Cybercrime: A Comprehensive Report on Types, Safety, and Measures

This report provides an overview of cybercrime, covering its definition, various types, and cyber safety measures. The report begins by defining cybercrime as illegal activities involving computers and networks, emphasizing its connection to criminal exploitation of the internet. It highlights the vulnerabilities of computer systems, such as weaknesses in the operating system, anonymity, and user awareness. The report then delves into the different types of cybercrimes, including hacking, phishing, computer viruses, and spoofing. Furthermore, it explains cyber safety as a set of practices to protect personal and confidential data, and computer systems, and outlines cyber safety actions, such as protecting passwords, running antivirus software, using personal firewalls, and keeping software updated. The conclusion emphasizes the rise of cybercrime due to digitalization and globalization and stresses the need for preventive measures. References to relevant research papers are also provided. This report aims to provide a better understanding of cybercrime and its impact.

CYBER CRIME

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Definition of cybercrime
• Types of cybercrimes
• Cyber safety
• Cyber safety actions
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
The key area of discussion of the lesson plan is “Cybercrime”. The mains areas that will be discussed
are:
 Understanding of the concepts of cybercrimes
 Comprehension about the types of cyber crimes
 Exploring about cyber safety

DEFINITION OF CYBERCRIME
• Illegal activities in which the computer and the networks are the tools or place of criminal activity
It is a subset of a computer crime
• Utilized for the purpose incidental to crime
• Criminal exploitation of the internet

CONTINUED…
Computers crimes or cybercrimes are vulnerable due to several reasons:
 Weakness in operating system
 Anonymity
 Lack of awareness of users

TYPES OF CYBERCRIMES
Some of the common types of cybercrimes are being defined underneath:
 Hacking
 Phishing
 Computer virus
 Spoofing
 Netsplonage

CYBER SAFETY
 A step of practices along with the measures to be taken for protecting the personal and confidential
data and computer system
 It is being referred as the practice of defending the personal computers, electronic systems, and
networks from the malevolent attacks

CYBER SAFETY ACTIONS
There are different cyber safety actions which can be taken for the protection from the cyber crimes
and these are as follows:
 Protecting passwords
 Running antivirus software
 Turning on personal firewalls
 Updating software and operating system

CONCLUSION
 Due to digitalization, advancement of technology and globalization, there has been rise in the
activities related to cybercrime.
 It is causing several damages both at the individual level and personal level
 Thus, measures need to be taken for its prevention, monitoring and checking

REFERENCES
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• Kritzinger, E., 2016. Short-term initiatives for enhancing cyber-safety within South African schools. South African
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• Agrafiotis, I., Nurse, J.R.C., Goldsmith, M., Creese, S. and Upton, D., 2018. A taxonomy of cyber-harms: Defining
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