Security News > 2004 > December > Defacement Of Indian Websites On The Rise

http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=2513&cat_id=909 By CXOtoday Staff Mumbai Dec 24, 2004 The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has compiled a report [1] that speaks on how with the global rise in cyber terrorism activity, Indian websites too have come under fire by attackers, some of them being opportunists while others targeting specific sites and domains. The report covers defaced Indian websites only .in ccTLD (Indian country code top level domain). The range of the data obtained for analysis dates from 1998 to 20 September 2004. The total .in ccTLD registered domains is 6430 of which a majority comprises of .co.in domains. A total of 667 defacement records have been found under the .in ccTLD. The domain .co.in had 242 defacements which is more than 36% of the total defacements. According to the report, the number of .in ccTLD sites defaced was highest in the year 2001, when 219 sites were defaced. However, there has been an increase in the number of .gov.in sites being defaced every year. From only one site defaced in 1999, it increased to 43 in 2003. There is likely to be an increase in .gov.in sites defaced this year too, as 42 .gov.in sites have already been defaced this year, claims the report. More than 150 hacker/hacker groups have been responsible for defacing Indian websites. The group AIC (Anti India Crew) has defaced the most number of .in ccTLD sites accounting for 15% of the total .in ccTLD sites defaced. In terms of the hosting platforms on which .in sites were hosted, Windows had the highest number of defacements (338) as compared to Linux at 179. CERT-In has been set up by the government of India with the objective of promoting cyber security. [1] http://www.cert-in.org.in/knowledgebase/whitepapers/analysis_defacewebsites.htm _________________________________________ Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) Everything is Vulnerable - http://www.osvdb.org/

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