watch out! Cyber crimes could be behind the World cup

Hi friends.
Today,I like to post some thing regarding the World cup fever and some potential crimes could occure in these days. The other days I read some issues in this regard according which IT security company Symantec is expecting a rise in cyber crime during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, saying this will not necessarily take place in South Africa, but that the tournament will be used to lure victims globally.
That's true, because An increase in web bookings for accommodations and tickets for the World Cup in South Africa has spurred local online users to warn about an uptick in cybercrime in the region.

Africa is currently facing an increase in phishing attacks in which criminals try to extract bank account information in order to steal money from unsuspecting bank customers. Meanwhile, South Africa is hosting the World Cup from June to July this year, with millions of people already making online bookings for tickets and accommodations.

"We saw a 60% increase in activities like phishing, web-based attacks and other cyber crime during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Fifa World Cup is a considerably larger event,and there will be at least one billion soccer fans actively following the event, which presents an opportunity for cyber-criminals." This is what IT security company Symantec is stating.so better to be carefull.come along and get more information in this respect.
http://www.fin24.com/Business/World-Cup-will-spur-cyber-crime-20100316
http://www.itpro.co.uk/624499/cyber-crime-appears-to-fall-despite-world-cup

Defamation and jurnalists' duty

Hi friends , in this post I'd like to have a look at impact of extension of suing against the journalists in light of cyber law and relevant acts just for the excuse of the defamation. it is obvious that defamation must be treated as a crime and bad action which must be controlled and stopped , but on the other hand a little exceed in this regard can lead to awful limitation for journalist s to do their jobs. Threats driven by suing from people side who claim for defamation and lack of certain boundary of act to distinguish between real and true defamation and false is important issue may could cause some problems for professional journalists who must be able and allowed to critic , however in right manner,to communicate many issues in society. This matter can force journalists to keep their head down and avoid to do their job that way they should. Therefore it will be appeared with some contradiction between democracy , freedom of speech and on the other hand maintaining the right of people who are plaintiff . yes it is going to be a little bit complicated issue that should be managed with enough delicacy. In this space we cannot ignore the role of jury who assigned among the people in society and tend to be favour of plaintiffs and may be against the journalists.
It’s my honour to have your idea as well to make this discussion a little acceptable and knowledge based.
for further knowing have a look at:
http://mavrkydefamation.blogspot.com/

Twitter Settles With FTC Over Data Security Lapses

Hi there.today I have another news for you regarding the cyber law area.
If you promise customers that their personal information is secure, you had better deliver on that promise. That is the message of last week’s settlement between the FTC and Twitter — the FTC’s first case against a social networking service. It’s a message the FTC has sent to industry before.

The matter arose when hackers twice secured administrative control of Twitter in early 2009. (How? In one case, an automated password-guessing tool smoked out the administrative password – ”a weak, lowercase, letter-only, common dictionary word,” according to the complaint.) The breach led to a series of phony tweets from a number of user accounts — including one from then President-elect Obama. Hackers also reviewed non-public user information.
read more here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=11002759

Court Dismisses Viacom Copyright Suit Against Google/YouTube

Hi friends. There’s big news in the CyberLaw world these days. The Associated Press is reporting that a federal court in New York has dismissed Viacom’s $1 billion copyright suit against Google and YouTube. I suppose this issue is exactly relevant to our new lecture in which we did learn about respective acts in cyber law, so I hope it can be informative for all of you.read more in:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKT5daxg5dkcEmMsKkLRRcI8JVAgD9GH70SG2
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=10994973

Freedom of speech in cyberspace

Hi friends. I'd like to carry on the issue of freedom of speech in cyberspace.As you see these days in many countries, speech through cyberspace has proven to be another means of communication which has been regulated by the government.in recent years has been released numerous reports documenting the filtration of internet-speech in various countries. While China has thus far proven to be the most rigorous in its attempts to filter unwanted parts of the internet from its citizens ,many other countries including Singapore, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia have engaged in similar practices. In one of the most clear examples of information-control, the Chinese government for a short time transparently forwarded requests to the Google search engine to its own, state-controlled search engines . These examples of filtration bring to light many underlying questions concerning the freedom of speech, namely, does the government have a legitimate role in limiting access to information? And if so, what forms of regulation are acceptable? The recent blocking of "blogspot" and other websites in India failed to reconcile the conflicting interests of speech and expression on the one hand and legitimate government concerns on the other hand.what idea do you have in this respect. I appreciate it if you share your idea with me.

FREEDOM ON THE NET

Hi,my friends. in this post I'm going to share an informative issue with you which is the interesting study about freedom on digital media.As internet and mobile phone use explodes worldwide, governments are adopting new and multiple means for controlling these technologies that go far beyond technical filtering. Freedom on the Net provides a comprehensive look at these emerging tactics, raising concern over trends such as the ‘outsourcing of censorship’ to private companies, the use of surveillance and the manipulation of online conversations by undercover agents. study evaluates the level of internet and mobilephone freedom experienced by average users and activists in a sample of 15 countries across 6 regions: China, India, and Malaysia in Asia; Cuba and Brazil in Latin America; Egypt,Tunisia, and Iran in the Middle East and North Africa; Kenya and South Africa in sub-Saharan Africa; Russia, Estonia, and Georgia in the former Soviet Union; and the United Kingdom and Turkey in Europe.
Writer says Covering the calendar years 2007 and 2008, the index addresses a range of factors that might affect such freedom, including the state of telecommunications infrastructure, government restrictions on access to technology, the regulatory framework for service providers, censorship and content control, the legal environment, surveillance, and extralegal attacks on users or content producers. The selected indicators capture not only the actions of governments but also the vigor, diversity, and activism of the new media domain in each country, regardless of—or despite—state efforts to restrict usage.
read more in:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/specialreports/NetFreedom2009/FreedomOnTheNet_FullReport.pdf

Iran blocks wordpress!!!

Hi there. I'm glad having new post today. but I'm really regret about the news I heard the other days.the news was that Iranian government blocked wordpress so that prevent bloggers to air country's ordinary information like video and pictures on internet. Iran officials blieve public does not have right to exchange issues happening inside the country and indeed they try to limit flow of information to stop democracy comes true.Infact this issue resulting from government with respect to some riots rose last year in relation to presidency election.as we see there is not enough freedom atmosphere in Iran and people are incurred lots of trouble to communicat with each other in light of internet facilities.this situation has driven bloggers switch to other web facilities .
get further information in:http://mashable.com/2009/05/23/iran-blocks-facebook
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/20/turkey-blocks-wordpr.html