Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Risk of Keeping a USB port open.. Beware of USBdriveby !

Here is a demo of how an open USB port can be used by a hacker with a 30 to 60 sec access using a “USBDriveBy”. The device which is small enough to be worn around the neck (or carried in … Continue reading

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Is What’s App bound by Section 67C of ITA 2008?

TOI has reported today that the Nagpur Bench of Mumbai High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by Advocate Mahendra Limaye demanding that What’s App should retain the data for a specified period under Section 67C of ITA 2008. The … Continue reading

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After the sophisticated Sony attack, It is now the simple J P Morgan attack!

Just as the IS community is absorbing the lessons of Sony attack, the JP Morgan security breach involving a suspected data theft of 76 million records has disturbed the community. See Report  According to the New York report it appears … Continue reading

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Has Sony Experience Changed the Security Perception?..How should Indian Government respond?

It appears that the hacking of Sony pictures in which corporate data has been destroyed and compromised has exposed the new dimension of a kind of Cyber warfare. According to FBI, the hack was attributed to North Korean Government and … Continue reading

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Is there a Mehdi in my company?

Mehdi Massor Biswas the Bangalore based employee of an ITC group company  was arrested by the Police for having maintained the Twitter account Shami Witness in which he was promoting ISIS ideology. While the Police will continue their investigation and … Continue reading

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ISIS Propaganda from a Bengaluru Executive?

It is a shocking revelation that one of the most prominent Twitter handles carrying on ISIS propaganda happens to be that of a young professional working in Bengaluru in an MNC firm. Report The twitter handle was titled Shami Witness … Continue reading

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