Authors
Mirdul Sharma, Satvinder Kaur, Ranjeet K. Singh
Abstract
Modern age is the age of technology, in today’s world people are using many devices or gadgets to make life simple. Development in technology helps in connecting people to the world, but misuse of technology in cyber world cause cybercrimes. Although, cybercrime can have dangerous impact on world. Cybercrime is a crime include computers or gadgets in which a system (computer) can be a target of the crime, tool of the crime or hold evidence of the crime. Basically cybercrime defined as criminal activity which happen over the Internet, by the peoples for their personal benefits. Following examples such as malware, fraud, and virus scripts, remote access Trojan’s, IOT etc. The only secured computer in the world that is powered off, the objective of my paper is not to put a damper on the flourishing growth of technology but rather to create awareness that we as individual can appreciate and learn to mitigate the risks. Earlier cybercrimes was committed only by small groups. Now it is discovered that there is very complicated cybercriminal networks alliance at global level to commit crimes. Peoples that take part in cybercrimes want to use their skills to gain profits. In the present study the paper reviewed on the basis of the major threat on the world implementing or affecting the individuals in their routine life involving both the professional and personal manner. They are using their skills to exploit people and data theft as cyber criminal’s find it easy to earn money. Cybercrimes have become big threat to cyber security which means protecting data, networks, programs and other information from unauthorized or unattended access. Keywords- Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Internet, Criminal, Malware, Trojan, Virus
Introduction
The human is causing more harm to the society by using the knowledge in the wrong way and taking the medium for the purpose of harming and doing crime. When we talk about the information and its protection, information restriction and information security turns into a big concern. Is our own information extremely safe on the internet? It is very difficult to ensure anyone that our data on internet or on our system is completely safe, the rapid growth of cyber-crimes and new techniques are introducing day by day, it became very difficult to come with an instant solution to every cyber-crime. The major objective of this review is to provide awareness towards cyber-crimes, cyber laws and threats towards cyber security. There are five major concerns of cyber security, organised cyber-crime, cyber-crime trading, ransomware, smishing, hacktivism. In the world of technology only your mobile phone knows all your secrets like bank accounts passwords, email passwords, contacts etc. and by adding third party apps in your computer or mobile phone and providing them permission to excess your system, everyone is getting prone for cyber-crime.
There are three major categories’ of cyber-crime, cyber-crime on individual, cyber-crime on propriety, cyber-crime government. Cyber-crime on individual includes cyber stalking, pornography or sharing anything malicious online. Cyber-crime on propriety includes stealing information or money from an organisation by using malicious codes. Cyber-crimes on government is most uncommon crime but most serious offence it includes hacking government websites, military websites these type of criminals are known as terrorist and these type of criminal activities are known as cyber terrorism.
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