Cyber security (DO's & DONT's)

1. Nigel D’souza(C.C.I)
Cyber crime Invest.

2. What is Cyberspace And Cybercrime
Cyberspace
An electronic medium of computer system within which people
can communicate do research, or simply window shop.
Cybercrime
Crime committed using a computer and the internet i.e.
where the computer used as an object or subject of crime.

3. History
-The first recorded cyber crime took place in the year
1820.
-The first spam email took place in 1978 when it was
sent over the Arpanet
-The first VIRUS was installed on an Apple computer in
1982

4. Types of cyber crime
-Hacking
-Child pornography
-Computer vandalism
-DoS attack
-Virus Dissemination
-Software Piracy
-Net Extortion
-Phishing
-Spoofing

5. Hacking
-Illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network. i.e.
Unauthorized access
Child pornography
-Abuse children/teens sexually
-More children would be using the internet and more are the
chances of falling victim to the aggression of pedophiles
Computer vandalism
-Damaging or destroying data rather than stealing or reusing

6. DoS attack
-Floods the bandwidth of the victims network or fills his e-
mail box with spam mail depriving him of the services he is
entitled to access
Virus Dissemination
-Malicious software that attaches itself to other software
(virus, worms, Trojan Horse)
Software piracy
-Theft of software through the illegal copying of genuine
programs

7. Net extortion
-Copying the companies confidential data in order to extort
said company for huge amount
Phishing
-Act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an
established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the
user into surrendering private information that will be used
for identity theft
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.

8. Cyber crime threatens national security
-Ex union home minister Shivraj Patil said that the rising level of
cyber crime is an indication of an enormous threat to national
security.
-Everything is being operated through computer and hence the risk
increases.
-India is at eleventh position , U.S. being the first
-Increase in number of cases reported

10. Cyber security
-Involves protection of sensitive personal & business information
through prevention, detection and response to different online
attacks
-Protects from attacks by detecting and preventing

11. Do’s
-Install a firewall , pop-up blocker
-Ensure your virus definitions are up to date
-Use strong passwords , don’t give personal information unless
required(not even phone number)
-Use secure connections
-Disable file sharing , turn off internet when not in use
-Use spam filters , delete spam immediately
-Use various passwords for various accounts
-Don’t believe in everything you read online
-Open attachments carefully
-Beware of promises to make fast profits
-Be smart , don’t act foolish and help in spreading spam

12. Conclusion
The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched
off and unplugged.
So , only way to be safe is Pay attention and
Act smart.