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CYBERCRIME

Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks. These crimes involve the use of technology to commit fraud, identity theft, data breaches, computer viruses, scams, and expanded upon in other malicious acts.

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CYBERCRIME

Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks. These crimes involve the use of technology to commit fraud, identity theft, data breaches, computer viruses, scams, and expanded upon in other malicious acts.

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CYBERCRIME

 Or computer crime is any criminal offense that involves a computer and network.
 It can take various forms including the creation of malicious programs, denial of service attacks,
rouge, wi-fi hotspots, data manipulation, identity theft, internet scams and cyberbullying

ASPECTS THAT COMPUTER CRIMINALS CAN BE DANGEROUS:


a. Human threat
b. Organizational threat
c. Group threat
d. National security threat

WHY COMPUTER INCIDENTS ARE PREVALENT


INCREASING COMPLEXITY INCREASES VULNERABILITY
 Increasing the level of complexity Vulnerability is heightened. As more devices are connected to
a network, the number of potential entry points grows, raising the risk of security breaches

HIGHER COMPUTER USER EXPECTATION


 Money equals time the most involved active Computer users can be, the sooner they can sove a
problem. As a result, tech service desks are under tremendous pressure to respond to customer
inquiries as quickly as possible

TCHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT INTRODUCE NEW RISKS


 Knowledge is exchange on networks with millions of other machines due to increased market
demands

INCREASE RELIANCE ON COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE WITH KNOWN VULNERABILITIES


 Many companies are heavily reliant on proprietary software that has known flaws

BRINGING YOUR OWN DEVICE (BYOD) POLICY


 Employees access company data using persona; devices such as cellphones, smartphones, and
notebook computers to stay connected and available at all times, posting a security risk

DELAY IN SOFTWARE UPDATES


 Unaware of the looming dangers and defer program upgrades for a variety of reasons, including
a lack of time, additional costs

CLASSIFICATION OF PERPETRATORS OF COMPUTER CRIME


1. HACKERS
- Do it out of scientific curiosity and see how they can get to information systems and how far
they can go

2. CRACKERS
- Hack into other peoples networks and systems to do things like deface websites, crash
computers, distributed malicious programs or hateful messages

3. MALICIOUS INISDERS
- Often granted access to the networks they misuse, they are difficult to track or avoid
4. INDUSTRIAL SPIES
- They procure trade secrets from their sponsor’s rivals by fraudulent means. Insiders such as
angry employers and ex-employees, are the most common thieves of trade secrets.

5. CYBER CRIMINALS
- Opportunity for materials to gain motivates cybercriminals. They rob by breaking into
company servers and converting funds from account to another, leaving a hopelessly
confusing path for law enforcement to trace.

6. CYBERTERRORISTS
- Advance such as political or social objectives, a cyber terrorist conducts a computer based
assault against other computers or networks in an effort to intimate or coerce a nation

CLASSIFICATION OF HACKERS
1. WHITE HATS HACKERS
- Ethical hackers

2. BLACK HAT HACKERS


- Also known as CRACKERS
- Attempt to obtain unauthorized access to a device in order to disrupt its activities or steal
classified information

3. GRAY HAT HACKERS


- Mix black and white
- They behave w/o malice just for the sake of amusement, they exploit security flaw in a
computer device or network w/o the consent

4. MISCELLANEOUS HACKER
- Types of hackers depending on what they hack and how they hack. The following are some
of them
a. RED HAT HACKER – combination of black and white hat hackers. They operate the level
of hacking government departments, top secret intelligence hubs
b. BLUE HAT HACKER – person who works independently of computer security consultancy
companies and is responsible for bug-testing
c. ELITE HACKER – hackers social standing that is used to identify the most experienced
hacker
d. SCRIPT KIDDIE – non-expert who breaks into computer systems using pre-packaged
programmed tools written by others and no knowledge of the underlying definition
e. GREEN HAT HACKER – newbie, someone who is new to hacking or phreaking and has
little to no understanding
f. HACKTIVIST – hackers who uses computers to spread a message that is psychological,
ideological, moral or governmental.

TYPES OF COMPUTER ATTACKS


1. VIRUSES
- Travels through networks and operating systems and attaching themselves to a variety of
other programs and databases.
- Modify and erase files
2. WORMS
- Repeatedly reproduce themselves. The self-replicating activity clogs computer and networks
until it becomes involved in a network

3. TROJAN HORSES
- Contains malicious code. Seen in free video games and screensaver applications that can be
downloaded from the internet
4. m

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