The following is the info-graphic released by Microsoft regarding the computing safety index of India.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Domino's India website attacked, 37k accounts revealed!
The website of domino's India website link(click here) was hacked by a Turkish group called TurkishAjan.The message posted by the group can be seen here.
The website is operational and a user can place an order.The hacker's got access to over 37,000 accounts on the website has revealed the account information in plain text.
The Indian cyber security has been once again into limelight by this incident.The information includes names, contact numbers, email addresses, residential addresses and passwords in plain text.The attack was carried out by using popular SQL injection method and remote file inclusion. SQL injection attacks take advantage of the lack of filtering of user-input text, allowing attackers to trick the website’s database into revealing information through SQL commands supplied from input areas. Remote file inclusion is a type of attack that allows hackers to upload malicious scripts to be executed at the web server; again, improper input field validation makes a site vulnerable.
Earlier this year famous hacker group Anonymous attacked Indian websites.
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| Screenshot of domino's India website |
The website is operational and a user can place an order.The hacker's got access to over 37,000 accounts on the website has revealed the account information in plain text.
The Indian cyber security has been once again into limelight by this incident.The information includes names, contact numbers, email addresses, residential addresses and passwords in plain text.The attack was carried out by using popular SQL injection method and remote file inclusion. SQL injection attacks take advantage of the lack of filtering of user-input text, allowing attackers to trick the website’s database into revealing information through SQL commands supplied from input areas. Remote file inclusion is a type of attack that allows hackers to upload malicious scripts to be executed at the web server; again, improper input field validation makes a site vulnerable.
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| The logo of TurkishAjan hacker group. |
Earlier this year famous hacker group Anonymous attacked Indian websites.
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Sim Card cloning a new mass Cyber attack being experienced by Indian Telecom users
India a country with second largest number of mobile phone subscriber's having more than 965 million mobile phone user's(July 2012).India has a teledensity of more than 80% and an average monthly addition of mobile phone user of around 50 million users currently (July 2012).
These Huge statistics of Indian cellphone users also increases risk of Cyber attacks.Such a recent case of Cyber attacks are being experienced by cellphone user's since a year.User's in India are always being prone to cyber attacks by various organisation which sometime attack for own sake or for the sake of the people of the country(Anonymous India attacks).One such Cyber attack related to cellphone user's is being reported in various parts of the country.
In the advent of such attack first a person receives a missed call from a number starting with +92.calling the number back makes a person susceptible to SIM card cloning. According to various resources cloning a SIM card requires physical access to the SIM card or interception of the communication between caller and it's cellphone operator.
Over a hundred thousand user's have fallen prey to this scam.Anyone can clone a SIM card by using a hardware tool that can read and copy information from it. But wirelessly or remotely intercepting information contained within the SIM, though theoretically possible, is considered extremely difficult. It may require hacking into the telecom operator's network or using very expensive tools. An article on eHow, a website that explains how users can performs various tasks using several gadgets, says that the SIM can be cloned using a cheap hardware tool that can extract the authentication key from one SIM and copy it to another. But it doesn't mention any method that can make use of missed calls to clone a SIM.In case the subscriber takes the call before it is dropped as a missed call then the caller on the other end poses as a call center executive checking the connectivity.The caller then asks the subscriber to press # 09 or # 90 call back on his number to establish that the connectivity to the subscriber was seamless.
When the user redials the number then a huge sum of money is deducted from the mobile phone if the mobile phone connection is prepaid and if the connection is a postpaid one then a number calls to different numbers creep in the bill of the user.This activity is becoming a lot common these days and is spread across all parts of the country.The intelligence agencies of the country is still skeptical about such a big hacking/cracking attempt being going on.
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These Huge statistics of Indian cellphone users also increases risk of Cyber attacks.Such a recent case of Cyber attacks are being experienced by cellphone user's since a year.User's in India are always being prone to cyber attacks by various organisation which sometime attack for own sake or for the sake of the people of the country(Anonymous India attacks).One such Cyber attack related to cellphone user's is being reported in various parts of the country.
In the advent of such attack first a person receives a missed call from a number starting with +92.calling the number back makes a person susceptible to SIM card cloning. According to various resources cloning a SIM card requires physical access to the SIM card or interception of the communication between caller and it's cellphone operator.
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| A yogi using a Mobile phone |
When the user redials the number then a huge sum of money is deducted from the mobile phone if the mobile phone connection is prepaid and if the connection is a postpaid one then a number calls to different numbers creep in the bill of the user.This activity is becoming a lot common these days and is spread across all parts of the country.The intelligence agencies of the country is still skeptical about such a big hacking/cracking attempt being going on.
