Revenge main motive in DPS cyber crime: Cops

Revenge was the main motive in the cyber crime case involving a former DPS student who had morphed the images of a girl of the school and allegedly blackmailed her, the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) has said. The DCB Cyber Crime Cell said the accused boy (16) used a high-grade hacker’s software to hack the girl’s picture from the social networking site Facebook to morph them onto the bodies of nude models. He developed 15 such pictures and reportedly sent an email to the victim, blackmailing her for Rs 1 lakh, failing which the pictures would be posted on social networking sites Orkut, Twitter and Facebook. The girl complained to her parents who lodged the case with the DCB.

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Are you in a Safe Cyber City?

Have you ever stopped and wondered, either as a consumer or retailer, just how safe your city or town is in the realm of cyber security? A city’s cyber security climate is increasingly becoming a bigger factor for both individuals moving or relocating, and for businesses looking to set up shop in particular areas. It also has some obvious ramifications for online shopping activities in those particular cities. Fortunately, there’s a new study out that can help guide you as you face these kinds of questions.

Full Story: http://ecommercejunkie.com/2010/03/25/are-you-in-a-safe-cyber-city

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Chinese city is world’s hacker hub

A CITY in eastern China has been identified as the world capital of cyber-espionage by an American internet security company. The firm traced 12 billion emails in a study which showed that a higher number of “targeted attacks” on computers come from China than previously thought. Researchers for Symantec found almost 30% of “malicious” emails were sent from China and that 21.3% came from the city of Shaoxing alone. They were able to identify key targets for the hackers as experts in Asian defence policy and human rights activists, strongly suggesting state involvement.

Full Story: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article7078760.ece

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US credit card hacker sentenced

Computer hacker Albert Gonzalez has been jailed for 20 years in the US for his part in stealing the details of more than 130m credit and debit cards, British Broadcasting Corporation reports. One judge described the crime as ”the largest and most costly example of computer hacking in US history”.

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Microsoft Corporation & Anr V/s Dhiren Gopal & Ors 2010 (42) PTC 1 (Del)

In cases of alleged copyright infringement where computers are sealed are results into a blackmailing tactics as the defendants data alongwith the computers are being seized. Appropriate method is a direction for preparation of mirror images of the hard disc and get such mirror images sealed on the sport so that that plaintiffs are not able to use the database of the defendants either for blackmailing the defendants or for any other purpose and the sealed miiror images are produced in the court and inspected in the court by experts of the plaintiffs to find out if there was an infringements or not.

Horlicks Limited & anr v/s Heinz India (Private) Limited 2010 (42) PTC 156 (Del.) (DB)

Doctrine of forum non convenience is not applicable in India.

The principle of forum non convenience emerged as a concept primarily applicable to a foreign forum. The doctrine of forum non convenience which originated in Scotland and thereafter brought to England and United State of America simply put means that if legal proceedings are initiated in a particular forum and that forum is of the opinion that there is a more convenient forum where such lis should be tried, it desists from trying the particular lis.

However, the court held that the principle of forum non convenience does not apply to civil suits in India which are governed by the Civil Procedure Code, there being no provision under the Code for the same…

LT Foods Limited V/s Sachdeva & Sons Rice Millls Limited & others 2010 (42) PTC 144 (Del)

Delhi High Court came down very heavily on adoption of “cut-copy-paste” method

The Defendant had file an application for amendment of its written statement under order 6 Rule 17 of CPC on the ground that written statements was prepared adopting “cut-copy-paste” method and it does not contain relevant material pertaining to the present suit and contained material pertaining to some other suit.

The Delhi High Court came down very heavily on adoption of “cut-copy-paste” method and observed that

“ I consider that this attitude must be cured and that manner in which written statements are being filed these days containing prolix and unnecessary material adopting “cut-copy- paste” method, must not be encouraged as this is going to have far-reaching consequences. Already the situation has come that pleadings are note concise and because of use of computers, in pleadings, apart from basic facts not only detailed legal prepositions and evidence , irrelevant facts are being stated. This results into wastage of the time of the Court in going through these unnecessary and lengthy pleadings while considering the various applications and while framing issues.”

The Delhi High Court allowed the application but with heavy cost of Rupees one lac for adopting “cut-copy-paste” method and prepare a written statement without even reading the plaint.

Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors Revealed

A group of over 30 national and international computer security groups on Tuesday released a list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors as part of an effort to make the custom software business more accountable.

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The new risks of cyber-chattiness

Network World - Pervasive social networking may herald the future's most critical insider threat: cyber-chattiness.

Individuals are simply revealing too much about their professional lives online. It might be possible, for example, to cross reference a Facebook post about a "big project that isn't looking good" with other posts and piece together sensitive corporate information. And while a LinkedIn request for a job recommendation reveals a job seeker, two or more seekers in the same division could reveal company upheaval.

Full Story: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9157698/The_new_risks_of_cyber_chattiness?taxonomyId=17

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War game reveals U.S. lacks cyber-crisis skills

A war game, sponsored by a nonprofit group and attended by former top-ranking national security officials, laid bare Tuesday that the U.S. government lacks answers to such key questions.

Half an hour into an emergency meeting of a mock National Security Council, the attorney general declared: "We don't have the authority in this nation as a government to quarantine people's cellphones."

The White House cyber coordinator was "shocked" and asserted: "If we don't have the authority, the attorney general ought to find it."

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021605762.html?hpid=moreheadlines

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Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks on Google

A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say people involved in the investigation.

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19china.html?scp=5&sq=Google%20Cyber%20Attacks%20&st=cse

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Officials: Suicidal Teen Was Cyber-bullied

Officials in Massachusetts believe there's been another deadly case of cyber-bullying in the apparent suicide of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince of South Hadley, Mass. As reported in CBS News.com

Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity

By Willy Lam

While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. As reported in Asian Times

TCS site hacked; domain name put up for sale

India’s biggest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became a victim of cyber attack on Sunday, after the company’s website was hacked and the domain name was put up for sale. As reported in Indiatimes.com

Chinese police shut down hacker training business

According to an Associated Press, a hacker training operation that was openly recruiting thousands of members online has been shut down by police in central China. As reported in Yahoo.com