Category Archives: Cyber Law

Digital Signature misuse reported in Bengaluru

Naavi.org has several times brought to the attention of the public that certain certifying authorities are not following proper procedures for issue of Digital Signature Certificates and this can lead to frauds. Earlier, one person associated with a Registration Authority … Continue reading

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Will HHS impose a hefty fine on American Dental Association?

In what may be described as an unfortunate but grim reminder of the risks that we run in the Cyber Space, American Dental Association (ADA) appears to have exposed itself to a risk of a hefty fine from the Department … Continue reading

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Wiping Every Tear from Every Eye.. Forget Courts…Transform from Litigation to ODR

During a recent meeting of Chief Justices of High Courts, the Chief Justice of India, Mr T.S.Thakur broke down emotionally with the burden of a perceived guilt of the Judiciary in not being able to reduce the pendency of cases. … Continue reading

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SBI introduces a long awaited security measure to control Card frauds

State Bank of India has been one of the Banks specially targetted by Card fraudsters for cloning and fraudulent withdrawal. A few years ago, Damodaran Committee of RBI recommended the most sensible control where by the customer should be given … Continue reading

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Backup your Biggest data file.. to fight ransomware

Ransom ware has been one of the biggest threats that is confronting IT users at present.  Many companies have found that their critical resources have been rendered useless with the ransomware encrypting the files and demanding a ransom for release … Continue reading

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Has RBI Permitted Social Media Banking?.. What about audit of Mobile Apps?

We have been following the discussions on how the Unified Payment Interface introduced by RBI has created one big security risk where the telecom links have been provided a direct access to Banking transactions server through execution of USSD codes. … Continue reading

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