Crime is a common word that we always heard in this globalization era. The rapid growth of the internet and computer technology over the past few years had caused by the growth of the new crime which is cyber-crime throughout the world. Wordpress (n.d), research revealed that the history of cyber-crime happens when computers and networks came into being in the 1990s, hacking was done basically to get more information about the systems and hackers even competed against one another to win the tag of
CYBER CRIME The term 'Cyber crime' is often found in the newspapers, magazines, and many other reading materials. Cyber crime has become an issue which is widely discussed these days as it had become a serious threat and a major concern to the community. But what is cyber crime exactly? Cyber crime is defined as any criminal activity that uses a computer either as an instrumentality, target or a means for perpetuating further crimes (Seth, 2015). Cyber crime is often started from a simple e-mail
(2010), cyber crime is a term for any illegal action that uses the computer as its primary means of commission. Cyber crime is the new word that can be heard in this era which the science and technology have been invented. These crime can be divided into three broad areas. The first of the three broad areas is attacks against computer hardware and software such as network intrusion. Besides, online fraud or penetration of online financial services and phishing are categorised as financial crimes also
Chapter Six Cyber Strategy and Policing in 21st Century 6.1 New Wine in Old Wine Skin? This chapter looks at policing from the 20th century to the present time where cyber encompasses most things in policing. The establishment in chapter one that cyberspace is a multi-tiered entity and its governance and Policing should take this approach. The plurality of policing in the 21st century will suggest that the police are apt and equipped for this modern society. There are deficiencies in the above
Cybercrime, also called computer crime, is any illegal activity that involves a computer or network-connected device, such as a mobile phone. The Department of Justice divides cybercrime into three categories: crimes in which the computing device is the target, for example, to gain network access; crimes in which the computer is used as a weapon, for example, to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack; and crimes in which the computer is used as an accessory to a crime, for example, using a computer
computer. It is a growing area of crime. More criminals are utilizing the speed and anonymity of the internet to commit various crimes. Cybercrime can be broken down into two main types of internet related crimes which are advanced cybercrime and cyber enabled crime. Advanced cybercrime is sophisticated attacks against computer hardware and software. Cyber enabled crime are increasing crimes that exploit advances of the internet such as financial crimes, etc. Financial crime covers generally an international
• Cybercrime, or Computer Crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network .Net crime refers to criminal exploitation of the Internet. Such crimes may threaten a nation’s security and financial health. Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding cracking, copyright infringement, child pornography, and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential information is lost or intercepted, lawfully or otherwise. The
Cyber Crime Includes Following are the few examples of cyber crime: Cyber stalking: Online harassment and online abuse all comes under stalking. It generally involves harassing or threatening behavior that an individual engages in repeatedly, such as following a person, appearing at a person's home or place of business, making harassing phone calls, leaving written messages or objects, or vandalizing a person's property. Cyber stalking shares important characteristics with offline stalking; many
unsympathetic. Identity Management Cyber stalkers feed on digital information: information about their victims and signals from their victims that the target of the stalking is in pain. Potential victims (whether 9 or 90) can and arguably should manage their online presence, in particular their online identity – the information available on the net that allows
arrested due to fraud (Hamsi, 2015). As the cyber crime incident increasing from time to time and it is affecting both Government and Corporate sector and well as individual. So, the main aims of this research will be to find out the truth which on cybercrime that is hidden and which has not been discovered as yet as it relate to the rate of increasing of sophistication hacking and ultimately find the way to deter it or at least to reduce the cyber crime activities to the barest minimum. Well, although