India remained a Internet hackers’ paradise during the first half of the current calender year with 1,752 websites being defaced, according to an analysis by the Department of Information Technology.

In the first half till June this year, 39 ‘.gov.in’ websites were defaced, which is 15% of the total number of hacked sites in the ‘.in’ domain  while 81 ‘.co.in’ websites were defaced in this period, according to Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) which handles computer securities incidents. …

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Ever noticed transactions of Rs 99 paise or Re 1 in your credit card statement? If yes, then your credit card is being hacked.

‘Bleeding’ or ‘slicing’ of bank or credit cards is becoming increasingly prevalent in India, but customers often fail to notice the small transaction and even if they do, it rarely gets reported, according to security experts. Hackers launch such attacks on lakhs of customers simultaneously. They use other terminals, which they access through IRC chats or other means, thus minimising the chance of getting caught. …

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A notebook that comes equipped with face identification technology.

When Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) in the movie Castaway returns home after spending four years on a lonely island, his girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt) recognises him in spite of his long-hair and beard and other physical changes that madehim an alien to his own men. 

But things go differently for Saif Ali Khan when he returns home from a lonely island. Neither his wife nor his pet dog recognise him due to his unkempt look. And then he takes the help of his new Lenovo Y series notebook with face recognition technology to establish his identity.   …

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The days of big virus outbreaks like MyDoom, Melissa and SQL Slammer are gone, says Joe Telafici, director of operations for McAfee’s Avert Labs.

Today’s cyber criminals don’t want to draw attention to themselves, as the main motivation for cybercrime now is money, not fame, he said, speaking at the recent Association of Antivirus Asia Researchers conference here. …

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