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  The ways by which our computers can get affected have increased in recent years. The hackers have become smart but if you want to keep them at bay, you must have an antivirus suite that is smarter enough to thwart these attempts. The latest version of Symantec’s Norton Internet Security claims to do just [...]

  The Home Ministry has now expressed its national security concern over 3G service and has ordered all the operators to provide lawful interception of their 3G network before going public with the service. Although private operators are expected to roll out their 3G services early next year, this directive also includes government-owned BSNL and [...]

  Mac fanboys vouch for Mac OS’ security and bug-free environment but here is a case where the new OS reportedly wipes off the user data if the Guest Account option is enabled. This apparently happens when the Leopard user who had the Guest Account option enabled upgrades to Snow Leopard, causing Snow Leopard to [...]

  iPhone 3GS maybe the device that gives you endless hours of entertainment but when it comes to security and encryption, it fails miserably. Jonathan Zdziarski, an iPhone developer and a hacker claims that iPhone 3GS encryption is useless and “It’s kind of like storing all your secret messages right next to the secret decoder [...]

  Fujitsu has partnered with Willcom to develop a security solution that enables the user to remotely delete the data in case of a lost or stolen notebook. However, one caveat this security solution has is that the laptop needs to be in Willcom’s PHS coverage area. Fujitsu plans to integrate the custom made module [...]

  IBM’s research lab at Zurich have created a simple and effective security device to ensure safe online banking for consumers. Dubbed as the Zone Trusted Information Channel (ZTIC), a simple USB drive that creates a direct and secure channel to the bank’s online server for transactions irrespective of user’s PC being affected with malware [...]

  Please welcome a totally absurd rule from the UK Government. In a bid to counter terrorism and other illegal activities, the government has pressed for a new rule in which a customer has to show his Passport or any other Official ID to buy a number. This will be a nationwide register which will [...]

  Wi-Fi Security stalwarts have a new issue at their hands. A Russian company, ElcomSoft claims to have built a software which exploits NVIDIA GPU’s parallel computational power to crack secured Wi-Fi connections using WPA or WPA2 encryption. WPA/WPA2 are the most widely used encryption protections which can be hacked with brute force attacks. What [...]

  A computer network was recently hooked up by researchers equipped with a new security system dubbed as Quantum Cryptography. The QC basically uses the quantum theory with the security schemes based on Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. In this principle, one cannot measure or obtain the information without disturbing it. In other words, when a hacker [...]

  It seems the Blackberry security controversy in India will finally come to an end. Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Intelligence Bureau and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) have claimed to crack the Blackberry encryption codes which helps them to track the data sent from a Blackberry device to a non Blackberry device. The government has [...]

  You won’t find Lenovo phones making cash except the Chinese market. And to spruce things up there, they are adding a new phone P960 to the fray featuring mobile fingerprint biometrics. Atrua is the company behind providing fingerprint recognition technology which is placed on the edge of the phone. Other features the phone boasts [...]