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We know that all live in the era of the internet where most of everyday task is done over the internet from online transaction to net banking. Since web is a global stage that connects people around the world everyone can access the resources provided by the internet from anywhere. This Internet is sometimes used by few people for criminal purposes like invading person’s privacy, scams, cyberbullying, etc. These acts are termed as cybercrime. This paper provides a survey of these cybercrimes which are performed using various attacking mechanisms in India.
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Kashyap, N., Malali, H.R.K., Gururaj, H.L. (2020). Cyber Attacks and Security—A Critical Survey. In: Pant, M., Kumar Sharma, T., Arya, R., Sahana, B., Zolfagharinia, H. (eds) Soft Computing: Theories and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1154. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4032-5_80
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