Keeping in view, the above scenario, answer the following questions:

Mr. “Akram” is a senior IT Operations Manager at XYZ company. One day, he received an email from an anonymous source containing a message like:

Hello Mr. Akram,

This message is from the "National Security Department":

It has been observed that there is a virus circulating on the internet that enters in the system, and deletes all the files. So it is the department's primary responsibility to protect your system data. For this purpose, you are required to the attached .exe file with this email and install it in your system. This file will monitor your system security. After installation, an interface will open and following fields like the following are requested:

Name:

Account Login:

Admin Password:

System Password:

 

 

Now keeping in view, the above scenario, answer the following questions:

 

1.      Mention the cyber-crime type(s), which are occurring in the scenario.

2.      Mention the category of cybercrime.

3.      Mention any 2 possible prevention measures for such types of cyber crimes.

Solution

1.      Mention the cyber-crime type(s), which are occurring in the scenario.

          In the given scenario the types of cybercrime which are used in the scenario are 

• Cyberstalking
• Email spamming and spoofing

    2.  Mention the category of cybercrime.

            The category of E-commerce used in this scenario is  “Cybercrime against an individual.”.

    3. Mention any 2 possible prevention measures for such types of cyber crimes.

          Such safety tips are used in this scenario to prevent this type of cybercrime.

• Do not open emails from strangers. This prevents the system from unwanted attacks.
• Do not install any software which is attached to such types of emails.