CRCJ 4001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Security Number, Cyberstalking, Crimeware

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 4001
• Professor: Erin Mc Cuaig

Document Summary

Any crime facilitated or committed using computer network or hardware device. Hardware would include things like phones, tablets etc Could be entirely technological or more personally based. Identity theft is most common form of cybercrime. Computer and hardware merely allows for the facilitation of previously committed crimes like fraud. The computer or device may be the agent of the crime, the facilitator of the crime, or the target of the crime. They present a type 1 and type 2. Crimeware : software used in commission of a crime. A vulnerable browser would not constitute crimeware, but instead simply flawed software. Ex: account on kijiji is hacked and selling fake products. Originally account user had clicked a link on a phishing email. Most vulnerable group of type 1 is 18-29. This may be due to frequency of use and not tied to knowledge of the internet or technology. Normally done by an individual known to the victim.