1. By : Syed Shabi Ul Hassan

2. What is Cyber Crime?  Crimes that have been made possible by computers.  Such as Identity Theft, Bullying, Hacking, Internet Fraud, Credit Card account theft.

3. Cyber Crime Facts  Cyber crime has now surpassed illegal drug trafficking as a criminal moneymaker  Somebody’s identity is stolen every 3 seconds as a result of cyber crime  Without a sophisticated security package, your unprotected PC can become infected within four minutes of connecting to the Internet.

4. Cyber Crime in Pakistan  As we are getting into internet era, cyber crime rates are hiking in similar manner. Many of us don’t know how to legally challenge those criminal activities.  A common internet or mobile phone user, who is victim of a cyber crime, thinks that there is no one to listen his/her pleas. Many of victims end up not registering any complaint.

5. National Response Center (NR3C)  It is made in 2007 by FIA, primarily to deal with technology based crimes in Pakistan.  A law enforcement agency that combats Cyber Crime, provides state of the art digital forensic services.

6. Provided Services  Computer Forensics  Mobile Forensics  Video Forensics  Network Forensics

7. Computer Forensics  In today’s ever changing criminal world the use of computers for fraud and the pursuit of other crimes has increased to dramatic proportions.  It also encompasses areas such as pornography, child sex abuse and the sale of black market goods online.

8.  NR3C has state of the art computer forensic facility, and posses leading forensic experts to deal with all computer related crimes.

9. Mobile Forensics  The increased utility of mobile devices such as smart phones has leveraged the criminals to communicate and use digital application, resultantly storing tremendous amount of data on the device.  Criminals use smart phones for a number of activities such as committing fraud over e-mail, harassment through text messages, trafficking of child pornography, communications related to narcotics, etc.

10.  The data stored on smart phones is extremely useful to forensic analysts through the course of an investigation.

11. Video Forensic  Video recordings can provide a realtime, eyewitness account of a crime so investigators can watch or hear what transpired.  a surveillance video captures a bank robbery in progress, or a hidden camera records. For most crimes, however, high quality video recordings are often not available. This is where forensic video expertise can help.

12.  Forensic experts have many techniques to enhance recordings that can bring out details and provide a clearer picture of what occurred.

13. Network Forensics  Network forensics is the capture, storage, and analysis of network events. Regardless of the name, the idea is the same: record every packet of network traffic.  It also includes the forensic examination of network devices such as router, VOIP gateways, IDS/IDP etc.

14. Major Online Activities  In Pakistan, internet users range from 10% to 16% of the overall population.  Social networking  Online banking  Internet surfing  Audio & video communication

15.  Entertainment  Online shopping  Map directions / GPS  Online education  Online auction  Information sharing  Medical assistance  Online game