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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Beware of Bogus LinkedIn invitations
Invitations from unknown persons in LinkedIn or Face Book or other sites are considered potential risks since accepting such invitations could lead to downloading of dangerous viruses. Even if the invitations appear to come from friends it is unreliable since … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber Crime
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Facebook to introduce “Paid Message Delivery”
Facebook has started an test for delivering messages to Facebook users from people other than public against payment of money. Refer here I see an advantage in the service to deliver legal notices to the Facebook users who might have … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy
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Instagram service rules changed
Instagram is a service which is supposed to make sharing of mobile pictures on Social networking sites easy. However the privacy rules attached to the service had raised a ruckus recently as it was felt that the private photographs shared … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Uncategorized
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TN to use Goondas Act to fight Cyber Crime?
Some of the news papers today highlighted some statements made by the CM in a meeting of IAS officers with the captions as follows: Hindu: TN will use Goondas Act to curb cyber crime Deccan Chronicle: Goondas Act on cyber … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber Crime, Cyber Law
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Five Year Plan on National Cyber Security Unveiled
In a long pending but welcome move it appears that the GOI has unveiled a Five Year plan on National Cyber Security. Having recognized the inadequacy of the IND-CERT which is the designated nodal agency for Critical IT infrastructure security … Continue reading
Posted in Bank, Cyber Crime, Cyber Law, Information Assurance, TELCO
Tagged CERT, National Cyber Security, NIIPC, NTRO
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Banks Should Report Data Breach Incidents
European Union is considering mandatory data breach notification by Banks and other critical infrastructure services. A draft proposal to this effect is under consideration. At present one of the hindrances to Cyber Crime Insurance is the lack of adequate information … Continue reading
Posted in Bank, Cyber Crime
Tagged cyber crime insurance, cyber fraud, Data breach, ITA 2008
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