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Date: 2 January, 2018 Author: TeamICA

INDIAN CYBER ARMY is a Registered Non-Profit Organization & RESOURCE CENTER for
Police, Investigation Agencies, Research Centers, Ethical Hackers, Industry Experts,
Government Agencies, Academic Leaders & Individuals together to fight against intelligence
threats and cyber crimes.

Indian Cyber Army has found some of the reasons why Cybercrime becomes one of the most
dangerous Crime as per company’s perspective.

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Crimes that use computer networks or devices to advance other ends include Fraud and
identity theft (although this increasingly uses malware, hacking or phishing, making it an
example of both “computer as target” and “computer as tool” crime) Information warfare.
Phishing scams.

Crimes Commi ed using the computer and the Internet with the intention to harm
someone either Socially, mentally or financially.
A partial list of cybercrime as follow:-

Hacking of computer system & network.

Cyber pornography
Financial Crimes
Social Media Frauds

Hacking of computer system & network:-

Most cybercrimes are commi ed by individuals or small groups. However, large organized
crime groups also take advantage of the Internet. These “professional” criminals notice new
ways in which to commit previous crimes, treating cyber crime like a business and forming
world criminal communities.

Criminal communities share strategies and tools and can combine forces to launch
coordinated a acks. They even have AN underground marketplace where cybercriminals
should purchase and sell stolen data and identities.

It’s very difficult to crack down on cybercriminals because the Internet makes it easier for
people to do things anonymously and from any location on the globe. Many systems used in
cyber a acks have actually been hacked and are being controlled by someone si ing far away.

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Crime laws are different in every country too, which can make things really complicated
when a criminal launch an a ack in another country.

Types of cybercrime as follows:-

Botnet – a network of software robots, or bots, that automatically spread malware

Fast Flux – moving information quickly among the computers during a botnet to form it
difficult to trace the source of malware or phishing websites
Zombie Computer – Type of computer that has been hacked into and is used to launch
malicious a acks or to become part of a botnet
Social Engineering -using lies and manipulation to trick people into revealing their
personal information. Phishing is a sort of social engineering
Denial-of-Service a acks – flooding a network or server with traffic in order to make it
unavailable to its users
Skimmers – Devices that steal credit card information when the card is swiped through
them. This can happen in stores or restaurants when the card is out of the owner’s view,
and frequently the credit card information is then sold online through a criminal
community.

Read More: How do we protect you from Cyber Crime | Indian Cyber Army

Cyber pornography:-

Cyber pornography, involving production and distribution of pornography material.

Cyber pornography is in simple words outlined because the act of using the Internet to make,
display, distribute, import, or publish pornography or obscene materials. With the appearance
of Net, ancient sexy content has currently been for the most part replaced by online/digital
sexy content.

Cyber pornography is banned in many countries and legalized in some. In India, under the
knowledge Technology Act, 2000, this can be a gray space of the law, wherever it’s not
prohibited however not legalized either.

Under the Section 67 of the I.T Act, 2000 makes the following acts punishable by
imprisonment up to 3 years and fine up to 5 lakhs:

1. Publication– which would include uploading on a website, WhatsApp group or any other
digital portal where third parties can have access to such content.
2. Transmission– this includes sending obscene photos or images to any person via email,
messaging, WhatsApp or any other form of digital media.
3. Causing to be published or transmi ed– this is a very wide terminology which would
end up making the intermediary portal liable, using which the offender has published or
transmi ed such obscene content. The Intermediary Guidelines under the Information
Technology Act put an onus on the Intermediary/Service Provider to exercise due
diligence to ensure their portal is not being misused.

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Section 67A of the Information Technology Act makes publication, transmission and causing
to be transmi ed and published in electronic form any material containing sexually explicit
act or conduct, punishable with imprisonment up to 5 years and fine up to 10 lakhs.

An understanding of these provisions makes the following conclusions about the law of cyber
pornography in India extremely clear:

1. Viewing Cyber pornography is illegal in the Asian nation. just downloading and viewing
such content doesn’t quantity to an offense.
2. Publication of pornographic content online is illegal.
3. Storing Cyber pornographic content is not an offense.
4. Transmi ing cyber pornography via instant SMS , emails or the other types mode of
digital transmission is associated offense.

Read More: How do we protect you from Cyber Crime | Indian Cyber Army

Financial Crimes:-

Financial Crimes such as siphoning off money from a bank, credit cards frauds, money
laundering etc.

Financial crime over the last 30 years has progressively become of concern to governments
throughout the globe.

This concern arises from a variety of issues because the impact of financial crime varies in
different contexts.

It is nowadays widely recognized that the prevalence of economically motivated crime in

several societies may be a substantial threat to the development of economies and their
stability.

First, there are those activities that dishonestly generate wealth for those engaged in the
conduct in question.

Just Like, the exploitation of insider information or the acquisition of another person’s
property by deceit will invariably be done with the intention of securing a material benefit.
Alternatively, a person may engage in deceit to secure material benefit for another.

Who commits Financial Crime?

There are essentially seven groups of people who commit the various types of financial crime:

Organised criminals, as well as terrorist teams, are progressively perpetrating large-scale

frauds to fund their operations.
Corrupt heads of state may use their position and powers to loot the coffers of their (often
impoverished) countries.
Business leaders or senior executives manipulate or misreport financial info thus on
misrepresent a company’s true financial position.
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Employees from the foremost senior to the most junior steal company funds and
alternative assets.
From outside the company, fraud can be perpetrated by a customer, supplier, contractor or
by a person with no connection to the organization.
Increasingly, the external fraudster is colluding with the associate employee to achieve
bigger and higher results a lot of simply.
Finally, the successful individual criminal, serial or opportunist fraudsters in possession of
their proceeds are a further group of people who have commi ed financial crime.

Financial crime is commonly considered as covering the

following offenses:

money laundering
electronic crime
Fraud
terrorist financing
bribery and corruption
market abuse and insider dealing
information security

Read More: Cyber Security Services & Training | Indian Cyber Army.

Social media frauds:-

Social media, such as Facebook, YouTube, Twi er, and LinkedIn, have become key tools for
U.S. investors. Whether they are seeking research on particular stocks, background
information on a broker-dealer or investment adviser, guidance on an overall investment
strategy, up to date news or to simply want to discuss the markets with others, investors turn
to social media. Social media also offers a number of features that criminals may find
a ractive.

Fraudsters can use social media in their efforts to appear legitimate, to hide behind
anonymity, and to reach many people at low cost. For additional information, see these
Investor Alerts and Bulletins:

How to Protect yourself against Social media frauds:

Read More: What are the effective ways to secure social media | INDIAN CYBER ARMY

In all such issues which have described above, It is important to get serious in order to reduce cyber
crimes in India. Indian Cyber Army now working to aware the people more about such crimes so that
they can save the nation from cyber criminals. We are working in this field since 2011 and we have also

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started our cyber crime helpline number +91-99 6860 0000 so that we can take instant action to help
children, women, and other citizens.

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