Indians Number 2 cybercrime victims

Indians are most victimised by hacker sand cybercriminals after the Chinese,says a report released by Symantec, the makers of Norton security software.

But Indian web surfers might also be safer from the cyber criminals because of their lying habits. The report finds India as the third least honest nation on the net after China and Brazil.

India's No 2 victim of cyber crime

Report says impact of attacks is immense, with many feeling cheated

Divyesh Singh MUMBAI

With increasing use of computers and the Internet through broadband penetration, the risk of being a victim of cyber crime has increased. Indian net users have been one of the most favourite targets of cyber criminals. In fact, a recent research report by global e-security solutions provider Norton has shown that 76% Indian web users have been victims of cyber crime . The report pointed out that India is the second most victimised nation after China in terms of cyber attacks or cyber crime. It includes virus attacks, botnet attacks, online credit card frauds, lottery frauds, identity thefts, hacking attacks and attacks through social networking sites on personal profiles, which could include sexual harassment online and cyber-bullying.

India second worst victm of cyber crime

Computer security firm Sysmantec has reported that about two thirds of the world's Internet users have fallen victim to cyber crime and few think crooks will be caught


China tops when it comes to online victims

 83 per cent

Internet users in China have been hit by computer viruses, identity theft, online credit card fraud or other crimes

76 per cent

Internet users in Brazil and India each

73 per cent

Internet users in the US

The average amount of time spent to resolve a cybercrime and the average cost vary from country to country, according to the Norton study.

Play safe on Twitter

Cyber experts tell you how to protect your online identity

Barack Obama has something in common with Meghna Naidu and Miley Cyrus. All their Internet accounts were recently hacked into, making communication through them either difficult or impossible. Increasingly, it seems that celebrities who sign on to social networking sites make themselves predisposed to Internet miscreants. 

If it's not hacking, it's either fake accounts or lewd messages from anonymous users. Like the tweet Karan Johar received last month from a user asking him to describe the colour of his "lingerie".

Fake Aditya Chopra wants to date women

Filmmaker's impersonator on Facebook befriends random people; director plans to approach cyber crime cell to find solution

MUMBAI

One of India's most celebrated filmmakers, Aditya Chopra, who respects his privacy so much that he rarely poses for pictures and even refuses to be interviewed by the media, has an impersonator on social networking site Facebook.

Vijay Malla's website hacked

Industrialist Vijay Mallya's personal website has been hacked allegedly by some Pakistanis, who have posted a Pakistani flag on the website. The defaced site says 'Feel the Pakistan' with danger signs and adds that 'we are sleeping, not dead". Mallya's spokesperson said a complaint would be filed with the Mumbai police on Monday.

Youth sends threat emails to media, in ATS net

MUMBAI: Sagar Kashyap, 20, probably stretched his passion for computers a bit too far. "Stop me if you can," he wrote in an email to three media houses, threatening to blow them up on August 12. The game was up for the second year BSC student from a reputed city college on Wednesday, when he was nabbed by the anti-terrorism squad (ATS).

'Prank mail' makes cops see red

Mail says cops have no right to check licence, documents

As if dealing with the maddening traffic of Mumbai is not enough. Traffic police are now up against a "prank email" circulating for the past fortnight, "educating" motorists about their rights. The mail tells motorists that the traffic police cannot stop them to examine driving licences and/or vehicle documents as they are "against the law".

What the hack!

Shibani Kashyap has learnt a memorable lesson: Not to log on to the Internet from an alien computer. A few days ago, someone hacked into her Facebook and email account and at the end of the ordeal, she had to delete one e-mail ID and open a new one for work-related communication only.

'Frenemy' hacks into firls's FB account

In the world of social networking, frenemies are what you should watch out most for: a 22-year-old girl from Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri (W) learnt this the hard way, when she found that her Facebook account had been allegedly hacked into and a vulgar comment posted on her profile.

The police investigated the matter and found the alleged culprit was a close friend, who stays in the same building, who stays in the same building as her. The suspect, Saurabh Singhal, 22, was arrested by officers from the cyber crime police station (CCPS) at Bandra-Kurla Complex.

Man arrested for hacking into wife's email ID, freed on bail

July 16, 2010

Somendra Sharma

Officers of the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC) recently arrested a person for allegedly hacking into the email account of his 28-year-old wife.

The accused has been identified as RB Anto Ramesh Paul, a resident of Chennai. Paul works in an info-media firm in Pune,

Facebook launches applicationto protect teens from sex predators

Introduces Panic Button for Kids on its webpage.

Facebook users aged 13-18 can bookmark the click CEOP service or add it as an application to find information about online safety.

Cyber crime against women on the rise

Mumbai: While social networking and micro-blogging sites are great tools to stay connected, they are also easy to misuce. And mistly, it's women who are the victims, say the cyber crime police.

An increasing number of women are approaching the cyber crime cell with complaints that fake profiles of them with obscene content have been posted on sites such as Facebook, orkut and Twitter.

Kerala editor held for article on Gulf-based businessman

Thiruvananthapuram,  T.P. Nandakumar, editor of a periodical and petitioner in a scam related to renovation of power plants in Kerala, was taken into custody Saturday for publishing a defamatory article on a non-resident Indian businessman, police said.

Nandakumar, who edits a Malayalam periodical named Crime, was arrested on a complaint by Abu Dhabi-based businessman Alexander, who hails from the state's Kottayam district.

Computers crash? don't bug cyber cops

City police's cyber cell gets harassed by frivolous complaints.

Mumbai: Pesky complaints, frivolous plaints and lots of angry tugs at the mop of the hair. Manning the cyber cell of the city police is no easy job.

Net frauds: RBI seeks CBI help

Mail menace: Unknown sources seek account details, promise fabulous returns

For 35-year old Radha Nair (name changed), a government employee in Coimbatore, banking has assumed a whole new meaning in last few weeks.

It all began with an email from an unknown person posing to be a senior officer of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) congratulating her for wining an international lottery prize worth $500,000 (Rs 2.3 crore).

Transfer cheating case to Cyber Crime Cell: HC

June 26, 2010

Operators issue a message on the cellphone and before the subscribers gets a fresh SIM card, it is issued to the perpetrator based on false documents.

MUMBAI:

Taking a serious note of cyber crimes, the Bombay High Court has asked the state government to consider transferring to the Cyber Crime Cell from Amboli police station the investigation of a cheating complaint lodged by a senior citizen.

Victim of cellphone, web fraud moves HC

June 26, 2010
Mayura Janwalkar

On November 30 last year, septuagenarian Cavas Majai was shocked to find his SIM card blocked as someone had reported it lost, and acquired a new one on his behalf. But that was bit all.Two day later, he received a bank statement showing two withdrawals of Rs 1 lakh each.

Message lewd but not yet clear for the youth

June 25, 2010

On Tuesday, a rarely-used section of the IT Act, 2000, was invoked to arrest a law student who was allegedly sending lewd SMSes. Are youngsters misusing technology?

Criminals use 3g as bait to swindle cellphone users

June 25, 2010

Scams on the rise as crooks gain access to pvt databases

Information leak

Personal and confidential details are now shared by hundreds of BPOs and direct sales agencies (DSA)

Though it is illegal, the database are easily available in the open market for a price

Typical database include phone numbers, bank account details, credit card details, mailing address residential address, and also income source and gross annual income

Divyesh Singh