Digital Crimes and digital aided crimes

Question 1

What is a ‘bit’?

Answer 1

smallest unit we work with

stores either a 1 or 0

8 bits is 1 byte

So could look like 1111 1111 or 0000 0000 or 1010 1010.

1 byte can store 1 character like a or A or 6 or $.

Question 2

what is digital crime

Answer 2

digital device as a target

Question 3

what is digital aided crime

Answer 3

digital device as a tool

Question 4

digital crime

Answer 4

• Hacking (unauthorised access)
• DoS (denial of service) and DDoS (distributed denial service)
• Malware (short for malicious software) /Viruses (a form of malware, that need some user action to activate it such as clicking on it or opening it
• computer misuse act 1990

Question 5

digital aided crime

Answer 5

• Phishing
• Fraud
• Child pornography
• Murder
• Terrorism

Question 6

digital artefacts

Answer 6

• Event logs/call logs/search logs/bank logs (statement/bills)
• Surveillance footage
• Email/SMS/Messages through apps like WhatsApp or messenger
• Photographs/videos
• Files and software
• Code/coding software
• Websites

Question 7

digital devices

Answer 7

• Computer/laptop
• Mobile phone/tablet device
• Game console
• USB drive
• Digital camera/digital video camera
• CCTV recorder
• CDs/DVDs
• Dashboard camera
• Smartwatch
• Smarthome device
• Router/server
• Cloud storage