Security - Part 2

Banking and AI: The 22% Cost Saving Factor

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 Karan S

Banks are quickly taking on AI technology to improve the various divisions in their fold. With this implementation, research suggests that the industry could save as much as $1 trillion in efficiencies by 2030. While this might entail customers getting used to the idea of discussing their banking needs with a bot, the technology is already starting to worm its way into the financial sector through Robo investing and automated wealth management. AI Makes Perfect Sense When it comes to simple tasks, banks spend millions in salaries to keep people in positions…

The Key Reasons Why This Is the Perfect Time To Pursue a Career In CyberSecurity

September 23, 2018September 25, 2018 Karan S

So far in 2018, there have been more than 300,000 cybersecurity job openings in the US, as reported by CyberSeek. This is predicted, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to rise by 28% before the year 2026, which is 300% higher than the average prediction for all occupations. This statistical magnitude is possible because any company that implements digital technology is always at risk of malicious attack. In a bid to mitigate the risk, countless companies seek to hire cybersecurity experts to protect their organization from the increasingly refined threats. With…

Top 5 USB Hacks that PWN You

March 13, 2015 Tarandeep Singh

A USB based dongle can go long way in terms of screwing you, your data, and even your life. Every other day we come across a new device that exposes a new type of vulnerability, enabling hackers to go wilder. Let’s take a look at Top 5 Best USB Hacks that can PWN you: 1. BadUSB BadUSB reprograms embedded firmware to give USB devices new, covert capabilities. A USB devices takes on the ability to act as a keyboard that surreptitiously types malicious commands into attached computers. A different drive…

Wirelessly Hack unlock Car without Key Fob

August 5, 2014August 5, 2014 Tarandeep Singh

Its time for revelation of various hacks from your home security system to cars which rely on wireless key locks, as the BlackHat 2014 conference kicks-off. At this year’s BlackHat conference, various hacks in security systems have been unveiled. The most shocking being an eavesdropper unlocking your car, without having any prior knowledge about your car or you. Silvio Cesare, an Australian wireless researcher, has developed a way to spoof a wireless key fob that works well with popular cars. With off-the-shelf wireless radio tools costing $1000, he can hack wireless…

What Google Can’t Find, Shodan Can [Search Connected Devices]

April 9, 2013April 14, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

When we don’t find it on Google, we declare it doesn’t exist. But as per Founder Shodan, that statement is not essentially true. He believes that when something is not searchable on Google, that’s when probability of finding it on Shodan is much higher than usual. Shodan may be the world’s most unique and scariest Search engine very unique to its kind. Shodan instead of looking for content on the web, goes through the back resources and tries to find assets like Servers, printers, webcams, routers and even iPhones connected to the…

Remotely Hack any Cisco VoIP Phone

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

Ever year hackers research and reverse engineer mainstream electronics and commercial products in the market. At 29C3, security researchers from Columbia university demoed what they call to have achieved Hacking Cisco VOIP phone to remotely listen to you all day long. They call this “just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean your phone isn’t listening to everything you say. Hackers were able to remotely turn on a phone’s microphone and eavesdrop from anywhere in the world. Cisco is everywhere Cisco is the no.1 VOIP provider, globally. There are millions and millions of…

How to Hack WhatsApp Messenger | Build WhatsApp API Client

September 14, 2012March 14, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

Desktop IMs have long been our favorite mode of communication. But with time, their significance has definitely come down. Smartphones taking large part of our daily life, IM services like Whatsapp, iMessage, BBM, etc have emerged to be exchanging more messages every second. WhatsApp delivers more than 1 billion messages per day, but yet, its the most insecure way of communication. As per a recent security analysis, WhatsApp is totally insecure way of communicating with friends. WhatsApp Encryption You will be surprised to know that until August 2012, messages sent through…

Java 0-Day Exploit Code, Prevention Explained

August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Once in a while a new exploit or vulnerability arises that affects every single PC on the internet and within a span of few hours, it spreads across the globe. Such exploits are often called as Zero-day exploits (or 0-day exploit). While Zero-day Exploits are critical and widespread, most users never have a clue about it. The awareness is important and that’s why Tech blogs take them seriously. One such recently discovered 0-day exploit was in intel processors. Who is under Threat? A new browser-based exploit for a Java vulnerability…

