CY-601 RGPV B.Tech
Cyber Crime Investigation & Digital Forensic (CCIDF)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
4 papers, latest Jun 2026
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CY-601
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Cyber Crime 4 topics
- Definition, nature and extent of cyber crimes in India and other countries
- Classification of cyber crimes
- Differences between conventional crimes and cyber crimes
- Trends in cyber crimes across the world
Unit 2 Forms of Cyber Crimes 6 topics
- Cyber bullying, hacking, cracking, DoS attacks
- Viruses, worms, logical bombs, time bombs, email bombing
- Data diddling, salami attacks, phishing, steganography, cyberstalking, spoofing, cyber pornography, defamation
- Computer vandalism, crimes through social networking sites, malware, social engineering
- Credit‑card frauds, financial frauds, telecom frauds
- Cloud‑based frauds, e‑commerce frauds and other emerging forms
Unit 3 Profile of Cyber Criminals 5 topics
- Cyber crime psychology and related theoretical frameworks
- Learning, motivation, personality and intelligence theories of cyber criminals
- Criminal profiling techniques
- Economic impact of cyber crimes on individuals, corporations, governments and nations
- Psychological and sociological impact of cyber crimes
Unit 4 Modus Operandi of Various Cyber Crimes and Frauds 7 topics
- Fraud triangle and fraud detection techniques with counter‑measures
- Intrusion analysis as a core skill set
- Methods for performing intrusion analysis and the intrusion kill chain
- Passive discovery of activity in historical data and logs
- Detecting future threat actions and capabilities
- Denial of access to threats, delaying and degrading adversary tactics and malware
- Identifying intrusion patterns and key indicators
Exam insights
Counted from 4 past CY-601 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Cyber Crime Definition, Nature and Extent 18 marks
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Unit 2 Forms of Cyber Crimes, Frauds 40 marks
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Unit 3 Profile of Cyber criminals 26 marks
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Unit 4 Modus Operandi of various cyber crimes and frauds 28 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
Asked again and again
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Explain the importance and significance of criminal profiling in cyber investigations and solving cybercrimes.
Asked 3 times: 2026, 2025, 2024
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Differentiate between conventional crimes and cyber crimes, with examples.
Asked 3 times: 2026, 2025, 2023
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Explain the concept of the fraud triangle and its role in fraud detection.
Asked 3 times: 2026, 2025, 2023