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,India has gone up from the rank of 13 in 2008 to rank 3 in 2009, next to US and Brazil. Of the phishing URLs identified in India, 91 per cent targeted the financial services sector last year.
source:http://www.cyberlawtimes.com/2010/04/28/symantec-india-ranks-5th-world-cyber-crime/

'Iranian cyber army' hits Twitter

A group claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army managed to redirect Twitter users to its own site displaying a political message. Twitter said the attack had been carried out by getting at the servers that tell web browsers where to find particular sites. The site said it would start an investigation into what allowed the "unplanned downtime" to take place

my comment: I believe this case is a cyber crime issue. To be more exact, this should be recognized as website defacing which falls under computer crimes.

source: http://www.qlinks.net/update/2009/12/iranian-cyber-army-hits-twitter.htm

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 last week, who was caught red handed, while downloading porn clippings. The Mumbai Police has collected the hard disks, mobile phones, print outs, etc from the residence of the Army officer and booked him under section 67A of Information technology Act.
If convicted, he can be sentenced to a maximum seven years in jail and also fined Rs 10 lakh. The accused has been remanded to Police Custody till 12 May 2010.

my comment:As sending indecent material, in this case child pornography,is an illegal use of internet ,define as computer crime and he is arrested by the cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) of the Mumbai police for allegedly posting obscene pictures of children on an international web site.

source:http://www.cyberlawtimes.com/2010/05/10/mumbai-ccic-arrests-army-officer-for-child-pornography/

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 it is an extremely sensitive and emotional matter for Muslims across the world.
A statement from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that YouTube and Facebook websites were blocked after the government failed to convince them to remove "derogatory material". A webpage called "Ban FACEBOOK in Pakistan" has been set up "to condemn the hypocrisy of FACEBOOK. As it won't delete the hate mongering page called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!".
source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/internet/Web-abuzz-over-facebook-ban-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5957676.cms

phishing

Phishing is The act of sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a Website where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information.

To avoid getting hooked:

• Don't reply to email or pop-up messages that ask for personal or financial information, and don't click on links in the message. Don't cut and paste a link from the message into your Web browser — phishers can make links look like they go one place, but that actually send you to a different site.
  
• Some scammers send an email that appears to be from a legitimate business and ask you to call a phone number to update your account or access a "refund." Because they use Voice over Internet protocol technology, the area code you call does not reflect where the scammers really are. If you need to reach an organization you do business with, call the number on your financial statements or on the back of your credit card.
  
• Use anti-virus and anti-spyware software, as well as a firewall, and update them all regularly.
  
• Don't email personal or financial information.
  
• Review credit card and bank account statements as soon as you receive them to check for unauthorized charges.
  
• Be cautious about opening any attachment or downloading any files from emails you receive, regardless of who sent them.

source:http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/aussies-still-ignorant-about-phishing/2007/10/04/1191091252153.html

Cyber crime- Case1

Email Password Security & Legal Issues
A recent FIR registered with Delhi Police, points how a weak password can sometimes lead to loss of business profits.in this case hacker has contaminated the compliant's system with virus,actuly this person hacked complainant's all personal and busness information and then send email to all his customer and has attempted to contact with his customer and then preaper complainant's client list and send e-mail to them with the name of complainant.and communicate with them and received their communication with intention of deceive. The complaint has made out the case under the various provisions of IT Act, IPC and Copyright Act.Hacking is punishable under Sec 66 of Information Technology Act, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees or with both.
my comment:nowadays cybercrime and hacking is a common fact that we have to be more care about our passwords and make very strong and sequer password.

source:http://www.cyberlawtimes.com/2010/03/07/email-password-cracking-hacking-legal-issues/

Cyber crime- Case2

Software expert tried to take revenge against a women, who turned down his marriage proposal, falls into cyber crime cell net. Engineer had put obscene profiles of the victim on various networking sites like Facebook and Orkut and also sent letter through post containing morphed pictures of the girl, with written message in Telgu, which formed the basic evidence and led to his arrest by Hyderabad Police

cybercrime- Definition

Computer crime or cybercrime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network, where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of the crime. Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding hacking, copyright infringement, child porn, and child grooming.