Hackers Exploit Intel Core 2 Duo, Atom PC with Javascript

July 15, 2012July 15, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

How often it is the case that a new Exploit is discovered that renders most of the PCs vulnerable to attacks? Well, thats like everyday. But most of such exploits never go mainstream or is controlled at the source. What if an Exploit is found deep down in the Processor design and it affects every single OS that runs on that processor architecture. If those aren’t accelerating enough, how about adding scope of spreading via ANY web browser? Such exploits which are unpatched and previously unknown are called Zero-day exploits. A…

Hackers Take Control of Drone by Hacking GPS

July 8, 2012July 8, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Drones, the unmanned aerial flying vehicles, have become a major part of modern warfare. Researchers at the University of Texas’ Lab have successfully demonstrated that a drone with an unencrypted GPS system can be taken over by a person owning a GPS spoofing device. Using only $1000 worth of equipment, one can easy exploit vulnerabilities of unencrypted GPS signals. While the powerful military drones used overseas use encrypted GPS signals, the ones in the United States rely on signals from open civilian GPS, which makes them vulnerable to GPS “spoofing.” By Spoofing…

dSploit: Android-based Network Pentest Security Tool [Wifi Hacking]

June 1, 2012June 1, 2014 Tarandeep Singh

If you are geek enough to pentest every wireless network you connect, we got an app for you. dSploit is an Android based network analysis & penetration suite. It is a comprehensive toolchain which can be used by anyone in order to perform a number of advanced network analysis and Pentests. dSploit contains a number of powerful functions for IT security experts/geeks, but is easy enough for just about any one to perform exploits. dSploit allows you to analyze, capture, and manipulate network packets. You can scan networks for connected devices like…

Download Symantec NAV, PCAnywhere Source Code

February 11, 2012February 11, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

This could be one of the biggest disasters for a company. Hackers stole the source code of Symantec’s pcAnywhere back in 2006 and have now claimed to release it to public. In the meantime hackers stole all source code for all the Symantec products i.e Norton Antivirus, Norton works, Internet security, etc. The hackers had been threatening Symantec in a series of e-mail negotiations with what they thought were representatives of Symantec. The group is known as Yamatough, Indian hacker force operating under the umbrella of Anonymous, had been demanding a $50,000…

Network Spoofer for Android over WiFi [ARP Spoof hacks]

January 29, 2012January 29, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Network Spoofer lets you run arpspoof attacks and other fun hacks from Android, messing with your Wifi internet from your phone, just like WifiKill can kick users from Wifi. Note: This app is just for fun, it doesn’t cause any damages to anyone other than annoyance. Use it with precaution. The project is similar to the Upside-down-ternet project: from the phone you can flip pictures on someone’s computer upside down. There are couple of fun things you can do with this app. It lets you: Flip pictures on someone’s PC. Change Google…

SEAndroid: Security Enhanced Android by NSA

January 19, 2012January 19, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Android is the most secure mobile smartphone OS in the market today, thanks to the inherent sandboxing inspired from world’s most secure browser: Chrome. Such security is really consumer grade, its secure in the real world but may not be secure enough for driving Top most secret tasks like the ones Government agencies like NSA is involved with. The National Security Agency (NSA) released the first version of their custom build of Google’s popular OS, called Security Enhanced Android. The system is designed to minimize the impact of security holes…

Decipher, Bypass Captcha codes [DeCaptcha]

November 3, 2011November 3, 2011 Tarandeep Singh

To bypass spams and brute force attempts on various sites, whether its registering for accounts or submitting forms, sites world over use Captcha codes. Till today, these captcha codes would have to be entered as indicated by humans, but this is changing with discovery of new way to decipher it. Captcha stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to differentiate between Computers and Humans. It was invented by Carnegie Mellon University computer science graduate student in 2000 as a security tool to safeguard web sites from automated bot attacks and…