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What is the term for displaying and circulating obscene images?
What is the term for displaying and circulating obscene images?
What is the process of reading other user's files and data without their knowledge?
What is the process of reading other user's files and data without their knowledge?
What is the term for breaking into someone else's computer system and destroying valuable documents?
What is the term for breaking into someone else's computer system and destroying valuable documents?
What is the term for repeatedly sending identical e-mails to a specific e-mail address?
What is the term for repeatedly sending identical e-mails to a specific e-mail address?
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What is the term for sending an email from a false email ID to mislead the recipient?
What is the term for sending an email from a false email ID to mislead the recipient?
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What is the term for spreading false messages against a person or a company through e-mail, mobile and social networks?
What is the term for spreading false messages against a person or a company through e-mail, mobile and social networks?
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What type of hacker is known for having good intentions?
What type of hacker is known for having good intentions?
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What is the term used to describe the act of stealing personal information through voice calls and SMS?
What is the term used to describe the act of stealing personal information through voice calls and SMS?
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What is the term used to describe the act of creating fake websites and addresses to deceive users?
What is the term used to describe the act of creating fake websites and addresses to deceive users?
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What is the term used to describe the act of using cyber technologies against the unity, sovereignty, and security of a country?
What is the term used to describe the act of using cyber technologies against the unity, sovereignty, and security of a country?
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What is the term used to describe the act of intentionally altering data before or after entering it into a computer?
What is the term used to describe the act of intentionally altering data before or after entering it into a computer?
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What is the term used to describe the act of transferring information from one computer to another without permission?
What is the term used to describe the act of transferring information from one computer to another without permission?
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Study Notes
Types of Cyber Crimes
- Cyber crimes can be divided into two categories: targeting computers and computer-weaponized cybercrime
- Examples of cyber crimes that target computers include hacking, virus attacks, and DOS attacks
Hacking
- Hacking is the process of finding information on a computer or network by breaking through security systems
- There are three main types of hackers:
- White Hat Hackers: hackers with good intentions, also known as Ethical Hackers
- Black Hat Hackers: hackers with malicious intent, also known as Crackers
- Gray Hat Hackers: hackers who sometimes have good intentions and sometimes have malicious intentions
Cyber Terrorism
- Cyber terrorism is the act of using cyber technologies against the unity, sovereignty, and security of a country
Other Cyber Crimes
- Phishing: the act of stealing highly secure personal information such as passwords and credit card information
- Smishing: phishing using voice calls and SMS
- Cyber squatting: the practice of creating fake websites and addresses mistaking them as official or authentic websites
- Data tampering: the act of intentionally altering data before or after entering it into a computer
- Data theft: the crime of transferring information from one computer to another computer without permission
- Cyber pornography: the act of displaying and circulating obscene images
- Snooping: the process of reading other user's files and data without their knowledge
- Cracking: the act of breaking into someone else's computer system and destroying valuable and confidential documents and information
- Cyberstalking: a threat made through the Internet, e-mail, phone call, text message, web camera, website, or video
- Salami attack: a financial crime committed by computer experts on banks
- E-mail bombing: the act of repeatedly sending identical e-mails to a specific e-mail address
- Email spoofing: the process of sending an email from a false email ID to mislead the recipient
- Email Spamming: the process of sending a group of unwanted e-mails to many people
- Cyber defamation: the offense of spreading false messages against a person or a company through e-mail, mobile, and social networks
- Cyber vandalism: the act of stealing a computer or any part of a computer or destroying any information on the computer
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Description
This quiz covers the different types of cyber crimes, including hacking, virus attacks, and DOS attacks. It also explores the different types of hackers and their intentions.
