Bitdefender total Security 2012

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/29/2011 11:38:00 am


Bitdefender has updated its suites for the coming year, and it says it has done it in part by adopting a bit of Romanian lore. Although, to be honest, it may also sound familiar to fans of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. Available exclusively today from CNET Download.com, Bitdefender Total Security 2012 (download), Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 (download), and Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2012 (download) were improved in part by taking on the "philosophy based on mythical wolf-dragon from Romania," said Matt Hicks, the company's global public relations manager. The wolf-dragon, he said, is supposed to represent security and alertness. 
Whatever the impetus behind the redesign of the suite, there's no doubt that they include a number of notable improvements. A revamped interface has given the suites a cleaner design that feels lighter and easier to use, while retaining its modularity. The virus-detection engine has been improved to look at processes while they are running, while Bitdefender's own processes were moved to the kernel to make it more difficult to for threats to circumvent the suite. In turn, this has reduced the suite's impact on system resources, according to Catalin Cosoi, Bitdefender's head of Online Threats Lab.
The browser add-on for Firefox and Internet Explorer has been wisely done away with, replaced by a make-agnostic module that will protect you across all five major browsers by scanning Web traffic before it reaches the browser. A new autopilot feature has been added to create a completely silent security experience. It's similar to Bitdefender's competitors' "silent" or "gaming" mode, although it does a bit more than just silencing security pop-up alerts. It also makes some changes to the program's settings, in how it deals with threats, and it also is on as the default setting for Bitdefender. Meanwhile, a vulnerability scanner will check your computer for outdated programs, drivers, and patches, and recommend solutions.
The Bitdefender Safego tool has been integrated into the suite, too. It performs link scanning for Facebook, with plans to include Twitter support soon. On Facebook, it will scan your news and wall feeds. It's also available for free to all Facebook users, and the company's Android app remains free to use for all, as well.
The rescue mode changes are extremely useful. If threats like rootkits can't be removed easily, the computer is rebooted into rescue mode. Florin Virlan, Software Engineering Director, said that Bitdefender's rescue mode differs from competitors because it creates a "self-contained Linux OS, contained in one encrypted file on your PC," that the rescue mode boots into. It also adds Linux as an option to your boot BIOS. 
The Safebox feature, which automatically backs up your files to a remote server when changes have been detected, will now sync files across multiple computers when they are running Bitdefender. Notably, Safebox is the only new or improved feature that only comes in Bitdefender Total Security 2012. The other improvements have been made across all three suites.
One thing to watch out for is that Bitdefender does not play well with any other security program, even the ones designed to work as complements to security suites like Malwarebytes. Come back to Download.com later today to read full reviews of Bitdefender's 2012 suites. 
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Central Reserve Police Force of India Admin CP Hacked By Shadow008 & BanneD

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/28/2011 09:32:00 pm


India's Central Reserve Police Force Admin Panel Hacked By Shadow008 & BanneD of (Pak CyberArmy). They also leaked some information 
Here are some screen shots submitted by the hacker to claim that they took ownership at http://crpf.gov.in/

 


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iOS is Still Vulnerable

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/28/2011 07:07:00 pm




Apple's recent security patch for iOS is a lot more critical for users of iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices to install than was initially suspected, according to Chester Wisniewski, a Sophos senior security advisor.
Apple's mobile operating system is vulnerable to an updated version of a tool called sslsniff, that "allows users to easily perform man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL/TLS connections," Wisniewski wrote Wednesday on Sophos' NakedSecurity blog.

What's more the new version of sslsniff can apparently "identify vulnerable Apple devices and allows anyone to snoop on secure communications."
"This patch should be applied immediately if you log in to any service on your device, especially things like your bank or PayPal," Wisniewski writes. "Users are particularly vulnerable to this attack if they frequently use public/open WiFi."
The vulnerability is present in iOS versions 4.3.4, 4.2.9, 5.0b, and earlier. Unfortunately for users of Apple devices even just a couple of generations old, there is no fix, according to Wisniewski.
"If you are using an iPod Touch generation one or two, or an iPhone older than the 3GS, you will be perpetually vulnerable," he writes. "Owners of these devices should not use them for any purpose for which security or privacy is required."
And like a number of recently identified security vulnerabilities in Apple's Mac OS X operating system, the latest iOS vulnerability has a documented history—as a flaw originally seen in Microsoft software.
"Oddly the flaw in iOS was a widespread flaw in WebKit and Microsoft's CryptoAPI nine years ago," Wisniewski writes. "It allows any valid certificate purchased from a Certificate Authority to sign any other certificate, which the client device will then consider valid.
"This allows anyone who can capture traffic from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with man-in-the-middle techniques to intercept and read any and all encrypted SSL traffic silently and without notification to the user."
Security researchers at Recurity Labs have created a website, https://issl.recurity.com, which iOS users can surf to with their devices to see if they are vulnerable. Tests by Betanews on a variety of iOS devices not using the most current version of iOS verified that the site is a reliable method for testing.

