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Thinking of rooting your precious Droid? Here’s why it may not be such a good idea

Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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The massive popularity of Android smartphones has brought several features and options of the OS to the public domain. One of these options remains the ability to ‘root’ the device. Rooting an Android phone implies gaining (superuser) access to the kernel code of the software and using this access to improve performance and enjoy/replace several […]

Beware: Fake Antivirus Scanner Targeting Android Users on Twitter

Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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Social media networks are very good hunting grounds for scammers and this is another such instance of a new scam (targeting Android) spreading on Twitter. This scam consists of enticing tweets that tempts users to click them. The links in these messages carry a ‘.TK’ extension and direct the users to unsafe web pages that […]

Infographic: The myth about smartphone invulnerability

Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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1 min read

Contrary to popular belief, the user-programmable miniature yet powerful mobile devices used for carrying data, sending e-mails, social networking, banking, gaming, downloading music and video aided with the rampant use of third party software, are not invincible. There are increasing problems from applications that upload malware or exploit vulnerabilities in new operating systems, either inadvertently […]

Rougeware “Data Recovery” through Fake USPS email

Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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1 min read

A few days backs I posted a blog regarding fake USPS (United States Postal Service) emails. Today I have once again come across a similar sort of fake email which pretends to be from USPS with the subject: “Your postal label is available.” The mail states that USPS failed to deliver the product to the […]

A few tricks to avoid the ‘Phishing’ trap

Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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3 min read

Phishing is a technique that scammers use to obtain personal information by posing to be from a legitimate source. As a result, there are many people who fall for phishing emails. We regularly update this blog with details about fraudulent emails that attempt to phish for information, but now we would like to tell readers […]

Microsoft May-2012 Patch Tuesday Released

Ayush Sonavane / 14 years
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4 min read

Microsoft has released 7 bulletins covering a total of 11 vulnerabilities. Eight of this month’s issues are rated ‘Critical’ and they affect Windows, .NET, Office and Silverlight. The remaining issues affect Office and Windows. The following vulnerabilities are rated “Critical”: MS12-029- Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2680352) This security update resolves […]

Beware: Hacked websites can now infect your Android smartphone

Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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3 min read

Our malware analysis team has discovered a malicious software that targets Android smartphones through hacked websites. This adds further credibility to our predictions about the growing threat of mobile malware. This new malware, known as NotCompatible, gets downloaded automatically when an Android user visits a hacked website. A hidden iframe present at the bottom of […]

Facebook scam – Kristen Stewart was taped drunk and having s#x

Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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1 min read

Once again Facebook is flooded with a new scam carrying a very bold message – “Kristen Stewart was taped drunk and having s#x”. With such a bold message the attacker tries to lure more and more victims towards his fatal intentions. If you click on the link to watch the video, it will take you to […]

RBI Phishing scam: “Important account updates as a matter of urgent”

Ranjeet Menon / 14 years
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2 min read

Today I come across a fraudulent email which is exclusively designed for carrying out phishing attacks on several Indian banks like State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Union bank, ING Vysya and many more. This email pretends to be from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and has a subject line […]

When Facebook Apps cease to be ‘Cool’

Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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4 min read

Have you ever wondered why certain ads show up in the right hand corner of your Facebook page? A closer look at these ads and you will be surprised at the volumes they speak about your lifestyle choices – be it exclusive shoes from an e-retailer or a self-development course! How does it all happen? […]

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