Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

Traffic Police delegating law enforcement to public..Is it legal?

Some time back, Bangalore Traffic Police introduced a mobile app “Public Eye” inviting members of public to send pictures of traffic violation based on which the department will issue notices. Now a similar APP has been released in Delhi. Probably … Continue reading

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90% growth in Credit Card Frauds … Dear Police, How Many Banks have you Charged?

It is unfortunate that some of the unpleasant prophesies of Naavi.org on increasing Card related frauds are becoming a reality. It is reported that Mumbai Police statistics show that in the first 9 months of 2015, Credit card frauds rose … Continue reading

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A Broker for Zero Day Vulnerabilities?

The way the underworld for Cyber Crime tools has developed indicates how complicated is the world of Cyber Crimes from the law enforcement issue. Cyber Criminals are difficult to catch both because they are anonymous and spread across the globe and … Continue reading

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Delhi Consumer Court Fraud..Why Police are silent?

I had pointed out through my earlier article “Beware of this Call from 90699 35661” about the calls that threaten the victim that there is a Consumer Court complaint against him/her in Delhi Consumer court and if help is required they … Continue reading

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Mobile threats in Symantec Study-1 million Malware Apps identified

The Symantec study on Internet threats has some interesting findings on the threats arising out of Mobile devices which needs some deep analysis. The first alarming aspect thrown open by the study is that of the 6.3 million apps observed … Continue reading

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Ransomware and Watering hole strategy

Symantec Internet Security Threat report 0f 2015 has provided some interesting insights into the current trends in threats and vulnerabilities in the Cyber space. One of the interesting findings of the study is the raise of ransomware as a major … Continue reading

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