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   Email Hacking    1.   Suppose the password has been stolen & obscene emails are being send to your friends from the given address book .Sec. 43,66,67 of Information Technology ACT, 2000 & section 509 of Indian Penal Code . The person who is hacking the email account as well as a person who is misusing it are responsible for the crime. 2.   Password stolen &  hacker tried to intimidate victim to shake down money from him/her . Sec. 43,66,of IT ACT,2000 & Section 384 of IPC. Person who is hacking email account as well as person who is  misusing and who is motivating to do that is responsible for that crime. Virus Dissemination Viruses are the programs which affects the available files on the computer & spread all over  the network by using the Internet.  Virus is targeting an individual or an exact organization which is not detected by antivirus software’s. Section 43,66 of IT Act,2000 and ...

What is Hacking? There are many definitions of hacking. In this article, we will define hacking as identifying weakness in computer systems or networks and exploiting the weaknesses to gain access. An example of hacking is using by passing the login algorithm to gain access to a system. A hacker is a person who finds and exploits weakness in computer systems or networks to gain access. Hackers are usually skilled computer programmers with knowledge of computer security. “Before we go any further, let’s look at some of the most commonly used terminologies in the world of hacking”.. "Types of Hackers" Hackers are classified according to the intent of their actions. The following list classifies hackers according to their intent. Ethical Hacker (White Hat): A hacker who gains access to systems with a view to fix the identified weaknesses. They may also perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments. Cracker (Black Hat...

India is emerging as talent hotspot for black-hat hackers, Global cyber crime groups are outsourcing the jobs of hacking and creating malwares to India through cyber-mercenaries, who work underground. It is possible to rent botnets - network of infected machines controlled by a hacker - to launch attacks on websites for as little as $2 per hour. "Increasingly, India is becoming not just the victim but the host country with regard to cyber attacks,. In 2012, McAfee Labs identified at least 850 ready-to-download malwares hosted on computers in India. In the first quarter of 2013, the number had jumped to 1,100. According to a report by Akamai Technologies, an internet content delivery network, India is ranked eighth in the world in terms of origin of attacks. There are underground forums where people post their hacking requirements and hackers bidding for it. The money will be transferred to a PayPal account via a service called Perfect Money. It is t...

Cyber crimes reported in India rose 19 times over the last ten years, (2005 to 2014), from 481 in 2005 to 9,622 in 2014, and India is now ranked third–after the US and China–as a source of “ malicious activity ” on the Internet and second as a source of “ malicious code ”. Arrests involving cyber crimes also rose nine times from 569 in 2005 to 5,752 in 2014, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, even as more Indians logged on to the Internet. Internet subscribers in India crossed the 400 million mark, and are expected to reach 462 million by June 2016. “India is now a leading source of malicious code and cyber crime” India was ranked third world-wide, next to United State and China, as a source of malicious activity in 2015, according to this 2016 report by Symantec Corp, a software security firm . India was ranked second as a source of malicious code and fourth and eight as a source or origin for web attacks and network attacks, respectivel...