UNIT-1
, Unit-I
• Introduction, Definition, origin, cyber crime
and Information Security, Cyber Criminals,
classifications of Cyber Crimes, the legal
perspectives and Indian perspective, cyber
crime and Indian ITA 2000, Global Perspectives
on Cyber Crimes.
• Cyber Offenses: Introduction, Criminals
Planning on attacks, Social Engineering, Cyber
Stalking, Cyber Café and Crimes, Botnets.
, Introduction
• Internet has opened a new way of exploitation
known as cybercrime.
• These activities involve the use of computers, the
internet, cyberspace and the WWW.
• Total of 3286 Indian websites were hacked in 5
months- between Jan and June 2009.
, Definition
• A crime conducted in which a computer was directly and
significantly instrumental.
• Alternative definitions:
• Any illegal act where a special knowledge of computer technology
is essential for its perpetration(to commit), investigation or
prosecution.
• Any traditional crime that has acquired a new dimension or order
of magnitude through the aid of a computer, and abuses that have
come into being because of computers.
• Any financial dishonesty that takes place in computer environment.
• Any threats to computer itself, such as theft of hardware or
software, sabotage(damage) and demands for ransom.
• Cybercrime is any illegal behavior, directed by means of electronic
operations, that targets the security of computer systems and the
data processed by them.
, Unit-I
• Introduction, Definition, origin, cyber crime
and Information Security, Cyber Criminals,
classifications of Cyber Crimes, the legal
perspectives and Indian perspective, cyber
crime and Indian ITA 2000, Global Perspectives
on Cyber Crimes.
• Cyber Offenses: Introduction, Criminals
Planning on attacks, Social Engineering, Cyber
Stalking, Cyber Café and Crimes, Botnets.
, Introduction
• Internet has opened a new way of exploitation
known as cybercrime.
• These activities involve the use of computers, the
internet, cyberspace and the WWW.
• Total of 3286 Indian websites were hacked in 5
months- between Jan and June 2009.
, Definition
• A crime conducted in which a computer was directly and
significantly instrumental.
• Alternative definitions:
• Any illegal act where a special knowledge of computer technology
is essential for its perpetration(to commit), investigation or
prosecution.
• Any traditional crime that has acquired a new dimension or order
of magnitude through the aid of a computer, and abuses that have
come into being because of computers.
• Any financial dishonesty that takes place in computer environment.
• Any threats to computer itself, such as theft of hardware or
software, sabotage(damage) and demands for ransom.
• Cybercrime is any illegal behavior, directed by means of electronic
operations, that targets the security of computer systems and the
data processed by them.
