In this article we will look at different types of cyber criminals. The types of cyber criminals have mainly three categories.
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Cybercriminals are people who commit cybercrimes. Based on the motivation for committing cybercrimes, cybercriminals can be divided into three categories or types as given below:
- Cybercriminals who are hungry for recognition
- Cybercriminals who are not interested in recognition
- Cybercriminals who are insiders
The typical motives for conducting cybercrimes can be greed for money, desire to gain power and reputation, desire for revenge, a sense of adventure, excitement to access forbidden information, destruction, and desire to sell underground services.
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Suryateja Pericherla, at present is a Research Scholar (full-time Ph.D.) in the Dept. of Computer Science & Systems Engineering at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of CSE at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India.
He has 11+ years of teaching experience and is an individual researcher whose research interests are Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Computer Security, Network Security and Blockchain.
He is a member of professional societies like IEEE, ACM, CSI and ISCA. He published several research papers which are indexed by SCIE, WoS, Scopus, Springer and others.
The insider threat is definitely one of the most dangerous types of cybercrime, as they already have access to sensitive systems. It’s crucial for organizations to train employees and keep an eye on potential internal risks.