Types of Cybercrimes
Types of Cybercrimes
Non-Delivery
Phishing Blackmail Sports
Hacking of
/Spoofing /Extortion Betting
Merchandise
Criminal
Electronic Child Drug
Prostitution Copyright
Harrasment Pornography Trafficking
Infringement
Phishing /Spoofing
This is the act of sending multiple emails to multiple
users in hopes of having a number of them clicking the links
or malwares attached to the email. Most email services today
have spam or bulk folders that automatically put these
suspicious emails to that folder. However, this is not 100%
accurate that some emails are not filtered and some other
emails that are legitimate end up on the spam folder.
Blackmail /Extortion
This is the act of using the internet to threaten or
damage someone’s reputation to extort money or
anything else of value.
The victims of this act tend to have posted something
“inappropriate” over the internet even if they put it in a
secured location
Hacking
The act of obtaining
unauthorized access to data
from a computer network or
a computer user.
3 types of Hackers (study.com)