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What is Cyber Crime???Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's

identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malicious programs..

Threatening Email, Assuming someone's Identity, Sexual Harassment, Defamation, Spam and Phishing are some examples where computers are used to commit crime.

Viruses, Worms and Industrial Espionage, Software Piracy and Hacking are examples where computers become target of crime.

The first recorded cyber crime took place in the year 1820!

In 1820, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a textile manufacturer in France, produced

loom. This device allowed the repetition of a series of steps in the weaving of

special fabrics. This resulted in a fear amongst Jacquard's employees that their

traditional employment and livelihood were being threatened. They committed

acts of sabotage to discourage Jacquard from further use of the new

technology. This is the first recorded cyber crime!7

• Teen (age group 11-19 etc.)

• Organized hacktivists

• Disgruntled employees

• Professional hackers

• Terrorists

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We can categorize cyber crime in two ways:-

1. The computer as a Target :- using a computer to

attack other computers . e.g. hacking , virus/worm

attacks etc.

2. The computer as a Weapon :- using a computer to

commit real world crimes. e.g. cyber terrorism ,

credit card frauds , pornography etc.

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1. HACKING

2. VIRUS ATTACK

3. CREDIT CARD FRAUD

4. PHISHING

5. CYBER DEFAMATION

6. DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK

7. SOFTWARE PIRACY

8. NET EXTORTION

9. SPOOFING

10. IRC CRIME

11. BLUE BUGGING

12. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY10

Hacking is the gaining of access of others computer

and viewing, copying, or creating data without the knowledge of owner

The person who is consistently engaging in hacking activities, and has accepted hacking as a lifestyle and philosophy of their choice, is called a hacker.

Kevin David Mitnick is first hacker

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A computer virus is a maliciously made program

that is used to destroy data, or hurt the performance of the computer.

It is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs

against your wishes

Viruses can replicate themselves. All computer viruses are man-

made. A simple virus that can make a copy of itself over and over again

is relatively easy to produce.

The first virus was made in 1971 by Bob Thomas

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A Phishing is the act of attempting to acquire

Information such as usernames, passwords,and credit card details by pretending as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication

Phishing emails may contain links to websites that are infected with malware.

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A term used to describe the act of illegally using, copying or

distributing software without purchasing the software or having

the legal rights.

The majority of software purchased today is purchased as a

one-site license, meaning that only one computer may have that

software installed on it at one time.

Copying that software to multiple computers or sharing it

with your friend without multiple licenses is considered illegal

and is considered software piracy..

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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message.

Criminal use it for meeting co-conspirators. Hackers use it for discussing their exploits / sharing the techniques. Paedophiles use chat rooms to allure small children.

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Internet extortion is hacking into and controlling

various industry databases , promising to release control back to the company if funds are received or some other demand is satisfied. Similarly, the subject will threaten tocompromise information about consumers in the industry database unless funds are received.

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India stands 4th in the ranking for Cyber Crime in the World, constituting 9.5% of the Global Cyber Crime.

Top Countries in Cyber Crime

Indian Crime Scene

The major Cyber Crimes reported, in India, are Denial of Services,

Defacement of Websites, Spam, Computer Virus and Worms,

Pornography, Cyber Squatting, Cyber Stalking and Phishing.

Given the fact that nearly $ 120 million worth of Mobiles are being lost

or stolen in the country every year.

Nearly 69 per cent of information theft is carried out by current

and ex-employees and 31 per cent by hackers.

India is the third-most targeted country for Phishing attacks after the US and the UK,

Social networks as well as ecommerce sites are major targets,

14,348 website defacements in 2013.

6,850 .in and 4,150 .com domains were defaced during 2013,

India is the number 1 country in the world for generating spam.

The police have recorded 3,038 cases but made only 2,700 arrests in 3 years

(between 2007 and 2010).

India registered only 1,350 cases under the IT Act and IPC in 2010

50% of cybercrimes are not even reported.

Cost Of Cyber Crime In India (2013)

39.9 million people fell victim to cybercrime,

$5 billion in direct financial losses,

$3.6 billion in time spent resolving the crime,

4 in 5 online adults (80%) have been a victim of

Cybercrime,

17% of adults online have experienced cybercrime on

their mobile phone.

Source: Norton CybercrimeReport Jan 2014

Why India???

Adminstration is very bad . No laws are properly followed

321 Million Internet Users

105 Million Active Internet Users, up by 58% from 51 million in 2013

50 Million users shop online on Ecommerce and Online Shopping

Sites

66+ Million Social Network Users

546 million mobile users had subscribed to Data Packages.

A rapidly growing online user base

Recent cases

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Pakistan hackers deface 22 Indian websites and abuse PM Modi on 10 nov

Goa State government website hacked last week.

Maharaja Agrasen official website hacked by a teen recently.

