Lost trust on internet

ARTICLE ON CYBER CRIME, HISTORY, TYPES, THREAT AND DO's

A.    What is Cyberspace and Cybercrime?

Cyberspace an electronic medium of computer system within which people can communicate do research, or simply window shop. Cybercrime Crime committed using a computer and the internet i.e. where the computer used as an object Of subject of crime.

B.     History -The first recorded cyber crime took place in the year 1820. -The first spam email took place in 1978 when it was sent over the Arpanet -The first VIRUS was installed on an Apple computer in 1982

C.    Types of cyber crime:-

1.      Hacking -Illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network. i.e. Unauthorized access.

2.      Child pornography -Abuse children/teens sexually -More children would be using the internet and more are the chances of falling victim to the aggression of pedophiles.

3.      Computer vandalism -Damaging or destroying data rather than stealing or reusing.

4.      DoS attack -Floods the bandwidth of the victims network or fills his e-mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is entitled to access.

5.      Virus Dissemination -Malicious software that attaches itself to other software (virus, worms, Trojan horse).

6.      Software piracy -Theft of software through the illegal copying of genuine programs.

7.  Net extortion -Copying the company’s confidential data in order to extort said company for huge amount.

8.     Phishing - 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.

9.     Spoofing -Getting one computer on a network to pretend to have the identity off another computer,, usually one with special access privileges ,so as to obtain access to the other computers on the network.

D.    Cyber crime threatens national security –Ex-union home minister Shivraj Patil said that the rising level of cyber crime is an indication of an enormous threat to national security. -Everything is being operated through computer and hence the risk increases. - India is at eleventh position , U.S. being the first -Increase in number of cases reported

E.     Cyber security -Involves protection of sensitive personal & business information through prevention, detection and response to different online attacks -Protects from attacks by detecting and preventing.

F.     Do’s –

1.      Install a firewall ,

2.      pop-up blocker

3.      Ensure your virus definitions are up to date

4.      Use strong passwords

5.      don’t give personal information unless required(not even phone number)

6.      Use secure connections

7.      Disable file sharing

8.      turn off internet when not in use

9.      Use spam filters.

10. Delete spam immediately .

11. Use various passwords for various accounts.

12. Don’t believe in everything you read online .

13. Open attachments carefully.

14. Beware of promises to make fast profits.

15. Be smart.

16. don’t act foolish and help in spreading spam

G.    Conclusion

             The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched off and unplugged. So,     

             Only way to be safe is Pay attention and Act smart.

Country or area	Internet users	Rank
China	568,192,066	1
United States	254,295,536	2
India	200,780,998	3

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