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CYBERCRIME
Cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer and network. The computer may have been the target or may have been used in the commission of a crime. Its main intention is to harm the reputation or cause
mental or physical harm to the victim, using networks and computers. In simple words, cybercrime can be divided into 2 big categories: Computer as a tool and computer as a target. Computer as a tool are unrefined crimes, on these attackers relies on human weakness to exploit them. These include scams, theft, and harassment.
Let’s discuss some of the most common cyber-crimes :
Phishing scams :
Usually, these cybercrimes are committed by targeting trusted and popular brands creating fake identities if that particular brand, or by making fake social media profiles and rogue websites to lure users into them. These sites create a fake profile of a real brand and ask people to fill forms asking for their personal information. It will somehow try to extract sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, or financial details. Here fraudsters contact the victim through a call, email, social media, or text message. They often trick victims to click on a malicious link that leads to installation. They are various forms of phishing such as SMShing, Spear Phishing, Email phishing, etc...
How to avoid phishing scams :
You should check every domain, Keep checking your links that ask for your personal information, and Check secure websites. Also, pay attention to social media profile names.
Hacking :
Hacking is breaking into a computer without permission or users' knowledge. Hackers are usually trained and skilled programming experts. They have outstanding computer and programming knowledge. But many use this knowledge with the wrong intentions. Internet fraud: This type of scam usually asks people to send money promising a much larger sum in a short time. These scams were already widespread through telephone, fax, and mail. The victim is asked to transfer a small portion of the money and will be promised bigger profit and gets trapped in their scam or fraud. The victim will not get any money and the money he invested also is gone now. Another form of fraud is fake job listings. In the name of a job, the victim is asked to pay some money and trap them. We can avoid falling into this type of scam by not bothering about many attractive or hype deals, and avoiding paying in advance. Online harassment and cyberstalking: Online harassment can be checking your email without your permission, spreading rumors about you, hacking into your online accounts with your permission, and sharing photos or videos of you without your permission. Online harassment is not just teasing it’s repeated behavior to humiliate, scare or control the person.
Cyberstalking is another form of harassment that focuses on a single person. If someone keeps contacting you on any social media platforms that are scaring you or making you upset it’s stalking. It can also involve threats or sexual comments. They can steal victims' personal information or misuse their personal information and put it out in toxic online communities where they try to harass the victim. Harassment can be sending irrelevant content or messages to the victim. These types of cybercrimes are extremely damaging to the victim's mental health and many even ended committing suicide.
Here we can complain to local police authorities and they will help you reach cyber investigating officers. So it’s important that victims' friends, relatives, or whoever is close by identifies and reacts to this problem.
Web jacking :
Web jacking is also known as hijacking. Here hacker takes control of the original website fraudently. They can redirect users to another fake page that is controlled by the hacker. The owner of the website has no control now and the hacker is using the website for selfish purposes.They can trick you with links. They can replace the link with a malicious web server. The purpose of this attack is to steal the credentials, passwords, usernames, and account numbers of users. Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud: Identity theft is someone steals your identity to access your credit cards, bank accounts, etc. Credit Card fraud is a crime involving identity theft where a criminal uses his credit card to fund his transactions. Someone using your credit card without your permission to buy their stuff is Credit Card fraud. Many people use a credit card to pay bills and forget the copy of the receipt in restaurants or other places. With only this information someone can make purchases and you won’t even realize it.
Software Piracy :
Here we all have somehow used these platforms knowingly or unknowingly. This way profits of the resources developers cut down. We are using someone else intellectual property and passing them on to our family and friends too. It is an unauthorized use and distribution of computer software. Cloning is another type of threat. Using pirated materials comes with its own risk. It contains viruses, Trojans, and other malware, it will infect any software with malicious code.
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CYBERCRIME
Cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer and network. The computer may have been the target or may have been used in the commission of a crime. Its main intention is to harm the reputation or cause
mental or physical harm to the victim, using networks and computers. In simple words, cybercrime can be divided into 2 big categories: Computer as a tool and computer as a target. Computer as a tool are unrefined crimes, on these attackers relies on human weakness to exploit them. These include scams, theft, and harassment.
Let’s discuss some of the most common cyber-crimes :
Phishing scams :
Usually, these cybercrimes are committed by targeting trusted and popular brands creating fake identities if that particular brand, or by making fake social media profiles and rogue websites to lure users into them. These sites create a fake profile of a real brand and ask people to fill forms asking for their personal information. It will somehow try to extract sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, or financial details. Here fraudsters contact the victim through a call, email, social media, or text message. They often trick victims to click on a malicious link that leads to installation. They are various forms of phishing such as SMShing, Spear Phishing, Email phishing, etc...
How to avoid phishing scams :
You should check every domain, Keep checking your links that ask for your personal information, and Check secure websites. Also, pay attention to social media profile names.
Hacking :
Hacking is breaking into a computer without permission or users' knowledge. Hackers are usually trained and skilled programming experts. They have outstanding computer and programming knowledge. But many use this knowledge with the wrong intentions. Internet fraud: This type of scam usually asks people to send money promising a much larger sum in a short time. These scams were already widespread through telephone, fax, and mail. The victim is asked to transfer a small portion of the money and will be promised bigger profit and gets trapped in their scam or fraud. The victim will not get any money and the money he invested also is gone now. Another form of fraud is fake job listings. In the name of a job, the victim is asked to pay some money and trap them. We can avoid falling into this type of scam by not bothering about many attractive or hype deals, and avoiding paying in advance. Online harassment and cyberstalking: Online harassment can be checking your email without your permission, spreading rumors about you, hacking into your online accounts with your permission, and sharing photos or videos of you without your permission. Online harassment is not just teasing it’s repeated behavior to humiliate, scare or control the person.
Cyberstalking is another form of harassment that focuses on a single person. If someone keeps contacting you on any social media platforms that are scaring you or making you upset it’s stalking. It can also involve threats or sexual comments. They can steal victims' personal information or misuse their personal information and put it out in toxic online communities where they try to harass the victim. Harassment can be sending irrelevant content or messages to the victim. These types of cybercrimes are extremely damaging to the victim's mental health and many even ended committing suicide.
Here we can complain to local police authorities and they will help you reach cyber investigating officers. So it’s important that victims' friends, relatives, or whoever is close by identifies and reacts to this problem.
Web jacking :
Web jacking is also known as hijacking. Here hacker takes control of the original website fraudently. They can redirect users to another fake page that is controlled by the hacker. The owner of the website has no control now and the hacker is using the website for selfish purposes.They can trick you with links. They can replace the link with a malicious web server. The purpose of this attack is to steal the credentials, passwords, usernames, and account numbers of users. Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud: Identity theft is someone steals your identity to access your credit cards, bank accounts, etc. Credit Card fraud is a crime involving identity theft where a criminal uses his credit card to fund his transactions. Someone using your credit card without your permission to buy their stuff is Credit Card fraud. Many people use a credit card to pay bills and forget the copy of the receipt in restaurants or other places. With only this information someone can make purchases and you won’t even realize it.
Software Piracy :
Here we all have somehow used these platforms knowingly or unknowingly. This way profits of the resources developers cut down. We are using someone else intellectual property and passing them on to our family and friends too. It is an unauthorized use and distribution of computer software. Cloning is another type of threat. Using pirated materials comes with its own risk. It contains viruses, Trojans, and other malware, it will infect any software with malicious code.