ONLINE

CRIME
PRESENTED TO :- PROF. RAJESH
TRIPATHI DEPARTMENT OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE
PRESENTED BY : RASHMI BHARTI (2020CA067)
KRISHANU DEV
(2020CA035) MCA, V
SEMESTER,(2020-2023)
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION
2. DIFFERENT REASON BEHIND ONLINE
CRIME
3. DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE CRIME
4. SOME COMMON ONLINE CRIMES
5. NOTABLE INCIDENTS
6. ONLINE LAWS IN INDIA
7. PREVENTION
8. CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
ONLINE CRIME CAN BE DEFINED AS UNLAWFUL ACTS COMMITTED
BY USING THE COMPUTER AS A TOOL OR AS A TARGET OR AS
BOTH. ONLINE CRIMES CAN INVOLVE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THAT
ARE TRADITIONAL IN NATURE, SUCH AS THEFT, FRAUD, FORGERY
(COPY), DEFAMATION (INSULT) AND MISCHIEF, ALL OF WHICH ARE
SUBJECT TO THE INDIAN PENAL CODE.
REASON BEHIND ONLINE CRIME
1. FOR THE SAKE OF RECOGNITION.
2. FOR THE SAKE OF QUICK MONEY.
3. TO FIGHT A CAUSE ONE THINKS HE BELIEVES IN.
4. LOW MARGINAL COST OF ONLINE ACTIVITY DUE TO GLOBAL
REACH.
5. NEW OPPORTUNITY TO DO LEGAL ACTS USING
TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE.
6. OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IS
RARE.
TYPES OF ONLINE CRIME
USING THE COMPUTER AS A TARGET USING THE COMPUTER AS A WEAPON
USING A COMPUTER TO ATTACK USING A COMPUTER TO COMMIT
OTHER COMPUTERS. E.G. HACKING, REAL WORLD CRIMES. E.G. ONLINE
VIRUS/WORM ATTACKS, DOS ATTACK TERRORISM, IPR VIOLATIONS, CREDIT
ET CARD FRAUDS, EFT FRAUDS,
C PORNOGRAPHY ETC.
 SOME COMMON
ONLINE STALKING
CRIMES ONLINE
ONLINE STALKING CAN BE DEFINED
AS THE REPEATED ACTS
HARASSMENT OR THREATENING
BEHAVIOR OF THE ONLINE
CRIMINAL TOWARDS THE VICTIM BY
USING INTERNET SERVICES. (OR
ONLINE STALKING INVOLVES
FOLLOWING A PERSON’S
MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE
INTERNET BY POSTING MESSAGES
(SOMETIMES THREATENING) ON THE
BULLETIN BOARDS FREQUENTED BY
THE VICTIM, ENTERING THE CHAT-
ROOMS FREQUENTED BY THE
VICTIM, CONSTANTLY BOMBARDING
THE VICTIM WITH EMAILS ETC.)
EMAIL FRAUDS
EMAIL FRAUD IS THE INTENTIONAL
DECEPTION MADE FOR PERSONAL
GAIN OR TO DAMAGE ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL THROUGH EMAIL.
ALMOST AS SOON AS EMAIL BECAME
WIDELY USED, IT BEGAN TO BE
USED AS A MEANS TO DEFRAUD
PEOPLE. EMAIL FRAUD CAN TAKE
THE FORM OF A “CON GAME” OR
SCAM.
EMAIL BOMBING
E-MAIL “BOMBING” IS
CHARACTERIZED BY ABUSERS
REPEATEDLY SENDING AN
IDENTICAL EMAIL MESSAGE TO A
PARTICULAR ADDRESS.
SPAMMING
SPAM IS FLOODING THE INTERNET
WITH MANY COPIES OF THE SAME
MESSAGE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE
THE MESSAGE ON PEOPLE WHO
WOULD NOT OTHERWISE CHOOSE
TO RECEIVE IT. MOST SPAM IS
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING. FOR EX.
GET-RICHQUICK SCHEMES.
ONLINE GAMBLING
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF WEBSITES
HOSTED ON SERVERS ABROAD, THAT
OFFER ONLINE GAMBLING. IN FACT,
IT IS BELIEVED THAT MANY OF
THESE WEBSITES ARE ACTUALLY
FRONTS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING.
 NOTABLE INCIDENTS:
LUCKNOW: CHIEF FOREST CONSERVATOR
DUPED OF RS 1.2 LAKH IN PHISHING ATTACK
LUCKNOW: IN YET ANOTHER PHISHING ATTACK BY ONLINE
MISCREANTS, CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST WAS
DUPED ON PRETEXT OF UPDATING ELECTRICITY BILL.
