CP102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: National White Collar Crime Center, Master Boot Record, Internet Crime Complaint Center
Document Summary
Cybercrime: any criminal acion perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer. Cybercriminals: individuals who use computers, networks, and the internet to perpetrate crime. The internet crime complaint center (ic3: partnership between the fbi and the naional white collar crime center (nw3c, four common categories of complaints. Running aucions of merchandize that doesn"t really exist. Convincing individuals to send money as a good faith gesture to enable them to receive larger payments in return; the scammers then disappear with the advance fees. Idenity thef: most inancially damaging cybercrime, a thief steals personal informaion such as your name, address, ssn, etc. and runs up debts in your name. Half of email users in north america and europe have opened spam. Thef of compuing devices is not classiied as a cyber crime (it is considered larceny) Replicates itself onto a hard drive"s master boot record.
