Central Bureau of Investigation Origanizing Cyber Crime Conference

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will organise a one-day conference on cyber crime here today. Organized in association with Council of Europe, the conference will hold deliberations on cyber crime threats and trends, International cooperation against cyber crime, and Law enforcement.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Concerned over the growing number of cyber crime cases in the country, the Government on Thursday said that an international crisis management plan needs to be put in action. It also laid emphasis on information exchange, investigation and coordinated response at a global level by the law enforcing agencies to deal with the menace effectively.

May 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - In order to tackle cyber crime, the Kolkata police joined hands with the Public Relations Society of India, Kolkata Chapter and Calcutta Telephones and organised a workshop here to spread awareness about cyber security. Cyber crime still remains a vague phenomenon for most Internet users, as they are not aware as to what actually constitutes cyber crime and what laws are against it.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism are the new looming threats on the horizon and the country needs to focus on specific areas to guarantee cyber security, a senior government official said Thursday. 'There could be attacks on critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, power distribution, transportation, financial services, essential public utility services and others,' said cabinet secretary K.M.

April 21st, 2009 The Bangladesh government plans to prescribe 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for those involved in cyber crime.A bill approved by the cabinet will be introduced during parliament's session likely to begin in June to ensure legitimacy and security of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This was one of the poll promises made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League along with a vision of a 'Digital Bangladesh 2020'.

May 13th, 2009 AGARTALA - Alarmed by a spurt in cyber crimes in the northeastern state of Tripura, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an investigation to smash the racket, an official said here Wednesday. 'The cyber crime racket comprises both Indians and foreign nationals,' Tripura police spokesperson Nepal Das told IANS.

September 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - An increasing number of students are drawn to learn cyber security as they foresee a bright future in this upcoming field. With information technology (IT) gaining popularity the security of data compiled, stored and transmitted is of utmost import.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Security Minister, Lord West, has issued a warning about terrorists' intentions of using the internet to launch a cyber-warfare campaign against the UK. Lord West issued the warning as he published the Government's new Cyber Security Strategy aimed at heading off online threats.

July 9th, 2009 Official: 7 SKorean Web sites under renewed attackSEOUL, South Korea — A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack. Ku Kyo-young from the state-run Korea Communications Commission said the latest assault began around 6:30 p.m.

July 9th, 2009 Official: S. Korea web sites under renewed attackSEOUL, South Korea — A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack.

February 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Given the growing international profile of the Indian software industry, Sun Microsystems is organising its global annual developer conference here Feb 18-20 for the third time in as many years. James Gosling, the father of Java programming language and Matt Thompson, senior director, cloud developer platform, will be the keynote speakers at the three-day event, designed to showcase how developers can leverage Sun technologies, services and products.

July 8th, 2009 Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attackWASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that a widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. Officials say the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and the Transportation Department's Web sites were all down at varying points over the weekend and into this week.

April 16th, 2009 Police have started a massive drive across Gujarat's cities and towns to check the records of visitors to the various cyber cafes as a precautionary measure ahead of the polling for the state's 26 Lok Sabha seats April 30. A senior police official involved with the drive here told IANS that police constables on various beats have started carrying out checking of the visitor entries made in the logbooks of cyber cafes in about 25,000 cafes across Gujarat.'The records are being checked from the month of March this year,' the official added.

March 31st, 2009 Be prepared to protect your data in the internet or else you may land up in serious trouble. With our increasing dependency over the internet, the crimes have taken a steep hike too.

September 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Aiming to prevent cyber crimes in the country, students in Hyderabad are learning and mastering the intricacies of cyber security. In the fast developing countries where information technology (IT) has reached the apex, the security of data compiled, stored and transmitted is of utmost import.