Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The power to pardon which the President of India and the Governors are empowered to exercise under our constitution have come for a debate in the context of Sanjay Dutt being convicted by the Supreme Court of India. A good … Continue reading →

Naavi has developed a charter of demand on behalf of the Netizens of Bangalore in the context of the forthcoming polls. Details are available at http://www.aifon.org.in/wp/?p=87 The essential part of the demand are: 1. Recognize the existence of Netizens as part … Continue reading →

When some spamming is detected by web hosting companies or spam filters, the concerned IP addresses are blocked automatically. At present I have observed that BSNL ip addresses are frequently found in the blocked lists. When a particular IP address … Continue reading →

Simulating visitors to a website who click on advertisements, a botnet named “Chameleon” is reported to have stolen around US$ 6 million in the form of false clicks on advertisements. The botnet used about 120000 hosts simulating the ad-clicking. Report:  … Continue reading →

South Korean networks were down in what is believed to be a Cyber Attack from North Korea. The attack has crippled Bank transactions including the ATM networks. Report here: