Cybercrime has become more prevalent in recent years. Discuss three different cybercrimes which were prevalent in 2018.
When a crime is committed in the cyber world with the purpose to destroy, hacking the data system, or earning ransom is known as Cybercrime. For example:
Network and data breach: It can be done via hacking a network system (Captures the data by hacking SSL tunnel-Secure Sockets Layer tunnel between a server and client, data generally transmitted in encrypted form but can be decrypted with keys). It happens while the user is accessing Internet banking and social network sites. Another way to achieve such crime is Key-Logger software. With the help of a key-logger, it is feasible to note down the pattern used to type passwords in Internet Banking Password mainly. So it is always recommended to use Virtual-Keyboards to access Internet banking sites.
Three listed famous cybercrime attacks:
1. WannaCry Cyber Attack:
In May 2017, the WannaCry ransomware cybercrime attack happened worldwide by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, the purpose of the attack was to target computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting the data, and attackers demanded ransom payments in the crypto-currency such as Bitcoins.
RCA (Root cause analysis) report: Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows security called EternalBlue. Shadow brokers, a hacker group were involved in this crime.
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Tax-calculator system software was designed and propagated on the internet by email, and malicious USB drives. This isolated the systems of users who interacted with software and infected their data which was made encrypted and could only be decrypted by paying ransom to the attackers. Active and unpatched (not updated) were infected during WannaCry Attack. (Cisco Systems, 2018)
2. FormJacking Cyber Attack:
In 2018, Formjacking was the latest cybercrime attack by hackers to target e-commerce, and banking sites to collect the payment information of users. Hackers' main target was to hack the payment card details of users. Big firms like British Airways, Ticketmaster, Kitronik (British Electronic retailer), and Vision Direct (A contact lens seller) were targeted during this attack.
RCA (Root cause analysis) report: A Java script was injected into web browsing when users were interacting with third-party customer support via Chabot. It loaded a malicious code into the user’s system with the aim to get the payment details of users.
(Symantec Corporation, 2019) (Symantec Corporation, 2019)
3. Mirai – Distributed denial of services attack (Internet of things – IoT):
A malware attack specially designed to target network device that runs on Linux-based operating system(Designed by ARC – Argonaut RISC Core- “Organization introduced 32-bit central processing unit embedded systems) such as Routers. This was an IoT attack.
RCA (Root cause analysis) report: Mirai malware injected a botnet in Linux-based networking devices such as Routers and IP Cameras which were left unpatched. It turned the router into a network of remotely controlled BoTs known as a botnet. This botnet is commonly used for D-DOS attacks. These botnets were capable to take full control of devices. (Symantec Corporation, 2019)
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