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15 Countries (including India) Draft Cyber Arms Control Proposal for United Nations

With computer networks increasingly viewed as a realm for spying and warfare, the U.S., China, Russia and a dozen other countries have outlined principles on how to improve so-called “cybersecurity.” Diplomats finalized a set of proposals to the United Nations Friday. The steps include developing international standards for conduct over the Internet, sharing information about [...]

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Pakistan blocks Facebook and Youtube

A Pakistani court ordered temporary blocking of Facebook.com on Wednesday due to the controversies over a competition for caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. And the next day on Thursday, similar order has been passed for the blocking of YouTube.com… the Pakistan Government has urged the international community to address the issue at the earliest, as [...]

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Mumbai CCIC arrests Army officer for Child Pornography

Investigations started in Germany in September 2009, when German Police tracked the IP address to India in respect of some Child Pornography matter. And the Police alerted the Interpol, which through CBI, forwarded the matter to Mumbai Police. After completing the investigations, the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell raided the flat of the 42 year old lieutenant [...]

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Indian National Sentenced to 81 Months in US Prison for Role in International Online Brokerage Hacking Crime

An Indian national was sentenced today to 81 months in prison on conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to “hack” into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. [...]

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Symantec ranks India as 5th in cyber crime

Symantec in its “Internet Security Threat” 2009 report has ranked India 5th in malicious activity, i.e. a climb of six places. India is the highest spam originating country in the world, contributing 4 per cent to the worldwide spam volumes, while the country ranks first in the Asian region. On the basis of web-based attacks, [...]

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CCA issues notices to MSN, Google and Yahoo

The Department of Information Technology has informed that the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), and authority under the then section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 had directed M/s Google India, M/s Yahoo India and M/s Microsoft (MSN Search Engine) to ensure that no advertisements of sponsored links in respect of sex selection appear [...]

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Cyber Crime of Phishing

‘Phishing’ is a form of Cyber Crime wherein criminals attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, credit card details, etc by pretending as a trustworthy entity like Banks, etc in an electronic communication, especially emails. The trend of Phishing has increased over the years, though decisions has been very rare. But the recent [...]

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Cyber Crime Annual Report 2009 released by IC3

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report about fraudulent activity on the Internet on 12 March 2010. Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, according to the report. The IC3 received a total of 336,655 complaints, [...]

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Information Technology Act as amended by Act of 2008
The Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2006
.IN Domain Name Registration Policy
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Rules, 2001
Semiconductor Intergrated Circuits Layout Design Act 2000
Rules for Information Technology Act 2000
.IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP)
Gujarat Information technology Rules, 2004
Karnataka Cyber Cafe Regulations
Information Technology Act, 2000
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Messaging at work: US Supreme Court rules in favor of employer who read workers
Re: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
Re: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
Re: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
Re: Accused Mom Pleads Not Guilty to Cyber Bullying
Re: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
Accused Mom Pleads Not Guilty to Cyber Bullying
Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act
Mail Fraud (18 USC 1341)
Re: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
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ISPs take Digital Economy Act to the courts
Facebook faces German inquisition
Facebook libel leads to 10,000 payout
Four Arrested in Connection with Mariposa Botnet Code
Romanian Authorities Arrest 50 for Alleged Use of Cell Phone Spyware
Russian Spy Ring Communicated Through Steganography
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Digital Signature Act, 1997
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Electronic Transaction Act, 1998
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Electronic Crimes Act 2004 (Sec 19 to 36)
Electronic Crimes Act 2004 (Sec 1 to 18)
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After tiff, boy hacks friends e-mail accounts
Perils of e-banking: Woman cheated of Rs2 Lakh, accused held
AP cops nab Nigerian from Delhi in connection with cyber crime
Gang running fake lottery email scam busted
Man arrested for sending threat mails to Javed Akhtar
Haryana set up state of the art cyber lab at Madhuban police academy
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Software rivals turning to allies to battle cyber crime
Western New York man arrested, shared up to 107 gigabytes of child porn
Blogetery Shutdown Linked to Alleged Al Qaeda Postings
Blog Service Shut Down
Senators Introduce 2010 Data Security Act
FBI Raid Homes of Alleged Cyber Harassers
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ISPs take Digital Economy Act to the courts
Facebook faces German inquisition
Facebook libel leads to 10,000 payout
Four Arrested in Connection with Mariposa Botnet Code
Romanian Authorities Arrest 50 for Alleged Use of Cell Phone Spyware
Russian Spy Ring Communicated Through Steganography
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Pakistan: PTA busts illegal gateway exchange
Japanese BitTorrent User Avoids Virus, But Not the Police
Indonesia: Starbucks Staff Arrested for Credit Card Scam
Cyber-crime victim helps catch stalking suspect in Dubai
South Korean Government Website Hit With DDoS Attack
Anti-Thai royal sites tackled
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