Safety & Security Guide

Welcome to the South African portal for resources and information on Cybercrime

Cybercrime is generally defined as: Any form of criminal activity involving the use of computers and the Internet. Also referred to as computer crime, electronic crime, e-crime, netcrime and hi-tech crime. Learn more

Glossary of Terms

Adware Botnet Cracking Crimeware Cyberbullying Cybercrime Cyberstalking Cyberterrorism Data-Theft DoS-Attack Hacking Hoax-Email Identity-Theft Keylogging Madware Malware Pharming Phishing Ransomware Scareware Smishing Social-Engineering Spam Spyware Trojan Virus Vishing Website-Defacement Worm