The document discusses several real-life cases of cybercrimes across different industries in Pakistan. It provides 10 examples of cybercrimes including DDoS attacks against PTCL networks, a "destructive" malware attack on the National Bank of Pakistan affecting its backend systems, a phishing scam that tricked an Austrian company into transferring $42 million, an early 2000s botnet spammer that infected over a million computers, a deepfake phone call that scammed a UK energy company's CEO, an online investment scam in Peshawar that defrauded over 100,000 investors, and defines the corresponding category of cybercrime for each case.
The document discusses several real-life cases of cybercrimes across different industries in Pakistan. It provides 10 examples of cybercrimes including DDoS attacks against PTCL networks, a "destructive" malware attack on the National Bank of Pakistan affecting its backend systems, a phishing scam that tricked an Austrian company into transferring $42 million, an early 2000s botnet spammer that infected over a million computers, a deepfake phone call that scammed a UK energy company's CEO, an online investment scam in Peshawar that defrauded over 100,000 investors, and defines the corresponding category of cybercrime for each case.
The document discusses several real-life cases of cybercrimes across different industries in Pakistan. It provides 10 examples of cybercrimes including DDoS attacks against PTCL networks, a "destructive" malware attack on the National Bank of Pakistan affecting its backend systems, a phishing scam that tricked an Austrian company into transferring $42 million, an early 2000s botnet spammer that infected over a million computers, a deepfake phone call that scammed a UK energy company's CEO, an online investment scam in Peshawar that defrauded over 100,000 investors, and defines the corresponding category of cybercrime for each case.
The document discusses several real-life cases of cybercrimes across different industries in Pakistan. It provides 10 examples of cybercrimes including DDoS attacks against PTCL networks, a "destructive" malware attack on the National Bank of Pakistan affecting its backend systems, a phishing scam that tricked an Austrian company into transferring $42 million, an early 2000s botnet spammer that infected over a million computers, a deepfake phone call that scammed a UK energy company's CEO, an online investment scam in Peshawar that defrauded over 100,000 investors, and defines the corresponding category of cybercrime for each case.
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Surah Al-
Name: Hafiz Faizan Ahmed
Baqarah Roll No: SP22-BSE-048 Section: C Surah Al-Baqarah Course: Professional Practices Date: 05 December 2022 Surah Al-Baqarah Surah Al-Baqarah occurring in this Surah (verses 67-73) though this is not the only event Assignment # 3 Dr Tariq Umer occurring in this Surah (verses 67-73) though this is not the only event occurring in this Surah (verses 67-73) though this is not the only event Keeping in view the Key Cybercrime types, search the web/newspapers and give examples of real-life cases for each type of crime for a different type of industry/business/organization such as banks, e-commerce, etc. Give any 10 cases with references; also define the category/ type of crime Answer
Cybercrime: Cybercrime refers to any illegal activity carried out using computers or the internet. Cybercriminals — ranging from rogue individuals to organized crime groups to state-sponsored factions — use techniques like phishing, social engineering, and all kinds of malware as part of their cyber attacks According to latest reports, the Federal Investigating Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime increases 83% in Pakistan in this year (2022). There has been huge Rise of cybercrime Complaints during the last three 3 years. Types of Cybercrime: Following are some of the Cybercrime types: Malware attack Ransomware attack IOT attack Botnet Attack Phishing Attack And many more etc. Real Life cases of cybercrime: Case # 1: PTCL under Attack Several websites of the Pakistan government have come under distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but no data was lost or stolen, A spokesperson of the NTC said tha the cyberattacks were launched against the PTCL networks and that an investigation was under way. Cyberattack Category: DDoS Attack Definition: Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are a subclass of denial of service (DoS) attacks. A DDoS attack involves multiple connected online devices, collectively known as a botnet, which are used to overwhelm a target website with fake traffic. Case # 2: National Bank Of Pakistan The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has suffered what two sources have described to The Record as a “destructive” cyberattack The incident, which took place on the night between Friday and Saturday, impacted the bank’s backend systems and affected servers used to interlink the bank’s branches, the backend infrastructure controlling the bank’s ATM network, and the bank’s mobile apps. Cyberattack Category: Malware Attack Definition: Software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system. Case # 3: FACC (€42 million) In January 2016, an employee at the Austrian aerospace parts manufacturer FACC received an email asking the organization to transfer €42 million to another account as part of an “acquisition project”. The message appeared to come from the organization’s CEO, Walter Stephan, but was in fact a scam. Cyberattack Category: Phishing Attack Definition: Phishing is when attackers send malicious emails designed to trick people into falling for a scam. Typically, the intent is to get users to reveal financial information, system credentials or other sensitive data. Case # 4: Earth link Spammer Any good history starts at the beginning. The first botnet to gain public notoriety was a spammer built by Khan K. Smith in 2000. The botnet sent 1.25 million emails – phishing scams masked as communications from legitimate websites – in a little over a year. Smith hoped to collect sensitive information like credit card numbers or downloaded viruses onto victims’ computers that would remotely feed him information. Eventually, Smith was sued for $25 million by EarthLink for using their network for his spam scheme, which earned him at least $3 million. Cyberattack Category: Botnet Definition: Botnet is a network of hijacked computers and devices infected with bot malware and remotely controlled by a hacker. The bot network is used to spam and launch distributed Denial of Services [DDoS] attacks and may be rented out to other cybercriminals Case # 5: Deep fake Attack on UK company In march 2019, The CEO of the UK energy In March 2019, the CEO of a UK energy provider received a phone call from someone who sounded exactly like his boss. The call was so convincing that the CEO ended up transferring $243,000 to a “Hungarian supplier” — a bank account that actually belonged to a scammer. Cyberattack Category: Social Engineering Definition: Social engineering is an attack vector that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves manipulating people into breaking normal security procedures and best practices to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks or physical locations or for financial gain. Case # 6: PSlash in Peshawar Pakistan The company, PSlash, opened an office in Peshawar’s Deans Trade Center in January this year, promising profits of up to 13 percent on investments in real estate and digital and foreign currency. On its last day of operation on November 19, the firm had 105,000 registered investors, a former employee told Arab News. But on November 20, a notification appeared on the website: “System is hacked.” Since then, victims of the scam say they are unable to reach any of the people who had said they were employed with the company. Many have lost their entire lifesavings. Cyberattack Category: Online Scam Attack Definition: The internet fraud involves using online services and software with access to Internet to defraud or take advantages of victims. The term "internet fraud" generally covers cybercrime activity that takes place over the internet or on email, including crimes like identity theft, phishing, and other hacking activities designed to scam people out of money.
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