Nov 8th, 2008 | Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, E-Terrorism, Internet Abuse, Pakistan | No Comments
Hack At Your Own Peril - Pakistan Passes Law to Criminalize Cyber Terrorism With Death Penalty
Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari signed The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance making it a law to counter internet crimes. The Ordinance shall have retrospective effect from 29th Septamber, 2008.
The Ordinance defines internet crime done to cause death shall be punishable with capital punishment.
The ordinance applies to “any person, group or organization who, with terroristic intent utilizes, accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or computer network or electronic system or electronic device or by any available means, and thereby knowingly engages in or attempts to engage in a terroristic act.”
It also states that cyber terrorism shall be considered
(a) altering by addition, deletion, or change or attempting to alter information that may result in the imminent injury, sickness, or death to any segment of the population;
(b) transmission or attempted transmission of a harmful program with the purpose of substantially disrupting or disabling any computer network operated by the Government or any public entity;
(c) aiding the commission of or attempting to aid the commission of an act of violence against the sovereignty of Pakistan, whether or not the commission of such act of violence is actually completed; or
(d) stealing or copying, or attempting to steal or copy, or secure classified information or data necessary to manufacture any form of chemical, biological or nuclear weapon, or any other weapon of mass destruction.
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Oct 7th, 2008 | Cyber Crime, India, Internet Abuse, Phishing | No Comments
Phishing Attack on Punjab National Bank Site
There has been alarming rise in the phishing incidents in the past month on all major financial institution internet sites.
We have regularly been updating our visitors about these mails.We also thank our readers/visitors to share such incidents with us and taking an active part in combating phishing by making public aware of these mails.
Here is an another email alleged to be sent by Punjab National Bank to its users which has been sent to us by our visitor Mr. Maninder Singh, a techie by profession who runs a successful websites such as www.123oye.com and www.cybersmart.in.
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: Update
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Oct 7th, 2008 | Countries, Cyber Crime, Uganda | No Comments
UGANDA Getting Ready to Combat With Internet Crimes
Uganda’s draft electronic laws have been approved by Cabinet and are set to be debated before they are passed into law by Parliament.
The Ministry of ICT hopes to enact the draft laws
1.The Computer Misuse Bill,
2. Electronic Signatures Bill and
3. Electronic Transactions Bill
The purpose of the legislation is to regulate the Information & Communication Technology sector so as to create a level ground and conducive environment for doing business electronically. It will regulate online purchases, mass marketing, financial transactions, online information, entertainment and government services.
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Sep 29th, 2008 | Cyber Crime, Internet Abuse, Phishing | No Comments
Another Phishing Attack on HDFC Internet Banking Site
There has been yet another phishing attack on HDFC Internet banking website. We have previously also reported the phishing attack on HDFC servers in our post dated 20th May, 2008. The post can be viewed here.
The phishing activity has been reported by our visitor / reader Mr. Someshwar Singh.
The experts from the e-mail are as follows -:
From: secureupdate@hdfcbank.com
Subject: Update Your HDFC NetBanking ® Online Banking Account
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:09:42 -0700
Dear Customer,
HDFC Bank continues to provide security controls to protect information about you, we believe it is extremely important for you to share in the responsibility for security. Notice to ensure that only you have access your HDFC NetBanking account and to ensure a safe HDFC Online Banking experience, we require for your account information for better security.
To verify your Information at this time, please visit our secure server webform by clicking the link below…
https://www.hdfcbank.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=login
This alert relates to your Online Banking Profile only.
HDFC Online Banking Services
© HDFC Bank Ltd. All rights reserved.
We strongly urge our readers to be vigilant of such acts and report such problems to us, so that the same can be shared.
If you need any legal advise on Phishing or banking frauds, please feel free to contact us at info[at]iprfirm[dot]com.
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