Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

Use of Aadhar for Cardholder authentication

It is reported that RBI is considering use of Aadhar as a second factor authentication for Credit Card transactions. Report in TOI here The cost of upgrading the card swipe mechanism at the merchants with a biometric capable instrument is … Continue reading

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Mule Recruitment Advertisement on job sites

Trusteer research team has reported that a mule recruitment advertisement has been hosted on a recruitment site careerbuilder dot com. The advertisement lures job seekers to marketandtarget dot com. More details availalable here. Naavi

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Karnataka High Court delivers a favourable verdict for Axis Bank

P.S: Karnataka High Court has given a decision on 27th May 2013 in a writ petition filed by Axis Bank which has a huge implication on Cyber Crime victims in Karnataka and elsewhere in India. Hence in the general public … Continue reading

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Bank Executive in Credit Card fraud

In a credit card cloning fraud in Hyderabad, an employee of HSBC call center has been arrested on charges of credit card cloning. The executive reportedly bought credit card data from a Nigerian and also used skimmers to collect more … Continue reading

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Safe E Banking- Some initiatives that calls for attention

Naavi has been following the developments in the Indian Banking scenario for the last 4 decades and has closely been associated with the industry as an employee of the Banking industry as well as a consultant and critique. In the … Continue reading

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Cyber Policing Initiatives in Kerala

Kerala Police have initiated a unique step to strengthen the Cyber Crime mitigation effortsby involving select members of public as “Honorary Police Officers”. It may be recalled here that in Chennai, a senior Police officer by name Mr Prateep Phillip … Continue reading

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