The 20 Types of CyberCrime

Cybercrime is becoming more frequent than ever as technology advances and more individuals rely on internet-enabled services for day-to-day activities such as storing credit card information and transacting money online. The effects of these cyber-attacks are devastating and can result in significant losses.

Cybercrime is described as the purposeful abuse of computer networks, systems, and technology-dependent businesses. It is one of the most common and prevalent types of crime in the world. Malicious code is used in a variety of cybercrimes to alter data and obtain unapproved access. Individual, property, and government cybercrime are the three major kinds of cybercrime. Cybercriminals utilise various levels and types of threats depending on the sort of cybercrime they are doing.

1. Individual: Distributing harmful or unlawful material over the internet and digital apps by a single individual fall under this type of cybercrime.
2. Property: This cybercrime is comparable to a real-life situation in which a thief unlawfully stores bank or credit card information.
3. Government: This is the least common type of cybercrime, yet it is the most damaging. Computer terrorism is defined as a cybercrime committed against the government.

Common Types of CyberCrime

Let's take a look at some of the most common kinds of cybercrime nowadays.

1. Web Attacks 

A web attack is a cyber-attack that targets a computer through the internet. These viruses may be acquired through the internet and cause extensive and permanent harm to your computer system.

2. Cross-Site Scripting

Another form of injection breach is cross-site, in which attackers transfer malicious scripts from trusted or well-known websites. Attackers inject malicious code into trusted websites and apps, and the malicious JavaScipt code is run on the user's browser when the user visits the infected website.

3. SQL Injection

SQL injection is a sort of cybercrime in which malicious code is used to obtain information that is not meant to be shown by manipulating backend databases. These typically involve private and sensitive data, such as user lists and client information, among other things.

4. Eavesdropping Attack

The interception of network communication is the first step in an eavesdropping attack. Sniffing or Snooping are terms used to describe this sort of cybercrime.

5. Password Attack

These are merely designed to decode or even attempt to steal a user's password through illegal means. In such circumstances, attackers can employ Dictionary Attacks, Password Sniffers, or even Cracking tools.

6. DDOS Attack

These are assaults aimed at bringing services or networks to a halt and rendering them unreachable to their intended users. These assaults flood the target with information and overwhelm it with traffic, perhaps causing the website to crash.

7. Brute-Force & Dictionary Network Attack

These are network assaults in which attackers attempt to log into a user's account directly by verifying and testing many possible passwords until they locate the proper ones.

8. Man-In-The-Middle Attack

When attackers eavesdrop on the communication between two organisations, this is known as a man-in-the-middle assault. Because the attacker may do anything with the received information, this sort of cybercrime affects both the communication parties.

9. Insider Threats

Insider attacks are one of the most prevalent types of cybercrime. Individuals with allowed access to the same system execute it on a network or system.

10. Phishing Attack

Phishing is a Social Engineering tactic in which attackers pose as trusted persons and deceive victims into clicking on malicious links in order to obtain sensitive information such as login passwords or credit card numbers.

11. AI-Powered Attack

Computer systems can already learn and educate themselves, and these AI-powered attacks represent a new breed of cybercrime that will only get more complex over time. Many technologies, including aerial robots and vehicles, maybe hacked by AI and turned into potentially lethal weapons.

12. Whale Phishing Attack

A Whale Phishing Scam is a form of phishing attack that targets persons in positions of power, such as CFOs or CEOs. Its main goal is to steal information because these people usually have unrestricted access and work with sensitive data.

13. Spear Phishing Attack

Individuals seeking illegal access to certain companies' data are the targets of these attacks. These hacks aren't carried out by random attackers, but rather by someone attempting to get access to specific information.

14. Malware

Malware is a catch-all word for a program or code that is designed to affect or attack computer networks without the user's permission.

15. Trojan Horse 

A Trojan Horse is a malicious software program that tries to pass itself off as something helpful. It looks to be a regular application, but when used, it corrupts data files.

16. Ransomware

In most cases, ransomware prevents victims from accessing their own data and deletes it if a ransom is not paid.

17. Teardrop Attack

A teardrop attack is a type of hack that fragments the general sequence of Internet Protocol packets and transmits the fragmented packets to the targeted victim's system.

18. Ping of Death Attack

The Ping of Death Attack is a kind of cybercrime in which IP packets with IP sizes much beyond the maximum byte limit ping target computers.

19. Drive-by Attack

Malware is transmitted through unsecured websites through drive-by threats. Hackers seek for websites with low security and then insert harmful scripts into PHP or HTTP code on one of the pages.

20.PUPs 

PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) is an acronym for Potentially Unwanted Programs. This is a sort of malware that isn't as dangerous as other types of cybercrime. This sort of malware removes the needed search engine as well as pre-installed applications from your computer. As a result, antivirus software should be installed to avoid harmful downloads.