Pakistan cyber army threats Indian cyberspace

Pakistan cyber army hacked the liquor baron and Rajya Sabha member, Vijay Mallya's parliamentary website and threatened to make Indian cyberspace into hell. It also claimed that to all Pakistani internet users that they can now do their work in peace because it has back on his work.

"The Pak cyber army was only sleeping, not dead. This is a payback from Pak cyber army in retaliation to the defacement of Pakistani sites! You are playing with fire," stated the Pakistan cyber army. “All Pakistani internet users and website owners, sleep tight, ‘coz PCA [Pakistan Cyber Army] is waking!!! PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!!!” it said on Facebook.

Since 2007, the Pakistan Cyber Army has hacked several Indian websites including that of India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. Recently on its Facebook account, Pakistan cyber army claimed that Indian hackers had been playing havoc with Pakistani cyber communities and websites for a long time. The Pakistan Cyber Army alleged that HMG, a group of Indian web hackers, had hacked Pakistan’s official and important websites in the past, and its recent spate of hacking of Indian websites is to show the world that Pakistanis were no lesser than Indians in the field of cyberspace.

The Bangalore-based liquor baron and Rajya Sabha member Vijay Mallya found to his shock that his website, www.mallyainparliament.com, was not only hacked into, but also carried warnings of turning “Indian cyberspace into hell”. Mallya has lodged a complaint with the Delhi cyber police.

Statistics from the Computer Emergency Response Team, an official Indian government organisation which looks into computer security in the country, reveals that more than 4,300 Indian websites have been hacked from January to June, 2010.

India a popular malware destinations

Malware spam, or anything that comes with a virus or Trojan attachment urging you to visit an infected website, was the most popular in Colombia, India, South Korea, Russia and Vietnam. According to the McAfee Threats Report, which was simultaneously released here, Colombia, South Korea, Russia and Vietnam are the other countries in this category. Argentina had the most variety in spam, with 16 different topic areas, ranging from drugs to lonely women to diplomas. Italy came in with the least variety, with just six types of spam, it said.

The report uncovered that malware has reached its highest levels, making the first six months of 2010 the most active half-year ever for total malware production.spam levelled out with only 2.5 per cent growth from Q1 2010. Malware continued to soar in Q2 2010, as there were 10 million new pieces catalogued in the first half of this year. Consistent with last quarter, threats on portable storage devices took the lead for the most popular malware, followed by fake anti-virus software and social media specific malware.

With approximately 55,000 new pieces of malware that appear everyday, globally AutoRun malware and password-stealing Trojans round out the Top Two malware threats, the report said. After reaching its highest point in Q3 2009, with nearly 175 billion messages per day spam rates have hit a plateau. Globally, the most popular types of spam varied from country to country with some interesting findings. For instance, delivery status notifications, or non-delivery receipt spam, were the most popular in United States, Italy, Spain, China, Great Britain, Brazil, Germany and Australia.

Read more: India among the most popular malware destinations: Report - India - The Times of India

India Gate will be the star attraction at Bangalore flower show

Over 250 varieties of flowers and flower plants will be on show at Lalbagh Botanical gardens. The department organizes flower shows twice a year in Lalbagh to coincide with the Republic Day and Independence Day. Lalbagh, in south Bangalore, is spread over 240 acres and is a must see for visitors. It has over 2,000 species of plants and flowers.

A replica of the monument-India Gate with 250,000 roses will be the star attraction at the annual Independence Day flower show here. School students will get a free entry to the show on August 13. On other days, charges for adults are Rs 30 (Rs 40 on Sundays and other holidays) and Rs 10 for children.

Flower Show-2010 at the historic Lalbagh Gardens will commence on August 6 with India Gate, a floral design, as the special attraction. “We want to salute an Indian monument on the eve of Independence Day. This will also be a mark of respect to all the martyrs and freedom fighters of our country,” said N Jayaram, director, Department of Horticulture at a press conference held on Wednesday.

On display will be 260 varieties of anthuriam, circhids, boganvillae, impention, cocks comb and celosia among others. In addition, private companies will exhibit different varieties of plants at the grand show.