Perception about cyber crimes among students in arts and science colleges in Chennai

Abstract

The internet helps us in providing information as well as storing all our data, with the rapid increase in our modern technology; it has become very difficult to keep our private information safe. The Internet has also bred a new kind of crime CYBER-CRIME. The other name for Cyber crimes are "Internet Games" and "yahoo yahoo". Common internet users are unaware of Cyber crimes like hacking, identity theft, Credit/debit card frauds, cyber terrorism and many more crimes. This paper attempts to draw out the awareness level of students about cyber crime.