Digital Forensics: What is Cybercrime and its Different Types
Cybercrime is any illegal activity that is performed by the use of a connected device such as a computer, laptop, mobile, etc. This blog illustrate different types of cybercrime and also mentions its examples.
Different Types of Cybercrime
Internal Attack
When a cyber attack performed by internal entity of an organisation. e.g. deletion of base code of company's website by disgruntled employee of that organisation
External Attack
When a cyber attack performed by external entity by exploiting vulnerabilities in the IT system. e.g. defacement of website by exploiting web based vulnerabilities
Examples of Cybercrimes
| Example | Description |
| Cyberwarfare | Use of cyber security tools against country by another country |
| Phishing/Spoofing | Clone the existing IT system/website to trick genuine users |
| Espionage | Try to get secrets of individual or organisation or nation by an attacker |
| Cyberterrorism | Use to cyber tools by terrorists gainst entity/organisation |
| Brute-force Attack | Try all the combination of strings to crack the secret of any IT system |
| Cyber Defamation | Defame the entity by using internet technogies |
| Data Manipulation | Data is deleted, updated and viewed by an unauthorised entity |
| Intellectual Property Theft | Intellectual Property owned by an organization stolen by an attacker |
| Denial of Service Attack | Bombard IT system with useless requests to prevent access of genuine users |
| Trojan Horse Attack | Software turned into malware that used by an employee |
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