China tightens Cyber Law Chinese hackers have been very active lately, especially in the west, but as hacking has hit home, China has strengthened Cyber Laws. Last year, when Pentagon systems were hacked the Famous Chinese Hacker made fun of Times Magazine Reporter saying “Will the FBI send special agents out to arrest me ?” But due to amendments made in Chinese CyberLaws the said Hacker is now behind bars facing Seven years imprisonment. Until the new law came into force the cyber crime carried maximum punishment of 3 years’ prison but it has now been extended to seven years and also other major changes have been implemented. Previously, Cyber Crime matter was governed by three Articles added to the China’s Criminal Code in 1997. Which was no doubt out-dated and has given push to the cyber crime, which has been further fuelled to some extent by the struggling Chinese economy. Media has been busy with stories of chinese hackers for years now. But mostly used to go scot free but now with the new stringent provisions in place, the cyber crime from China is expected to slow down. Read More

India 1. IIT Mumbai boy held in Rs 7 lakh credit card fraud 19-year-old used a complex system to con people into giving out residence and credit card details; police believe he is part of a huge interstate racket. Read Story | Discuss 2. Child abuse through internet in Kerala The popularity of internet in middle class families has resulted in a lot of child abuse incidents with the majority of cases not being reported as family members fear further damage to the victim and family. Read Story | Discuss 3. Cyber Criminals nabbed in Mumbai City cops in hot pursuit of IT savvy 27-year-old woman who heads gang of educated criminals specialising in credit card and online fraud. Read Story | Discuss 4. Govt gearing up to gag news websites Barely four months after dropping its proposal of forcing TV channels to show only an "authorized" feed during security emergencies, the government is now seeking to censor news portals and other websites, that too even at normal times. Read Story | Discuss 5. Poor Cyber Conviction rate in India Cyber crimes may be spiralling but the country is grappling with poor conviction rates in courts as only four people have been held guilty for internet-related crimes so far. Read Story | Discuss USA 1. Maple Grove man sentenced for wire fraud, identity theft A 22-year-old Maple Grove man was sentenced today in federal court to prison on one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to steal credit card account information and use it to add value to gift cards that he purchased. Read Story | Discuss 2. Internet Safety Legislation introduced A federal lawmaker has introduced internet safety legislation that, if passed, would authorize roughly $175 million--$35 million a year for five years--for internet safety education and training to help make children, parents, and educators aware of proper online behavior and the dangers the internet poses. Read Story | Discuss 3. New Jersey Man pleads guilty to launching attack that shut down websites A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to his role in a cyber attack on Church of Scientology websites in January 2008 that rendered the websites unavailable. Read Story | Discuss 4. FBI battling cyber crimes as recession grips nation In the days following 9/11 and before that the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has become actively involved in the battle against international and domestic terrorism. National security is the number one issue that confronts the nation's top law enforcement agency. Read Story | Discuss 5. Alleged Scam Gets 3 Fired in Pr. William Three Prince William County government employees have lost their jobs over allegations that they were involved in a long-running scam to steer millions of taxpayer dollars to specified contractors. Sources close to the investigation called it one of the largest embezzlement and fraud cases in county government history. Read Story | Discuss Europe 1. Swedish National charged with Hacking and Theft of Trade Secrets Philip Gabriel Pettersson, aka “Stakkato,” 21, a Swedish national, was indicted today on intrusion and trade secret theft charges, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello for the Northern District of California and the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Read Story | Discuss 2. Germany says Delete, don’t block child pornograpgy sites In the ongoing German dispute over the appropriate action against documented child abuse on the Internet(child pornography), the supporters of a mere blocking solution argued that it is often not or only with considerable effort possible to remove the illegsl content or to get hold of it’s originator. Read Story | Discuss 3. EU Proposed changes to cookie laws Member States shall ensure that the storing of information, or the gaining of access to information already stored, in the terminal equipment of a subscriber or user is only allowed on condition that the subscriber or user concerned has given his/her consent, having been provided with clear and comprehensive information, in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC, inter alia about the purposes of the processing ?. Read Story | Discuss 4. Seven million 'use illegal files' Around seven million people in the UK