"BadNews" Cash Stealing Bug found in Google Play

Android is again hit by a great bug named BadNews which steals cash. The bug steals cash by racking up charges from sending premium rate text messages has been found in Google Play.

Alert for Wi-Fi users in India

Wi-Fi users in India are more vulnerable to virus attack

Wi-Fi Attacked

Now a days we have seen several attacks by the Anonymous hacker on several websites and daily their is certain news related to hackers, we must be aware that in India Wi-Fi is most vulnerable to such attacks.

Password Hack

Even Indian computer security analysis firm warns India for such attacks. According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the virus attacks through Wi-Fi could lead to crashing and even hacking of the secure networks. The firm has discovered that the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) has a design error, which increases risks of virus attacks and may allow attackers to take unauthorised control of the affected system. The error can also help attackers crack and stealthily enter into an encrypted and password protected system.

“The virus is streaming in the Indian Internet networks with a high severity. The combat mechanisms are being deployed,” a computer security analyst with a government agency said. “An unauthenticated, remote attacker within range of the wireless access point could use the PIN (password) to gain unauthorised access to the device to retrieve the password for the wireless network or change the configuration of the device. Failed attempts to exploit the vulnerability could lead to a denial of service condition,” the CERT-In said in its alert to Wi-Fi users.

The agency also pointed out its reports that revealed several WPS devices do not feature any kind of lockout policy for such attack attempts. Users in India mostly use the WPS method to set up a wireless router for home network. The WPS procedure requires a PIN that can be used during the setup phase. Issuing an advisory to the Wi-Fi users, analysts of CERT-In said that users should disable the external registrar feature of the WPS to protect their device from virus attacks.

"So we all must be aware of it and try to make our Wi-Fi connection more secure.Lets see weather we can make our connections secure or we will also come in some news for being hacked by Anonymous hackers or for some virus attack."

Top 15 PC Viruses Since 1986

The journey from Brain to Flame. Know about the most prominent creatures of the world, that we have always wanted to quarantine. 

The journey from Brain to Flame. Know about the most prominent creatures of the world, that we have always wanted to quarantine.  Now days, computer viruses are fast treading into our day to day life in the form of Trojans, back doors, worms, malwares, spy wares and many more. A peek into the history of these notorious creatures reveal that the first ever PC virus appeared in the year 1986. It was named 'Brain' and multiplied itself by writing its code to the boot sector of floppy disks. Since then, several species have come and gone. Kaspersky Lab has compiled a list of 15 most influential malicious programs in history.  “For the last 15 years, we have been working round the clock every day analysing and combating all kinds of IT threats that have evolved in that time from cyber hooliganism, via cybercrime to cyber warfare. Today it’s more important than ever to cooperate against digital threats. Recent attacks such as Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame have shown just how vulnerable IT infrastructures are to military and terrorist threats. But we are doing all we can to prevent the potential disasters that could result from these kinds of attacks,” said Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder, Kaspersky Lab. Here's the list of the top 15 viruses: 1986- Brain, the first PC virus appeared. It spread by writing its code to the boot sector of floppy disks. 1988- The Morris worm infected around 10 per cent of the computers connected to the Internet (about 6000 computers). 1992- Michelangelo, the first virus to attract massive media attention.  1995- Concept, the first macro virus.  1999- Melissa ushers in the era of mass-mailing of malware responsible for huge global epidemics.  2003- Slammer, a fileless worm, responsible for a massive worldwide epidemic. 2004- Cabir, first Proof-of-Concept for Symbian; propagated via Bluetooth.  2006- Leap, the first virus for Mac OSX.  2007- Storm Worm (Zhelatin) pioneers the use of distributed C&C servers. 2008- Koobface, the first malware to target Facebook.  2008- Conficker, one of the biggest epidemics in history, infects businesses, home users and governments in over 200 countries. 2010- FakePlayer, SMS Trojan for Android. 2010- Stuxnet, a targeted attack on SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems; signaled the advent of the cyberwar era.  2011- Duqu, a sophisticated Trojan that collects intelligence about its targets.  2012- Flame, a highly sophisticated, malicious program that is actively being used as a cyber weapon to target entities in several countries.