Cyber Crime – A Threat to Mankind

Presently, the cyber space has become the most indispensable part connecting the man, business and life all over the globe. The number of connections & number of users being connected is increasing very rapidly, each year millions of new users are added to the network in various fields of internet such as social networking, online marketing etc. As fast as cyber space is spreading connecting man to man and business to business so is spreading “the world of cyber-crime.” This paper discusses about the recent trends catching up in the Cyber Crime. It also focuses on the categorization and prevention measures of Cyber Crime.