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    This document defines cybercrime and discusses different types of cybercrimes such as crimes against individuals (e.g. phishing, cyberstalking), property (e.g. credit card fraud, intellectual property theft), and organizations (e.g. hacking, denial of service attacks). It also categorizes cybercriminals and classifies various cybercrimes such as software piracy, computer sabotage, hacking, and cyberterrorism.

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    Cybercrime: Definition and Origins of the

    Word
    •A crime conducted in which a computer was
    directly or significantly instrumental”
    • “Cybercrime is any illegal behavior, directed by
    means of electronic operations, that targets the
    security of computer systems and the data
    processed by them.”
    • Computer related crime, Computer crime,
    Internet crime, E-crime, High-tech crime etc. are
    synonymous terms
    Few definition of Cyber Crime
    • A crime committed using a computer and the
    Internet to steal person’s identity
    • Crime completed either on or with a computer
    • Any illegal activity done through the Internet
    or on the computer
    • All criminal activities done using the medium
    of computers, the Internet, cyberspace and
    WWW
    Cybercrime and Information Security

    • Cybersecurity means protecting information,


    equipment, devices, computer, computer
    resource, communication device and
    information stored therein from unauthorized
    access, use, disclosure, disruption,
    modification or destruction
    Who are cybercriminals?
    Categorized in 3 groups:
    • Type I: Cybercriminals-
    Hungry for recognition
    Hobby hackers
    IT professionals
    Politically motivated hackers
    Terrorist organizations
    Who are cybercriminals?

    • Type II: Cybercriminals-


    not interested in recognition
    Psychological perverts
    Financially motivated hackers
    State-sponsored hacking
    Organized criminals
    Who are cybercriminals?
    • Type III: cybercriminals-
    The insiders
    Former employees seeking revenge
    Competing companies using employees to
    gain economic advantage through damage
    and/or theft
    Classification of Cybercrimes

    1.Cybercrime against individual:


    • E-Mail spoofing and other online fraud
    • Phishing
    • Spamming
    • Cyberdefamation
    • Cyberstalking and harassment
    • Computer sabotage
    • Pornographic offenses
    Cont…

    2.Cybercrime against property:

    • Credit card frauds


    • Intellectual property crime
    • Internet time theft
    Cont…
    3.Cybercrime against organization:

    •Unauthorized accessing of computer


    • Password sniffing
    • Denial-of-service attacks
    • Virus
    • E-Mail bombing
    • Salami attack
    • Logic bomb
    Cont…
    • Trojan horse
    • Data diddling
    • Industrial spying
    • Crimes emanating from Usenet newsgroup
    • Computer network intrusions
    • Software piracy
    Cont…
    4. Cybercrime against society:
    • Forgery
    • Cyber terrorism
    • Web jacking
    5. Crimes emanating from Usenet newsgroup:
    • Usenet group may carry very offensive, harmful,
    inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate material or
    postings that have been misplaced or are deceptive
    in another way
    E-Mail Spoofing

    A spoofed email is one in which e-mail header


    is forged so that mail appears to originate
    from one source but actually has been sent
    from another source
    Spamming
    • Spamming means sending multiple copies of
    unsolicited mails or mass e-mails such as chain
    letters.
    • Difficult to control
    • In context of “search engine spamming”,
    spamming is alternation or creation of a
    document with the intent to deceive an
    electronic catalog or filing system
    Cyberdefamation
    • Cognizable offense
    • This occurs when defamation takes place with
    the help of computers and / or the Internet.
    • E.g. someone publishes defamatory matter
    about someone on a website or sends e-mails
    containing defamatory information.
    Internet Time Theft
    • The usage of the Internet hours by an
    unauthorized person which is actually paid by
    another person
    • Comes under hacking
    Salami Attack/Salami Technique
    • When negligible amounts are removed &
    accumulated in to something larger. These
    attacks are used for the commission of
    financial crimes.
    Data Diddling
    • This kind of an attack involves altering raw
    data just before it is processed by a computer
    and then changing it back after the processing
    is completed.
    Forgery
    • Currency notes, revenue stamps, mark sheets
    etc can be forged using computers and high
    quality scanners and printers.
    Web Jacking
    • Hackers gain access and control over the
    website of another, even they change the
    content of website for fulfilling political
    objective or for money.
    Industrial Spying/Industrial Espionage

    • “Spies” can get information about product


    finances, research and development and
    marketing strategies, an activity known as
    Industrial spying.
    Hacking
    • Every act committed toward breaking into
    computer and/or network is hacking
    • The purpose of hacking Power, publicity,
    revenge, adventure, desire to access
    forbidden information, destructive mindset
    Online Frauds
    • Spoofing website and E-Mail security alerts,
    lottery frauds, virus hoax E-Mail Pornographic
    offenses
    • Child pornography means visual depiction
    Software Piracy
    • Theft of software through the illegal copying
    of genuine programs or the counterfeiting and
    distribution of products intended to pass for
    the original.
    • Illegal copying of programs, distribution of
    copies of software
    Computer Sabotage
    • The use of the Internet to hinder the normal
    functioning of a computer system through the
    introduction of worms, viruses or logical
    bombs is referred to as computer sabotage
    E-Mail Bombing/ Mail Bombs
    • Sending a large no. of E-Mails to the victim to
    crash victim’s E-Mail account or to make
    victim’s server crash
    Usenet Newsgroup as the Source of
    Cybercrimes
    • Usenet is a popular means of sharing and
    distributing information on the web with
    respect to specific subjects or topic
    • Following criminal use Usenet:
    • Distribution/sale of pornographic material
    • Distribution/sale of pirated software package
    • Distribution of hacking software
    Computer Network Intrusions
    • Crackers can break into computer systems
    from anywhere in the world and steal data,
    plant viruses, create backdoors, insert trojan
    horse or change username and passwords
    Password Sniffing
    • Programs that monitor and record the name
    and password of network users as they login
    at a site
    Credit Card Frauds
    • Newsgroup Spam/Crimes Emanating from
    Usenet Newsgroup

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