Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

A debate has ensued in Germany that IT industry should be held responsible for security breaches affecting the public. According to this report  “Leading German politicians have called for IT and telecoms equipment makers to be held liable for cyber attacks, … Continue reading →

Readers of naavi.org have seen discussion on IRCTC website being misused and hacked several times in the past. (Earlier articles can be found here. https://www.naavi.org/wp/index.php?s=irctc In a fresh  move,  (See here), police have busted a gang which was committing the “Tatkal … Continue reading →

A long awaited measure to make filing of Cyber Crime Complaints easy has now been announced by the Central Government. According to the news reports emerging, Government of India is setting up a central portal where such a complaint can … Continue reading →

In the past we have discussed the indications that China is preparing for a Cyber War supremacy by various means. It is interesting to note that using the strength of cheap manufacturing, China has virtually become the hub of global … Continue reading →

The UK based Tesco Bank recently observed suspicious transactions in around  40000 Current Accounts and had to temporarily shut down transactions in the accounts. Subsequently it was indicated that about 9000 accounts saw fraudulent withdrawals to the total extent of … Continue reading →

In the recent DDOS attacks on OVH and DYN, the attacks were committed with redirection of terrabytes of data using botnets of video devices. It is already known that earlier botnets of millions of computers were being created to conduct … Continue reading →