Cyber crime is simply defined as crimes that are directly related to computers and using computer.

An increasing number of domestic & international criminal activities are using the internet. Computers & electronic devices can be tools to commit crime or are targeted by criminals. A personal computer connected to the internet without protection may be infected with malicious software in under a minute..

Types of Cyber Crime

History of Cyber Crime

•In the early decades of modern information technology(IT), computer crimes were largely committed by individual disgruntled and dishonest employees.•Physical damage to computer system was a prominent until the 1980s.•Criminals often used unauthorized access to subvert security systems as they modified data for financial gain or destroyed data for revenge.•As telecommunications technology spread throughout the IT world, programmers began writing malicious software, including self replicating programs, to interfere with personal computers.

Unauthorized accessIt means any kind of access without the permission of either the rightful owner or the person in charge of a computer, computer system or computer network.

HackingEvery act committed towards breaking into a computer and/or the network is hacking. Hackers write or use ready-made computer programs to attack the target computer.

Trojan attackThe program that act like something useful but do the things that are quiet damping. The programs of this kind are called Trojans.

IT Law is a set of legal enactments, currently in existence in several countries, which governs the digital dissemination of both information and software.

Cyber Law is a term that encapsulates the legal issue related to use of the internet. It is less a distinct field of law than intellectual property or contract laws, as it is a domain covering many areas of law and regulation. Some leading topics include internet access and usage, privacy, freedom of expression.

More public awareness campaigns.Training of police officers to effectively combat cyber crimes.More Cyber Crime police cells set up across the country.Effective E-surveillance.Website aid in creating awareness and encouraging reporting of cyber crime cases.Specialized training of forensic investigators and experts.Active coordination between police and other law enforcement agencies and authorities is required.

Cyber crime greatly affects individuals, businesses, and national security due to the pervasiveness of the Internet.Different countries should work together and use legal, organizational, and technological approaches to combat cybercrime.•To reduce the damage to critical infrastructures.•To protect the Internet from being abused.