Cyber Security (CS-503)
notes For RGPV Bhopal AICTE Students

Syllabus
UNIT 1:
Introduction of Cyber Crime, Challenges of cyber crime, Classifications of Cybercrimes: EMail Spoofing, Spamming, Internet Time Theft, Salami attack/Salami Technique,
UNIT 2:
Web jacking, Online Frauds, Software Piracy, Computer Network Intrusions, Password
Sniffing, Identity Theft, cyber terrorism, Virtual Crime, Perception of cyber criminals:
hackers, insurgents and extremist group etc. Web servers were hacking, session hijacking.
UNIT 3:
Cyber Crime and Criminal justice: Concept of Cyber Crime and the IT Act, 2000, Hacking,
Teenage Web Vandals, Cyber Fraud and Cheating, Defamation, Harassment and E-mail
Abuse, Other IT Act Offences, Monetary Penalties, jurisdiction and Cyber Crimes, Nature of
Criminality, Strategies to tackle Cyber Crime and Trends.
UNIT 4:
The Indian Evidence Act of 1872 v. Information Technology Act, 2000: Status of Electronic
Records as Evidence, Proof and Management of Electronic Records; Relevancy,
Admissibility and Probative Value of E-Evidence, Proving Digital Signatures, Proof of
Electronic Agreements, Proving Electronic Messages
UNIT 5:
Tools and Methods in Cybercrime: Proxy Servers and Anonymizers, Password Cracking,
Key loggers and Spyware, virus and worms, Trojan Horses, Backdoors, DoS and DDoS
Attacks , Buffer and Overflow, Attack on Wireless Networks, Phishing : Method of Phishing,
Phishing Techniques.
NOTES
- Unit 1
- Unit 2
- Unit 3
- Unit 4
- Unit 5
Books Recommended
1. Principles of Cyber crime, Jonathan Clough Cambridge University Press
2. John R. Vacca, Computer Forensics:Computer Crime Scene Investigation, 2nd Edition,
Charles River Media, 2005
3. Cyber Law Simplified, VivekSood, Pub: TMH.
4. Cyber Security by Nina Godbole, SunitBelapure Pub: Wiley-India
5. Information Warfare: Corporate attack and defense in digital world, William Hutchinson,
Mathew Warren, Elsevier.
6. Cyber Laws and IT Protection, Harish Chander, Pub:PHI.
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