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Page 1: CYBER CRIME What is computer crime? Computer crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.computernetwork The computer may have been

CYBER CRIME

Page 2: CYBER CRIME What is computer crime? Computer crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.computernetwork The computer may have been

What is computer crime?

• Computer crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.

• The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime.

• Cybercrimes are defined as: "Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly, using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (Chat rooms, emails, notice boards and groups) and mobile phones (SMS/MMS)". Such crimes may threaten a nation’s security and financial health.

Page 3: CYBER CRIME What is computer crime? Computer crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.computernetwork The computer may have been

Types of computer crimes

Internet Child Pornography

Illegal Gambing

Identify Theft

Storing Illegal information

Fraud 

Page 4: CYBER CRIME What is computer crime? Computer crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.computernetwork The computer may have been

Internet Child Pornography

• Producing, possessing, or distributing images of  minors  (anyone  under  the  age  of  18) engaged in sexual.

• According to California Penal Code § 311, this California  Law  is  aimed at  stopping  the flow of child pornography,  which  can  be  easily accomplished  today  by  means  of the Internet. 

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Illegal Gambling

Games that involve monetary transactions, such as transfers to and from credit cards 

and bank accounts, are considered illegal, so gamblers cannot legally collect 

their winnings.

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Identify Theft

• Some  criminals  use  the  Internet  to  break  into  victims'  online financial  accounts,  taking  passwords,  money  and  sensitive information. 

• Others  create  online  centers  for  trafficking  stolen  identity information. 

• People  that  use  birthdays,  their  children's  names  and  pet names as passwords are typically more at risk for identity theft.

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Storing Illegal Information

• Criminals  and  pedophiles  often  use  the  Internet  to obtain  and  transfer  illegal  images,  such  as  child pornography. 

• Other criminals use their computer databases to store illegal  information,  including  confidential  intellectual property.

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Fraud

• In  the digital age, many criminals easily commit  fraud against 

unsuspecting victims by misrepresenting the facts.

• For  example,  an  employee  intentionally  inputs  false 

information  into  the  company  database  or  internet.

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Computer Viruses

• Computer hackers are digital age criminals that can bring down large 

infrastructures  with  a  single  keystroke  emitting  a  computer  virus. 

These types of viruses are macro or binary.

• Macro viruses attack a specific program, while binary viruses attack 

data or attach to program files. 

• One  of  the  most  famous  computer  viruses  is  the  Trojan  virus.

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Types of computer crimes

Password

Anti-virus

software

Attachment of e-mail

Firewall

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Password

• Make the length of your password at least five characters. It is too easy for automatic programs to sequentially try all combinations of characters in a password of only 1, 2, 3, or 4 characters. 

• To make a long password, use a concatenation of two words, each with at least five characters, perhaps separated by one digit (e.g., airplane5style). 

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Anti-virus software

• It  became  common  to  distribute  software  and updates via downloads from the Internet

• hackers developed viruses that were delivered inside macros  for Microsoft Word, which malicious macros could  be  hidden  inside  a  document  sent  by  e-mail, and

• hackers  developed  malicious  computer  programs that were commonly distributed as attachments to e-mail:  clicking  on  the  attachment  executed  the malicious  computer  program  and  infected  the victim's computer.

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Attachment of e-mail

• Never open an executable attachment .• Never open any attachment from an unknown source.

• Be  cautious  of  any  attachment  that  has  a double  file  extension,  especially  when  the rightmost  file  extension  is  an  executable  file type.

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Firewall

• It  is  good  practice  to  erect  a  "firewall" 

between  parts  of  a  computer  system  that  an 

external  user  can  access  (e.g.,  via modem  or 

Internet  or  voice mail)  and  parts  that  are 

supposedly accessible only by a local user. 

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Conclusion

When  a  criminal  perpetrates  a  crime,  his  attorney  is 

likely  to say  that  the criminal did everyone a  favor by calling 

attention  to  lapses  in  security  of  computers.  It  is  a  criminal 

defense  attorney's  job  to  put  the  best  possible  spin  on  the 

client's  horrible  activities.  However,  recognize  that  "blaming 

the  victim"  for  the  crime  is  a  cheap  shot.  Even  if  the  victim 

behaved in an imprudent way, a victim never invites a crime. 

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