Cyber crime

Cyber crime

Any criminal act that involves the theft or destruction of information, resources, or funds utilizing computers, computer networks and the Internet (includes cyber theft, vandalism and terrorism)

Phishing

Asking for person information through email

Organized/syndicate crime

Centered around the provision of goods and sevices with strong ties to police, politicians and judges with a code of conduct to be loyal to your boss and family, honor and respect, teamwork and secrecy

Market manipulation

Control the price of stock by interfering with supply and demand 1. Pump and dump 2. Cyber smear

Fraudulent offerings of securities

Create websites to sell fake stock

File sharing

Downloading music without paying the artists or producers their royalties

Top 5 cyber crimes

Fbi related scams Identify theft Advance fee fraud Non auction non delivery of merchandise Overpayment fraud

Denial of service attack

Flooding the site with bogus messages or orders to tie-up services and prevent them from performing as promised (rival businesses or online gambling casinos)

Shoplisting

Get a receipt, steal a product on the receipt and return it for a gift card or store credit. Usually sell the gift card online.

Illegal copyright infringement

Groups illegally obtaining software and cracking or ripping it's copyright protections, then post it on the Internet for other members of the group to use

Web defacement

Hack a website and insert or substitute codes to expose visitors to misleading or provocative information

Cyber espionage

Hacking secure computer networks at military bases, defense contractors and aerospace companies to steal important data

Organized crime

Illegal activities of people and organizations whose acknowledged purpose is to profit by illegitimate means

Illegal touting

Illegal advertising; convince you to invest in a company without telling you they're being paid by the company to give a positive opinion by that company

Etailing fraud

Illegally buying and selling merchandise on the Internet

Cyber spying

Illegally using the Internet to gather information considered private and confidential

Online retail fraud

Includes non auction items (store website)

Pump and dump

Inflate price of stock by putting out positive information so you can sell it at an artificially higher price

Internet securities fraud

Involves using the Internet to intentionally manipulate the securities marketplace for profit

Contemporary organized crime groups

Loose confederation of ethnic and regional crime groups

Cyber smear

Put out negative information to drive down the price, but it at a low price and then make money

Internet crime complaint center (ic3)

Ran by the fbi which is the main agency responsible for combating cyber crimes and receives Internet related complaints and pass them to appropriate authorities

Online auction fraud

Receive payment for something and never deliver the goods or sending something of lesser value (ebay)

Destructive use of cyberspace

Sending out viruses

Salami fraud

Skin small amounts of money from a large number of accounts in order to bypass internal controls and escape detection

Corporate espionage

Steal trade secrets of your competitors in order to give yourself an advantage

Cyber stalking

Use electronic communication device to stalk someone (cyber vandalism )

Vishing

Using voice over Internet protocol

Swatting

Using voice over Internet protocol to call 911 for fake emergencies

Identity theft

When someone steals a form of ID and uses it to access the persons financial resources

Cyber bullying

Willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text (cyber vandalism)

The computer is

1. The object of the crime 2. The subject of the crime 3. The instrument of the crime

Computer fraud

A common law crime committed using contemporary technology (includes theft of information, the "salami fraud" and corporate espionage)

Cyber vandalism

Criminals interested in revenge and destruction rather than profit or greed

Controlling organized crime

Difficult to control activities because they're secretive, protective and defensive

3 most common activities of organized crime

Narcotics distribution, loan sharking and prostitution

4 types of organized crime

Political social - terrorists or militant social movement groups that use violence to get what they want Mercenary - committed by groups for personal profit In group orientated - primary goal is psychological gratification rather than financial Syndicate - groups that participate in illegal activities through force, intimidation or threats to provide illegal services

Cyber terrorism

Premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs and data which result in violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups