Computer crime or cyber crime
Why do we need to know about this
• Everybody uses computers
• Crimes like forgery, extortion, kidnapping , are all being assisted be computers
• You are able to monitor all transactions online
Computer crime or cyber crime
Computer crime or cyber crime refers to any illegal act that involes a computer and a network (especially the Internet).
Computer crime is when
• Computer is a target
• Computer is a tool for the crime
• Computer is incidental to a crime
Different types of Cyber Crimes
Denial of Service Attack
An act by the criminal, who floods the bandwidth of the victim’s network or fills their e-mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is entitled to access or provide
Hacking
Illegal intrusion into a computer system without the permission of the computer owner/user
Theft
This crime occurs when a person violates copyright and downloads music, movies, game and software
Virus
A Computer virus is a destructive program that can crash the system. There are three most common types of destructive computer programs are
- the Trojan horse,
- Logic bomb and
- the worm.
• Virus can corrupt the boot record and makes any application to malfunctioning. Some viruses affect the .exe and .com files.
• The virus can be spread by reading files from
• infected floppy or
• downloading files from the internet
Software Piracy
Theft of Software through the illegal copying of genuine programs or the counterfeiting and distribution of products intended to pass for the original
Examples(Pirate Bay, Bootlegs, etc)
End user copying, Downloads
Phishing
A technique of pulling out confidential information from the bank/financial accounts by deceptive means