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Today , Microsoft announced that a VBScript bug could be used to install malware on computers running Windows XP and using Internet Explorer. This vulnerability hole was identified and reported by Maurycy Prodeus of iSEC Security Research
To make use of this hole, user would have to open a malicious Windows Help (.hlp) file, and press F1 Key to run the code.
However IE users of other versions of Microsoft OS like Vista, Win 7, server 2008 are not affected by this vulnerability . Also remember , Microsoft next security patch will be released on March 9th and currently IE Vote for European users had started from March 1st.
Update: EU users who have IE as Default Browser can only see the Ballot to vote.

U.S. authorities have reportedly they had tracked down the hacker who had written code for attacking the search engine giant Google and other renownced companies.It has been expected that the Chinese Governement also involved in this work. The hackers are Chinese “freelance security consultant in his 30s” who had written IEw exploit codes. Although this man did not launch any attacks himself, according to The Financial Times, Chinese officials have “special access” to his work and are believed to have picked up the code.

The spyware’s launch was recently traced to computers at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, the first of which counts former government cyber security experts among its staff. Both institutions have denied involvement in the attacks, of course. The latest findings don’t give a definite answer as to who was behind the attacks, but it might put some extra pressure on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigations.

In the baginning of Feb, all the withdrawal from Paypal to Indian Bank was suspended and outgoing Personal payments were stopped for Indian PayPal users.More info
Nearly after a month, this issue is going to be resolved. Farhad irani, Leader of Paypal business in Asia Pacific, annonunced on the ThePaypalBlog , the withdrawal from PayPal to Indian Banks will be available from March 3. The new thing is while you are request a withdrawal to your Bank, you need to fill “Export Code” . About it , Farhad irani says , “This information is required under the current laws of India in order to identify the nature of cross-border merchant transactions. On Monday, March 1st, we will be back in touch with specific instructions on how you can move your money into your bank account.”
However PayPal personal payments will be suspended till the Paypal gets the approval which is reqiured for RBI.
Source: https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2010/02/resuming-local-bank-withdrawals-to-india/

If you had ever thought of downloading videos from popular website like youtube.com , metacafe.com , then you can opt for Zamzar.
Zamzar is free Online Tool that lets you to download videos and convert videos from one format to another. The download link will be sent to your Email .

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Last year(2009), there was a clash between Microsoft and European Authority regarding the Internet explorer pre-installed with the Windows OS. The judgement went towards the European Authorities and was asked to Microsoft to remove IE.
Now Microsoft has announced to decide the Result of having IE as core component or not, to the users of Europe by a traditional vote system. This voting will be held in March .
This changes will affect the Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 users.
According to the stat in January, Worldwide users use,
* Mozilla Firefox 46.3%
* Internet Explorer(incl. all versions) 36.2%
* Chrome 10.8%
* Safari 3.7%
* Opera 2.2%
Basically , i also use Mozilla Firefox for its security , Add ons , Themes.

Microsoft confirms the release of Internet Explorer 9 by March 2010. It was expected to be released by December 2009, although it was delayed. Now It is official published in the microsoft’s blog . This broswer is expected be a great hit than its previous version . There has been many feature improved in terms of security.
Check this Link for more about IE 9 : msdn.com

Do you know most of the virus that infiltrate your computer are stored secretly in a jpeg image? Well if you are not aware of this then you must read it.

* You will need the following.. Windows  XP or Win 7 or Vista ( we tried with Win XP)
* Basic Knowledge of the Command Prompt
* WinRar

1. Gather your image and the files you wish to lodge into it. Here I have a secret.txt which I will hide inside my host.jpg.
2. Add the files you want to hide into a new RAR archive. (so secret.txt.rar created newly)
3. Open Command Prompt and go to the folder where your files are located, e.g., ?C:\hidden?.
5. At command prompt type “copy /b host.jpg + secret.txt.rar hide.jpg” (without quotes).
(host.jpg is the picture I want to show,secret.txt.rar is the file to be hidden, and hide.jpg is the file which contains both.
6. Now test the hide.jpg by double clicking it, and verifying it still opens.
7. Now try opening that same hide.jpg file from menu: file->open of WinRar. It will show the original hidden file secret.txt.

Done !!!!!

Now hide.jpg is a simple JPEG for others, but it contains a secret file secret.txt for you !!!!!!!!!

Last week, I went to seminar organized by Ankit Fadia in co-ordination with Reliance. Ankit Fadia is one of the Top Ethical Hacker in the World. On this seminar, he said , that “The Google maintains a Permanent Storage of all searches, mails, ORKUTing associated with GMail account , Name (as per the account) including current browsing IP Address”. It destroys your Privacy. Even if you visit a website, the owner can get a full details about your Browser, Geo Location, IP address, Version of OS etc. which can be used to attack and hack you too.

So it is better to use Proxy server to browse the Internet which give Anonymity. These proxy sites provides its IP location and hides your IP address. There are thousand (may be Millions) proxy sites when you google search . Besides giving you anonymity, some sites also notes down your IP in the web servers.
But Today I going to tell a website which does not even saves your IP address. Go to www.anonymizer.ru . Most of the Russian websites does not tracks your IP address which we can take advantage of it.
Link: www.anonymizer.ru

Do you want to make your own unique themes for your phone..?? Without the knowledge of mobile programming, you can easily do this.

You can also get thousands of themes from other websites for free.
Go to ownskin.com & register there. Registration is absolutely free. Login to your account & start creating your themes. Continue reading →

This is not a secure hack. It’s designed to hide your files from someone who is browsing through your files, not your system ADMIN and not from your computer HACKER friends.. Think of it like hiding your money under mattress. It’s a FUN TRICK & works best on your desktop.

For this trick, follow the simple steps:

1). Right click where ever you want the INVISIBLE FOLDER to be & select Create A New Folder.
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