what is cyber crime & what is its effect on society???
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hey mate here is ur answer
cyber crime is a crime which can be done on social networking.and to spam the credit .. it can be effect society in a vulgar way of pishing the account...
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Cyber crime is any criminal act related to computers and networks which is called hacking, phishing, spamming or is used as a tool to commit an offence (child pornography and hate crimes) conducted through the Internet. It is a bigger risk now than ever before due to the sheer number of connected people and devices. Cyber crime is a term for any illegal activity that uses a computer as its primary means of commission. Cyber criminals may use computer technology to access personal information, business trade secrets, or use the Internet for exploitive or malicious purposes. Criminals can also use computers for communication and document or data storage. Criminals who are engaged in these illegal activities are often referred to as hackers. Common types of cyber crime include online bank information theft, identity theft, online predatory crimes and unauthorised computer access. More serious crimes like cyber-terrorism are also of significant concern. Cyber crimes cover a wide range of activities, but these can generally be broken into two categories, (i) crimes that target computer networks or devices. These types of crimes include viruses and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and (ii) crimes that use computer networks to advance other criminal activities. These types of crimes include cyber-stalking, phishing and fraud or identity theft. Criminals committing cyber crime use a number of methods, depending on their skill-set and their goal.
Cyber crime, as distinguished from computer crime, is an umbrella term for various crimes committed using the World Wide Web, such as, theft of one's personal identity (identity theft) or financial resources, spread of malicious software code such as computer viruses; use of others' computers to send spam email messages (botnets), Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on computer networks or websites by the hacker, activism, or attacking computer servers of those organisations felt by the hacker to be unsavoury or ethically dubious, cyber stalking by which sexual predators use Internet chat rooms, social networking sites, and other online venues to find and harass their victims, cyber bullying, where individuals are harassed by others, causing severe mental anguish, cyber pornography, the use of the Internet to spread child and adult pornography; Internet gambling and software piracy and cyber terrorism, the use of the Internet to stage intentional, wide-spread attacks that disrupt computer networks, using the Internet to spread violent messages, recruit terrorists, and plan attacks.
Cyber crime can be divided into four sub-categories cyber-trespass (hacktivism, viruses, Denial of Service attacks), cyber-deceptions (identity theft, fraud, piracy), cyber-pornography, cyber-violence (cyber bullying, cyber stalking). The computer or device may be the agent of the crime, the facilitator of the crime, or the target of the crime. The crime may take place on the computer alone or in addition to other locations. The broad range of cyber crime can be better understood by dividing it into two overall categories.
Type 1 cyber crime:
(a) Usually a single event from the perspective of the victim.
(b) Phishing is where the victim receives a supposedly legitimate email (quite often claiming to be a bank or credit card company) with a link that leads to a hostile website. Once the link is clicked, the PC can then be infected with a virus.