PRESENTED BY:

BISWAJIT MAHAPATRA
3rd sem, MCA
Roll no: 23 MCA/09
CPGS,OUAT ,BBSR.
Introduction
Definition
Categories of cyber crime
Types of cyber crime
Cyber criminals
Prevention
conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
The internet in India is growing rapidly. It
has given rise to new opportunities in every
field we can think of – be it entertainment,
business, sports or education.
 There are two sides to a coin. Internet also has
its own disadvantages. One of the major
disadvantages is Cyber crime – illegal activity
committed on the internet. Computers today
are being misused for illegal activities like e-
mail espionage, credit card fraud, software
piracy and so on, which invade our privacy and
offend our senses.
Defining Cyber Crime
It’s an unlawful act where in the computer
is either a tool or a target or both.

Acts that are punishable by the

Information Technology Act.

It is an illegal activity committed

on the internet.
CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIME:
Cyber crimes can be basically divided into 3
major categories:

1. Cyber crimes against persons.

2. Cyber crimes against property.

3. Cyber crimes against government

 FIRST CATEGORY
Cyber harassment is a distinct Cyber crime. Various
kinds of harassment can and do occur in cyberspace,
or through the use of cyberspace. Harassment can be
sexual, racial, religious, or other.

Cybercrimes committed against persons include

various crimes like transmission of child-
pornography, harassment of any one with the use of
a computer such as e-mail. The trafficking,
distribution, posting, and dissemination of obscene
material including pornography , constitutes one of
the most important Cybercrimes known today.
SECOND CATEGORY
These crimes include computer vandalism
(destruction of others' property),
transmission of harmful programs,
unauthorized trespassing through cyber
space, unauthorized possession of computer
information.
THIRD CATEGORY
Cyber terrorism is one distinct kind of
crime in this category.
The growth of internet has shown that the
medium of Cyberspace is being used by
individuals and groups to threaten the
international governments as also to
terrorize the citizens of a country.
Types Of Cyber Crime

Modification of a
conventional crime
by using computers.

Frequently Used
Cyber Crimes.
Modification of a conventional
crime by using computers.

Financial crimes

Cyber pornography

Sale of illegal articles

Online gambling

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Intellectual Property crime

Email spoofing

Cyber Defamation

Cyber stalking
Frequently Used Cyber Crimes.
Unauthorized access to computer systems
or networks
Theft of information contained in
electronic form
Email bombing
Data diddling
Salami attacks
Denial of Service attack

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Virus / worm attacks

Logic bombs

Trojan attacks

Internet time thefts

Web jacking
Cyber Criminals
Kids (age group 9-16 etc.)

Organized hackers

Discontented employees

Professional hackers (corporate espionage)

PREVENTION
 Disable and log off a specific user account
to prevent access.
 Disable and log off a group of user accounts
which access a particular service that is
being attacked.
 always avoid sending any photograph
online particularly to strangers and chat
friends as there have been incidents of
misuse of the photographs.
 always use latest and up date anti virus
software to guard against virus attacks.
 always keep back up volumes so that one may not
suffer data loss in case of virus contamination.
 never send your credit card number to any site that
is not secured, to guard against frauds.
 always keep a watch on the sites that your children
are accessing to prevent any kind of harassment or
depravation in children.
 use of firewalls may be beneficial.
 conclusion
Capacity of human mind is fathomless. It is not
possible to eliminate cyber crime from the cyber space. It
is quite possible to check them. History is the witness that
no legislation has succeeded in totally eliminating crime
from the globe. The only possible step is to make people
aware of their rights and duties (to report crime as a
collective duty towards the society) .
within the law enforcement agencies, a set of
rules must be developed to address the various
categories of computer crime.

As such, investigators will know what and

which materials to search and seize, the
electronic evidence to recover, and the chain of
custody to maintain .