NRI transfers 50 lakh in his own account

Man arrested for posting offensive pictures on facebook

Cyber Laws

in India

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Whoever without permission of the owner of the computer :

Secures Access; Downloads, Copies or extracts any data, computer database or any information; Introduce or causes to be introduceany Virus or Contaminant; Disrupts or causes disruption; Denies or causes denial of access to any person; Provides any assistance to any person to facilitate access Charges the services availed of by a person to the

account of another person by Tampering with or Manipulating any Computer, Computer System, or Computer Network

Shall be liable to pay damages by way of compensation not exceeding one crore rupees to the person so affected.

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Information Technology

Amendment Act, 2008 Section – 43,

Destroys, Deletes or Alters any Information residing in a computer

resource or diminishes its value or utility or affects it injuriously by

any means.

Steals, conceals, destroys or alters any computer source code

with an intention to cause damage.

“If any person, dishonestly, or fraudulently, does any act referred to

in section 43, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term

which may extend to two three years or with fine which may extend

to five lakh rupees or with both.”

S .66A Punishment for sending offensive messages through

communication service, etc

Any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the

purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to

deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the

origin of such messages. Shall be punishable with

imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and

with fine.

S. 66C - Punishment for identity theft

Whoever, fraudulently or dishonestly make use of the electronic

signature, password or any other unique identification feature of

any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either

description for a term which may extend to three years and shall

also be liable to fine which may extend to rupees one lakh.

S. 66D - Punishment for cheating by personation

by using computer resource

Whoever, by means of any communication device or

computer resource cheats by personation, shall be punished

with imprisonment of either description for a term which may

extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine which

may extend to one lakh rupees.

S. 66E - Punishment for violation of privacy.

Whoever, intentionally or knowingly captures,

publishes or transmits the image of a private area of any person

without his or her consent, under circumstances violating the privacy

of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment which may

extend to three years or with fine not exceeding two lakh rupees,

or with both

S. 67 A - Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material

containing sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form

Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published

or transmitted in the electronic form any material which

contains sexually explicit act or conduct shall be punished

on first conviction with imprisonment of either description

for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which

may extend to ten lakh rupees.

S. 67 C - Preservation and Retention of information by

intermediaries.

Intermediary shall preserve and retain such information as may be

specified for such duration and in such manner and format as the

Central Government may prescribe.Any intermediary who

intentionally or knowingly contravenes the provisions of sub section

shall be punished with an imprisonment for a term which

may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.

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Arrests & Reports Under IT Act

Under the IT Act, 966 cybercrime cases were filed in 2013 420 in 2012)

Geographic breakdown of cases reported:

o 153 from Karnataka,o 148 from Kerala o 142 from Maharashtra o 105 Andhra Pradesh o 52 Rajasthan o 52 Punjab

233 persons were arrested in 2013 33% of the cases registered were

related to hacking

Source: National Crime Records Bureau

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The Future of Cyber-Crimes inIndia

• Continued Website Hacks and Defacements

• Data and Information theft

• Increasing phishing attacks on Ecommerce and Financial Websites

• Cybercriminals targeting Social and Professional Networks

• Threats directed at the Mobile Platform: Smartphones and Tablets

How to Tackle Such activity???An important question arises that how can these crimes be prevented. A number of techniques and solutions have been presented but the problems still exists and are increasing day by day.

Antivirus And Anti Spyware Software:

Аntivirus software consists of computer programs that attempt to

identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious

software.

Anti spywares are used to restrict backdoor program, trojans and

other spywares to be installed on the computer.

Firewalls:Protects a computer network from unauthorized access.

may be hardware devices, software programs, or a combination of the

two. typically guards an internal computer network against malicious

access from outside the network.

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Education

Use a firewall

Click with caution

Practice safe surfing

Practice safe shopping

Use comprehensive security software

and keep your system updated

Secure your wireless network

Use strong passwords

Use common sense

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As someone rightly said that “bytes are replacing bullets in the crime world”.

The growth of cyber crime in India, as all over the world, is on the rise and to curb its scope and complexity is the pertinent need today. India’s profile and wealth have risen enormously in the world due to the constructive use of information technology. At the same time, India ranks fourth in the world for cyber crime. Even under the IT Act, investigations in India are not easy. This is mainly due to the lack of what is called

“cyber forensics.” We know that forensic evidence is important in normal criminal

investigations. But the collection and presentation of electronic evidence to prove cyber crimes have posed a challenge to investigation and prosecution agencies and the judiciary.

To sum up, India needs a good combination of laws and technology, in

harmony with the laws of other countries and keeping in mind common security standards. In the era of e-governance and e-commerce, a lack of common security standards can create havoc for global trade as well as military matters.

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And Keep Browsing

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The term defamation is used to define the injury that is caused to

the reputation of a person in the eyes of a third person. The injury can be done by words oral or written, or by signs or by visible

representations. Cyber defamation is publishing of defamatory material against another

person with the help of computers or internet.

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