“Article 21 of the Constitution of India covers the right to privacy as a fundamental right to protect the autonomy interest. Further, the IT Amendment Bill 2008 introduces s 66E to specifically deal with menace of video voyeurism and MMS scams. According to this section, whoever intentionally or knowingly captures, publishes or transmits the image […]

Virus-Malicious programs intend to cause harm to targeted systems and include virus, worms, Trojan horses, Logic bombs and hoaxes[1].A virus[2] is a program that infects an executable file and after infecting it causes the file to function in an unusual way. It propagates itself by attaching to executable files like application programs and operating system. […]

DNS Spoofing is a term used to describe the faking of host masks during the resolution of internet hosts names. To perform DNS spoofing a hacker attempts to intercept the communication and send fake host name mapping to the victims computer. This can be done using malicious web applets downloaded by the attacked user himself.

Financial Crimes are defined as a crime against property, involving the unlawful conversion of the ownership of property (belonging to one person) to one’s own personal use and benefit. There are many different ways that these crimes can be committed, for instance by mail, fax, telephone and the Internet. By using social engineering techniques or […]

It is the measure of how much information one can send through a connection. It is usually measured in bits-per-second.

Hacking is amongst the gravest Cybercrimes known till date. In simple terms it means an illegal intrusion into a computer system and/or network. Every act committed towards breaking into a computer and/or network is hacking. Some hackers hack for personal monetary gains, such as to stealing the credit card information, transferring money from various bank […]

When negligible amounts are removed and accumulated in to something larger. This attack is used for the commission of financial crimes. The key here is to make the alteration so insignificant that in a single case it would go completely unnoticed.

This term is derived from the term hi jacking. In these kinds of offences the hacker gains access and control over the web site of another. He may even change the information on the site. This may be done for fulfilling political objectives or for money. E.g. recently the site of MIT (Ministry of Information […]

This occurs when defamation takes place with the help of computers and / or the Internet. E.g. someone publishes defamatory matter about someone on a website or sends e-mails containing defamatory information.

Yes, it is a distinct Cybercrime. Various kinds of harassment can and does occur in cyberspace, or through the use of cyberspace. Harassment can be sexual, racial, religious, or other. Persons perpetuating such harassment are also guilty of Cybercrime.