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Virus and Spam Attacks
Internet has also increased the cases of virus attacks. Users can lost their data and programs in
these virus attacks.
Loss of Personal Information
We share our personal information over the Internet that can be misused by cyber criminals to
harm you.
Let us now take a look at some of the unethical practices in the cyber world and some tips to
safeguard our personal data.
CYBER CRIMES
Cyber crimes are offences that are committed
using computers and smart devices connected
through the Internet. The victims of cyber crimes
can be organisations or individuals. Most of the
cyber criminals use e-mails, social media websites
or pirated software as a medium to trouble their
victims.
It is important to remember that data once shared
over the Internet is rarely deleted completely.
Cyber criminals use this data unethically to trouble their victims.
Let us discuss some of the most commonly used ways to commit cyber crimes.
E-mail Spoofing
When someone sends e-mails that appear
genuine from a trusted e-mail ID but in reality
they're not to be trusted.
For example, a user may receive an e-mail from
a portal or social media platform where spelling
of service provider or email ID has been slightly
changed.
For example,
mailto:customersupport@tridentportall.com.
Notice that the spelling of "portall" is incorrect? These e-mails contain links which will direct
the user to another web page where the user would be asked to enter information by which
means the user ends up providing personal credentials to cybercriminals. This is also called as
phishing.
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