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Indian Loan Fraudsters swindle UK clients

An Indian Call center in Delhi is reported to have made nearly 1000 calls every day to UK clients enticing them with Bank loan offers and extracting money in the form of advance fee. A ‘conservative estimate’ of the loss … Continue reading

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In US, SSN is being removed from Medicare records…

A bill is being passed in US to de-link Social Security Number from medicare ID cards. This is being pushed to avoid Medicare identity theft. Report The decision follows the observation that medicare security breaches are resulting in loss of … Continue reading

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Free CEAC support for Ethical Hackers reporting vulnerabilities

I refer to the earlier post where the Disclosure guidelines for Ethical Hackers suggested by the Government of Netherlands when they observe vulnerabilities. (The original Dutch version guideline is available here:: English Version) One of the suggestions made there in … Continue reading

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Guidelines For Ethical Hackers

The Netherlands Government has issued guidelines for “Ethical hackers” who discover vulnerabilities for reporting the vulnerabilities. According to the guidelines a person who discovers the vulnerability should report it directly to the owner of the system in a confidential manner. … Continue reading

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Hacking of Government websites lead to losses..

It is well known that websites of Government of India hosted at NIC are not adequately protected against cyber attacks. It has now been admitted that “The defacement and hacking of government websites have not only brought to the fore … Continue reading

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Year 2012 in retrospect..from the view point of Cyber Law in India

The Cyber Law scene in India during 2012 was dominated by the discussions of Section 66A. The rules notified under sections 43A and 79 which held center stage in 2011 also continued into 2012. The end of the year however … Continue reading

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