Category Archives: Cyber Crime

Modus Operandi of the Great E-Bank Robbery

The recent Banking Fraud where US $45 million (Rs 250 crores) were withdrawn in cash across 27 countries was a sensational international cyber crime that warrants a serious analysis by all Cyber Crime and Cyber Security experts. What is intriguing … Continue reading

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Bank Muscat suffers $39 M loss

Hacking of a Credit Card payment processing service provider in Bangalore has reportedly caused compromise of sensitive customer data for a Muscat Bank resulting in a loss of US$39 million. The Bank has claimed that no customer has suffered a … Continue reading

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Karnataka Human Rights Commission forces reopening of Adjudication in the State

Karnataka State Human Rights Commission has done a yeomen service to the Cyber Crime victims of Karnataka by facilitating the reopening of the Adjdudication under ITA 2008 in the State. It may be recalled that the IT Secretary of a … Continue reading

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National Law School to launch Cyber Law and Cyber Security Course

National Law School University of India (NLSUI), Bangalore the premier law education center in the country  is launching a distance learning course on Cyber Law and Cyber Security from the next quarter. Admissions are now open. However the admissions may … Continue reading

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Let there be the rule of law

It is unfortunate that persons like Justice Katju, Digvijay Singh, Jayaprada and others are speaking of some kind of pardon for Mr Sanjay Dutt, who is convicted by the Supreme Court of India to undergo imprisonment for possession of illegal … Continue reading

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MD5 to SHA256..but password cracking becomes easier

In an interesting evelations, it is stated that CISCO has recently started using a different method for storing user’s passwords which involves shifting from MD5 to SHA 256 which makes passwords more vulnerable to cracking. We are aware that MD5 … Continue reading

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