There are many different types of cyber crime, including:
- Hacking: Using technical skills to gain unauthorized access to a computer, network, or website.
- Phishing: Sending fake emails or creating fake websites in an attempt to trick people into giving sensitive information, such as login credentials or financial information.
- Malware: Using malicious software to harm or exploit a computer or network. This can include viruses, worms, trojans, and other malicious programs.
- Ransomware: Encrypting a victim’s files and demanding payment in order to decrypt them.
- Denial of service (DoS) attacks: Flooding a website or network with traffic in an attempt to make it unavailable to users.
- Identity theft: Obtaining and using someone’s personal information, such as their name, address, or financial information, without their permission.
- Cyberstalking: Using the internet or other electronic means to harass, intimidate, or threaten another person.
- Fraud: Using the internet to commit financial crimes, such as credit card fraud or investment scams.
- Cyber espionage: Gathering sensitive information from another person or organization for illegal or unethical purposes.
- Intellectual property crimes: Stealing or misusing proprietary information, such as trade secrets or copyrighted material.
- Cryptojacking: Using someone’s computer to mine cryptocurrency without their knowledge or permission.
- Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks: Interception of communication between two parties in order to secretly read or modify the message.
- SQL injection: Injecting malicious code into a website’s database through an input field, such as a login form.
- Advanced persistent threats (APTs): Targeting a specific organization and working to gain access to its systems over an extended period of time, often for espionage purposes.
- Drive-by downloads: Exploiting a vulnerability in a website or browser to download malware onto a victim’s computer without their knowledge or consent.
- Botnets: Networks of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners’ knowledge.
- Spear phishing: Targeted phishing attacks that specifically target a particular individual or organization.
- Vishing: Using the phone to try to trick someone into giving sensitive information, such as login credentials or financial information.
- Hacktivism: Using hacking techniques to promote a political or social cause.
- Cyberbullying: Using the internet or other electronic means to bully or harass someone, often a minor.