Tag: Cyber crime
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Himachal Police cautions citizens against downloading fraudulent apps
In recent times, it has been found out that cybercriminals, after taking a person into confidence, urge him to download Any Desk or Team Viewer or any other app from Google Play Store.
February 20, 2019 -
Dharamshala forensic lab to have DNA testing facilities
Earlier, the facility was only available in State Forensic Science Laboratory at Junga in Shimla district.
November 14, 2018 -
Rajnath launches sexual offenders portal
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who unveiled the NDSO portal, launched another portal to check online content related to child pornography.The two portals will help investigating agencies in cases where criminals migrate to other states after committing crime.
September 21, 2018 -
How Russia used cyber warfare to help Trump
The Soviet Union and now Russia under Vladimir Putin have waged a political power struggle against the West for nearly a century. Spreading false and distorted information – called “dezinformatsiya” after the Russian word for “disinformation” – is an age-old strategy for coordinated and sustained influence campaigns that have interrupted the possibility of level-headed political …
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July 30, 2018 -
HP cops to get cyber training
Two hundred police officials in Himachal Pradesh will be trained in investigation of cyber crime to keep pace with technology. A release by the cyber crime cell in Shimla said the banking ombudsman at RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Chandigarh will hold a one-day seminar-workshop on 8 August in Shimla to train HP police officials …
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July 29, 2018 -
Cryptojacking surge a whopping 629% in Q1 2018: McAfee
There were on average five new threat samples every second that resulted in a massive 629 per cent growth in cryptojacking and other cryptocurrency mining malware in the first quarter of 2018.
June 28, 2018 -
CM condemns recent rape instances, says police acted timely
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condemned the recent incidents of rape but said that the police had taken timely action in arresting the accused persons in the shortest possible time. Replying to a discussion budgetary grants for the home and general administration department in the Assembly on Thursday, the CM said the Government will spare no …
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April 27, 2018 -
Cyber crime con artist arrested by Jajpur police
Jajpur police arrested a man involved in several cases of cybercrime. The accused has been identified as Jitendra Kumar Sahoo of Parakula village in the neighbouring Kendrapara district. He was held near N.C.College in Jajpur by a special squad headed by Jajpur SDPO Prasanta Kumar Mallha on Thursday night. A car, a laptop, 11 small …
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March 17, 2018 -
Cyber crime becoming industry, may occur ‘very often’: Rajnath
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said cyber crime has become an industry globally and that such offences may occur “very often” due to the availability of resources in wrong hands. Singh also said penetration of Internet and self-radicalisation have further added to the woes of law enforcement agencies and that continuance of the availability of …
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March 14, 2018 -
Govt to set up cyber crime coordination centre
To deal with cyber crimes such as financial frauds, circulation of communal andpornographic contents, the Union Home Ministry is planning to set up an apex coordination centre and has asked states to establish a similar mechanism in every district. It has also released Rs 83 crore for setting up of a cyber forensic training laboratory-cum-training …
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January 29, 2018 -
Over 57 million Uber customers and drivers data stolen in 2016 by hackers
In a startling revelation, ride-hailing platform Uber has disclosed that two hackers “inappropriately accessed” names, email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million customers and drivers and the license numbers of around 600,000 drivers. In a blog post on Wednesday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed that the company in late 2016 became aware that two …
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November 22, 2017 -
Cisco teams up with international police organisation Interpol to fight cyber crime
Intensifying the fight against cyber crime, networking giant Cisco and international police organisation Interpol on Tuesday announced an agreement to share threat intelligence. The alliance will see the two organisations develop a coordinated and focused approach to data sharing, Cisco said in a statement. This not only will allow for quick threat detection around the …
November 21, 2017 -
US says North Korean malware lurking in computer networks
US authorities said malware developed in North Korea is still lurking in many computer networks, giving hackers backdoor access to government, financial, automotive and media organisations. An alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security warned of surreptitious activity by the so-called “Hidden Cobra” hacker group, also known by the name “Lazarus.” US officials earlier …
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November 15, 2017 -
Home Ministry sets up two new divisions to check radicalisation, cyber fraud
The Union Home Ministry, as part of an administrative rejig, has formed two new divisions to exclusively deal with emerging security challenges such as radicalisation and cyber crime, an official said on Friday. The two divisions called Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Radicalisation (CTCR) and Cyber and Information Security (CIS) also encompass merger of some of the ministry’s …
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November 11, 2017 -
Challenges for the legal fraternity
With the evaluation of e-governance and society moving towards digitisation, the information technology has penetrated in every sphere of life and the profession of law, being no exception, is immensely impacted by it. The proliferation comprises of ebusiness, digital communication, digital evidence, hacking, online frauds and includes everything in the realm which has to be …
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September 22, 2017 -
Meghalaya Police arrests six foreigners, Indian woman in cyber fraud case
Meghalaya Police’s Cyber Crime wing personnel on Tuesday arrested six foreign nationals and an Indian woman on charges of a cyber-fraud case from different locations in New Delhi, an officer said. “We have arrested seven people including five Nigerians and a Equatorial Guinean national in connection with a cyber-fraud case for duping one person of …
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September 13, 2017 -
Help for child victims of cyber crime
Child victims of cyber crime can now lodge their complaints with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)’s POCSO e-box. NCPCR has enhanced the scope of POCSO e-box to handle cyber bullying, cyber stalking, morphing of images and child pornography. The child rights body said child victims themselves or their friends, parents, relatives …
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June 23, 2017