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

IB Warnings on WeChat app

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

It is reported that Indian intelligence agencies have flagged a mobile application by name WeChat developed by a Chinese company “Tencent” as a “Threat”. After the revelation about the US intelligence program PRISM through which the US Intelligence agencies are … Continue reading →

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Use of Aadhar for Cardholder authentication

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

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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