Category Archives: Cyber Law

New Malicious Code for Android- Selfmite

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

A new virus called Selfmite has been detected on the Android platform. This virus spreads itself by sending SMS to contacts in the infected phone with a link. The text message sent by Selfmite contains the contact’s name and reads: … Continue reading →

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Nokia gives in to Black Mail

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

It has been reported that Nokia had given into a hacker’s black mail and paid a huge sum of ransom to a hacker who threatened disclosure of an encryption key for the Symbian OS. Report: The incident reportedly took place … Continue reading →

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US Supreme Court disallows Business Method Patents

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

In a major and welcome move, the Supreme Court of US has disallowed “Business Method Patents”. Refer Here The decision which holds the subject patent “a method for reducing the risk that the parties to a transaction will not pay … Continue reading →

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Loans Through SMS-Fraud Site Confirmed?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Naavi.org had brought to the notice of the public a website http://www.cgtmse-govt.in/ through its article https://www.naavi.org/wp/?p=1728. We had remarked as follows: “There is an interesting website on the cyber space which promises all kinds of loans for which application can be made … Continue reading →

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A Test for the Modi Government

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Followers of this site are aware of the mission like pursuance of the undersigned regarding the activation of Cyber Judiciary system in the country which was paralyzed during the previous regime of Mr Kapil Sibal. During the last three years … Continue reading →

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Agenda for the new IT Minister

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

To Mr Ravishankar Prasad Minister of Communications and Information Technology Delhi   Dear Sir,I would like to place before him an action agenda for immediate implementation. 1. The Cyber Apppelate Tribunal (CAT) which is the apex Cyber Judiciary body supervising 28+adjudicators … Continue reading →

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