Xiaomi poses threat to your data? Think twice before you chose one

Known for its high end, low budget smartphones Xiaomi poses a large market share in no time. Chinese manufacturer at the moment ranks 3rd largest mobile manufacturer in the world.

Having won many hearts in and out of the country, entitled as 'Apple of China' is happening to be on the same line as Apple. We heard of security concerns with Apple and now Xiaomi poses a threat reports claim.

A Hong Kong user claimed that somehow the Xiaomi device is connected to the IP and shares the numbers(mobile numbers) when SMSes are sent to remote servers at China.

Also, IAF (Indian Air Force) alerted its commands and family not to use Xiaomi phones as they track location and send the information to servers across China.

It's even said that Taiwanese government claimed on Xiaomis security and would revert within three months.

New Indian Express reported that:
"F-secure, a leading security company has made a test on Redmi 1s, and said that it's sharing IMEI number, carrier name, mobile number along with numbers in the address book/phone book back to Beijing".

In response Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra said that the data is completely secure and is encrypted with AES-128 algorithms which is impossible for anyone to hack through, even Xiaomi employees will not be able to decrypt the data.

He even added that they have many customers from India and they can't lose their share/revenue from them. Over 2.5 lakh units were sold at India. The data is sent to the servers located at Singapore and U.S.A. They are even ready to setup a data server for Indian customers at India for their security.

Going in depth with the statement of Barra on setting up a data server at India, it seems that there are security issues. But it also might be a plan on not to lose Indian customers. 

Sony to introduce World's First Underwater Acquatech Store in December at Dubai

Ever imagined of a Water proof device? A watch? Phone? May be we can say yes with the technology re-inventing itself. How about an under water store?
Yes again..!!! Sony is on the go, making it and said to open on December 3rd, 2014 at Dubai.

Back in olden days, it's said that life under water is possible and they are going to build under-water cities. Market is so fast, it made its entry prior to life.

The tech giant that put its guts, innovation in introducing the world's first waterproof smartphone is now launching the world's first underwater Acquatech store.

"Currently, Sony mobile offers its consumers a wide range of Xperia smartphones, tablets and accessories with the highest waterproof rating, and today we have taken the bold step of creating The World's First Xperia Acquatech Store, which will offer a number of our customers and guests an exhilarating and unforgettable experience, once again highlighting Xperia's passion for innovation in the smartphone market" said Ruediger Odenbach, Vice President of Sony Mobile Middle East and Africa

Twitter to welcome banking through tweets

How long it has been since you went to a bank and made your transaction? Technology has made everything for us to complete it from home(through PC) - paying bills, booking tickets, buying your favorite items and what not? You can even transfer your money.

Coming to mobile applications it's almost the same, you have got the same amount of applications as our Internet friend is platform independent. Also, there are a lot of banking applications which make much easier to use than banking on a website.

Now Twitter joins the line. Like Facebook for advertising and marketing, it's time for Twitter. You can buy the advertised products through "buy now" button. More interestingly, you can transfer money through tweets from any account to any account. This facility is currently being put forward to French users, rest have to wait.

The true details will be up tomorrow in the press conference by Twitter and Group BPCE(French's 2nd largest bank by customers).

Apple's MAC OSX HACKED!!

My previous blog title - Seems Apple is likely to lack precision has come true. 

Apple everywhere may soon be Apple no-where. Yes, it might become true with the issues the Apple users are facing these days. Can you believe what is the next phrase going to be?

"MAC OSX HACKED!!!"

Yes, its true - A flaw that affected 17000+ macs already is on the go. Are you a mac user? Then, get ready and take precautions on how not to get affected with the new Scary flaw :-o

Ooops..!!! No one might never expect that Apple would fall down to this stage. There are already repeated complaints regarding bendgate of new iPhone, a security flaw in iOS, bluetooth connectivity issues and now a security issue with mac.

Russian security company Dr.web discovered a new worm by name "Mac.BackDoor.iWorm". The mac first gets affected with this worm and then it tries to connect to command server. The worm then tries to use Reddits search function so as to look out for hackers comments in a Minecraft subreddit. Dr.web also stated that there hasn't been any attack till date but may be that the hackers are looking to spread their network.

This has spread all over the world with United States having the highest number of attacks. The list goes here:

1. United States - 4,610
2. Canada - 1,235 
3. United Kingdom - 1,227
4. Spain - 825 
5. Brazil - 690
6. France - 679
7. Australia - 664
8. Netherlands - 544
9. Mexico - 525
10. Sweden - 498 
11. Russian Federation - 342

Very soon it might reach your coutry aswell. Beware and get ready..!! 

The malware gets the IP address of a valid command and control (C&C) server from a post on popular news site Reddit. Quite interestingly, the malware can also detect what other softwares are installed on mac, opening port, sending a query to a web server to acquire address of C&C servers and bhooom you are hacked...!!!



There is no word on how this virus is spreading but you can check if you are infected or not.
To check to see if you are infected, go to the Finder and choose Go to Folder from the Go menu. Copy the following path and paste it into the window that opens:
/Library/Application Support/JavaW

If no folder opens then you are safe else if a new windows is launched then the probability is high that you are infected. What you can do is to:

•  uninistall everything and install everything from scratch
• restart from a back-up point , which may or may not clean your system 

You may be thinking on - How to prevent from being attacked? Well, few say that as it's not known how this malware is getting installed so there is no way to prevent it while upon my research there are two ways you can prevent this happening:

1. Set up reverse firewall by using - Little  Snitch and  Intego NetBarrier
2. Set up folder actions to monitor whether your files are affected or not. Click here to know how.

Know about android issues. 

Seems Apple is likely to lack precision!!

Not again Apple!! You are losing precision.



Recent security inflaw, bendgate problem and now bluetooth connectivity issue. What's going on with Apple?  Well bending is not the only problem, as iPhone 5/5S had bending problems, Oppo Find 5 , Samsung Galaxy S4 and also Sony Xperia Z1.



What more then?  users have reported that there are issues with bluetooth connectivity. This is observed in new models iPhone 6,6+ and also iOS 8. With no intent to answer regarding bendgate of its latest flagship and now the issues are bumping up.



The bluetooth connectivity issues are found when pairing with other iPhones, cars audio system, bluetooth headset. Few users however successfully connected to their bluetooth devices by resetting everything which leads to the loss of data in icloud drive. Seriously Apple?  The problems seems to go on increase  from day to day.

 
Meanwhile Samsung trolls Apple with its galaxy Note 4,how strong it is with a 3-point bend test and a human weight test. Sony Xperia Z3 beats iPhone and every other beast with its high performance and a two-day long battery life.



Did Apples precision, quality died with jobs? Look forward for Apple to respond.