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Cyber World

This document provides an introduction to cyber space, cyber crime, and cyber laws. It defines cyber space as the virtual environment involving interactions between people, software, and services, including computers, networks, data storage, the internet, and electronic devices. Cyber security refers to technologies and procedures that safeguard online resources from unauthorized access. Cyber crimes can target individuals, property, organizations, or society through illegal computer access, viruses, phishing, intellectual property theft, and other offenses. Cyber laws in India are outlined in the Information Technology Act of 2000.

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Cyber World

This document provides an introduction to cyber space, cyber crime, and cyber laws. It defines cyber space as the virtual environment involving interactions between people, software, and services, including computers, networks, data storage, the internet, and electronic devices. Cyber security refers to technologies and procedures that safeguard online resources from unauthorized access. Cyber crimes can target individuals, property, organizations, or society through illegal computer access, viruses, phishing, intellectual property theft, and other offenses. Cyber laws in India are outlined in the Information Technology Act of 2000.

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INTRODUCTION TO

CYBER SPACE
CYBER CRIME
CYBER LAWS
CYBER SECURITY
CYBER SPACE
 Environment that involves interactions
between people, software, and services.

 MAINTAINED BY WHOM

 INCLUDES : computers, networks, software,


data storage devices (e.g., hard disks), the
internet, websites, emails and also includes
even electronic devices such as Cell Phones,
ATM Machines etc.
DEFINING CYBER SPACE

 A Virtual Medium
 24x7x365

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ALSO

Cyberspace is a space based on bits and bytes.


CYBER SECURITY

 Denotes the technologies and procedures to


safeguard resources from unlawful admittance
through the Internet.

 ISO 27001 (ISO27001) International Cyber


Security standard for managing IS management
system.
CYBER SECURITY POLICY
  an authority framework that defines and guides
the activities associated with the security of
cyberspace.

 Provides an outline to effectively protect


information, information systems and networks.

 Manages the entire field of ICT users and


providers.
CYBER CRIMES

 Crimes directed at a computer or a computer


network.

 Regulatory mechanism in cyberspace.

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CYBER CRIME

 Computer crime/ cyber crime/electronic


crime/ hi-tech crime normally refers to a
criminal activity where computer or network
is used as a tool or target of a crime.
 Computer as a tool :When individual is the
main target of the crime committed by the
offenders then the computer can be described
as a tool and not the target (e.g., cyber
stalking, cyber theft etc.).

 Computer as a target :These crimes are


committed by a selected group of people with
technical knowledge by committing a series of
acts in the planned manner (e.g., web
defacement, cyber terrorism etc.).
CATEGORIES
CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIME
 Cyber crimes against persons(include harassment of
someone with the use of a computer )

 Cyber crimes against property (intellectual property


crimes, cyber vandalism )

 Cyber crimes against government/firm/company/group of


individuals(include cyber terrorism ,pyrated software
distribution)

 Cyber crimes against society (online gambling, selling


Illegal articles)
KINDS OF CYBER CRIME
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND HACKING

 Unauthorized access refers to any kind of access Without


seeking the permission of either the true owner or the
person in charge of a computer

 Hacking / cracking is a crime for gaining unauthorized


access to the data stored in system.

 Under IT ACT 2000 , the punishment for a hacker is


imprisonment for a period of 3 years or fine which may
extend to ₹2 lakhs or both.

 PURPOSE personal monetary gain (e.g., stealing of credit


card information and transferring the proceeds to their
account and then withdrawal of that money).
VIRUS, WORMS AND TROJAN ATTACK
VIRUS

 A program that is capable of infecting other


program and making copies of itself.
 Designed to replicate as well as spread.
VIRUS, WORMS AND TROJAN ATTACK
WORMS

 Programs that multiply like viruses but spread from one


computer system to another.

 Not required to attach themselves to a host programme.


VIRUS, WORMS AND TROJAN ATTACK
TROJAN ATTACK

 an unauthorized program which functions from inside what


looks like authorized program, thereby concealing what it
is actually doing.
DENIAL OF SERVICE (DOS) ATTACK
 service attack on a network by sending of
disproportionate data to the victim’s server beyond
the limit that the server is capable to handle and
hence resulting in server to crash.
E-MAIL RELATED CRIMES

Email Spoofing

Email
Spamming

Email Bombing
EMAIL SPOOFING
 a fraudulent email activity with intent to
cheat the other party
EMAIL SPAMMING
 refers to sending of bulk-mails to thousands
and thousands of users by an identified or
unidentified source.

 Spamming results in reduction of productivity


and wastage of time.
EMAIL BOMBING
 sending huge volumes of e-mails to a particular
address which results in crashing of victim’s e-
mail account or mail servers.

 The email bomber blocks your inbox


continuously with numerous identical emails.

 Two variants of bombing:


Mass mailing
List Linking
CONTD.
SALE OF ILLEGAL ARTICLE
 sale of narcotics drugs, weapons and wild life
etc.

 Websites, auction websites and bulletins


boards may be used for posting such
information.
PHISHING
 Sensitive information such as username, password, credit
card details, account data etc. by disguising as a
trustworthy entity .

 For example, your bank may send you email (which


appears genuine to you) asking you to update your
personal information by clicking at a specified link. As it
appears genuine, you may be asked to visit a fraudulent
site where all your sensitive information is acquired and
subsequently used for cyber crimes and frauds.

 Punishable under Sections 66, 66A & 66D of the IT Act,


2000
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIMES

Distribution of
copyright trademarks
pirated
infringement violations etc
software

CASE STUDY

Satyam Infoway Ltd. vs. Sifynet Solutions


(2004) is the most widely known case
pertaining to Cyber Squatting.
WEB DEFACEMENT
 Substitution of the original homepage of a
website with another page by a hacker or
cracker.
The substituted page contains normally
• pornographic or
• defamatory material.

 Punishable under Sections 43, 66, 66F, 67 and


70 of the IT Act
CYBER STALKING & CYBER
VANDALISM
CYBER STALKING/ONLINE HARASSMENT
 Use of internet, e-mail or other electronic
communication devices to stalk (harass) or
threatens another person by making harassing
phone calls, leaving written messages or objects
etc
CYBER VANDALISM

 It refers to damaging or destroying the data or


property rather than stealing or misusing
them.
CYBER LAWS
The I.T. Act, 2000 defines the terms −
 access in computer network in section 2(a)
 computer in section 2(i)
 computer network in section (2j)
 data in section 2(0)
 information in section 2(v).

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