Cyber Crime and Digital Forensics

UNIT-III

Mr.V.Yuvaraj
Assistant Professor – Department of Computer Applications
Dr. N.G.P. ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
Dr. N.G.P.-KALAPATTI ROAD
COIMBATORE-641 048
Tamil Nadu, India
Mobile: +917502919891,
E-mail: yuvaraj.v@drngpasc.ac.in

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 Unit-III

Introduction
• Technological change has always led to changes in
criminal law.

– Having a telephone network makes it easy to commit

wire fraud.

– Widespread reliance on automobiles meant a new

crime, felony auto theft.

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– Widespread Internet use presents new kinds of
unacceptable behavior.

– Enforcing Internet-related crimes poses new

challenges for law enforcement.
 
– This text explores how law enforcement responds
to these challenges.

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Cyberspace and Criminal Behavior

• The societal impact of the Digital Revolution is

as great as the Industrial Revolution.
 

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Cyberspace and Criminal Behavior

• Action in the virtual reality of cyberspace can

affect physical reality.
 
• Organizations like the Electronic Freedom
Foundation challenge new criminal laws.

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 Types of Crime

• Computer crime: crimes committed with

computers
 
• Cyber crime: computer crimes that involve the
Internet
 

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 Types of Crime

 
• Computer-related crime: crimes that in some
way use a computer
 
– Example: child pornography is easier to spread via
the Internet

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 Types of Crime

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Problems Associated with Computer Crime

Problems associated with computer crime

include:
• Difficulty in law enforcement

• Difficulty courts face when addressing extra-

jurisdictional crime

• Belief that computer crime is not as dangerous as

violent crime

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Problems Associated with Computer Crime

• Prosecutors may prefer to limit resources on violent

crime instead.
 
• Lack of reporting arises from a belief that these are
not worth pursuing.
 
• Law enforcement agencies may lack financial and/or
technical resources to investigate computer crimes.
•  
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 The Extent of the Problem

 Crimes can vary by:

 
• Type:
 
– Those unique to computers, like phreaking
– Those facilitated by computer use, like distribution
of child pornography

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 The Extent of the Problem

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 The Extent of the Problem

Crimes can also vary by:

• Target:

– Private
– Government

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 The Extent of the Problem

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 Example of a New Cybercrime:
The Emergence of e-Cash

• Increased electronic commerce

requires new ways to pay for goods
and services.

• The increased flexibility and utility of

these make them appealing.

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 Example of a New Cybercrime:
The Emergence of e-Cash
– Prepaid cards: like debit cards, not
geographically limited

– Stored value cards: sometimes called electronic purses.

Data is on a computer chip.
 
– Mobile payments may be transmitted via smartphones.

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 Example of a New Cybercrime:
The Emergence of e-Cash

– Internet payment services, like PayPal

– Digital precious metals: value of electronic

payments linked to a precious metal

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 Conclusions

• Greater reliance on computer-based

technology presents benefits as well as
problems.
 
• Law enforcement may find it difficult to
respond to new types of crimes because of
 
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 Conclusions

• Law enforcement may find it difficult

to respond to new types of crimes
because of:
– Lack of resources
– Difficulty responding to rapid
technological change
– Public perception that computer crime is
less serious than violent crime

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