Category Archives: crime

Phone tapping, email interception in India

Posted on April 24, 2010 by admin

In the last few years, phone tapping and email interception has become rampant. This article on email interception and phone tapping in India  explains how it is done. It appears that many times this facility is misused to harass people … Continue reading →

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Linux and shell commands

Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin

Based on my experience,  hackers will usually replace / add one or more file to your website directories. Shell commands can be used to conveniently remove all the unwanted  files from multiple directories.     find $HOME/public_html -name hackersfile.* | xargs rm -f Replace … Continue reading →

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Beneath the gloss and hype

Posted on March 26, 2010 by admin

Beneath the gloss and hype of press releases in the mainstream media, is the real culture of a company – whether the company is really the law abiding corporate citizen it claims it is. Only when you deal with the … Continue reading →

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Missing emails

Posted on March 10, 2010 by admin

Last week I received confirmation that some mail sent to me never reached my in box ( in fact mails from that sender have not been reaching me for this month).  I  am trying to trace the problem,  and these … Continue reading →

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$4 million fraud at Wipro

Posted on February 20, 2010 by admin

Hacking / fraud at Wipro Most large companies dealing with physical products have a lot of internal controls and systems in place, every action is usually cross checked by people from at least 2 other departments. Things change in the … Continue reading →

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Look poor, keep a low profile

Posted on February 12, 2010 by admin

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article102659.ece Victorian police chief Simon Overland has advised Indian students in Australia to keep a low profile and “try to look as poor as you can” There are several advantages of looking poor Fewer people are jealous,  so less attacks … Continue reading →

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Dangers of mobile banking

Posted on December 12, 2009 by admin

Many internet “experts” talk about  mobile internet and banking, but the security of these systems is suspect. Rs 86000 stolen from ICICI bank account through mobile banking. From:http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=12_12_2009_001_029&mode=1 Mobile phones are not secure, I have received strange SMSes from JustDial … Continue reading →

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Couriers and cheque books

Posted on November 24, 2009 by admin

You can never be too careful.  When you receive a cheque book, you should always ensure that the cheque leaves are in place. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Woman-swindled-of-Rs-25-lakh/articleshow/5262344.cms Some couriers will deliver a courier to some other address and then claim it has been … Continue reading →

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