Dridex, the banking malware that won’t go away, has been improved upon once again. IBM’s X-Force researchers have found that the latest version of Dridex uses a DNS (Domain Name System) trick to direct victims to fake banking websites. The technique, known as DNS cache poisoning, involves changing DNS settings to direct someone asking for a legitimate banking website to a fake site. DNS cache poisoning is a powerful attack. Even if a person types in the correct domain name for a bank, the fake website is still shown in the browser. “By keeping the victim away from the bank’s site,…
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Realty firms on Tuesday hailed the RBI’s decision to cut short-term lending rate saying the move would reduce the cost of funds to home buyers as well as developers and boost property demand. SPECIAL: How to win a good property deal “Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points and abolish pre-payment penalties are good moves for home buyers,” Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) Chairman Pradeep Jain said. In its annual credit policy, RBI has asked banks not to levy foreclosure charges or pre-payment penalties on home loans extended on a floating…
Hate speech has no place on the Internet, Facebook says, and this week it put at least some of its money where its mouth is. Specifically, the social network on Monday helped launch the Online Civil Courage Initiative, a new, million-euro effort designed to stamp out hate speech and extremism on the Internet in Europe. The new effort aims to support European nonprofit groups involved in the fight against online extremism, which has been reaching new heights amid the refugee crisis afflicting the region. The initiative will also bring together experts to jointly develop a set of tools and best…
Advocacy group I Am the Cavalry is urging organizations that manufacture and distribute medical devices to adopt a cybersecurity version of the Hippocratic Oath. The group, which advocates for better security in life-impacting computers like those used in modern cars, medical devices or critical infrastructure, has published an open letter to the health-care industry, calling for a commitment to five principles when creating, using and maintaining medical devices. Those principles are security by design, collaboration with security researchers, ensuring that evidence of potential failures is captured and preserved for later analysis, safeguarding critical elements under the assumption that they’ll operate…
Weak economic sentiments, constraints in raising capital and moderation in demand have significantly impacted the commercial real estate sector with a limited number of office projects having made their way into the market in the first quarter of the calendar year 2012, says a report by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield (C&W). The supply of office spaces in eight metro cities has fallen by 24 per cent to 6.8 million sq ft in the first four months of 2012 as compared to 8.9 million sq ft for the previous quarter. SPECIAL:Ready-made homes lure buyers “Traditionally, the first quarter tends…
HP is updating its innovative Sprout PC, which attempts to blend the real and digital worlds. The Sprout Pro all-in-one desktop is a souped up version of the original Sprout and retains its two most distinctive features: a touch-sensitive mat that sits on the desk in front of the PC and an arm that extends from above the monitor. ADVERTISING 3 The mat is a large canvas on which real objects can be scanned by a 3D camera in the arm. The arm also contains a projector that displays images on the mat. Real objects like a coffee cup can…
You might not need to use Shazam next time you listen to a really good song while ordering your Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks. On Tuesday, Starbucks announced another exclusive partnership with Spotify, which will allow customers to save the music they hear in stores as a new form of discovery. The Starbucks mobile app now has a dedicated section devoted to telling you the music that’s currently playing in a Starbucks store nearby. The section lets you save and listen to the songs anywhere you go by connecting to your Spotify account. You can also browse the store’s previous…
Searching for a property is difficult. Usually, you start with reading advertisements in newspapers and real estate websites. Several weeks pass by before you identify a property. SPECIAL:Ready-made homes lure buyers However, when you approach the builder, it is not uncommon to find that it has increased prices. What should you do in such a situation? Is it better to invest in a property at the launch stage when prices are the lowest? SPECIAL:How to win a good property deal EARLY BIRD Early investors can avail of discounts. Most real estate projects are developed in phases. Even before the basic…
Get ready to shell out money while selling immovable property (other than agriculture land) worth over Rs 50 lakh in an urban area or over Rs 20 lakh in any other area. The Budget has proposed a 1 per cent tax on sale proceeds at the time of property transfer to check the use of unaccounted money in real estate transactions. Property transfer will not be registered without the proof of tax deduction. If the sale value is less than that estimated by the state government, the tax will be calculated on the value assessed by the government. This means…
Google Photos has a new feature that makes it easier to hop over and see your latest images directly from the camera. Several sites like Droid Life are reporting there’s a new Assistant card in Google Photosthat offers to place a tiny shortcut button in your camera app. DROID LIFELook for the new capability in the Assistant section of Google Photos. If you activate it, you’ll be able to view a new picture right inside of Google Photos by tapping the shortcut. ANDROID HEADLINESThe tiny Google Photos button will take you directly to your gallery. It’s unclear if the new…