Cybercrime

2. Theft of software through the illegal copying of genuine programs
3. a criminal accesses data about a person’s bank account, credit cards, Social Security, debit card and other sensitive information to steal money or to buy things online in the victim’s name.
4. Activities done with criminal intent in cyberspace
8. someone who intimidates or coerces a government or organization to advance his or her political or social objectives by launching a computer-based attack against computers, networks, or the information stored on them
9. is a malicious program that appears to be friendly, they are not technically viruses
10. Type of cybercrime that similar to a real-life instance of a criminal illegally possessing an individual’s bank or credit card details
11. Damaging or destroying data rather than stealing
12. Malicious software that attaches itself to other software
15. is whose purpose is to is commonly spread a program duplicate itself. It over the Internet and via e-mail message attachments Internet Relay Chat (ICR).
17. an illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network
19. any dishonest misrepresentation of fact intended to let another to do or refrain from doing something which causes loss.
20. this type of virus hides the user’s disk and waits for a specific event to occur before running

1. occurs when a website, e-mail server, or computer system is subjected to or threatened
5. an act of terrorism committed through the use of cyberspace or computer resources
6. a kind of online harassment wherein the victim is subjected to a barrage of online messages and emails
7. This is the least common cybercrime, but is the most serious offense.
13. these viruses take up residence in the computer’s memory, making them hard to detect
14. Exploit and victimize others
16. a virus designed to infect a specific type of document file, such as Microsoft Word or Excel files
18. This category of cybercrime involves one individual distributing malicious or illegal information online