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Cyber security unit 1

Definition:
● Crimes committed using a computer and internet to steal data or information.
● Any financial dishonesty that takes place in a computer environment.
● Any threats to the computer itself, such as theft of hardware or software, sabotage,
and demands for ransom
Two types of attacks are common:
–Techno-crime
–Techno – vandalism

Cybercrime and information security:


Lack of information security gives rise to cybercrime

Challenges for securing data from a business perspective:


● Most organizations do not incorporate the cost of the vast majority of computer
security incidents into their accounting.
● Attaching a quantifiable monetary value to the corporate data is difficult.
● Financial losses may not be detected by the victimized organization in case of Insider
attacks: such as leaking customer data

Who are Cybercriminals?


● Credit card fraud
● Cyberstalking
● Defaming another online
● Gaining unauthorized access to computer systems
● Ignoring copyrights
● Software licensing and trademark protection
● Overriding encryption to make illegal copies
● Software piracy
● Stealing another’s identity to perform criminal acts

Categories of cybercriminals:
Type 1: hungry for recognition
● Hobby hackers
● IT professional(social engineering):
● Politically motivated hackers :
● Terrorist organizations
Type 2: not interested in recognition
● Psychological perverts
● Financially motivated hackers
● State-sponsored hacking

Type 3: The insiders:


● Disgruntled or former employees seeking revenge
● Competing companies using employees

Classification of cybercrimes:
1. Cybercrimes against an individual:
● Email spoofing
● Phishing
● Spamming
● Cyberdefamation
● Cyberstalking
● Computer sabotage
● Pornographic offences
● Password sniffing
2. Cybercrimes against property:
● Credit card frauds
● Intellectual property crimes
● Internet time theft
3. Against organization:
● Unauthorized accessing of computer
● Password sniffing
● DOS attacks
● Virus attack
● Email bombing
● Salami attack
● Logic bomb
● Trojan horse
● Data diddling
● Industrial spying
● Network intrusions
● Piracy
4. Against society:
● Forgery
● Cyberterrorism
● Web jacking
5. Crimes emanating from Usenet newsgroup: Usenet newsgroups are online
discussion forums where users can post messages and read and reply to other
users' posts.

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