A cybercrime is any criminal activity that directly involves electronic devices such as computers or the internet to compromise or attack entities. In a cybercrime, the computer system may involve in two main mechanisms. For one thing, the computer may be used to execute the criminal activities. For a second thing, the computer itself may be a target of orchestrated criminal activity.
Cybercrimes may be broadly categorized into three
- Cybercrimes that target individuals or people such as cyberbullying, cyberstalking, online harassment, credential theft and related crimes
- Cybercrimes that are directed towards damaging properties or materials likewise digital electronic devices, proprietary products, and other organizational assets
- Cybercrimes that target a government organization and may include theft of confidential information, hacking, espionage, hacktivism, cyberterrorism and so on.
Organizations may experience data breach attacks. And this one typical cybercrime activity where sensitive and critical information is accessed or stolen by a cybercriminal without proper authorization procedures. Attackers target the information system and the information stored within it to launch data breach attacks and other cybercrimes.
The common types of cybercrimes include the following:
- Computer hacking
- Copyright infringement
- Cyberbullying
- DDos/DoS attacks
- Extortion
- Identity theft
- Data breach
- Online predators
- Publish prohibited content
- More
Cybercrime is a criminal activity that involves computers and networks. Besides, the computer systems may be sources of cybercrime where the cyberattack is staged or they may be a target or a victim of a cyberattack. Cybercrimes are mostly conducted through the Internet. The cybercrimes cause data theft or leakage, business distruptions, and corruption of data. In additioin, cybercrimes may be luanched by individuals, groups and even governments.