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Cyber Crime: by - Akanksha Mishra & Aakansha Jain Krishna House

This document discusses cyber crime, which refers to illegal activities conducted online. It is defined as unlawful acts where a computer is used as a tool or target. Common types of cyber crimes include hacking, theft of electronic information, email bombing, and denial of service attacks. Cyber crimes can be classified as being against individuals, individual property, organizations, or society at large. Examples provided include harassment, stalking, software piracy, and child pornography. The document concludes with tips for improving online security such as using antivirus software, firewalls, and being cautious about sharing personal information online.

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Cyber Crime: by - Akanksha Mishra & Aakansha Jain Krishna House

This document discusses cyber crime, which refers to illegal activities conducted online. It is defined as unlawful acts where a computer is used as a tool or target. Common types of cyber crimes include hacking, theft of electronic information, email bombing, and denial of service attacks. Cyber crimes can be classified as being against individuals, individual property, organizations, or society at large. Examples provided include harassment, stalking, software piracy, and child pornography. The document concludes with tips for improving online security such as using antivirus software, firewalls, and being cautious about sharing personal information online.

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CYBER CRIME

By--- Akanksha Mishra


&
Aakansha Jain
KrIsHnA hOuSe……
CYBER CRIME……
• In simple words, it means

Illeagal activity
committed
On internet
DICTIONARY DEFINITION
• "Itis a criminal activity committed on the
internet. This is a broad term that describes
everything from electronic cracking to
denial of service attacks that cause
electronic commerce sites to lose money".
• A generalized definition of cyber crime may
be “ unlawful acts wherein the computer is
either a tool or target or both………..
REASONS FOR CYBER CRIME..
• Capacity to store data in comparatively small
space
• Easy to access
• Complex
• Negligence
• Laws of evidence…
MODE AND MANNER OF COMMITTING CYBER
CRIME…..
• Unauthorized access to computer systems or networks /
Hacking
• Theft of information contained in electronic form
• Email bombing
• Data diddling
• Salami attacks
• Denial of service attack
• Virus/ worm attacks
• Logic bombs
• Torjan attacks
• Internet time thefts
• Web jacking
CLASSIFICATION
Against individuals
Against individual
property
Against organisations
Against society at large
AGAINST INDIVIDUALS….
• Harassment via e-mails.
• Cyber-stalking or threatening.
• Dissemination of obscene material.
• Defamation.
• Unauthorized control/access over computer
system….hacking
• Indecent exposure
• Email spoofing.
• Cheating & Fraud
AGAINST INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY
• Computer vandalism. purview any kind of physical harm
done to the computer of any person. These acts may take
the form of the theft of a computer, some part of a
computer or a peripheral attached to the computer or by
physically damaging a computer or its peripherals.
• Transmitting virus.
• Unauthorized control/access over computer system.
• Intellectual Property crimes…distribution of
pirated software
• Internet time thefts
AGAINST ORGANISATIONS..
• Unauthorized control/access over computer system
• Possession of unauthorized information.
• Cyber terrorism against the government
organization…. cyber terrorism is a global concern,
which has domestic as well as international
consequences. The common form of these terrorist
attacks on the Internet is by distributed denial of
service attacks, hate websites and hate emails,
attacks on sensitive computer networks, etc.
• Distribution of pirated software etc.
AGAINST SOCIETY AT LARGE
• Pornography (basically child pornography).
• Polluting the youth through indecent exposure.
• Trafficking
• Financial crimes
• Sale of illegal articles
• Online gambling
• Forgery: credit card crimes, contractual crimes,
offering jobs
5 P MANTRA FOR ONLINE SECURITY
Precaution

Prevention

Protection

Preservation

Perseverance
CONCLUSION…..~
• avoid disclosing any information pertaining to oneself
• avoid sending any photograph online
• .always use latest and up date anti virus software to guard against virus
attacks
• .always keep back up volumes
• .never send your credit card number to any site that is not secured, to
guard against frauds.
• it is better to use a security programme that gives control over the cookies
and send information back to the site as leaving the cookies unguarded
might prove fatal.
• Web site owners must put host-based intrusion detection devices on
servers
• use of firewalls may be beneficial.
• web servers running public sites must be physically separate protected
from internal corporate network.
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