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Cyber Crimes
Cyber law is the area of law that deals with the Internet's
relationship to technological and electronic elements,
including computers, software, hardware and information
systems (IS)
Cyber Crimes
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, or loss, to the victim directly or indirectly, using
modern telecommunication networks such as Internet
(networks including but not limited to Chat rooms, emails,
notice boards and groups) and mobile phones
Common Forms of Cyber Crimes
Phishing Scams
Online Scams
Malware
Email Bombing
Virus Dissemination
Logic Bombs
Theft
Logic bombs act in the same way as a virus, but are small
programs or sections of a program, which are triggered by an
event.
This event can be a certain date or time, a certain percentage
of disk space filled, the removal of a file and so on.
A program could then delete critical sections of code,
rendering your software as useless. The people who
implement logic bombs are most commonly installed by
insiders who already had access to the system
Theft
Internet theft is the broad term for any type of theft that
happens over the internet, this can be done through many
ways such as fake ads, fake emails, viruses and snooping. The
aim of internet theft is to steal your personal information and
use it to then steal money out of your bank account or make
purchases using your details
Social Media Hack & Spamming