WordPress Hijacking through Banner Scam

As you maybe aware that WordPress is a open source software for weblogs. The Hackers have come up with a new strategy to hijack your wordpress by offering you Banner Advertisement. Recently, Archer Softech has received a similar email for one of it’s other legal site, as follows: Hi, We are looking for new advertisement platforms and we are interested in your site...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arreste...

The 29 year old ‘Julian Assange’, founder of the controversial WikiLeaks was arrested by British Police, being wanted by Sweden Police for sexual offences… and is supposed to be sent to Sweden, as his bail was rejected by British Court. The arrest has received harsh criticism from all around the world, as violative of free speech. WikiLeaks, which was founded in...

CBI Website hacked by Pakistan Hackers

Pakistan Hackers (called “Pakistani Cyber Army”) hacked CBI website on Friday night warning Indian counterparts “Indian Cyber Army”, not to attack their websites.  The case under various provisions of Information Technology Act has been registered but the website that is available at: http://cbi.nic.in was a PHP website, which hasn’t been restored yet,...

Double Refund fraud at Jet Airways expos...

It’s a difference of hardly 40 seconds but it cost Jet airways Rs 2.09 crore in a year, thanks to a cyber-smart fraudster, say police. Forty-year-old Mukesh Kishanpuria, a garments businessman with a knack for computers, was arrested on Wednesday when he was on his way to court to seek anticipatory bail. Mukesh, say police, hit upon the idea of double cancellation of tickets to...

Gmail Security Checklist

GMail recently introduced a Security Checklist, to make sure you never loose your GMail IDs to hackers. Though, GMail has always been first to introduce finest of measures like password retrieval through Mobile, so that you always get back access to your account but still… “Whether you just regained access to Gmail, or you want to make sure your account is secure, take a...

Mumbai Cyber Crime Cell reveals the Cybe...

Only 3% of the total complaints received by the cyber cell of Mumbai crime branch are converted into FIRs, thanks to the complainant themselves, most of whom are women . The victims don’t want to go ahead in the case to avoid any social stigma to be attached either to themselves or in some cases to the offender, as in most of the cases the offenders are minors and known to the...