The Cyber Crimes In India

"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.

Source -  http://hackersomesh.blogspot.in/2015/09/know-more-about-hacker.html

♥  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.

Source -  https://hackersomesh.blogspot.in/2016/08/trojan-virus-and-worm.html

♥  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.

Source -   https://hackersomesh.blogspot.in/2016/08/trojan-virus-and-worm.html

♥  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

Source -  http://www.cyberlawsindia.net/

♥   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.

Source -  https://hackersomesh.blogspot.in/2016/05/ways-to-hack-live-web-site.html

♥  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.

Source -  https://hackersomesh.blogspot.in/2016/05/ways-to-hack-live-web-site.html

♥   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.

Source -   http://www.cyberlawsindia.net/

♥   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.

Source -  http://www.cyberlawsindia.net/

♥  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.

Source -  http://www.cyberlawsindia.net/

♥  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.

Source -  http://www.cyberlawsindia.net/

♥  Theft of Internet Hours:-

Unauthorized use of Internet hours paid for by another person.

Source -  http://www.cyberlawsindia.net/

♥  Physically damaging a computer system:-

Physically damaging a computer by sending viruses or anything that can damage our hardware is a crime.

Source -  

By - Somesh Sah

ANDROID NOUGAT “SEAMLESS UPDATES”

IN UPCOMING ANDROID 7.0 i.e NOUGAT, GOOGLE WILL INTRODUCE THE CHANGE IN ITS UPDATE PROCESS.

IT IS REFERRED AS SEAMLESS UPDATE. THROUGH HIS METHOD, THERE WILL BE LESS INTERRUPTION TO THE USER DURING UPDATING THE SMARTPHONE.

SEAMLESS UPDATE WORKS BY USING TWO PARTITIONS: AN ACTIVE SYSTEM PARTITION AND A DORMANT PARTITION, WHICH ARE IMAGES OF EACH OTHER. OTA UPDATE IS DOWNLOADED IN ACTIVE PARTITION AND OTA UPDATE IS INSTALLED IN DORMANT PARTITION. AFTER REBOOT, DORMANT PARTITION BECOME ACTIVE SYSTEM PARTITION AND VICE VERSA . THROUGH THIS PROCESS, NEW UPDATE IS APPLIED.

ADVANTAGES OF SEAMLESS UPDATES

1.       FASTER UPDATE OF SMARTPHONE.

2.       DORMANT PARTITION SERVES AS BACKUP.

3.       BETTER HANDLING OF UPDATE FAILURES.

THIS SEAMLESS UPDATE WILL ONLY WORK WITH PRE-INSTALLED NOUGAT ANDROID SMARTPHONE.

By - V. Bhusan

ROOTKIT

Hey Friends,
Today I am going to introduce term ROOTKIT.

Rootkit is a tool or malicious tool that helps to get back door.
Rootkit is divided into two words ROOT + KIT.... ROOT means root/admin access and KIT means set of tools.
The Rootkit is installed in your computer system through various methods like virus inserted into your system,from download or copy from internet, through email,installing unsafe program etc.
Once a Rootkit is installed , this will create a back door for hackers/attackers which will help in remote access and authorize access.


Some Facts About ROOTKIT

1- It is a Malicious Software
2- It's hard to detect Rootkit, because it activated at the time of booting process.
3- Rootkit is developed for Unix OS.
4- It is limitless, because it also works inside windows directories/functions.
5- Rootkit is mainly used for making money through cyber crimes.
6- It is the most powerful technique among all.



If you want to know more about rootkit...Please visit

1- www.techrepublic.com   click here..
2- www.bleepingcomputer.com  click here..



By - Somesh Sah

⁠⁠⁠Trojan, Virus and Worm..

Hey Friends,
Today, I am going to explain you "Terms Like ⁠⁠⁠Trojans, Viruses and Worms...
There are very useful things for the hackers to get the information about the victim.
They often use these skills to gain access to the victim's systems. The aim of targeting an organization or a victim to steal sensitive data or information and physically damage computer controlled equipment and many more. Trojans, viruses and worms can be used to help to complete above tasks.

Trojan

-The full name of Trojan is a "Trojan Horse".
-A Trojan horse is a kind of a program that allows the attacker/hacker to control the user’s computer from a remote location.
-The program "Trojan" comes with your additional applications that is useful for users.
-When the user install the application, then hacker is able to install malicious softwares, create backdoors, install other unwanted applications that can be used to damage your system.

Activities performed by hacker by using Trojan horse.

-Hacker is able to use the user’s computer as part of the Botnet.
-Damage the user’s computer (crashing, blue screen of death etc.)
-Stealing sensitive data(password,card number etc).
-Modifying files on the user’s computer
-Installs various software like keylogger.
-Viewing the user’s personal data (pictures,screenshot etc)
- Able to Downloading and access all the useful information.



  Worm

A worm is a malicious computer program that replicates itself usually over a computer network. An attacker/hacker use a worm to complete the following tasks...
-Install backdoors on the victim’s computers.
(The created backdoor may be used to create zombie computers that are used to send spam emails, perform distributed denial of service attacks etc. the backdoors can also be exploited by other malware.Worms may also slowdown the network by consuming the bandwidth as they replicate.)
-Install harmful payload code carried within the worm.

