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The document discusses various types of cyber crimes in India including hacking, cyber squatting, phishing, cyber stalking, and vishing. It provides statistics on internet and mobile phone usage in India and reasons why India is vulnerable to cyber crimes like growing online user base, website hacks, data theft, and threats to mobile platforms.

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The document discusses various types of cyber crimes in India including hacking, cyber squatting, phishing, cyber stalking, and vishing. It provides statistics on internet and mobile phone usage in India and reasons why India is vulnerable to cyber crimes like growing online user base, website hacks, data theft, and threats to mobile platforms.

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ASM DEGREE & PG

COLLEGE
FOR WOMEN
POWER POINT PRESENTAION
ON

cyber crime
PRESENT ED
BY
B RAMYA
M.COM (CA ) 3 SEM
H.NO:22010C3003
Monday, September 24, 2012
CYBER
CRIME !!
The expression ‘Crime’ is defined as an act, which subjects the
doer to legal punishment or any offence against morality, social
order or any unjust or shameful act. The “Offence" is defined in
the Code of Criminal Procedure to mean as an act or omission
made punishable by any law for the time being in force.

Cyber Crime is emerging as a serious threat. World wide


governments, police departments and intelligence units have
started to react.
Indian Crime
Scene
The major Cyber Crimes reported,
in India, are Denial of Services,
Defacement of Websites, Spam, Computer
Virus and Worms, Pornography, Cyber
Squatting, Cyber Stalking
and Phishing.
Given the fact that nearly $ 120
million worth of Mobiles are being lost or
stolen in the country every year, the users
have to protect Information, Contact details
and Telephone numbers as these could be
misused. Nearly 69 per cent of information
theft is carried out by current and ex-
employees and 31 per cent by hackers.
India has to go a long way in protecting
Monday, September 24, 2012 the vital information. [3 The
Hindu, Saturday, Oct 27, 2007].
Cyber Crime
Variants
Hacking
"Hacking" is a crime, which entails cracking
systems and gaining unauthorized access to the
data stored in them. Hacking had witnessed a 37
per cent increase this year.

Cyber Squatting
Cyber Squatting is the act of registering a
famous Domain Name and then selling it for a
fortune.
This is an issue that has not been tackled in IT
ACT 2000.

Monday, September 24, 2012


Phishing is just one of the many
frauds on the Internet, trying to
fool people into parting with their
money. Phishing refers to the
receipt of unsolicited emails by
customers of Financial Institutions,
requesting them to enter their
Username, Password or other
personal information to access
their Account for some reason.

The fraudster then has access to


the customer's online bank account
Monday, September 24, 2012
and to the funds contained in that
Cyber Stalking is use of the Internet or other
electronic means to stalk someone. This
term is used interchangeably with online
harassment and online abuse. Stalking
generally involves harassing or threatening
behaviour 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.
Monday, September 24, 2012
VISHIN
G
Vishing is the criminal practice of
using social engineering and Voice
over IP (VoIP) to gain access to
private personal and financial
information from the public for the
purpose of financial reward. The term
is a combination of “Voice" and
phishing. Vishing exploits the public's
trust in landline telephone services.

Vishing is typically used to steal credit


card numbers or other information
used in identity theft schemes from
Monday, September 24, individuals.
2012
Why
India?
A rapidly growing online user
base
121 Million Internet Users
65 Million Active Internet Users, up
by 28% from 51 million in 2010
50 Million users shop online on
Ecommerce and Online Shopping Sites
46+ Million Social Network
Users
346 million mobile users had
subscribed to Data Packages.

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wearesocial 2011
• Continued Website Hacks and
Defacements

• Data and Information theft

• Increasing phishing attacks on


Ecommerce and Financial Websites

• Cybercriminals targeting Social and


Professional Networks

• Threats directed at the Mobile Platform:


Smartphones and Tablets
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