Cybercrime and cybersecurity: Issues and challenges

Today our society has grown so fast and with the advancement of technology, everyone can make use of the internet for different facilities like fund transfers, online education, online shopping, etc. Unfortunately, it has a dark side also i.e. an evolution in crime i.e. Cybercrime. This article focuses on cybercrime and cybersecurity. It also reflects on different types of cybercrimes, and measures to handle them. Cybercrime is any harmful act bethroted by or against a computer or network. It is the use of the computer as an instrument to furtherillegal ends, such as committing fraud and stealing identities. There are many types of cybercrimes like identity theft, internet fraud, hacking, etc. Cybersecurity is the protection ofdata , best practices and technologies that can be used to protectthe cyber environment and organization. So, this is an era of online processing, maximum ofthe information is online and prone to cyberattacks. Their behaviour is difficult to understand hencedifficult to restrict in the early phases of the cyberattacks. Hence need for cyber security forany user and prevention and remediation procedures could prevent a lot of potential problems.