are involved in illegal downloads, costing the economy tens of billions of pounds, government advisers say. Read Story | Discuss 5. Sweden challenges EU data retention directive Sweden is being sued by the European Commission for not implementing a European Union directive requiring network operators to retain details of phone calls and e-mail messages. Read Story | Discuss Asia-Pacafic 1. Dubai: Teenage hacker arrested for leaking exam papers Police have apprehended a 16-year-old schoolboy who hacked into his school's computer system and stole exam papers. The boy, who is on bail, was caught after school officials realized that the exam papers had been leaked. Read Story | Discuss 2. Bahrain: Cyber crimes law proposed The government has referred to parliament a draft law to prevent IT-related crimes, our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej reports. The bill proposes a maximum seven years' jail and BD300,000 fine for abusing public facilities, hindering services and endangering lives. The sentence can be extended to life imprisonment if a crime leads to murder. Read Story | Discuss 3. China to Strengthen Cyber Laws Dailin, better known in Chinese hacker circles as Withered Rose, was reportedly picked up last month in Chengdu, China, by local authorities. He is now facing seven years in prison under a new Chinese cybercrime law that was passed in late February. Read Story | Discuss 4. Malaysia: Call For Law To Censor Pornograhic Websites The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation today called on the government to draft a law to censor pornographic websites. Its vice-chairman, Tan Sri Lee lam Thye said the law was not to prevent Internet technology from entering the country, but more on preventing the inflow of pornographic materials from becoming more rampant. Read Story | Discuss 5. Saudi to probe cyber crime Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's Director General of Public Security said he plans to set up a specialized unit in all the criminal investigation departments in the kingdom to look into cyber crime. Read Story | Discuss Intellectual Property Rights 1. Football teams club together to win groundbreaking WIPO domain name case Some of England's biggest football clubs have become the first companies to band together to win case under the best-known arbitration system for domain name disputes. Read Story | Discuss 2. Google changes AdWords policy to allow trade marks in text of US adverts Google will allow companies to use other people's trade marks in search engine adverts without their owner's permission for the first time, it has said. Use has previously been restricted to the use of trade marked terms as triggers for the ads. Read Story | Discuss 3. Harvard professor says downloading is 'fair use' Downloading music without the permission of the copyright holder should qualify for copyright laws' exemptions for 'fair use', a Harvard academic has said. Partial responsibility lies with the music industry itself for failing to adapt, he said. Read Story | Discuss 4. EBay has 'no legal duty' to protect others' trade marks, says High Court Online auction site eBay has "no legal duty" to protect other companies' trade marks or stop its sellers from infringing them, the High Court has said. Read Story | Discuss 5. Blackberry maker RIM wins domain dispute against Indian firm Research In Motion, the maker of popular Blackberry smart phones, has clinched victory in an internet domain name dispute against an Indian firm at the World Intellectual Property Right Organisation (WIPO). Read Story | Discuss Security & Privacy 1. Malware attack hits China the hardest China received the brunt of a rise in malware attacks around the world in April, doubling its share of attacks from the previous month as the lucrative online gaming market.... Read Story | Discuss 2. European Commission publishes recommendation on privacy Computer chips that identify themselves over the airwaves must only be kept live in consumer products if the shopper specifically asks for them not to be deactivated, the European Commission has said. Read Story | Discuss 3. The (Big) Cost of Securing .ORG The .org top-level domain (tld) is now signed with DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) (define) to help protect against DNS hijacking. The effort gained steam last year when .ORG announced its intention to secure itself with DNSSEC. It's an effort that involved millions of dollars of effort, according to the technical operator of .ORG, Afilias. Read Story | Discuss 4. Virus Attack: US Marshals, FBI Shut Down Parts Of Their Networks Associated Press reports that the US Marshals Service and the FBI had to shut down some parts of their computer networks when they got under attack by a mysterious virus. Read Story | Discuss 5. Twitter may create Security Problem Attack, at Interop, Roel Schouwenberg Senior anti-virus researcher at Kaspersky talked about how users are being exploited today. In his view, Twitter is making us all a little less secure. "On Twitter you are expected to trust everything that comes your way, with TinyURLs and links," Schouwenberg said. "You just click on something. and you don't know what's on the other end, it could be real or it could be a malicious website." Read Story | Discuss

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