A ONLINE THUG CONNED CHIEF FOREST CONSERVATOR
DEEPAK KUMAR OF RS 1.23 LAKH BY UNNERVING HIM SAYING
THAT THE VICTIM HAD NOT DEPOSITED HIS ELECTRICITY
BILLS AND THE CONNECTION WILL BE SNAPPED SOON IN
HAZRATGANJ.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE COMPLAINANT GOT A
MESSAGE, ON HIS MOBILE NUMBER, THAT HIS ELECTRICITY
BILL WAS PENDING AND THE SUPPLY WILL BE
DISCONNECTED. IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE MESSAGE
THAT HE SHOULD CONTACT THE ELECTRICITY OFFICER ON
THE GIVEN MOBILE NUMBER EVEN IF HE HAD DEPOSITED THE
BILL.
 NOTABLE INCIDENTS:
LUCKNOW: CHIEF FOREST CONSERVATOR
DUPED OF RS 1.2 LAKH IN PHISHING ATTACK
THE COMPLAINANT CONTACTED THE MOBILE NUMBER MENTIONED IN
THE MESSAGE AND THE CALL TAKER ASKED HIM THAT HIS ELECTRICITY
BILL WAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT WAS WHY
HE WAS SENT THE MESSAGE. THE MISCREANT ASKED HIM TO DOWNLOAD
ANY DESK APP FROM THE APP STORE AND THEN ASKED THE
COMPLAINANT TO TRANSFER RS 1 TO GET HIS ELECTRICITY BILL
ACCOUNT ID UPDATED.
“SOON AS I TRANSFERRED RS 1, I GOT A MESSAGE OF DEDUCTION OF
RS 25,000 FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT. I CALLED HIM AND ASKED WHY
RS
25,000 WAS DEDUCTED AND HE DISCONNECTED THE PHONE, SAYING
HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION," THE
COMPLAINANT SAID.
 NOTABLE INCIDENTS:
LUCKNOW: CHIEF FOREST CONSERVATOR
DUPED OF RS 1.2 LAKH IN PHISHING ATTACK
HE SAID HE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE BANK AND INFORMED THEM
ABOUT THE MONEY TRANSACTION. “I WAS TOLD BY THE BANK
OFFICIALS THAT TWO TRANSACTIONS OF RS 25,000 AND RS 98,512
RESPECTIVELY WERE DONE THROUGH MY BANK ACCOUNT. ON THE
SUGGESTION OF BANK OFFICIALS, I LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH THE
ONLINE CRIME HELPLINE AND THE BANK OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO
PROMISED TO REGISTER A CASE IN THIS CONNECTION," HE SAID. ADCP,
CENTRAL ZONE, RAJESH SRIVASTAVA SAID THAT AN FIR UNDER THE
CHARGES OF DISHONESTY AND IT ACT HAS BEEN LODGED WHILE
ONLINE CELL IS ALSO PROBING THE CASE.
CYBER LAWS IN INDIA
IN INDIA, ONLINE CRIMES ARE COVERED BY THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND THE INDIAN
PENAL CODE, 1860.
IT IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000, WHICH
DEALS WITH ISSUES RELATED TO ONLINE CRIMES AND
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.
OFFENCES UNDER IT ACTS ARE:
1.TAMPERING WITH COMPUTER SOURCE DOCUMENT
2.HACKING WITH COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DATA ALTERATIONS
3.PUBLISHING OBSCENE INFORMATION
4.UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO PROTECTED SYSTEMS
5.BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY
6.PUBLISHING FALSE DIGITAL SIGNATURE CERTIFICATES.
PREVENTION
USE STRONG PASSWORDS.
SECURE YOUR COMPUTER:
INSTALL THE LATEST OPERATING SYSTEM
UPDATES PROTECT YOUR DATA
SECURE YOUR WIRELESS
NETWORK PROTECT YOUR E-
IDENTITY
AVOID BEING SCAMMED
CONCLUSION
NETWORK SECURITY IS THE VAST TOPIC THAT IS
BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE WORLD IS
HIGHLY INTERCONNECTED.
THIS PPT DISCUSSED DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE CRIME.
THERE IS NEED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ANALYSIS OF
ONLINE CRIME TO PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA.
AS SUCH INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
COMBINED WITH RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGIES ARE
CRUCIAL TO COUNTER THE CRIME RESEARCH.
Thank
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