"Cyber Crime defined
as a crime that is done from system using Internet."
Or
"Cyber Crime is
unlawful act done from the digital devices using Internet."
Or
According to whatis.com...
" Cyber crime, also called computer crime, is any illegal activity that involves a computer or network-connected device, such as a mobile phone or computer or laptops."
In the world
of computers Cyber Crimes is done in two ways -
1- Computer as a Target - Using a computer attack to other computers.
eg- Hacking, send Virus/Worm , DOS attack etc.
2- Computer
as a weapon - Using a computer to commit crimes.
eg- Credit card frauds, Pornography etc.
Cyber Crimes
are -
♥ Unauthorized access & Hacking
Using other
system without its permission or acknowledgment.
♥ Trojan Attack
A Trojan
horse is a kind of a program that allows the attacker/hacker to control the
user’s computer from a remote location.
♥ Virus
and Worm attack
A worm is a
malicious computer program that replicates itself usually over a computer
network.
A virus is a
computer program that attaches itself to legitimate programs and files without
the user’s consent.
♥ E-mail & IRC related crimes
1. Email
spoofing
2. Email
Spamming
3 Sending
malicious codes through email
4. Email
bombing
5. Sending
threatening emails
6.
Defamatory emails
7. Email
frauds
8. IRC ( Internet
Relay Chat ) related
♥ Denial of Service attacks:-
Flooding a
computer resource with more requests than it can handle. This causes the
resource to crash thereby denying access of service to authorized users.
♥ Distributed
DOS
A
distributed denial of service (DoS) attack is accomplished by using the
Internet to break into computers and using them to attack a network.
Hundreds or
thousands of computer systems across the Internet can be turned into “zombies”
and used to attack another system or website.
♥ Pornography
♥ Forgery
♥ Cyber
Terrorism:-
Targeted
attacks on military installations, power plants, air traffic control, banks,
trail traffic control, telecommunication networks are the most likely targets.
Others like police, medical, fire and rescue systems etc.
Cyberterrorism
is an attractive option for modern terrorists for several reasons.
1.It is
cheaper than traditional terrorist methods.
2.Cyberterrorism
is more anonymous than traditional terrorist methods.
3.The
variety and number of targets are enormous.
4.Cyberterrorism
can be conducted remotely, a feature that is especially appealing to
terrorists.
5.Cyberterrorism
has the potential to affect directly a larger number of people.
♥ Banking/Credit card Related crimes:-
stolen card information or fake credit/debit
cards are common.
Bank
employee can grab money using programs to deduce small amount of money from all
customer accounts and adding it to own account also called as salami.
Source -
♥ E-commerce/ Investment Frauds:-
♥ Online gambling:-
There are
millions of websites hosted on servers abroad, that offer online gambling. In
fact, it is believed that many of these websites are actually fronts for money
laundering.
♥ Identity Theft :-
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in countries like America.
Identity
theft occurs when someone appropriates another's personal information without
their knowledge to commit theft or fraud.
♥ Data
diddling:-
Information
is changed from the way it should be entered by a person typing in the data, a
virus that changes data, the programmer of the database or application, or
anyone else involved in the process of having information stored in a computer
file.
♥ Theft
of Internet Hours:-
Unauthorized
use of Internet hours paid for by another person.
♥ Physically damaging a computer system:-
Physically
damaging a computer by sending viruses or anything that can damage our hardware
is a crime.
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