A Systematic Review on the Motivations of Cyber-Criminals and Their Attacking Policies

Abstract

Cyber-crime is a very hideous crime, which in this digital era of information technology has become a very critical, from one person’s problem to a whole nation’s problem. The very purpose of this review paper is to discuss about motivational values of cyber criminals, it was found that while they might have similarity, that they targeted grey areas of lives, but at the same time, with different cyber criminals there are different motivations behind their acts. In order to It also very important to have to have a better underestimating of physiology of the adversary, as it helps the law enforcers and others, that what might occur from what and what it may lead to. It also helps law enforcers to file a case against the adversary. It is understood that an illegal activity occurs from different people, on different scales, and on different targets, due to weak guardian ship and a strong motivated criminal, and with the mounting number of improvements in information security systems the attacks are increasing and becoming more and more common, and it is getting harder to pin-point the real culprit behind the curtains of vast internet.