There are various types of crimes committed by the cybercriminals. A Cybercrime, in a more sophisticated terminology, can be defined as €any unlawful act or an illegal behavior committed against an individual or a group, by the means of electronic/computer network, leading to destruction or defamation of computer security, user's identity or anything tangible or intangible, personally possessed by the user€.

The minds and modus operandi of cybercriminals change and adapt themselves to the changes in technology. The frequent changes in technology on one side offers better security measures but at the same time it may illuminate certain new ideas that might not have been part of the cybercriminal's game plan. Thus, in certain ways, the same advanced technology which we proudly use today can also be used as the pillar of strength and the idea behind various ways used to commit cybercrimes. The cybercrimes, in accordance with commitment, can be broadly divided into 3 main categories:

Against an individual or group of people

Against an entity or an organization

Against the state/central government or nation at large

Let us have a brief look at some of the common types of cybercrimes that one may come across, during his/her daily life:

E-mail Spoofing, Phishing& Spam

Cyber Stalking

Cyber Defamation

Credit Card Frauds

Hacking

Pornography

Virus/Worm Diffusion

Money Laundering

Intellectual Property Theft

Identity Spoof

Sales & Investment Frauds

Electronic Vandalism or Sabotage

Cyber Terrorism and others

The worst part comes when, we become a victim of any of the above or other type of cyber crimes but due to our lack of knowledge or understanding or technical expertise at large, we are not even aware that we are the victim.

But why do such things happen to us and we are not even aware that we got hit???

Well! The answer is simple - Today people are not living lives, they are in a race. A race to win everything and earn heaps of money topped up with greed of doing all these things more than anyone else. In addition to this people are vulnerable. The moment anyone sees an advertisement promising millions of dollars in a lucky draw win or international trips to exotic countries as a part of some contest which the person is not even aware of, the targeted person goes weak in knees. And this makes the work of the cybercriminal half done. The rest becomes easy, as the target himself submits his personal information and financial details served on a platter for the cybercriminal to steal.

Thus we need to hold our horses are stay cautioned. We need to be more careful so that we avoid falling prey to such scams. Let's be careful and try to -

Never respond to emails promising huge sums of money you just won without any reason

Never click on any links that are from an unidentified source

Never download anything from an unknown or suspicious looking publisher

Avoid clicking on pop ups unnecessarily, especially the ones which say things like €Believe it or not, you are the 1000th visitor€ etc.

There are lots of other things, all one has to do it stay careful and surf internet cautiously. Rest in case one face any kind of issues, one can always contact Online Technical Support or Internet Browser Support for resolutions to related issues.