The cyber world has a wide spread with a boundary less world. Today, there is a sharp increase in cyber crime. The form of cyber crime which has been popular these days is cyber stalking. The harassment which are rampant in the physical world have also taken a shape in the virtual cyber world by the way of cyber stalking.
India and the Republic of Korea signed a civil nuclear agreement on Monday for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The agreement guidelines were announced in Asian-India Summit last year in Hanoi.
Big clash between Syria protesters and the armed security forces took place on Sunday. At least 11 people are dead.
From a long period of time the situation is continuing to be worst of all time. Millions of people who demanding pro- democracy and end of the president basher al-Assad’s regime.
The largest of the crowds were seen in Home, 100 miles from Damascus. At least five civilians were dead and many were grievous hurt. The situation become worst and tanks were called to suppress the protest.
LACK OF SECURITY MEASURES UNDER SEC 43(a) OF IT ACT ATTRACTS HUGE LIABILITY
The organizations maintaining sensitive and personal information are required to take reasonable security measures as laid down under Section 43(a) of the INDIAN IT AMENDMENT ACT 2008. The section mandates the personal information which identifies a person like passport, credit card, pan card, driving license should be protected.
It has been made official that Indians have at least $2.5 billion (more than Rs. 11000 crore) in Swiss banks. But this figure is argued to be an understatement of the total wealth held by Indians there.
In recent times, the hackers broke into the network of Canada Ministry. The broadcasting corporation of Canada reported that emails were sent to the staff of the Ministry by the hackers that seemed to come from senior managers. When the staff opened the attachments, the hackers exploited a path into the federal network. The President of Treasury Board contended that he was not told of the breach. He expressed that upon the information given to him he was confident that the systems were shut down and important information had not been carried away and the staff continued their operations of ongoing assessment. The internet access is still restricted for the staff of the Finance Department and Treasury Board. The network of the agencies is now disconnected from the main network of the government. They have a separate computer station which is independent.
On Sunday, Sudan launched its new currency and its new map in the aftermath of the carving out of a new country from its territory to sort out any fears of currency war. It was not stated that till what time the old currency would remain in circulation, but it was affirmed that the transition would be completed in a few days. There is a redrawn map of the country in the new Sudanese Pound including the absence of various symbols on the multicoloured notes as a result of the secession of the South on July 9. Now the exchange rate is one dollar to 3.5 Sudanese Pound in the black market in comparison to the official exchange rate of 2.67 Sudanese pounds.
The enforcement authority of Los Angeles has arrested a phisher who has played an active role in a phishing attack. The attack aimed at stealing money from the consumer bank accounts. The operation phishing phry which is a cyber crime investigation agency initiated by US & EGYPT law enforcement authorities was successful to trap the phisher.