Abstract

The conception of cyber crime is relating to the age of information super highway of the contemporary world. Now a days crimes are spreading at an alarming rate in the field of online communication system by the intellectual criminals. Through the development of technology crimes have been developing in different ways and means. So laws should be developed in such a way that crimes in the field of technological arena can be controlled in an iron hand. But no such effective legal provisions exist at home and abroad. Though there are some laws and conventions, they cannot be implemented due to some technical difficulties like procedural complexities and lack of proper execution system. Taking these advantages, the criminals are occurring heinous crimes like Hacking, Sending malicious mails, Spreading vulgar pictures, Cyber terrorism & Illegal using of intellectual properties. It causes harms to the privacy of individuals as well as creates threat to the international peace and solidarity. Now it is the demand of time to prevent such type of crimes for keeping individual’s privacy as well as international peace and security. Every country of the world can enact effective legal provisions within the purview of their national boundary to protect cyber crimes. United Nations can also take necessary steps to prevent cyber crimes from the cyber space. In this Article it has tried to define cyber crime and to find out the causes of cyber crime.to Nature, types & the legal provisions relating to cyber crimes are also stated in the said Article.