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Software piracy costs record $63.4 billion in 2011-emerging economies the main culprits.
Software piracy cost the industry a record $63.4 billion globally in 2011 with emerging economies listed as the main culprits, an annual study said Tuesday.
This was up nearly eight percent from the previous record of $58.8 billion in 2010, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said in the study.
In the Asia Pacific, which comprises several emerging economies including China, bootleg software usage also cost the industry an all-time high of $21 billion last year, up 12 percent from 2010, BSA said.
Emerging markets had an average piracy rate of 68 percent, far exceeding the 42 percent global average and 24 percent in mature economies, according to the study which is based on a survey of about 15,000 computer users in 33 markets.
These markets account for 82 percent of the global PC market.
"Emerging economies, which in recent years have been the driving force behind PC software piracy, are now decisively outpacing mature markets in their rate of growth," said the study carried out in January and February.
"They took in 56 percent of the world's new PC shipments in 2011, and they now account for more than half of all PCs in use," it added.
"Emerging economies thus continue to account for an overwhelming majority of the global increase in the commercial value of pirated software."
China was the worst in Asia when it comes to software piracy with almost $9.0 billion worth of computer programmes obtained illegally in 2011, compared to a legal software market of only $2.65 billion.
While the US has the largest pirated market estimated at $9.8 billion, it also has the world's largest legal software sales valued at over $41 billion, BSA said.
"The thing about the (Asia Pacific) region is that PC growth is booming. PC growth in the region is growing at nine percent but piracy is coming down at one percent annually," said Roland Chan, BSA's senior director for regional marketing.
"So governments need to do more to bring down the rate at a faster rate to match the rapid PC growth," he told AFP.
Washington-based BSA is a non-profit trade body that works for copyright protection and counts among its members some of the world's biggest technology companies, including Apple, Microsoft,Symantec and Adobe.
The piracy rate is the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.
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This was up nearly eight percent from the previous record of $58.8 billion in 2010, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said in the study.
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| Software piracy cost the industry a record $63.4 billion globally in 2011 with emerging economies listed as the main culprits, an annual study has said |
Emerging markets had an average piracy rate of 68 percent, far exceeding the 42 percent global average and 24 percent in mature economies, according to the study which is based on a survey of about 15,000 computer users in 33 markets.
These markets account for 82 percent of the global PC market.
"Emerging economies, which in recent years have been the driving force behind PC software piracy, are now decisively outpacing mature markets in their rate of growth," said the study carried out in January and February.
"They took in 56 percent of the world's new PC shipments in 2011, and they now account for more than half of all PCs in use," it added.
"Emerging economies thus continue to account for an overwhelming majority of the global increase in the commercial value of pirated software."
China was the worst in Asia when it comes to software piracy with almost $9.0 billion worth of computer programmes obtained illegally in 2011, compared to a legal software market of only $2.65 billion.
While the US has the largest pirated market estimated at $9.8 billion, it also has the world's largest legal software sales valued at over $41 billion, BSA said.
"The thing about the (Asia Pacific) region is that PC growth is booming. PC growth in the region is growing at nine percent but piracy is coming down at one percent annually," said Roland Chan, BSA's senior director for regional marketing.
"So governments need to do more to bring down the rate at a faster rate to match the rapid PC growth," he told AFP.
Washington-based BSA is a non-profit trade body that works for copyright protection and counts among its members some of the world's biggest technology companies, including Apple, Microsoft,Symantec and Adobe.
