Cyber Crimes: Toward Cyber Terror

As we move into a society ever more reliant on technology, the threat posed to nations from terrorists is no longer just physical but also expands to the cyber space. Cyber terror has resulted in a large amount of concern, research and action against acts of terrorism within our cyber space. This work aims to provide readers with an understanding as to what cyber crimes is; its causes and the strategic approaches in place t o prevent damage caused by it. Cyber terrorism aims to damage information, computer systems and data that result in harm and is no longer bound by the means of creating harm in the physical world. The boundaries between acts of cyber terrorism and cyber crime are often interlinked. Thus there is a need to develop cyber forensic and mitigation methods to counter cyber terrorism.