“Ransomware” is a type of malware that gets installed on a computer system through downloads or malicious links and then it proceeds to encrypt all the files and sensitive data. Once the data is encrypted, the victims are asked to cough up a ransom to the malware operators to decrypt it. The ransom is mostly…
DetailsSME Times News Bureau | 20 Apr, 2015 An Internationally acclaimed Cyberlaw expert, Author and Jurist, Karnika Seth stands up for Net Neutrality. In an email interaction she claimed that Net Neutrality is the Oxygen of Internet. She is the Managing partner of well established law firm Seth Associates & Founding partner of Lex Cyberia…
DetailsIn the age of technology, social media is a powerful tool. Even to a nation where merely a fraction of citizens have access to the Internet, interactive social media platforms can be what localised gatherings can be to a national movement. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000 was widely viewed as an exaggerated,…
DetailsBringing bullies to book – With Section 66A of the Information Technology Act gone, is there now no safeguard against cyberbullying? Not so, says Sharmistha Ghosal In January 2011 Chennai-based singer Chinmayee Sripada’s tweets related to Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy earned her a sea of threats and abuses online. “My tweets…
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