We live in the ‘Information Age’. There is an abundance of information freely flowing and easily available for access. Computers, mobile phones, digital cameras and other electronic gadgets have become an inseparable part of our daily lives. On the other hand, anonymity, lack of defined boundaries and restrictions of information access, and a growing dependency
What is Malware? Malware or Virus is another term for a malicious programme. It performs unwanted actions on the computer which include Intentional programme crashes Unwanted pop-ups Stealing user confidential data Destruction of data or hardware Based on their characteristics, we can classify them into categories such as Worm Trojan Keylogger What is a Worm?
What is Internet time/Bandwidth theft? Internet time/ bandwidth theft is a crime where the internet connection of one person (the victim) is used by an unauthorised person (the criminal). This is usually done by getting access to the user’s internet account details, such as user name and password, provided by the service provider. This access
What is a Salami Attack? A salami is a slice of meat. An attack is made on the computer system or network where a cybercriminal successfully transfers a small amount of money (a very negligible amount) from the victims file or bank account to his account. The transferred amount is a small slice of a
What is Encryption? Encryption is the process of converting readable text (data) into an unreadable form (code or cipher text) using a mathematical algorithm. The reverse of this process, i.e. converting cipher text or encrypted data back into its original form is called Decryption. There are 2 types of encryption: Symmetric Asymmetric Both types of
What is Web Defacement? Web Defacement is an attack on the website where the attacker damages the visual appearance of the website by either altering or replacing the originally present content, images or designs on the website. The common objective of this attack is to damage the credibility of the entity/ individual owning the website.
What is Online Gambling? The act of betting money via the internet is known as Online Gambling. In India, gambling is illegal but it is permitted in many other countries. The availability of websites facilitating gambling and readily available internet access has made gambling easily accessible. What are the threats? Online Gambling is accessible online
What is Denial of Service (DoS) attack? DoS is an attack that prevents legitimate users from accessing a particular resource making that resource unavailable. The resource can be a website, your own computer, email, database or any other information that you as a user are authorized to access. In DoS attacks on websites, that attacker
What is Cyber Defamation ? Defamation means damaging one’s reputation. When this is done on cyber space it is known as Cyber Defamation. Cyber defamation involves the use of cyber space to defame an individual, organization or entity, via emails, websites, messaging or broadcasting services etc. What are the threats ? The exposure, reach and
What is Voyeurism ? Voyeurism is the act of spying on people engaged in acts that are usually considered to be private in nature. People like to record and share some moments of their lives via technology. Unfortunately, a new form of cybercrime has emerged wherein hidden cameras capture the private moments of people’s lives
