Spoofing is a practice whereby the user on the internet attempts to conceal its IP address to conceal its true identity. Many crackers steal databases of credit cards or other sensitive information[1]. The concept of IP spoofing, was initially discussed in academic circles in the 1980’s. While known about for sometime, it was primarily theoretical […]

“Perhaps, the greatest impact that IT has had is on blurring the time and geographical divide. Through one computer station installed in a part of the world we are able to connect and transact business across borders and physical territories. Huge amounts of data can be stored and processed and retrieved through use of computers. […]

“The quandary over application of traditional rules to online transactions has brought a common consensus on atleast few basic principles that are accepted worldwide to regulate the cyberspace. Firstly, equivalence of traditional and electronic transactions. Much of the legislative reform across nations is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law of Electronic Commerce 1996. Secondly, establishing […]

“In the last decade, India witnessed an unprecedented index of cyber crimes, inter alia, trojan attacks, salami attacks, e-mail bombing, DOS attacks, information theft, or the most common offence of hacking. Despite technological measures being adopted by corporate organisations and individuals, the frequency of cyber crimes has increased over the last decade. Reliable sources report […]

“India’s IT Act is comprehensive legislation, but contains many lacunae. The passage of the IT Amendment Act 2008 will resolve many practical difficulties faced in the implementation of the Act. The IT Amendment Bill 2008 aims to bring significant changes in extant cyber laws in India,inter alia, introducing legal recognition to electronic signatures, data protection […]

“With the enforcement of the Information Technology Amendment Act 2008, India would become technologically neutral due to adoption of electronic signatures as a legally valid mode of executing signatures. This includes digital signatures as one of the modes of signatures and is far broader in ambit covering biometrics and other new forms of creating electronic […]

With the advent of internet pornography, particularly child pornography is become a major problem faced by nations. Many countries have attempted legislative measures to control this problem for example Section 67 of the IT Act makes publishing of any obscene information online as a punishable offence. There is Section 67B in the ITAct,2000 to combat […]

Cyber Terrorism denotes unlawful attacks and threats of attack against computers, network and information stored therein to intimidate or coerce a government or its people for propagating hidden political or unlawful social and religious motives. These attacks could result in violence against persons or property or cause public unrest. Few examples could be explosions, plane […]

On the Internet, anonymous ecash would allow for anonymous purchases of real and personal property. This fact yields at least two separate, but interrelated problems. First, the launderer or drug dealer will be able to discretely use illegally obtained profits to legitimately purchase property. However, currently, the opportunity to spend thousands of dollars of digital […]

Offences of computer forgery and counterfeiting have become rampant as it is very easy to counterfeit a document like birth certificate and use the same to perpetuate any crime. The authenticity of electronic documents hence needs to be safeguarded by making forgery with the help of computers abs explicit offence punishable by law. When a […]