The Windows Shortcut Explot aka CPLINK, knows to be a zero-day vulnerability which affects all the version of Microsoft Windows. A shortcut link will be created (.lnk shortcut) to run the malicious DLL file. It is knows that the shortcut link could be on the website or attached to document. As per Sophos “The exploit works when you open a device, network share or WebDav point carrying an infection—you don’t need to click on anything for the exploit to work, [...]
Near a million Orkut user accounts hacked by eluring users for free mobile recharge. Hackers this time used the psychology of human behaviour of getting free money. Thousand of users were targeted with this technique and since it plays delicate with exploiting the greed for money for users. Mode Of attack: Users were given a link which has title saying recharge you mobile for free and get a free credit of 500.When a user clicks the link ,it lands up [...]
Trend Micro lab reports that Apple Quicktime’s specifically crafted .mov files trigger the download of malware masquerading as a codec update and an installation file for another player when run in the latest (7.6.6) version of QuickTime Player. Researcher Marco Dela Vega says that both files pretend containing Salt, the latest Angelina Jolie movie, but that his suspicion was aroused by the unusually small size of the files – small when compared to regular movie files, that is.Upon running the [...]
Qualys SSL labs has announced a free online SSL test for websites.We can examine whether the website can be trusted and service is secure. SSL certificate chain to ensure it is trusted and serves as a good security foundation for communications over the Internet. The test lets a user test a web site’s SSL certificate chain and performs comprehensive configuration analysis to detect configuration weaknesses and performance issues. Users simply enter the web site domain name, and the test will [...]
A local photographer Gerald Donovan has captured images of Dubai in 42 Gigapixel (Watch here) Panorama to compose the world’s largest image. He used a Gigapan Epic Pro and couple of engineers from a local company for the logistic support to capture Dubai’ beauty in a panoramic view. You can watch almost every detail of the place in crystal clear when you zoom in. The image 243.3 degree wide created with 4250 Jpeg images. He used a Cannon 7D cam [...]
We know there are thousands of iPhone apps are available today on the App store. But by person to person or by profession the usage of the apps varies. Today I am writing about free iPhone apps which are my favorite or a must have tools for a techie. Introducing 10 essential apps for your daily tech life. Documents 2 – It is a Wi-Fi hard Disk; you can use your iPhone’s hard disk as data storage for your document [...]
23 year old Mariposa Malware author arrested in Slovenia .He developed the Malware code that allowed the three alleged Spanish Mariposa Botnet herders to infect some 13 million personal, corporate, bank and government computers in more than 190 countries. The arrest is the result of a massive investigation that included the FBI, Spanish authorities, the Slovenian Criminal police, and the Mariposa working group (comprising the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, Defense Intelligence, Panda Security, and other international security experts). According [...]
