Google is working on fixing a hole in Android that can allow someone to snoop around on an unencrypted WiFi network and access the user’s calendar and contact data on Android powered smartphones. Google announced on 18,April-2011 that the flaw, which was first detected by researchers from the University of Ulm in Germany, occurs in […]
Daily News and Analysis (DNA) is an Indian daily English newspaper published from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur and Bangalore in India. We found that one of the pages from this e-newspaper site was infected with malicious script. Here is the screenshot of that page: The malicious script tag had been inserted in plain text as […]
Few weeks back it was Bin Laden execution video scam on Facebook and now its “First Exposure: iPhone 5” scam that is going around. Facebook users are fooled into automatically spreading spam by clicking on what looks like a link to a hot topic news titled as “First Exposure: iPhone 5”. This new scam is […]
Google today announced its first significant update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Google will roll out the update to Verizon Xoom 3G users today, and to other Honeycomb devices over the next couple of weeks. Offering the following features for users and developers:- Open Accessory API. This new API provides a way for Android applications to […]
Today I got a mail from facebook that carried below message. It was about a new video about Osama’s execution exclusive from CNN. It was an email notification about a update on my Facebook wall by a friend of mine who had posted a link to Bin Laden execution video. Reading carefully I realised that […]
We had been reported by some of our partners and customers that they received phone call from technician claiming to be form Microsoft. It is basically a telephone call scam where the caller is trying to extract credit card details along with the password and other sensitive information. The caller tries to generate fear in […]
Another Facebook spam mail pretending that your password is not safe, currently circulating on Internet. The subject is: FaceFacebook Support. Personal data has been changed!ID55733. The email comes with an attachment called New_Password_IN33494.zip. The zip file (New_Password_IN33494.zip) contain New_Password.exe file, Quick Heal detects this file as a “Trojan.Menti.gen”. New_Password.exe tries to fool the victim as […]
It has been observed that more and more children are using social networking websites. Kids even fake their age to join Facebook. Facebook is for high school and college students. Facebook is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older and the age limit is there for the purpose. Any […]
“Windows license locked!” is a fake warning (ransomware) that impersonates Windows Product Activation wizard and states that you may be a victim of software counterfeiting. It also states that all data stored on your computer will be locked for security purposes. You have to phone one of the numbers listed to obtain an activation key. […]
Google has boosted the security features on its Android operating system to allow stolen Android smartphones to be secured and reseted remotely. Google said its new Google Apps Device Policy for enterprise users allows employees to quickly secure lost or stolen phones running Android 2.2 and up. With the new version of the Google Apps […]
