TAG: Security

Cracks in the Google+ Gate Showing Up

04 Jul, 2011, 10:27 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking 9 Comments

For those of you who are still out of the Google+ gate, a few ways of getting in without an invite have been cropping up. More

So You Wanna Hack Someone's Facebook?

27 Jun, 2011, 4:40 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking 8 Comments

This theory's a little bit of a longshot but it can work with a little bit of luck and a little bit of the smart touch. More

Google warns about rogue anti-virus apps in Android Marketplace

28 Nov, 2011, 5:11 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Android 5 Comments

Don’t be in a haste to install just any anti-virus program from the Android Marketplace, as it may be a Trojan ... More

Facebook denies hack in India, assures safety

18 Nov, 2011, 11:37 am IST Anuradha Shetty Android 4 Comments

News about 2 lakh Facebook accounts in Bangalore being hacked and misused proved to be too much of a wake-up call ... More

Indian Government Wants to Monitor Social Networks

09 Aug, 2011, 11:00 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Android 3 Comments

The Union Home Ministry has written to the Department of Telecom (DoT), asking it "to ensure effective monitoring of Facebook and Twitter". More

London Rioters Communicate Over BBM

09 Aug, 2011, 1:31 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai BlackBerry 2 Comments

As the London riots went into its third night, spreading to other parts of Britain, one thing became apparent: rioters used Research in Motion's BlackBerry Messenger to communicate. More

Avast Takes Aim at Android, to Introduce VPN

27 Jun, 2011, 1:04 pm IST Rossi Fernandes Software 2 Comments

Avast has been known for their security solutions and like many other security solution companies, they too are moving some of their resources into the mobile space. More

Kaspersky Introduces New Range of Antivirus, Internet Security Products

08 Aug, 2011, 3:28 pm IST Karan Shah Windows 2 Comments

Kaspersky has officially launched two new security products, the Kaspersky Antivirus 2012 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 for its Indian customers. More

Bangalore Police Banishes Street View Services

21 Jun, 2011, 6:11 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 2 Comments

Google's popular global mapping project, Street View has been facing a lot of flak off late owing to the thin line between the service, and issues of privacy. More

Acer Hacked; Hackers Assure a Press Conference in 24hrs

04 Jun, 2011, 11:00 am IST Anuradha Shetty General 2 Comments

The hack disrupted the security of an Acer Europe Server, claiming the sensitive details of over 40,000 customers. More

WinXP to Blame for 75% of All Rootkit Infections

01 Aug, 2011, 12:07 pm IST Rossi Fernandes General 2 Comments

If you’re using Windows XP, your PC is likely to be part of the reason why rootkit infections on Windows PCs are so high. More

Pentagon picks Android over Apple for U.S military's use

28 Dec, 2011, 3:42 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 2 Comments

Looks like the green robot has earned itself a decent fan following at Pentagon, the U.S. Department of Defense's ... More

Apple is NOT Stalking You

21 Apr, 2011, 5:40 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones 2 Comments

Today's hot news was that Apple's tracking your location, but they're really not. More

Why Apple's "Tracking", Android Does it Too

23 Apr, 2011, 11:31 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Smartphones 2 Comments

Apple's building up a database of location information. But guess what, Android's doing it too. More

BlackBerry Bold, Curve get iClass accessibility by Assa Abloy

09 Nov, 2011, 10:44 am IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones 1 Comments

Two of BlackBerry's latest smartphones - The Bold and the Curve will have enhanced NFCs, which will let their users ... More

Apple grilled in Germany over Carrier IQ investigations

05 Dec, 2011, 11:57 am IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones 1 Comments

Late last week, the fear of your smartphone being infested by a rootkit program planted by Carrier IQ, one of the leading ... More

Google+ brings Find My Face to enable photo tagging

12 Dec, 2011, 4:30 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones 1 Comments

Google+ recently revealed its plans of launching Find My Face, a facial recognition feature for the fairly new social ... More

Spot a bug on Facebook and they will pay you!

31 Aug, 2011, 12:41 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones 1 Comments

Security is an issue that no firm would downplay, especially not when millions have been lost due to loopholes in the security systems. More

Chrome Beta loads web pages before user completes URL

09 Jan, 2012, 12:59 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones 1 Comments

Google only recently released the beta version of its browser, Chrome. The version 17, according to an official ... More

WhisperMonitor, an App to Stop Location Tracking

09 May, 2011, 11:12 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones

For Android Phones only. More