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Sunday, January 3, 2010

CYBERCRIME AREAS

MAIN CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATION AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS


Hacking in simple terms means an illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network. There is an equivalent term to hacking

The Internet is being highly used by its abusers to reach and abuse children sexually, worldwide. The internet is very fast becoming a household commodity in India . It̢۪s explosion has made the children a viable victim to the cyber crime.

Cyber Stalking can be defined as the repeated acts harassment or threatening behavior of the cyber criminal towards the victim by using internet services.


This is an act by the criminal, who floods the bandwidth of the victim̢۪s network or fills his e-mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is entitled to access

Malicious software that attaches itself to other software. (virus, worms, Trojan Horse, Time bomb, Logic Bomb, Rabbit and Bacterium are the malicious

Theft of software through the illegal copying of genuine programs or the counterfeiting and distribution of products intended to pass for the original.


Internet Relay Chat (IRC) servers have chat rooms in which people from anywhere the world can come together and chat with each other.



The unauthorized and illegal use of a credit card to purchase property.



The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

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