Cybercrime in Social Media

Doxing: It is a short form of dropping dox. It is a practice of collecting and publishing someone's personal information over the internet. Cybercriminals do it for online harassment or extortion or to threaten someone. Sometimes doxing is done by the investigators for legal investigation or by corporate houses for business analysis.


Figure 3.5: Doxing

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  Cyber swatting: An online harassment technique used on the internet often by the online gaming community. It includes making a hoax call at police or fire or ambulance helpline, providing false information to the authorities to create panic, or send any emergency support at someone's location. Cyber criminals' motives can be cyber harassment, revenge, or financial gains.
  
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  Cyber trolling: Initiation of discords or hurting the people's sentiments by saying something controversial to provoke others. YouTube, Twitter, and WhatsApp are the common platforms for cyber trolling. It may target an individual to a specific group, community, or celebrities.
  
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  Catfishing: It is a deception technique; cybercriminals create a fake online identity to commit financial fraud, but they may do it for the sake of revenge or to trap or abuse children or women.
  
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  Hacking and frauds: By creating fake accounts or tricking people, cybercriminals get personal/sensitive information such as login credentials, banking details, or take over someone's social media account.
  
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  Vacation robberies: Criminals do recce on social media to know the whereabouts of their target. People publish their vacation and even live location on social media, and criminals take advantage of it to commit a crime.
  
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  Fake online friendship: Cybercriminals especially trick children, teenagers, and women using emotional connect. Sometimes they even send gifts to trap their target and later use them for various criminal activities such as money laundering. They even trick them into getting money on the pretext of medical emergencies or problems in a foreign country.
  
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