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SC-Appointed Technical Committee Seeks Details From Persons Suspecting Hacking Of Their Devices

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Persons who suspect that their devices have been targeted by the Pegasus spyware can write to the Technical Committee constituted by the Supreme Court to investigate the allegations of snooping using the Pegasus spyware by the noon of January 7, 2022.

The Committee issued a public notice in this regard today asking such persons, who feel that they are targets of Pegasus spyware, to send an email to “[email protected]“. Those persons should also furnish reasons as to why they believe their devices have been infected by Pegasus spyware.

In case the Committee feels that such suspicions require further investigation, it can request for allowing the examination of the device. The collection point will be at New Delhi. The Committee will give an acknowledgement of having received the device for examination and will give the person a digital phone image of the records.

It was on October 26 last year that the Supreme Court constituted an independent expert committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran to probe into the allegations of snooping of journalists, activists, politicians etc, using the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO.

The Court also constituted a Technical Committee to assist the probe panel.

The members of the Technical Committee are :

  1. Dr. Naveen Kumar Chaudhary, Professor (Cyber Security and Digital Forensics) and Dean, National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
  2. Dr. Prabaharan P., Professor (School of Engineering), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala.
  3. Dr. Ashwin Anil Gumaste, Institute Chair Associate Professor (Computer Science and Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Maharashtra.

A bench led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana passed the direction in view of the refusal of the Union Government to make a clear statement as to whether it has availed the services of Pegasus spyware or not. The bench refused to accept the argument of “national security” raised by the Central Government, saying the state will “not get a free pass” every time national security is raised and the court will not remain a “mute spectator”. Refusing the proposal of the Union Government that it will constitute a…

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Cops allege ‘malware attack’ on MIDC servers; unidentified persons booked

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Wednesday booked unidentified persons for launching a “malware attack” on the servers of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), which impacted the portal’s database.

As per the complaint, it was a ‘ransomware attack’ and was detected on March 21, when the MIDC’s applications went down at 11 pm.

The servers are hosted in the MIDC headquarters in Mumbai.

“The ransomware ‘SYNack’ impacted the applications and database servers hosted on Cloud DC and DR (ESDS) and local servers hosted at MIDC HQ in Mumbai by encrypting the data stored in these servers,” the MIDC shared in a statement.

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Ransomware is a type of malware that threatens to publish the victim’s data or block access to it unless a ransom amount is paid.

A case has been registered under various sections of the Information Technology Act (IT Act) at the cyber police station.

This is not the first time that a state server has come under a cyber attack. Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut had informed a few months ago that the major power cut across Mumbai in October 2020 could also be a possible cyber attack on the city’s electrical infrastructure with an intent to disrupt the power supply.

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Question for person(s) employed in the field of Computer Security/Network Security?

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I’m getting my associates from a community college…Major= Computer Security….transfering to a 4yr school, which I dont find that as a Major much…what major should I goto the 4yr school for? computer science,computer network ? a little confused