08-01-2014, 04:11 PM
Cyber Crime and Security
Abstract
Today we are living in 21st century. Today’s world is also known as technical world where everyone is making use of technology at some point of time or other. Today computers are referred as a symbol of technology. It is used everywhere from home to big industries and business offices. People are not only making use of this technology or computers etc. to get a luxurious life or to make their task easy and fast. They can talk to people through video chat, can express and share their view using social networking sites, can make online transaction etc. With the ease of technology it has also opened new challenges like security and new ways of crime. With people connected to whole world through Internet, it is very easy to get access to one’s personal information and use that to commit cyber crimes.
The object of this paper is to define different types of cybercrimes. It will review different ways used by cyber criminals and will list few such real incidents. It will also list tools and techniques by which such personal information can be made more secure to avoid such criminal activities. Based on research few suggestions will be made to avoid such crimes.