Global Aspects of Cyber Crime

ABSTRACTWith the rapid and intense development of Computer Technology and communication, there had been a significant change in the outlook of world in human perspective. Computers playing the key role in technological development, started creating a virtual world where everything is virtual from shopping, money to data and files. This technological advent not only redefine the human life but also the redefined crime and terrorism. Crimes have also become virtual which are defined as cyber crimes and Cyber Terrorism. Even more disturbing are new styles of cyber-terrorism made possible by the big quantity of the physical machinery currently operated by computers. The govt. has been looking for ways for curbing of these sorts of crimes; there are many laws made and many are being considered. Penalization aside, preventing cyber crime is very important. After all, it's not possible to eliminate all technical loopholes. This paper deliberately attempts to define the word 'cyber crime' and also deals with various types of cyber crimes and a statistical analysis of the crimes in various countries. Some cases of cyber-crimes are discussed and the paper is concluded with a few suggestions that can be employed for a better control of Cyber Crimes.Key words: Cyber crime, Economic Impacts, National Defence, Lack of Evidence, Law EnforcementINTRODUCTIONCybercrime is a universal problem which deals with criminal activity using internet. The increase in cyber crimes is due to the additional technological developments and cheaper access to the software and hardware of the system. It highly targets on world's largest corporation and government entities. The estimated annual cost over global cyber crime is 100 billion. There are more than 360 million internet users in the world. Nevertheless, with no executions on criminal sanctions globally against the criminal actions of cyber crimes the ultimate criminal defense will still remain specifically within the jurisdiction.Cyber crimes are detected when the individual or institution notices large amount of money are unreasonably withdrawn from their accounts, or their system. To detect and resolve the instances of illegal entry , Anti- virus software can be installed in the computer systems.CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIMECrime against persons which includes Cyber pornography, Cyber Stalking, Cyber defamationCrime against property which includes Online gambling, Intellectual property infringement, phising, credit card fraudsCrime against government which includes Cyber terrorism.Given below are the analysis of various tables which includes the list of top 20 countries in cyber crimes and the major cyber attack techniques.The cyber crime is done using several cyber attack techniques. The most coomon cyber attack techniques are below:The major five industries that are attacked by the cyber crime are:TYPES OF CYBER CRIMEPHISHINGPhishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Typically it is carried out by email spoofing or instant messaging and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to deceive users and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures. Although the percentage of phishing attempts within all email traffic have dropped from 1.1% (2012) to 0.5% in 2013, phishing attacks have become much more targeted. Nearly 10,000 Indian users are targeted by phishing attacks daily.Websense researchers found that these were the top four subject lines used in worldwidephishing email campaigns - so proceed with caution if you see any of them in your email inbox:* Invitation to connect on LinkedIn* Dear Customer . …