Cybercrime

Introduction

The opportunities for electronic crime are extensive and have been well-documented. There are two main categories of cybercrime:

• crimes in which information and communications technologies are the target of offences (eg computer vandalism and viruses), and
• crimes in which technologies are used as tools to commit an offence (such as computer hacking).

The second category has two levels of reliance on technologies: crimes which are enabled by technologies (a computer is required to commit the offence, such as 'phishing' - fraudulently acquiring sensitive personal information by pretending to be a trustworthy organisation) and crimes which are enhanced by technologies (computers make it easier to commit an offence, such as credit card fraud).

Contents

• AIC work
• Definitions and general information
• Statistics
• Law enforcement, responses and prevention
  • Legal issues
  • Investigative and policing issues
  • Responses
  • Practical prevention guides
• Online victimisation
  • Cyberstalking and harassment
  • Online grooming, sexual exploitation and abuse of children
• Offensive or illegal online content
  • Internet regulation
  • Child abuse images and pornography
  • Malicious software ('malware')
  • Unsolicited bulk email ('spam')
• Intellectual property offences
• Cyberterrorism
• Theft, fraud and financial crime
• Transnational and organised cybercrime
• Cybercrime websites, agencies and organisations