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Someone is stealing your identity

yournameisnotavailable.Com. This is not a website address but the virtual consequence after your identity is being "encroached upon" by someone known as a "squatter", on the internet.(April, 20)more details..

Look who wants to read your emails

When Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) launched BlackBerry in 1999, within no time the revolutionary mobile device that enabled users to browse the Net, read emails in realtime and send fax documents earned the nickname, CrackBerry, an allusion to its notoriously addictive features.(March, 2008)more details..

India lags in Cybercrime insurance

Thousands of cybercrimes plague the country every year. Yet, not a single Indian insurance company offers a comprehensive anti-cybercrime policy for the corporate sector.(April, 2008 ) more details..

Cybercrime, phishing flourish as markets falter

Cybercrimes and phishing -- emails aimed at stealing your online banking passwords -- are on the rise on the back of the global financial meltdown. Sample this. Five cyber-thieves, allegedly part of a network that hacked into the account of a Noida businessman, were nabbed on Thursday for a Rs 1.66 crore (Rs 16.6-million) cyber hack. (October, 2008) more details..

"Legal infrastructure for promoting e-commerce is not yet in place"

What are the principal legal hurdles that come in the way of conducting e-commerce in India?more details..

Internet and the banking and finance industry

The plenary session on the Internet and the banking and finance industry wasn't well attended, though it threw up some interesting notions for debate. (August, 1998)more details..