Virus

-A virus is a computer program that attaches itself to legitimate programs and files without the user’s consent.
-Viruses can consume computer resources such as memory and CPU time.
-The attacked programs and files are said to be “infected”. A computer virus may be used to....
1-Access private data such as user id and passwords
2-Display annoying messages to the user
3-Corrupt data in your computer
4-Log the user’s keystrokes

These techniques involve deceiving the users to open the files which appear to be normal files such as word or excel documents. Once the file is opened, the virus code is executed and does what it’s intended to do.

Summary

Definition

Trojan - Malicious program used to control a victim’s computer from a remote location.
Worm - Self replicating program that attaches itself to other programs and files
Virus - Illegitimate programs that replicate themselves usually over the network

Purpose

Steal sensitive data, spy on the victim’s computer etc.
Disrupt normal computer usage, corrupt user data etc.
Install backdoors on victim’s computer, slow down the user’s network etc.

Precautions

-Use of anti-virus software (updated),
-Update patches for operating systems,
-Security policy on usage of the internet and external storage media etc.
⁠⁠⁠⁠-Take regular backup



By - Somesh Sah



ALSO READ -


VIRUS using BATCH Files

FOOTPRINTING

Hey Friend,
Today i am here to tell you about Footprinting.

Footprinting 

" Footprinting is defined as the collection of all the information of the victim gathered."  

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"A fine art of gathering target information of the victim."

Types of Footprinting 

1-Active Footprinting
2-Passive Footprinting



Active Footprinting -

In this Footprinting , Hackers/Attacker does not make any direct connection but they can use same source by download as it is, to reduce risk and able to find out almost all the loopholes .
Example is google database hacking.


Passive Footprinting -

In Passive Footprinting, Hacker/Attacker does not make any direct connection/relation with the victim system.
All the information gathered by using internet (via google search ,web sites,social networking etc)


By Somesh Sah

Linux and its Distributions

Hey Friends,
Today i am telling you about LINUX and IT'S DISTRIBUTIONS.


Linux is an open source operating system (For detailed description of Linux click here). So basically Distribution is nothing but the version or types of linux.
In Windows XP 2000,Vista, 8, 8.1 .10  etc are the windows various versions...like that Linux also has different versions or types known as  Distribution or Distro.

There are more than thousand linux operating system, as we all know that Linux is an open source operating system therefore anyone with little knowledge of linux can modify its original source code and make its own linux distribution is also called customized operating system (make modifications according to your need. )

So some famous Linux Distribution are...

1.Arch linux

-It is for developers (Not for beginners)
-Do it yourself Approach based OS
-Fun for Developers
-Light weight  and flexible OS

official website- https://www.archlinux.org/

2.Cent OS

-Mostly used by enterprise and web services
-Free OS
-It is based on Rad Hat enterprise Distro

official website- https://www.centos.org/

3.Gentoo Linux

-It is not for beginners but fun for experience users
-It is Source based Distribution means you have to configure source code of a program before use.
-full to flexible used in any hardware configuration system.

official website- https://www.gentoo.org/

4.Linux Mint

-4th most popular operating system
-launch in 2006
-generally used for desktops and GUI Based

official website- https://www.linuxmint.com/

5.Ubuntu 

-Is the 3rd most popular operating system(after Windows and Mac)
-Used in home Desktop and Laptops
-based on Debian distribution
-Fully GUI Based
-It is also used for mobile,tablets ,cloud etc.

official website- http://www.ubuntu.com/

 

6.Backtrack and Kali Linux

-These are used for Pentesting and Vulnerabilities
-Used by  Hackers for hacking purpose,
- Debian Linux distributing.
- Backtrack is the old distribution of Kali Linux.
-To know more Click here

official website(backtrack)- http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
official website(kali)- https://www.kali.org/

7.Gnome and Zorin

- These have a very attractive GUI and Whereas Zorin Somehow resembles like Windows.
- GNOME Shell is the graphical shell of the GNOME desktop ...
-Zorin OS is a multi-functional operating system designed specifically for Windows users who want to have easy and smooth access to Linux. It is based on Ubuntu, and uses a customized version of Gnome and the Avant Window Navigator which they call the 'Zorin Desktop'.
-GNOME 3 is an easy and elegant way to use your computer. It is designed to put you in control and bring freedom to everybody.
official website(Gnome)- https://www.gnome.org/
official website(Zorin)- http://zorinos.com/

By - Somesh Sah



Also Read this --

• Basic Commands for Linux

• File-system Hierarchy Standard (FHS) in Kali Linux...

• INTRODUCTION TO LINUX

• FASTEST WAY TO LEARN HACKING

DEEP-WEB

WHAT IS “DEEP WEB”?

Deep web is also termed as ‘Invisible Web’ because it is that part of internet that can’t be accessed as through usual browser like Google Chrome, Firefox etc. and couldn’t be indexed by search engines. Websites of deep web particularly use dynamic databases and non-indexed file formats, also they do not have any direct link, that’s why search engine can’t web crawl to them.

How You Can Access Deep Web?

To access deep web, user should download Tor browser and install on there systems. In the address bar of the browser, user should type particular deep web websites. Every deep web sites have .onion domains. Some general deep web sites you can use to explore deep web.

Advantages of Deep Web.

-Anonymity ( User can be anonymous on deep web ).
-User Privacy( no one can distinguish your identity)
-Security of Information.
-Safe from government surveillance like NSA Prism, GHCQ.
-In deep web, user can find various sites which do illegal activities which can be inhumane.

Various Deep Web Search Engines:-

-DeepPeep
-Intute
-Ahmia
-Scirus

 By - VIJAY BHUSAN