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computer malware allows hacker to steal gas from gas station

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  By Indian cyberwatch (source:  meduza.io  ) - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - -- -  - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - -- - -  -- - -  The latest gas fuel fraud across several russian regions has been uncovered by russian FSB agency. According to them, hacker dennis zayev himself developed and created several malicious programmes. He acted as a seller of the malacious programme. According to FSB, every morning employee of gas station left one of the gas reservoirs empty.when a customer made a purchase, the programme automatically undercharge him from 3% to 7% of amount gasoline purchased.At the same time, the meter on the column and all the accounting programme of the operator showed that the entire volume of paid fuel was poured into the tank.The stolen gasoline was automatically sent to the tank left in the morning empty.Also, the virus removes information about this a

Make a small desktop computer in less than 2500 rupees !!!!

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This is not a clickbait article but one that makes you excited. Today prices of a smartphone are available in various ranges that afford everyone but when it comes to desktop pc, it still costs more.But considering the use of desktop pc for browsing, creating a word document, presentation, watching videos, reading pdf, saving important files there is one cheap option that can take very small space of your home which called as "Raspberry Pi" . what can you do on this small computer? almost everything!! >> Rich user interface >> web browsing access >> Music, video player >> word document, powerpoint presentation, excel sheet >> reading pdf >> USB mouse, keyboard supported >> wifi supported >> HDMI, VGA, TFT display supported. >> TV can be used as a display monitor. specification: Ram                  >> 1Gb (900mhz) CPU                   >> 4-ARM cortexA53,1

What is Adhar Virtual ID and Limited KYC and UID token?

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UIDAI( unique identification authority of India ) has taken a new step to secure adhar data by introducing 16-digit random ID called as virtual ID.This step is taken prior to the latest unverified data breach incidents covered by journalists. How will VID work? >> This is two-tier security mechanism. >> It is 16-digit random number mapped with Adhar number. >> There can only be one active and valid VID at any time. >> Noone can derive adhar number from VID number. >> only adhar holder can generate VID. >> It is temporary hence agencies will not use it for de-duplication. How will it protect existing adhar number? VID prohibits direct sharing of adhar number of customers which store on various databases.It looks promising but the government needs better regulation over storage of adhar data on various servers. Limited KYC: UIDAI introduces limited KYC to limit access to adhar details.    It has divided into tw

New WPA3 wifi protocol announced

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Flaws in existing wifi protocols are well known, to compensate these flaws a new WPA3 standard has been announced by Wifi alliance.The existing WPA2 protocol is not safe as it possesses 'KRACK' vulnerability.we can see the new features includes this protocols. Expected Features: 1.  Protection against brute force attack: The wifi networks mostly subject to brute- force dictionary attacks. the first feature of this protocol provides protection against brute force attack by blocking wifi authentication process after several failed login attempts. 2. configuration panel for tiny IOT wife enabled devices: considering the recent growth of IoT enabled devices it is important to make these tiny devices secure for networks.with this protocol user will able to use his phone or tablet to configure to configure WPA3 protocol on any tiny IoT devices that don't have screens. 3. Data encryption: This provides end to end encryption between each devic

what is this scary " virus " alert and what you should do

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what is this virus warning? I know sometimes it's frustrating to see this annoying virus alert prompt.we might think our smartphone get infected with the fear of visiting adult or malicious website.But seriously you don't need to worry about anything.They just want to scare you for nothing. It is called as " scareware ". It is nothing but marketing strategy for an Android app like mobile antivirus, browser etc.when you click on this prompt you get redirected to the app store to download the specified app. some website offer this add to get profit.This virus alert also show your device model name to make it authentic scenario. But everything trap.This virus prompt creates a new tab and sometimes create a fullscreen tab to prevent you from the escaping  warning. In the antivirus industry, they referred scareware and identified as harmless. what do you do guys? 1. I think you can simply ignore it by deleting tab. 2. But if you fee

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018

Is your iPhone slow then apple will apologize for that

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Recently, Apple users in the USA have filed a complaint against tech giant over the phone slowdown issue.users concern that Apple purposefully slows down phone performs to upgrade to the latest high  priced models. Apple responded that phones are not slow down intentionally rather than to improve battery performance during peak hours. According to apple press release, In ios10.2.1 apple delivered software update that improves power management during peak workloads to avoid the unexpected shutdown of iphone6, iPhone 6 plus , iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s plus, iPhone SE. with the update ios dynamically manages the maximum performance of some system components when needed to prevent a shutdown.while this changes may go unnoticed, in some cases users may find longer launch time and other reductions in performance. Apple has offered the discount on battery replacement from $79 to $50.The press release stated that Apple is reducing the price of out of warranty battery replacement b