Chandrashekhar Poddar

Do you own a Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptop? Yes? Just stop whatever you are doing and listen carefully: Your HP laptop may be silently recording everything you are typing on your keyboard. While examining Windows Active Domain infrastructures, security researchers from the Switzerland-based security firm Modzero have  discovered  a built-in keylogger in an HP audio driver that spy on your all keystrokes. In general,  Keylogger  is a program that records every keystroke by monitoring every key you have pressed on your keyboard. Usually, malware and trojans use this ability to steal your account information, credit card numbers, passwords, and other private data. HP computers come with Audio Chips developed by Conexant, a manufacturer of integrated circuits, who also develops drivers for its audio chips. Dubbed Conexant High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver, the driver helps the software to communicate with the hardware. Depending upon the computer ...

If you are a parent and an Android phone user, you probably already know that cracking the lock pattern on these smart devices is a child’s play really. Children as young as three can crack the lock pattern on your phone by simply following your finger movements. True story! If that’s not an indicator enough on how secure your smartphone is with a pattern lock, a new research carried out by Lancaster University, Northwest University in China, and the University of Bath, has revealed that hackers can crack pattern lock in as few as five attempts by using a combination of a video and a computer vision algorithm software. The Pattern Screen Lock A majority of Android users, which account from a few million people across the world, use the pattern lock to secure their smart devices. The lock pattern interface uses a square, three by three, grid comprising nine dots across which you can draw a unique pattern of your choice to secure an Android device. Five consecutive failed attempt...

NEW DELHI: Few days ago, John McAfee, the founder of the security software company McAfee Inc., revealed his plans of making the most hack-proof smartphone ever. Speaking to Newsweek website, McAfee said that the device would be the "world's first truly private smartphone." Likely to be dubbed 'John McAfee Privacy Phone,' the handset is said to launch later this year by MGT, a cybersecurity company headed by McAfee himself. Talking about the upcoming smartphone, McAfee said that, "Enormous investment in hardware costs have gone into this. The smartphone contains a bank of switches on the back cover that allow the user to physically disconnect the battery, antennas (for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and geolocation), camera and microphone." He further added that the smartphone won't connect to a Stingray or any other IMSI catcher device. It would also include a web search anonymizer. The company will be detailing the f...

Reliance Jio should deal with 4G VoLTE highlight telephones, and different holes have occurred around these gadgets previously. Presently another report in the Financial Express has said the organization is at present hoping to source these telephones from producers in China. The Financial Express report says Reliance Jio is in converses with organizations like "Techchain, FortuneShip and Uniscope," in spite of the fact that it includes these discussions are all in an early stage. The report cites sources, however Jio has not formally remarked on the same. As indicated by the report, Jio is taking a gander at a few specimens from these Chinese players, and just once these are "tried and checked" will the organization put in any last business request. For Reliance Jio, a 4G VoLTE include telephone could be a distinct advantage. Not at all like different players like Airtel or Vodafone or Idea, Jio is a totally 4G VoLTE arrange, this implies even brings are...