Cyber Crime(Hacking) - IT acts
- 1. Global Technical Campus, Jaipur “IT act Case Study” DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1 Presented by- Jayati Tiwari
- 2. HACKING
- 3. CONTENTS •Cyber crime - Introduction •Types •How it is committed? •What is IT Law & Cyber Law? •Case Study •Verdict •Quick facts about cyber crime. •Recommendations 3
- 4. What is Cyber crime??? •Cyber crime is simply defined as crimes that are directly related to computers and using computers. •A personal computer connected to the Internet without protection may be infected with malicious software within a minute. Hacking Every act committed towards breaking into a computer and/or network is hacking. Hackers write or use ready-made computer programs to attack the target computer. 4
- 5. Types Target group of computer devices Target personal computer devices Against Person Against Property Against Govt. Denial of service Malware Computer Viruses Transmission of indecent material Harassment (racial, religious etc.) Computer Vandalism Transmission of harmful programs Terrorize international Govt. Cracking into military maintained website 5
- 6. How it is Committed ??? Unauthorized access Unauthorized access means any kind of access without the permission of either the rightful owner or the person in charge of a computer, computer system or computer network. 6
- 7. Hacking Every act committed towards breaking into a computer and/or network is hacking. Hackers write or use ready- made computer programs to attack the target computer.
- 8. Trojan Attack The program that act like something useful but do the things that are quiet damping. The programs of this kind are called as Trojans.
- 9. Virus and Worm attack:- A program that has capability to infect other programs and make copies of itself and spread into other programs is called virus. Programs that multiply like viruses but spread from computer to computer are called as worms.
- 10. Email spoofing Email spoofing refers to email that appears to have been originated from one source when it was actually sent from another source. 10
- 11. Phishing scams and fraud A ‘phisher’ may use spoof emails to direct a computer user to fraudulent websites to elicit a transfer of money, or sensitive information such as passwords or credit card details, from the user.
- 12. •Cyber law or Internet law is a term that encapsulates the legal issues related to use of the Internet. It is less a distinct field of law than intellectual property or contract law, as it is a domain covering many areas of law and regulation. Some leading topics include internet access and usage, privacy, freedom of expression. What is IT Law and Cyber Law ?? •IT Law is a set of legal enactments, currently in existence in several countries, which governs the digital dissemination of both (digitalized) information and software. 12
- 13. Case study . 13
- 14. e-bay.in is the most popular online shopping mall providing free online auctions for products like mobiles/cell phones, cameras, computers, etc. Bhubaneswar: Rourkela police busted a racket involving an online fraud worth Rs 12.5 lakh. In Jan 2012 ,Two persons, including alleged mastermind Debasis Pandit, a BCA student, were arrested and forwarded to the court of the sub divisional judicial magistrate, Rourkela the other arrested person is Rabi Narayan Sahu. The ebay case
- 15. Pandit allegedly hacked into the eBay India site using XSS Scripting and gathered the details of around 700 credit cardholders. He then made purchases by using their passwords. The fraud came to the notice of eBay officials when it was detected that several purchases were made from Rourkela while the customers were based in cities such as Bangalore, Baroda and Jaipur and even London. The company brought the matter to the notice of Rourkela police after some customers lodged complaints Pandit used the address of Sahu for delivery of the purchased goods The gang was involved in train, flight and hotel reservations. 15 What they did ???
- 16. Verdict A case has been registered against the accused under Sections 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 of the IT Act and further investigation is on, he said. Section 66 Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine. Section 420 Of Indian Penal Code covers offences relating to cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, and leads to punishments of fines and/or jail terms of up to 7 years and is liable to pay the total amount with fine of 1 lakh.
- 17. Section 34 of Indian Panel Code : When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by him alone.
- 18. Quick Facts about Ciber Crime 29.9 million people fell victim to cybercrime, $4 billion in direct financial losses, $3.6 billion in time spent resolving the crime, 4 in 5 online adults (80%) have been a victim of Cybercrime, 17% of adults online have experienced cybercrime on their mobile phone. Source: Norton Cybercrime Report 2011 18
- 19. What can be done??? More Public awareness campaigns Training of police officers to effectively combat cyber crimes More Cyber crime police cells set up across the country Websites aid in creating awareness and encouraging reporting of cyber crime cases Specialised Training of forensic investigators and experts Active coordination between police and other law enforcement agencies and authorities is required. 19
- 20. Conclusions Cybercrime greatly affects individuals, businesses, and national security due to the pervasiveness of the Internet . Different countries should work together and use legal, organizational, and technological approaches to combat cybercrime •To reduce the damage to critical infrastructures •To protect the Internet from being abused "The modern thief can steal more with a computer than with a gun. Tomorrow's terrorist may be able to do more damage with a keyboard than with a bomb". 20
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