3 Jan 2012 Cyber Crime News

'Spam capital' India arrests six The arrests signal attempts to crack down on a growing  cyber crime problem in the region. Mumbai-based internet  security specialist Vijay Mukhi said poor  enforcement of laws meant spammers could act with impunity. "We have an Information Technology Act ... Spammers propel India to top spot Kaspersky's Gudkova said in emailed comments that lack of awareness in India  “means that for cyber-criminals, it is much easier to construct the botnets  (networks of infected computers)”.  India's booming mobile phone sector, which has recently seen the ... India Is The Top Source For Spam Email It comes in third (behind the US and China) on the list of countries with the most  Internet users. To boot, India is fairly new to the whole cybercrime thing. There aren't many laws pertaining to it and an overall lack of technical awareness  in India ... India becomes junk mail hotspot A recent report by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based global internet security firm,  says more spam was sent from the sout h Asian giant than anywhere else in the world in the third quarter of the year . An average of 79.8% of e-mail traffic in the three ... India is now the world's biggest source of spam email Kaspersky told AFP that lack of awareness of technical issues  in India means that it's easy for cyber-criminals to build 'botnets' of computers to carry out spam attacks without  their users being aware. The ball's now in the Indian government's court ... Six Nigerians arrested for 'phishing' scam in India A recent report by the Moscow-based global Internet security firm Kaspersky  Lab said that more spam was sent from India than anywhere else in the  world in the third quarter of last year.  Experts have urged the government in New Delhi to introduce ...