Definition of cyber crime

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Introduction
Definition of cyber crime
Overview on cyber crime and its growing threat
Cyber crime tools
Phishing and spammed emails potential to harvest information
Focus on hacking and growing thereat of cyber crime
Nature of cyber crime
Challenges to law enforcement because of anonymity
Differences in jurisdictions complicating coordination efforts among the various jurisdictions
Motives of cyber crime
Cyber criminals typically seek to get financial gains and this creates a market for illegal trading of personal information.
Non financial motives like child exploitation and harassment
Conclusion
Sums up and reviews different aspects of cyber crime under review Name
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Cyber Crime
Introduction
Cyber crime entails criminal acts committed through the use of computers perpetuated via the internet. Increased networking of computers has benefited many organizations, but there are also financial pitfalls because of cyber crime. Cyber attacks can emanate from anywhere and these crimes have become more sophisticated highlighting the need to improve security measures in governments, businesses and among people. For businesses, cyber crime creates a long-term image problem because of loss in confidence among consumers and investors. Cybercrime is one of the major forms of economic crimes that have gained attention, as it gravitate towards organized crime. Even though people may be aware of the risks of cyber crime, fewer of them take measures to review risks posed by cyber crime. This paper explores cyber crime tools, nature of cyber crime and motive for cyber criminals.
Cyber crime tools
One of the most common online crimes is phishing, and one does not require knowledge on computing to perpetrate this crime. This typically occurs through sending bogus emails that mimic relievable sources and then trying to illegally access information. In essence, users may be directed to bogus sites or leads to computer infection after being infected emails. Through this technique, there are a lot of cyber crime activities occurring to steal peoples’ identity and gain financially from access to such information. At other times, users in a computer network may be directed to untrustworthy network allowing fraudsters to steal vast quantity of information.
Increased sophistication of cyber crime tools has abated the problem of cyber crime, and hacking has gone a notch higher from simply being a pastime activity among knowledgeable people on hacking to a lucrative market for cyber criminals. Furthermore, it is possible for criminals to utilize technical skills in hacking through purchase in the black market. At the same time, some cyber criminals create their own tools and deal with publicly available software capable of easing the hacking process. Besides being able to launch attacks from various locations, cyber criminals can target many people at once on an int...