| Rank | Countries  | Amount  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 |  Armenia: | 93% | |
| = 2 |  Azerbaijan: | 92% | |
| = 2 |  Moldova: | 92% | |
| = 2 |  Bangladesh: | 92% | |
| # 5 |  Zimbabwe: | 91% | |
| # 6 |  Sri Lanka: | 90% | |
| # 7 |  Yemen: | 89% | |
| # 8 |  Libya: | 88% | |
| # 9 |  Venezuela: | 87% | |
| = 10 |  Iraq: | 85% | |
| = 10 |  Vietnam: | 85% | |
| = 12 |  Pakistan: | 84% | |
| = 12 |  Indonesia: | 84% | |
| = 12 |  Algeria: | 84% | |
| = 12 |  Cameroon: | 84% | |
| # 16 |  Ukraine: | 83% | |
| = 17 |  China: | 82% | |
| = 17 |  Paraguay: | 82% | |
| = 17 |  Zambia: | 82% | |
| = 17 |  Bolivia: | 82% | |
| = 17 |  Nigeria: | 82% | |
| = 17 |  Botswana: | 82% | |
| = 23 |  Kenya: | 81% | |
| = 23 |  Côte d'Ivoire: | 81% | |
| = 23 |  El Salvador: | 81% | |
| = 26 |  Nicaragua: | 80% | |
| = 26 |  Senegal: | 80% | |
| = 26 |  Guatemala: | 80% | |
| = 29 |  Kazakhstan: | 79% | |
| = 29 |  Dominican Republic: | 79% | |
| = 31 |  Albania: | 78% | |
| = 31 |  Thailand: | 78% | |
| = 33 |  Tunisia: | 76% | |
| = 33 |  Serbia and Montenegro: | 76% | |
| = 35 |  Argentina: | 74% | |
| = 35 |  Honduras: | 74% | |
| = 35 |  Panama: | 74% | |
| = 38 |  Russia: | 73% | |
| = 38 |  Lebanon: | 73% | |
| # 40 |  Peru: | 71% | |
| = 41 |  Uruguay: | 69% | |
| = 41 |  India: | 69% | |
| = 41 |  Philippines: | 69% | |
| = 44 |  Macedonia, Republic of: | 68% | |
| = 44 |  Bulgaria: | 68% | |
| = 44 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 68% | |
| = 44 |  Romania: | 68% | |
| # 48 |  Morocco: | 67% | |
| = 49 |  Chile: | 66% | |
| = 49 |  Ecuador: | 66% | |
| # 51 |  Turkey: | 65% | |
| # 52 |  Kuwait: | 62% | |
| = 53 |  Mexico: | 61% | |
| = 53 |  Costa Rica: | 61% | |
| = 53 |  Oman: | 61% | |
| = 56 |  Egypt: | 60% | |
| = 56 |  Jordan: | 60% | |
| = 58 |  Brazil: | 59% | |
| = 58 |  Malaysia: | 59% | |
| = 60 |  Greece: | 58% | |
| = 60 |  Colombia: | 58% | |
| = 62 |  Poland: | 57% | |
| = 62 |  Mauritius: | 57% | |
| = 62 |  Bahrain: | 57% | |
| = 65 |  Lithuania: | 56% | |
| = 65 |  Latvia: | 56% | |
| = 67 |  Qatar: | 54% | |
| = 67 |  Croatia: | 54% | |
| = 69 |  Hong Kong: | 51% | |
| = 69 |  Estonia: | 51% | |
| = 69 |  Saudi Arabia: | 51% | |
| # 72 |  Cyprus: | 50% | |
| # 73 |  Italy: | 49% | |
| = 74 |  Slovenia: | 48% | |
| = 74 |  Iceland: | 48% | |
| # 76 |  Malta: | 46% | |
| # 77 |  Slovakia: | 45% | |
| # 78 |  Puerto Rico: | 44% | |
| = 79 |  Portugal: | 43% | |
| = 79 |  Korea, South: | 43% | |
| = 79 |  Spain: | 43% | |
| = 82 |  France: | 42% | |
| = 82 |  Hungary: | 42% | |
| = 84 |  Taiwan: | 40% | |
| = 84 |  Réunion: | 40% | |
| # 86 |  Czech Republic: | 39% | |
| # 87 |  Singapore: | 37% | |
| # 88 |  United Arab Emirates: | 35% | |
| = 89 |  South Africa: | 34% | |
| = 89 |  Ireland: | 34% | |
| # 91 |  Canada: | 33% | |
| # 92 |  Israel: | 32% | |
| # 93 |  Norway: | 29% | |
| = 94 |  Australia: | 28% | |
| = 94 |  Netherlands: | 28% | |
| # 96 |  Germany: | 27% | |
| # 97 |  United Kingdom: | 26% | |
| = 98 |  Switzerland: | 25% | |
| = 98 |  Finland: | 25% | |
| = 98 |  Belgium: | 25% | |
| = 98 |  Denmark: | 25% | |
| = 98 |  Sweden: | 25% | |
| = 98 |  Austria: | 25% | |
| # 104 |  Japan: | 23% | |
| # 105 |  New Zealand: | 22% | |
| # 106 |  Luxembourg: | 21% | |
| # 107 |  United States: | 20% | |
| Weighted average: | 59.9% |
The piracy rate is the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.
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