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PREVENTION

The document discusses the increasing prevalence of cybercrime, highlighting that over 80% of these acts stem from organized activities and detailing various types of cybercrimes such as ransomware and identity theft. It proposes the establishment of a Cyber Defense Directorate aimed at enhancing law enforcement capabilities to detect, investigate, and respond to cybercrimes, alongside the creation of a Cyber Fusion Centre for collaboration among stakeholders. The document emphasizes the need for proactive measures and strategic partnerships to combat the evolving threats posed by cybercriminals.

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PREVENTION

The document discusses the increasing prevalence of cybercrime, highlighting that over 80% of these acts stem from organized activities and detailing various types of cybercrimes such as ransomware and identity theft. It proposes the establishment of a Cyber Defense Directorate aimed at enhancing law enforcement capabilities to detect, investigate, and respond to cybercrimes, alongside the creation of a Cyber Fusion Centre for collaboration among stakeholders. The document emphasizes the need for proactive measures and strategic partnerships to combat the evolving threats posed by cybercriminals.

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PREVENTION OF CYBER CRIME

With increasing dependency on technology — be it cell phones, tablets or laptops, a new


breed of tech-savvy fraudsters is coming out with new and more innovative ways of carrying out
cyber-attacks, thus posing a new set of challenges.

Upwards of 80 per cent of cybercrime acts are estimated to originate in some form of
organized activity, with cybercrime black markets established on a cycle of malware creation,
computer infection, botnet management, harvesting of personal and financial data, data sale, and
‘cashing out’ of financial information.

In the hyper-connected world of tomorrow, it will become hard to imagine a ‘computer


crime’, and perhaps any crime, that does not involve electronic evidence linked with internet
protocol (IP) connectivity.

Global trends regarding cybercrimes show a broad distribution across financial-driven


acts, and computer-content related acts, as well as acts against the confidentiality, integrity and
accessibility of computer systems.
Cybercrimes are affecting life of general public on a day to day basis and instances of
phishing, ransomware, Nigerian frauds, online credit card frauds, hacking, pornography, child
pornography, data theft, source code theft and identity theft etc. have increased phenomenally in
last few years.

Further the leading terrorist organizations and other organized criminal groups and
networks across the globe are increasingly resorting to newer methods including cyber enabled
technologies. The recent advances in crypto currencies and encryption, reflected in the increasing
use of Darknets by these groups, is complicating the situation for law enforcement agencies.

As per the National Crime Record Bureau, 2876, 4356 and 7201 cybercrime cases were
registered under Information Technology Act (IT Act) during years 2012, 2013 and 2014
respectively. Further 3477, 5693 and 9622 cybercrime cases were registered under IT Act and
under Indian Penal Code (IPC), put together, during years 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively.

TRENDS IN CYBERCRIME
New trends in cybercrime are emerging all the time, with costs to the global economy
running in billions of dollars. Today, we are seeing criminal organizations working with
criminally minded technology professionals to commit cybercrime, often to fund other illegal
activities.
Today’s cybercriminal hierarchy is like a pyramid. At the bottom are the nontechnical
opportunists and “crimeware-as-a-service” users. In the middle are the resellers—the
“middlemen.” At the top are the technical innovators—the major players who law enforcement
seeks most, but struggles to find.

The main trends in the field of cybercrime are summarized below:

1. Ransomware:
2. Business email compromise (BEC):
3. Targeting of Financial Sector
4. Mobile: Cyber-attacks on mobile devices
5. Darknets and Crypto Currencies
6. Internet of Things
7. The Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS)
8. Point of sale (POS) attacks
9. Cyber Espionage
PROPOSAL FOR SETTING UP CYBER DEFENSE DIRECTORATE

The objective of Capacity Building for Law Enforcement Agencies can be seen in the
context of capabilities in the following functional areas:

1. Detect cybercrimes
2. Receive complaints about cybercrimes
3. Be a first responder
4. Investigate cybercrime cases
5. To do forensic as well as data analytics related to cybercrime cases
6. To collect admissible evidence
7. To prepare and launch public awareness campaigns
8. Liaison with international LEAs and service providers for combating cybercrimes
It will function as a Cyber Defense Directorate i.e.

• Management of Cybercrime Incidents


• Collection of Intelligence and make it Actionable
• Developing Cyber Security Techniques & Solutions
• Cyber Awareness
Components of Cyber Defense Directorate

• Digital Forensic Detection Lab


• Cyber Crime Investigation Unit
• Social Media Analytic Unit
• Cyber Crime Website and Application
• Advance Cyber Training Unit
• Cyber Fusion Centre
• Cyber Research Lab
• Cyber Innovation Strategy and Outreach Cell

CYBER FUSION CENTRE

There is a need to have a multi-stakeholder environment for bringing together law


enforcement specialists and industry experts. This can be done through a “Cyber Fusion Centre”
(CFC), which can provide a platform for law enforcement personnel, Persons from private
sector, academia and research organizations to work. This Cyber Fusion Centre should focus on
identifying, mitigating, and ultimately neutralizing cybercrime threats through strategic alliances
and partnerships with Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the public, private, and academic sectors.
The CFC Objectives can be summarized as:

1. Developing Actionable Intelligence for Cybercrime Investigation Unit


2. Identifying cyber threats – who is involved and where they are located?
3. Mitigating the threats through disruptive, proactive law enforcement action
4. Aid in investigation through aid in seizing evidence/assets/funds, dismantling
infrastructure, and making arrests
5. Identify usage of cyber space by organized criminal groups and terrorists and to develop
actionable information in this regard

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