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AVG Premium Security

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/28/2011 04:14:00 pm

 
AVG Technologies today announced AVG Premium Security, the all-new and only Internet security solution that actively surveys the Web for incidents of stolen identity. Available now for US$69.99, the product includes AVG Identity Alert, AVG Internet Security and AVG Quick Tune.
Placing identity protection at the center of the new offering, AVG Identity Alert scours criminal web pages, chat rooms and bulletin boards to determine whether a customer's personal information has been used, traded or sold online. By monitoring a user's e-mail address and debit and credit card numbers—the three primary elements of an online identity—the system notifies the user if personal details appear somewhere they shouldn't.

AVG Identity Alert also provides an Identity Theft Risk Score, which evaluates online theft risk based on behavioral characteristics, and an Identity Theft Restoration Kit, which provides documentation, sample letters and other tools for restoring an identity should it be compromised.
AVG Premium Security is also comprised of the award-winning AVG Internet Security, which offers signature anti-virus, anti-spyware, AVG Protective Cloud Technology and the AVG Community Protection Network. Finally, AVG Quick Tune contains four of the 16 features available in the company's popular PC Tuneup, including the disk defragmenter, junk file removal, registry cleaner and broken shortcut removal.

“When you combine the shocking security lapses we have seen out of very high profile and respected brands such as Sony, Epsilon and Citigroup in the past few months with the liability shift toward consumers, it is clear that identity theft protection tools are no longer a nice to have,” said J.R Smith, CEO, AVG Technologies. “Banks and corporations are at an important tipping point, showing strong indications that they will no longer simply cover losses, and expecting the online users to share equal responsibility in taking appropriate security measures that ultimately protect each other from malicious attacks.”

In 2010 alone, IC3, the FBI/National White Collar Crime Center partnership, reported more than 300,000 individual complaints of Internet crime. Identity theft was one of the top three complaints, next to non-delivery of payment or merchandise and scams using the FBI's name.
“The key to combating internet crime is real-time intelligence and protection,” Smith added. “Our identity-theft tools offer consumers access to the kind of timely intelligence they need to more effectively monitor and protect their personal information. Credit report-driven tools are much slower and therefore give thieves a massive head start, making clean-up and recovery of identity theft under those circumstances very difficult for the average consumer.”

“To protect our 110 million active customers around the globe, AVG will now extend beyond local Internet security and anti-virus protection to provide customers with a digital bodyguard dedicated to protecting their names and identities online,” said Tony Anscombe, AVG's Ambassador of Free Products. “Even if an identity is compromised outside a user's home network, AVG Premium Security can still discover it. Bottom line: we offer vital peace of mind, virtually eliminating the perils often associated with surfing the Web.”
 
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A New Twitter Spam (Beach Body)

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/28/2011 03:55:00 pm


Thousands of hacked Twitter accounts are sending a wave of spammy messages advertising a weight-loss product.
The message reads:  
“Get the beach body you’ve always wanted, now you can with this weight loss supplement,” 
followed by a link to a website advertising an Acai Berry dietary supplement.
Yet this is not cleared that how the accounts have been compromised, but judging by the number of spammy messages, it’s possible that users’ passwords have been stolen. 

If you see such a message coming from your account, change your password immediately. You should also revoke Twitter access to all suspicious applications. You can do that by logging into Twitter, clicking on “Settings” in the upper-right drop-down menu, choosing “Connections” or “Applications” and clicking “Revoke Access” on suspicious apps.

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Google Plus One Button is Now 3times Faster than Before

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/28/2011 03:55:00 pm

Google announced they have now speed up the Google +1 button for websites.
The button is now automatically up to 3 times faster and best of all, webmasters do not need to update their code for the speed changes to take affect. The change is automatic. Google said, “no action is required on your part, so just sit back, relax, and watch as the button loads more quickly than before.”
Is 3X faster not enough? Google has also released a new asynchronous snippet that is even faster. This feature allows your web site to continue loading while your browser downloads the +1 JavaScript. 
To see the official announcement of Google click here  

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Five UK & US Sites Hacked by Hitcher

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/28/2011 03:02:00 am

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