Computer Crime and Computer Forensics

Description

A cyber crime is committed when a computer, or computer technology is used to commit or hide a criminal wrongdoing. Cyber crime has taken many forms, and is used by white-collar criminals to hack into financial institutions, drug dealers, prostitution rings and organized crime. Some of the crimes carried out using computer technology include, fraud, virus and denial of service attacks, information theft and monetary theft. Digital forensic science is a branch of forensic science that focuses on the recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices related to cybercrime. The term digital forensics was first used as a synonym for computer forensics. Since then, it has expanded to cover the investigation of any devices that can store digital data. Computer forensics is important in today’s world because as the science of computer forensics has been evolving over the years, malicious users and hackers have become smarter and cleverer with their techniques to compromise computer systems, steal money, and confidential, even national security information. This book is the only comprehensive examination of computer-related crime and its investigation on the market. It includes an exhaustive discussion of legal and social issues, fully defines computer crime and provides specific examples of criminal activities involving computers, while discussing the phenomenon in the context of the criminal justice system.