Recently, the Indian IT and Communications Ministry released a report on the cyber threat faced by India. As per this report submitted by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, in the last three years of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 (till…
Tag: Cyber Crime
Government Imposes New Security Rules for Cyber Cafe Industry
The cyber cafes being the prominent industry providing Internet connectivity to 37 percent of country’s Internet users is now under scrutiny by the central government. The central government has made it mandatory for the cyber cafe industry to follow few…
Most of the Frauds in Indian Companies are Not Reported
20 Jul 11: Global consultancy firm, KPMG has conducted a survey which revealed that 88% of the frauds taking place in Indian companies are never reported. Of the reported cases, enforcement action is taken in quarter of the cases, disciplinary…
Survey Conducted to Know Urban Youth Awareness on Cyber Safety
19 Jul 11: A survey was conducted by McAfee-Synovate to know how safe are Indian children online. This survey was only limited to affluent and upper middle class households of 10 cities – Cochin, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Pune,…
City Based Youth Involved in Cyber Crime
13 March 2011: A resident of the city and a former employee of a Singapore MNC is involved in a cybercrime, in which he had hacked the server of a city based BPO INVOICE Network Private Limited, situated at Kamalapuri.…
New Cyber Crime Police Station to Solve Cyber Cases in City
A new Cyber Crime police station was inaugurated in Hyderabad to address the Cyber crime cases. There was no separate Cyber Crime cell previously. These cases will be handled by Information Technology experts. There are two Inspectors, five Sub-Inspectors, four…