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Cyber Crimes
Living in IT era
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Getting started with Cyber Crime

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 Cyber Space
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• Worldwide network of computers and the

equipment that connect them, which by its
very design is free and open to the public
• Electronic medium of computer networks, in
which online communication takes place

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 Types of Cyber Crimes
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• Hacking • Spoofing
• Salami Attack • Spam
• Malware dissemination • Denial of Service
• Software Piracy • Threatening
• • Net Extortion
Forgery
• • Cyber Terrorism
Obscene or Offensive
Content • Drug Trafficking
• Pornography • Cyber Warfare
• Cyber Sex • Cyber Stalking
• Fraud • Cyber Defamation
• Phishing • IRC Crime
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 Hacker
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• person who finds out weaknesses in the

computer and exploits it
• profit, protest, or challenge

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 Malware
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• Malicious Software that attach itself to other

software.
• Infectious Malware
Virus - infecting files on a network file
system or a file system that is accessed by
other computers

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 Software Piracy
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• Theft of software through illegal copying of

genuine programs.
• Distribution: Selling or distributing illegally
copied software, including counterfeit
products.
• Downloading: Making unauthorized copies
from the Internet.

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 Forgery
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• Counterfeiting legal documents using

computers, printers and scanners
- Currency notes
- Postage
- Revenue stamps
- Mark sheets
- Checks

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 Pornography & Cybersex
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• Publishing, transmitting any material in

electronic form which is lascivious in content
• Explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for
the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic
satisfaction

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 Fraud
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• Any dishonest representation of fact intended

to let another to do or refrain from doing
something which causes loss

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 Phishing
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• Fraudulent process of attempting to acquire

sensitive information such as username and
passwords and credit card details, by
masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an
electronic communication.

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 Cyber Stalking
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• Repeated acts of harassment or threatening

behaviour of the cyber criminal towards the
victim by using internet services
- Harassment
- Following the victim
- Making harassment phone calls
- Vandalizing the property
- Leaving written messages or objects
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 Cyber defamation
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• The criminals sends emails containing

defamatory matters on a website
• Defamatory
• Statements that makes a claim, expressly
stated or implied to be factual, that may give
anyone a negative image.

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 Drug Trafficking
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• Drug Traffickers are increasingly taking

advantages of the internet to sell their illegal
substances through encrypted e-mail and
other Internet Technology
• Drug traffickers arrange deals at internet
cafes, and use courier web sites to track their
deals

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 IRC Crimes
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• Inter Relay Chat servers have chat rooms in

which people from anywhere the world can
come together and chat with each other
• Criminals use it for meeting co-conspirators
• Hackers use it for exploiting
• Paedophiles use it for luring children

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"The modern thief can steal more with a

computer than with a gun. Tomorrow's
terrorist may be able to do more damage with
a keyboard than with a bomb"

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Questions??