DATA THEFT – What is data theft and what are your remedies? Data theft, as a civil violation or Criminal offence predominantly relates to theft

IDENTITY THEFT / FINANCIAL FRAUDS According to data of the National Crime Records Bureau, in 2016, a total of 1,545 cases were filed for Identity

REVENGE PORN IS AN OFFENCE Instance 1: Boy proposes to girl; girl refuses; boy gets upset and decides to take revenge – after all he

PHISHING / FINANCIAL FRAUDS I may not be far off the mark to say that every single user of a computer or mobile phone may

LEGAL REMEDIES FOR CYBERBULLYING A classical and movie playback singer is persistently trolled online. Multiple Twitter handles are used to make threats, insults and personal

CYBER STALKING & THE LAW Persistent and unwanted attention by a man of a woman, which may become obsessive later on and results in the

Hacking – Unauthorized Access With onset of the global pandemic of COVID-19, cybercrime has drastically escalated. Cyber criminals have developed a “coronavirus map” which is

UPLOADING RAPE / GANG RAPE VIDEOS / PHOTOS / CHILD PORN IS AN OFFENCE Rape or gang rape or assaults against children, are offences which

OFFENCE OF CYBER EXTORTION An entire racket was recently unearthed in a South Indian city, where boys were recording videos and taking photos of girls

Cheating By Impersonation / Social Engineering In several cases, adults pretend to be youngsters; or resort to false statements about their education; profession or employment;

DDOS – From Cybercrime to Cyber Terrorism or even Cyber warfare Denial of Service (“DOS”) attacks are a system of spamming your systems in such

VICTIM RIGHTS & PRIVACY An increasing concern during the current global pandemic of COVID-19 are security and privacy of the personal details of COVID-19 patients[1].

FAKE NEWS – CHECK BEFORE YOU FORWARD COVID-19 had some unexpected side effects – one such side effect is the awareness it has created amongst

VIRUS ATTACKS – BEWARE WHAT YOU CLICK You’ve installed a new music mixing software “Musicmix” that enables you to mix your favourite songs and put

CYBER SQUATTING – ILLEGAL TAKE OVER OF DOMAINS Google unsurprisingly is a target for domain squatting or cybersquatting of the domain name “GoogleCoronavirus.com” by a

VISHING – Phishing Through Phones Vishing attacks are usually fraudulent phone calls made for collecting personal data that includes credit or debit card details and

Senior Citizens – Beware Of Cybercriminals Senior citizens, like children become easy targets for cybercriminals. Fear is a strong motivator used to wrangle data out

Deepfakes & Cybercrime! Deep fakes could be simply tools to create content – from satirical virtual content to helping create political propaganda or even complete

Beware of Job Offers – It may be a Scam Criminals are constantly developing new and ingenious way to commit frauds and crimes. One of

Posting False Details On Matrimonial Sites Can Land You In Jail Adaptation by public of online platforms not just to shop for articles but also