CYBERCRIME: Fighting Electronic Crime on the Internet

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CYBERCRIMEFighting Electronic Crimeon the
Internet
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Introduction

• The Internet is a Tool
• Common uses
• The Web (WWW)
• Instant Messenger (IM)
• File Sharing (P2P, Email)
• Streaming Media (Audio, Video)
• Communications (Email, Voice over IP Internet
  Phone)
• Ecommerce (Shopping, Banking, Investing)
• Computers are Tools
• assist us in our work, calendars, finances,
  research, communications
• Providing recreation and entertainment
• Computers Are Used to Commit Cyber Crimes
• Data can be stolen, altered, hidden or warped
• Communication can be hidden, altered or recorded
• Preventing, detecting, and prosecuting computer
  crime is one of the most significant challenges
  to Law Enforcement in modern day

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Impact of High-Technologyon Your Safety

• Greater more enduring than drugs
• greater influence on the uninvolved
• National International
• economy
• government
• law enforcement
• Collaboration
• working together, individuals, families have
  the power to protect themselves

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Computers Add New Dimensionsto Traditional Crimes

• Homicide and other violent crimes (sexual
  assault)
• Illegal Material
• Child pornography
• Drugs, Alcohol
• Narcotics offenses
• Data Theft
• Fraud, counterfeiting
• Dangerous Content
• Bomb Making
• Drug Making
• Booby-Traps

Computers have do not understand jurisdictional
boundaries. Internet users are often anonymous
and in cyberspace, anyone can transfer massive
amounts of information almost instantaneously
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Why is Cyberspace Dangerous?

• VIRTUAL ANONYMITY FOR CRIMINALS DEVIANTS
• Easy to create e-mail accounts with bogus
  information
• E-mail services ask for little information
• Other services require nothing more than an
  e-mail address
• Rarely do services validate input
• Availability of Anonymizing Services
• LACK OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
• No doors to knock down, no windows to break, no
  fingerprints to leave behind
• Criminal is faceless and often in another
  geographic area

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The Increasing Cost ofComputer Crime

• Bank Robbery - 2,500
• Bank Fraud - 25,000
• Computer Crime - 500,000
• Theft of Technology - 1,900,000
• ID Theft y - 2,500,000

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Fraud

• Auction frauds
• Get-rich-quick schemes
• Senior citizen scams
• Phishing
• Phony Prizes
• Cheap Stuff
• Hardware (Mp3 Players, Cameras, DVDs)
• Software (Windows, MS-Office, Anti-Virus)

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Theft

• Personally Identifying Information
• Birthday, SSN, Banking data
• Credit card numbers
• Identity Theft
• Computer Equipment
• Usernames Passwords

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Narcotics and Gambling

• Narcotics distribution
• Unmatched convenience
• compulsive underage gamblers
• Virtual casinos
• gone with a keystroke
• Day trading

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Fatal Online Encounters
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Online Harassment Cyberstalking
"It's actually obsene sic what you can find out
about people on the Internet." Liam Youens
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Crimes Against Children

• Child pornography
• Exposure of Children to harmful content
• Pornography
• Graphic Violence
• Hateful Content
• Children lured into degrading situations
• Chat Sessions
• Chat rooms
• Online Blogs
• Social Networks
• Children keep silent for many reasons
• To protect family
• Out of fear
• Feelings of shame
• To rebel against authority
• For chance and thrill

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Homicide

• Violent criminals use computers
• to acquire critical information about the
  victim(s)
• as a tool for communication
• as a storage device for evidence about motive and
  methods

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The Many Faces ofComputer Crime in the News

• Computer Evidence Used In the Courts
• Terrorism - Zacarias Moussaoui, 20th hijacker on
  9/11
• Homicides - Scott Peterson, Dennis Rader (BTK
  Killer)
• Child Pornography - Michael Jackson
• Espionage - Aldrich Ames
• Insider Trading - Martha Stewart Case
• Financial Fraud - ENRON

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What Can You Do to Help?

• Exert your influence
• Law enforcement
• Legislators elected officials
• Your family friends
• Practice preach collaboration

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Take Action to Protect Yourself Your Family

• Stay informed - technology changes
• Learn about computer-dependent crimes
• Network intrusions
• Denial of service attacks
• Hacking
• E-mail bombs
• Viruses Trojan horses
• Identity Theft
• Learn how not to become a victim

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Take Action toProtect Yourself Your Family

• Move home computers into family room or area
• Familiarize yourself with the Internet
• Utilize site/content blocking software or
  parental controls
• Establish family rules and guidelines for safe
  Internet use
• Discuss Internet crime and safety issues with
  your children - do it often

Never allow children to meet Internet friends
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Take Action to Protect Yourself Your Family

• Dont give out personal or family information
• when signing up for groups
• anywhere else online
• Encourage Internet safety discussions in
  community schools, PTOs, PTAs, etc.
• Randomly check your childs email and Internet
  web histories
• Keep a written record of all logins, screen names
  and their passwords
• Invite your children to talk to you when they
  find something objectionable

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Take Action to Protect Yourself Your Family

• Urge legislators and officials to address the
  issues
• send e-mail, snail mail, telephone
• Support the efforts of your local law enforcement
  agencies
• Report electronic crimes to your local law
  enforcement authorities
• If your child is the victim of an online
  predator
• it is not their fault
• be patient
• be compassionate
• contact authorities swiftly, time is critical

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Warning Signs Your ChildMay Be in Trouble Online

• Excessive use of the Internet, especially late at
  night
• Gifts, money or packages they cant or wont
  explain
• Computer or monitor is suddenly switched off,
  laptop lid shut, or other attempts to block the
  screen
• Strange long distance charges, phone calls from
  strangers, or lots of wrong numbers and hang-ups
• Your child is using an on-line account belonging
  to someone else
• Your child begins deleting emails and internet
  history after use
• Buddies or email addresses that your child wont
  or can't easily identify who they all are in real
  life

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Thank You for Your Time and Interest