1.
Cyber Crime

2.
Impact of Information Technology
• Development of IT has changed our
– societies
– commerce
– lifestyle (communication, working, shopping)

3.
Crimes relating to computers
• Definitions
– Computer crimes
– Cyber Crimes
– Electronic crimes
• Problems
– unreported
– lack of training

4.
Role of Computer in Crime
• Computer as Target
– Using a Computer to attack victim computers
– Attacks on the confidentiality, integrity or availability of
information or systems
• Computer as Tool
– Fraud
– Gambling
– Pornography
– Piracy
– Harassment

5.
Role of Computer in Crime
• Computer as Accomplice
– Personal information (diaries, downloaded e-
mails)
– Contraband (porn)
– Stolen Information (trade secrets, credit cards)
– Key evidence unknown to suspect!!!

6.
Cyber-criminals
• Insider threats (employees)
• Hackers (teenage thrill-seekers to sophisticated criminals)
• Hactivists (overloads e-mail servers or hack web sites to send political
message)
• Virus writers
• Criminal groups (attack systems & steal password for financial gain)
• Sensitive intrusions (sensitive information is obtained via computer
intrusions)
• Information warfare (alternative to military attacks)
• Terrorists (who have potential to disrupt government systems with
computer attacks)
• Cyber Warfare (attack by sovereigns --- Crime or Declaration of war)

7.
• The computer is considered as one of the
most important technological advances and
back bone of the twentieth century.
• But in turn, they have increased the using
computers for unethical activities, privacy
invasion and illegal purposes leading purposes
leading to serious ethical issues.
• Some of the issues arise due to the computer
abuse are Hacking, cyber crime, computer
virus, software piracy, cyber squatting and
internet defamation

8.
• Computer Ethics is the study of ethical issues that are
associated primarily with computing machines and the
computing profession
• It is field of applied professional ethics dealing with
ethical problems aggravated, transformed or created by
computer technology.
• Thus computer ethics is the analysis of the nature and
social impact of computer technology and the
corresponding formulation and justification policies for
the ethical use of technology.

9.
• Don’t use a computer to harm other people.
• Don’t interfere with other people's computer work.
• Don’t snoop around in other people's files.
• Don’t use a computer to steal.
• Don’t use a computer to bear false witness.
• Don’t use or copy commercial software for which you
have not paid.
• Don’t use other people's computer resources without
authorization.
• Don’t appropriate other people's intellectual output.
• Think about the social consequences of the program you
write.
• Use a computer in ways that show consideration and
respect.

10.
THANK YOU