SMB or Server Message Block is used for providing access (i.e. to read or write) to files, various services such as printer, serial ports and such. It has been vastly used in windows operating systems. It is also known as “Microsoft Windows Network” on windows platform. Using this protocol, one can access remote server as well. Anyway, recently a severe security flaw was found in…
Due to its open source nature, hackers are recently targeting Android devices and App security became a big concern. Freely available source code makes it easy for anyone to have a close look into the core Android system. Recently we can see a big increase in the third party Apps available for the Android users; but that does come for a price. Recently, IT Security…
There is a general thinking among the IT professionals that Linux based devices do not get affected by malware or virus. Well this is not true! A recent report, published by a Russian antivirus company Dr. Web, showed that a cyber-criminal group has turned several thousand Linux-based devices into their proxy servers to do their dirty woks anonymously. A Trojan virus named “Linux.Proxy.10” has been…
Lately, a new phishing attack campaign has been going on especially targeting Gmail users. Cyber criminals has become so sophisticated with this attack that, it is good enough to fool even most tech-savvy people. It’s not a new threat, has been going on over for a year but in the recent weeks its activity increased rapidly. I will try to give a quick summary about…