Cyber Crime &HACKING

Is the Internet the new WILD WILD WEST?

PREPARED BY: ANKIT SINGH COURSE: B.TECH(CS) SECTION:A ROLL NO:48

INTRODUCTION:
The term cyber crime is a misnomer

Cyber crime is the latest and perhaps the most complicated problem in the cyber world.
Any criminal activity that uses a computer either as an

instrumentality, target or a means for perpetuating further crimes comes within the ambit of cyber crime

A generalized definition of cyber crime may be unlawful acts

wherein the computer is either a tool or target or both

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

The Internet is overwhelmingly a power for good. It provides cheap and easy access every moment of every day to a vast reservoir of information and entertainment and it is transforming the nature of commerce and Government. However, with approximately one billion users worldwide accessing almost 75 million Web sites.

There is a dark side to the Internet. It would be nave to deny it and alarmist to exaggerate it.

CATEGORIES OF CYBERCRIME:
HACKING VIRUSES PIRATING FRAUD MONEY LAUNDERING CYBER TERRORISM CREDIT CARD FRAUD PHISHING SPOOFING THREATENING SALAMI ATTACK

Hacking :
Hacking can take several forms: Accessing - entering a network which is intended to be private Defacing changing the content of another persons Web site

Bombing overwhelming a site with countless messages to slow down or even crash the server

TYPES OF HACKERS

WHITE HAT HACKERS

GRAY HAT HACKERS

BLACK HAT HACKERS

WHITE HAT HACKERS

The white hat hackers are also known as ethical hackers, there main aim is to perform penetration test in a security system.

GRAY HAT HACKERS

This type of hackers are sometime good and some time bad in there activities, they work for them self as an individual team and charge there client for any type of work. There main clients are political parties , organization, family members, etc.

BLACK HAT HACKERS

They are the hackers who hack with all bad intention to harm people and country economically and they are the real cyber criminals.

EXAMPLES OF WORLDS TOP MOST HACKS

MAFIYABOY CANADA STUDENT AT DOWNTOWN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KNOWN COMRADE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SATELLITE HACKED(feb 1999)

ORKUT A HUB FOR HACKERS

We all know what Orkut is? It is a social networking service powered by Google. Orkut is very much famous in countries like USA, India, Pakistan and Iran. As common people access orkut very frequently so the hackers also visit it for there victims to target them and find information about them.

SALAMI ATTACK
In such crime criminal makes insignificant changes in such a manner that such changes would go unnoticed. Criminal makes such program that deducts small amount like Rs. 2.50 per month from the account of all the customer of the Bank and deposit the same in his account. In this case no account holder will approach the bank for such small amount but criminal gains huge amount

Spoofing
Getting one computer on a network to pretend to have the identity off another computer,, usually one with special access privileges ,, so as to obtain access to the other computers on the network..

PHISHING
It is technique of pulling out confidential information from the bank/financial institutional account holders by deceptive Means.

Phishing email
From: *****Bank [mailto:support@****Bank.com] Sent: 08 June 2004 03:25 To: India Subject: Official information from ***** Bank Dear valued ***** Bank Customer! For security purposes your account has been randomly chosen for verification. To verify your account information we are asking you to provide us with all the data we are requesting. Otherwise we will not be able to verify your identity and access to your account will be denied. Please click on the link below to get to the bank secure page and verify your account details. Thank you. https://infinity.*****bank.co.in/Verify.jsp ****** Bank Limited

Detecting Secure Websites

HTTPS instead of HTTP

Yellow Lock at bottom right of website

Viruses
Viruses, in the broadest sense, come in three forms:
Virus: This is a code that attaches itself to a program in a computer
and then reproduces itself. It can erase files or lock up a system.

Worm: This is similar to a virus but does not attach itself to files or
programs in a computer.

Trojan horse: This is a program that performs malicious actions

while pretending to do something else. It is similar to a virus but does not try to reproduce itself.

Pirating
Digital technology makes it very easy to copy perfectly creative products such as music or films and the Internet provides a free and almost anonymous means of transmitting or exchanging this pirated material around the world.

Cyber Terrorism
In the summer of 1999, hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence were found to have broken into the systems of the Pentagon. Richard Clarke, head of counter terrorism efforts for the US National Security Council, insists that several nations have developed cyber-warfare capabilities. Among the trends noted recently by computer security officials have been an illegal trade in ageing Cray super-computers which are ideal for cracking complex encrypted passwords used to guard major installations and companies

Preventions:
firewalls - keep them up to date Keep your operating system up to date with critical security updates and patches Don't open emails or attachments from unknown sources Use hard-to-guess passwords. Dont use words found in a dictionary. Remember that password cracking tools exist Back-up your computer data on disks or CDs often Don't share access to your computers with strangers Disconnect from the Internet when not in use Reevaluate your security on a regular basis Make sure your friends and family members know this info too!

Conclusion:
Capacity of human mind is unfathomable It is not possible to eliminate cyber crime from cyber space. It is quite possible to check them. History is the witness that no legislation has succeeded in totally eliminating crime from the globe.. The only step is to make people aware. Further I feel that there is a need to bring changes in information act to make it more effective to combat cyber crime.