Increasing Cyber Crime: A Threat to Society and Individual

Abstract

Internet is the most used medium for communication these days and its usage is increasing day by day because it’s easy to access any information within few seconds. But it’s not safe as with the increasing use of internet cyber crime is also increasing tremendously. Basic cause of cyber crime is cyber attack. Cyber attacks either have intention or can be done unintentionally. Attacks processed with intention are considered as cyber crimes and they can impact our society badly. This paper is focused on cyber crime, categories of cyber crime, its prevention and issues related the massive increasing ratio of cyber crime year by year.