Cyber Crimes Explained : Types & Real Examples

Name: Cyber Crimes Explained : Types & Real Examples
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Learn different types of cyber crimes, how they work, real examples, and digital threat awareness.

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Created byDr Tanmay S Dikshit

Last updated 3/2026

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What you'll learn

Develop knowledge of Cyber Security
Learn about key compliance and threat intelligence
Very useful for Students seeking a career in Technology etc. Helpful for Academics
Cyber Certificate

Course content

1 section • 23 lectures • 34m total length

Cyber Crime Introduction1:31
Define cybercrime and its cyberspace tools, from smartphones and CDs to GPS, and explore how unlawful activity unfolds online. Learn fundamentals and stay safe online.
Cyber Defamation1:40
Discover cyber defamation, how online actions harm reputations through emails, websites, and social media, and the risks of credibility, reputation, and brand loss in cyberspace.
Cyber Pornography1:32
Discover how cyber pornography is defined and the legality of viewing versus creating material, the malware threats from free downloads, online addiction risks, and ways to stay safe online.
Cyber Bullying & Stalking1:54
Explore cyber bullying and cyber stalking, including hate speech, flaming, and online harassment, and learn how these online threats affect women and children, and stay safe online.
Cyber Terrorism & Cyber Warfare1:46
Examine cyber terrorism and cyber warfare, defined as actions threatening national security and critical infrastructure through unauthorized access and disruption. Understand threats, risks, and staying safe online.
Data Alteration or Diddling0:58
Learn how data diddling illegally alters data before or after entry, how attackers manipulate inputs or processing, and the risks to large corporations and online safety.
Denial of Service Attack (DoS)1:33
Explore how DoS and DDoS attacks flood targets, block legitimate access, often via compromised machines, and create hacktivism-driven threats to corporate and government websites.
Email Bombing0:59
Explore email bombing as a denial-of-service attack that floods a system with messages, overloads servers and inboxes, and disrupts legitimate network resources.
Email Spoofing1:29
Learn how email spoofing fakes sources to trick recipients, risking personal and financial data and malware infections; stay safe online from basics to advanced trends.
Digital Forgery1:31
Identify digital forgery and how fake documents or objects are created to deceive, including signatures and government papers. Learn the threats of advanced computing, recognition challenges, and staying smart online.
Intellectual Property Theft1:34
Learn what intellectual property theft is, including ordinary users, fraudsters forging logos, and cyber criminals stealing ideas. Discover the financial and reputational risks and how to stay safe online forever.
Internet Time & Bandwidth Theft1:33
Identify how internet time and bandwidth theft occurs through unauthorized access to a victim's account or open wifi, and explain financial risks and logs that trace activity to the victim.
Online Gambling1:08
Examine online gambling, its legality in India, and how accessible websites and anonymity enable internet betting. Learn the risks of addiction and financial loss, and how to stay safe online.
Phishing Attack1:38
Identify phishing attacks by recognizing fraudulent emails and fake websites that steal usernames, passwords, and financial data, and learn how malware and remote access exploit victims.
Salami Attack1:04
Explore the salami attack, where attackers steal tiny amounts from many accounts by exploiting weak accounting systems, creating significant losses for banks and eroding customer trust.
Sale of Illegal Articles1:32
Explore how the sale of illegal articles unfolds online, leveraging anonymity and cross-border resources to trade narcotics, weapons, animal skins, and party drugs, and learn to stay safe online.
Source Code Theft1:11
Understand source code as the blueprint of software and its status as intellectual property. Identify threats from hackers, including ransom and resale, and learn basic to advanced online safety.
Voyeurism1:17
Explore voyeurism as a cybercrime: hidden cameras spy on private moments, risking blackmail and defamation, while victims face depression, loss of reputation, and monetary harm; stay safe online.
War Driving1:32
Explore war driving as surveying wifi networks while moving with a device, and learn how criminals exploit open networks and weak passwords.
Identity Theft1:42
Learn how identity theft occurs through phishing, social engineering, malware, and shoulder surfing, and how point-of-sale trojans and unauthorized online activity threaten your finances and reputation.
Web Jacking2:02
Learn how web jacking occurs when DNS is compromised to redirect a domain to a malicious IP, enabling ransom, credential theft, defacement, and reputational and financial losses.
Web Defacement1:22
Discover how web defacement damages a site's visual appearance. Identify targets such as religious and government sites, banks, and competitors, and understand the high tangible and intangible losses.
Malware Attacks2:21
Explore malware attacks and how malicious programs like viruses, worms, trojans, and keyloggers cause data loss, remote access, and financial risks. Understand classifications and the threats they pose online.

Requirements

Smart Phone / Laptop / Tab / Desktop Computer
Internet Connection or Internet Access
No previous knowledge / equipment / software's required
No degree or prior experience required.
An open mind and a willingness to learn something new and interesting

Description

We live in the ‘Information Age’. There is an abundance of information freely flowing and easily available for access. Computers, mobile phones, digital cameras and other electronic gadgets have become an inseparable part of our daily lives. On the other hand, anonymity, lack of defined boundaries and restrictions of information access, and a growing dependency on technology has attracted criminals to use these as a medium of conducting criminal activities. Such acts are known as cyber crimes.

When a cyber crime is reported, it gets investigated and an appropriate law is formed to check further crimes of this type.

What is Cyber Crime?

A cyber crime can be defined as any unlawful activity committed by using cyber space as a tool and/or target. The word cyber space encompasses electronic devices with the capacity of storing or processing data (electronically).

What is Cyber Space?

Cyber crimes are committed in cyber space but are not limited to crimes committed using the internet or a computer. Any digital device or medium may be used. In this sense, mobile phones, CDs and DVDs, microwave ovens or even GPS navigation systems would all be considered cyber space.

What is Voyeurism?

Voyeurism is the act of spying on people engaged in acts that are usually considered to be private in nature.

People like to record and share some moments of their lives via technology. Unfortunately, a new form of cybercrime has emerged wherein hidden cameras capture the private moments of people’s lives that they do not otherwise wish to share.

The cameras used are small and can be easily hidden in unnoticeable places such as ceiling fans, two way mirrors, door locks, ceiling lights. Changing rooms and washrooms are the most probable places of hiding such cameras.

Who this course is for:

Students & Teachers of BA, MA, BCA, MCA, BSc, MSc, BE, ME, LLB, LLM, B Tech, M Tech, Diploma, Engineering
You should be comfortable working with computers.
Cyber Security Managers / Information Security Officers / Auditors / IT Consultants / Security Professionals
Corporate Rank - Executive Officer / Financial Officer / Administrative Officer / Technology Officer / Marketing Officer