In this weblog I tried to present some of usual real cases including Piracy,Unauthorized access, Phishing,Privacy,Defamation,Copy right,... and the perils may create some problems for you , also some information about ways to protect yourself from cybercrimes and being victim in cyberspace.
I hope this information would be helpful for you and help you to be success in your future work,study,job, business and life, as our future is tied to internet activities!
At the end thank you so much for your visit and your time.
Best Regards
Sahar Momenian
Monday, November 1, 2010
Detective invisible useres in Yahoo!!!!!!!!
Nowadays there are many detective sites to find the status of Yahoo Messenger users. Unfortunately some of them record the information of users have been checked including their Yahoo Messenger ID and Pictures then,disclose this information on the webpage for the other users!!!!
By this way all users of this site will be able to have unauthorize access to information of people who have been checked without their permission.
It causes checked users to receive too many unwanted messages from unknown people!!!!!
If you are one of the user of such these sites, it`s necessary for you to make sure about the site and its usage of information in order to peotect your friend`s informations from unauthorize access!
you can see one of these site trough
http://www.yinvisible.com/
By this way all users of this site will be able to have unauthorize access to information of people who have been checked without their permission.
It causes checked users to receive too many unwanted messages from unknown people!!!!!
If you are one of the user of such these sites, it`s necessary for you to make sure about the site and its usage of information in order to peotect your friend`s informations from unauthorize access!
you can see one of these site trough
http://www.yinvisible.com/
A five year in prison for spreding malicious computer viruses.
In 2005, A California resident Jeanson Anceta used “botnet” armies of compromised computers to launch destructive spam and adware attacks. His work affected computers used by the US Federal Government for National Defense!!!!!
He could earn over $107,000 from installing adware into over 400,000 computers. Jeanson also sold “botnets” to other PC users who needed them to launch Denial of Service attacks (DDOS) and email spam. He received about $3,000 for these transactions.
Result:
Jeanson James Anceta was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2006. He then has to undergo 3 years of supervised release (which limited his Internet and computer access). He also has to pay $15,000 in restitution to the Weapons Division of the United States Naval Air Warfare Center, relinquish $58,000 of his profits from his illegal activities and forfeit his 1993 BMW. As of 2006, Jeanson’s term of sentence is the longest known for an individual who has spread malicious computer viruses.Piracy causes $220,000 cash fine for a woman!
5 OCT 2007
A 30-year-old woman ,Jammie Thomas, was sentenced for a file sharing case. This lady was found responsible in sharing 24 songs from six record companies and had to to pay $220,000 or $9250 per song as cash fine!!!!
A 30-year-old woman ,Jammie Thomas, was sentenced for a file sharing case. This lady was found responsible in sharing 24 songs from six record companies and had to to pay $220,000 or $9250 per song as cash fine!!!!
six music company included Record labels Sony BMG, Arista Records, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Warner brothers Records all claimed that Thomas downloaded 1702 songs and shared them.
After jury investigation, it decided Thomas’ fate. Due to significance of damages, the jury determined punitive damages on top of the $220,000!
you can find more information about how she did this crime on below link.
http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/34209-single-mother-loses-big-in-music-piracy-case
you can find more information about how she did this crime on below link.
http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/34209-single-mother-loses-big-in-music-piracy-case
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Cybercrime and Orcut!
May 02,2010
An engineer from Mumbai , Mohammed Ali,was arrested for posting on Orcut the name and telephone number of ,Lisa Ferrera , his neighbour!
He described her as a commercial sex worker!!!!!!
Other Orkut members saw this profile and start calling her at all hours of the day asking for sex. This leads to a lot of harassment for the victim and also defames her in society.
Lisa was completely shocked when she saw it and said that"I am mentally harassed".
Then Lisa and her husband filed a complaint, Ali was arrested and has put under police custody.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.05.2008/3343/
An engineer from Mumbai , Mohammed Ali,was arrested for posting on Orcut the name and telephone number of ,Lisa Ferrera , his neighbour!
He described her as a commercial sex worker!!!!!!
Other Orkut members saw this profile and start calling her at all hours of the day asking for sex. This leads to a lot of harassment for the victim and also defames her in society.
Lisa was completely shocked when she saw it and said that"I am mentally harassed".
Then Lisa and her husband filed a complaint, Ali was arrested and has put under police custody.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.05.2008/3343/
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Two men were arrested due to stealing data
Sujeet Katiyar and Santosh Joshi from Mumbai, were Two former employees of a software development company for homeopathy sites. Sujeet Katiyar was a project manager in the company. He was provided with a laptop, internet stick connection, USB data stick and so on.
They stole their employer`s data code, patent software and other data. Then they started their own company.
The cyber crime investigating cell of the Mumbai police picked up Sujeet Katiyar and Santosh Joshi from their office in Kurla. Their crimes were: cheating, breach of trust and various other sections of Information Technology (IT) Act.
you can find more information in below link
London police arrest 19 in cybercrime online banking scam
This cybercrime ring could steal £6 million from online bank accounts. This ring was include of fiftheen men and four women.
They hacked into thousands of computers by using malware and then could steal money from people's online bank accounts. These attacks used a Zbot trojan called ZeuS,( it is a malware that is recently used to attack business social networking site too.)
It was not the first time people have been arrested for using the ZeuS trojan to steal money!
In November of 2009 a couple from Manchester were arrested for the same crime too. It shows that how dangerous the malware is and how many hackers are currently using it for their evil schemes!
http://www.techeye.net/security/london-police-arrest-19-in-cybercrime-online-banking-scam
They hacked into thousands of computers by using malware and then could steal money from people's online bank accounts. These attacks used a Zbot trojan called ZeuS,( it is a malware that is recently used to attack business social networking site too.)
It was not the first time people have been arrested for using the ZeuS trojan to steal money!
In November of 2009 a couple from Manchester were arrested for the same crime too. It shows that how dangerous the malware is and how many hackers are currently using it for their evil schemes!
http://www.techeye.net/security/london-police-arrest-19-in-cybercrime-online-banking-scam
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