Monthly Archives: December 2012
Section 66A is not meant for “Cyber Defamation”
Besides other issues confronting our country today, if we restrict our focus to the Cyber Law domain, two major issues are in focus. One is the debate on whether Section 66A of ITA 2008 is constitutionally valid and the other … Continue reading
Mobile Crimes to be the focus in 2013
Symantec has predicted that in 2013, Cyber Crimes in India is likely to grow in the Mobile segment. It is estimated that there are around 137 million Internet Users in India and nearly 70% of them use mobile to access … Continue reading
What Has Happenned to the Zone-H.org Case?
Presently lot of discussions are happening in India on “Free Speech” and “Internet Censorship”. In this context I would like the community to be reminded of the case of Zone-H.org which was blocked in India following a defamation case filed … Continue reading
Banks are under Attack.. Beware
Security specialists have put out a grave warning about a massive Cyber attack planned against 30 major US Banks. RSA recently announced that a gang of Criminals had developed a sophisticated Trojan under a project idenitified as “Project Blitzkreig” which … Continue reading
Virtual Key Board unsafe under IE
Dec 13: A vulnerability in Internet Explorer is said to make it possible for a hacker to track the mouse cursor movements on the screen. This would make the “Virtual key board” system used by some Banks for password entry useless. … Continue reading
FIR Filed Against Airtel CMD
Dec 12: Naavi has long been complaining that Airtel is practicing unethical practices for over charging its customers including placement of fraudulent transactions in the customer’s mobile and data usage accounts which amount to offences under ITA 2008. It is therefore … Continue reading