criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the Internet:

the unauthorized use of a third-party domain name as the sender's name in an e-mail message

a software program or hardware device that records or transmits a user's keystrokes

malicious computer software that interferes with normal computer functions

one who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to a computer network or file

a program that appears to be legitimate but is designed to have destructive effects

the act of using a computer to take or alter electronic data, or to gain unlawful use of a computer or system

when someone pretends to be someone else

the attempt to obtain sensitive information by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication

a number of Internet-connected computers autonomously communicating with other similar machines