ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the motives that make cybercrime attractive and discusses the categories of cybercrime and aims to understand the cybercriminal. It also discusses the Internet of Things (IoT) and cybercrime. Financial cybercrime is the biggest threat to companies and organizations. Cybercriminals may seek access to valuable data to sell them on the Dark Web. Cybercrimes were committed long before the Internet existed; as soon as computing technology became widely available individuals began to think about how they could take advantage of these new opportunities and cybercrime was born. The increasing presence of worldwide high-speed Internet makes people more likely to experience cybercrime as victims. The IoT encompasses millions of computer-based devices that transmit data over the internet autonomously. The internet has exponentially increased the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography images and child sexual abuse material. Cybercriminals use decentralized exchanges to launder currency with peer-to-peer trading of cryptocurrencies without a third-party service to hold the customer's funds.
