hi-tech crime or electronic crime generally refers to criminal activity where a computer or network is the source, tool, target, or place of a crime. These categories are not exclusive and many activities can be characterized as falling in one or more. Additionally, although the terms computer crime and cybercrime are more properly restricted to describing criminal activity in which the computer or network is a necessary part of the crime, these terms are also sometimes used to include traditional crimes, such as fraud, theft, blackmail, forgery, and embezzlement, in which computers or networks are used.
Examples of crimes that primarily target computer networks
1) Malware and malicious code
2) Denial-of-service attacks
3) Computing viruses
Examples of crimes that merely use computer networks
1) Cyber stalking
2) Fraud and identity theft
3)Phishing scams
4) Information warfar
Useful article. Thanks a lot for explaining all these important terms that are basically related to computer networks. Several tools and techniques are invented in order to reduce this illegal activity and to protect the valuable information.
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