81-220-1 chapter 14
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• Transnational organized crime
• Cybercrime
• There are generally three types of
cybercrime:– Cybertheft– Cybervandalism– Cyberterrorism
Crime in the Cyber Age
• Illegal copyright infringement
– Warez
– File sharing
– MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster (2005)
Cybertheft: Cybercrime for Profit
• Computer Fraud– Salami slice fraud
• Distributing Illegal or Dangerous Services or Materials– Distributing obscenity– Distributing dangerous drugs
• Denial of service attacks
Cybertheft: Cybercrime for Profit
• Internet Securities Fraud– Market manipulation– Fraudulent offerings of securities– Illegal touting
• Phishing and Identity Theft– Identity theft– Phishing
• Etailing fraud
Cybertheft: Cybercrime for Profit
• Worms, Viruses, Trojan Horses, Logic Bombs, and Spam– Viruses and worms
• Disrupts or destroys existing programs and networks, causing them to perform the task for which the virus was designed
– Computer viruses• Malware: a malicious software
program
Cybervandalism: Cybercrime with Malicious Intent
– Trojan horses• Looks like a benign application but contains
illicit codes that can damage the system’s operations
– Logic bombs• Slag code: Delayed-action virus which may
be set off when certain input data is entered
– Spam • Unsolicited email and electronic
communications
Cybervandalism: Cybercrime with Malicious Intent
• Website Defacement– Normally not profit driving– Hacker accesses the victim’s website
and enters misleading or damaging information
– 70% appeared to be pranks, though some hacking events have a political motive
Cybervandalism: Cybercrime with Malicious Intent
• Cyberespionage
• Cyberterrorism
• Why Terrorism in Cyberspace?– Cyber attacks
• Funding Terrorist Activities
Cyberwarfare: Cybercrime with Polit ical Motives
• Illegal Copying
• Computer Security Breaches
• Identity Theft
• Cybervandalism
The Extent and Cost of Cybercrime
• Characteristics of transnational organized crime
• Activities of transnational organized crime
• The rise of transnational gangs– Eastern European gangs– Russian transnational crime groups– Latin American and Mexican drug
cartels– Asian transnational groups
Transnational Organized Crime