The world most wanted terror organization Al Qaeda has started plotting jihad on the internet against Britain and Western countries. The sources said they have launched teams to target key computer systems and the most important dominion of these countries.
The Chinese Cyber Law was finally enhanced due to extensive cyber-attacks. The cyber law of china which did not have strong provisions for cyber crimes earlier have become a victim recently to many cyber threats. China is considered to be the hacker’s hub has now been hit by many cyber crimes. The amendments were not made to cyber laws corresponding to the latest cyber crimes.
The sharp rise in cyber crimes has affected various individuals, companies, small and big business houses, corporate, students, social welfare organizations, industries, educational institutions making them victims to cyber-attacks. Most of them are not aware of what attack was executed against them , what action can be taken against the attackers.
The terrorism is one of the biggest challenges in the world today. The cyber terrorism is one of the most difficult attacks to counter in the recent times. The cyber terrorism as the name suggests makes use of the internet in an attack. The attack may be a terrorist attack or an attack for political purposes. It is generally an internet based attack to disrupt large networks across the globe. The term cyber terrorism is very wide. It attacks the networks across the world without necessarily affecting the real world infrastructure, properties or lives.
The latest report reveals that nearly 80% of the small business houses are of the belief that they are not likely to be a targeted by the cyber criminals. The awareness and training programs are not conducted making the employees unaware of the latest cyber security practices. The computer criminals exploit the loopholes in the security and pose a threat to the business houses.
As the news of the world hacking scandal hits the world market, the IT major companies are also into it.
IT major HCL Technologies said they will corporate with the London police as the allegation probe out that destruction of data stored in Indian facility has also taken place by Rupert Murdoch-owned News International.
The rapid development in information technology, most banks today in India adopt the practice of mobile and electronic banking. The banks uses smsemails to communicate with its users. Exploiting this technique many cyber criminals start sending the fake emails, sms and create a fake login page to steal the details of the customer, thereby launching a phishing attacks on the victims.
The implementation of Three Strikes Law is proposed in various countries. As the name suggests the internet access is disabled to any person who receives three warning to stop the download of any pirated content. It is aimed to avoid the further occurrence of piracy attacks. To achieve this internet connection is cut off.