-businesses and the new economy
in India.
IT Amendment Bill 2008

11. Case Study
Cyber Crime activities rare in north eastern states . Only one case each in
Nagaland and Mizoram.
Most dramatic increase in cases in Uttarakhand at 475% (from 4 cases to
23)
The highest incidents of cyber crime in Maharashtra (907) followed by
Uttar Pradesh (682) and Andhra Pradesh (651)
Rapid increase in cyber crime by 50% from 2012 to 2013.Maximum
offenders from the 18-30 age group
Cyber Crime Statistics for the 2013 year.
The Nation Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs

14. Safety tips to Cyber Crime
• Use hard to guess passwords
• Use anti-virus software and firewalls-keep
them up to date
• Don’t open email or attachments from
unknown sources.
• Uninstall unnecessary software
• Maintain backup.
• Do not reveal personal information to an
unknown source.
• Learn more about Internet privacy.

15. Conclusion...
“Bytes are replacingbullets inthe modern
world”