Computer Crime -General Studies Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

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Alternatively referred to as cyber crime, e-crime, electronic crime, or hi-tech crime. Computer crime is an act performed by a knowledgeable computer user, sometimes referred to as a hacker that illegally browses or steals a company’s or individual’s private information. In some cases, this person or group of individuals may be malicious and destroy or otherwise corrupt the computer or data files.Continue Reading Computer Crime -General Studies Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

Examples of computer crimes

Below is a listing of the different types of computer crimes today. Clicking on any of the links below gives further information about each crime.

• Child pornography – Making or distributing child pornography.
• Copyright violation – Stealing or using another person’s Copyrighted material without permission.
• Cracking – Breaking or deciphering codes that are being used to protect data.
• Cyber terrorism – Hacking, threats, and blackmailing towards a business or person.
• Cyberbully or Cyberstalking – Harassing or stalking others online.
• Cybersquatting – Setting up a domain of another person or company with the sole intentions of selling it to them later at a premium price.
• Creating Malware – Writing, creating, or distributing malware (e.g., viruses and spyware.)
• Denial of Service attack – Overloading a system with so many requests it cannot serve normal requests.
• Espionage – Spying on a person or business.
• Fraud – Manipulating data, e.g., changing banking records to transfer money to an account or participating in credit card fraud.
• Harvesting – Collect account or other account related information on other people.
• Human trafficking – Participating in the illegal act of buying or selling other humans.
• Identity theft – Pretending to be someone you are not.
• Illegal sales – Buying or selling illicit goods online including drugs, guns, and psychotropic substances.
• Intellectual property theft – Stealing practical or conceptual information developed by another person or company.
• IPR violation – An intellectual property rights violation is any infringement of another’s Copyright, patent, or trademark.
• Phishing – Deceiving individuals to gain private or personal information about that person.
• Salami slicing – Stealing tiny amounts of money from each transaction.
• Scam – Tricking people into believing something that is not true.
• Slander – Posting libel or slander against another person or company.
• Software piracy – Copying, distributing, or using software that is Copyrighted that you did not purchase.
• Spamming – Distributed unsolicited e-mail to dozens or hundreds of different addresses.
• Spoofing – Deceiving a system into thinking you are someone you really are not.
• Typosquatting – Setting up a domain that is a misspelling of another domain.
• Unauthorized access – Gaining access to systems you have no permission to access.
• Wiretapping – Connecting a device to a phone line to listen to conversations.

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