Overview of Computer Crime
Goals
- Describe common computer crimes
- Understand varying forensic approaches to different crimes
- Apply the appropriate forensic strategy based on the specific crime
How Computer Crime Affects Forensics
- Computer can play 3 roles in a computer crime:
- target of a crime
- instrument of a crime
- evidence repository that stores valuable information about a crime
Categories of Computer Crime
- focuses on the type of crime:
- identity theft
- hacking systems for data
- cyberstalking/harassment
- Internet fraud
- Non-access computer crimes
- Cyberterrorism