Cyber crime And Security

Pratik Raj Mishra

B.Tech-CSE
What is Cyberspace And Cybercrime

Cyberspace
An electronic medium of computer system within which people
can communicate do research, or simply window shop.

Cybercrime

Crime committed using a computer and the internet i.e.

where the computer used as an object or subject of crime.
History

-The first recorded cyber crime took place in the year

1820.

-The first spam email took place in 1978 when it was

sent over the Arpanet

-The first VIRUS was installed on an Apple computer in

1982
Types of cyber crime

-Hacking
-Child pornography
-Computer vandalism
-DoS attack
-Virus Dissemination
-Software Piracy
-Net Extortion
-Phishing
-Spoofing
Hacking
-Illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network. i.e.
Unauthorized access

Child pornography
-Abuse children/teens sexually
-More children would be using the internet and more are the
chances of falling victim to the aggression of pedophiles

Computer vandalism
-Damaging or destroying data rather than stealing or reusing
DoS attack
-Floods the bandwidth of the victims network or fills his e-
mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is
entitled to access

Virus Dissemination
-Malicious software that attaches itself to other software
(virus, worms, Trojan Horse)

Software piracy
-Theft of software through the illegal copying of genuine
programs
Net extortion
-Copying the companies confidential data in order to extort
said company for huge amount

Phishing
-Act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an
established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the
user into surrendering private information that will be used
for identity theft

Spoofing
-Getting one computer on a network to pretend to have the
identity off another computer,, usually one with special
access privileges ,so as to obtain access to the other
Cyber crime threatens national security
-Ex union home minister Shivraj Patil said that the rising level of
cyber crime is an indication of an enormous threat to national
security.
-Everything is being operated through computer and hence the risk
increases.
-India is at eleventh position , U.S. being the first
-Increase in number of cases reported
Cyber security
-Involves protection of sensitive personal & business information
through prevention, detection and response to different online
attacks

-Protects from attacks by detecting and preventing

Do’s
-Install a firewall , pop-up blocker
-Ensure your virus definitions are up to date
-Use strong passwords , don’t give personal information unless
required(not even phone number)
-Use secure connections
-Disable file sharing , turn off internet when not in use
-Use spam filters , delete spam immediately
-Use various passwords for various accounts
-Don’t believe in everything you read online
-Open attachments carefully
-Beware of promises to make fast profits
-Be smart , don’t act foolish and help in spreading spam
Conclusion
The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched
off and unplugged.

So , only way to be safe is Pay attention and

Act smart.