Category Archives for security
Android Security related tools
A lot of work is happening in academia and industry on tools to perform dynamic analysis, static analysis and reverse engineering of android apps. Following is a collection of few tools that I am aware of.
Book Review: The Tangled web
Just completed reading “The Tangled web: A guide to securing modern applications” by Michael Zalewski. The book is surprisingly small given the amount of information it covers about interaction of web browsers, web sites and client-side web technologies. The book … Continue reading
Preliminary analysis of Facebook Click jacking Attack “Chica Sexy”
Came across a few interesting posts like this on my wall today.
How do you store my password?
As world moves towards cloud based storage (and computing), the task of storing our data on a PC hard disk is being replaced with cloud based storage providers. This includes our emails, social data, professional data and financial data. Accessing … Continue reading
Preliminary analysis of Facebook clickjacking (aprilfoolsprank)
If you have been already a victim of this, then change your password and unlike the page as soon as possible. A malicious app called “aprilfoolsprank” which likes a page on user’s behalf and tries to phish user into disclosing his/her … Continue reading
Analysis of Facebook Rotating Images worm
If you are looking for how to avoid/recover : read this one instead. In past few weeks, a lot of facebook users have received following (or similar) messages posted by their friends Hi Friends see Face-book images rotate 360* see … Continue reading
EVM controversy in India
The post is written in honor of Sh. Hari Prasad, the winner of EFF Pioneer Award 2010
Cyber Security in India : Role of CERT-In
CERT-In is a low-profile (Indian) government organization. The Government of India established the Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-IN”) to ensure Internet security. Many institutions, including the Ministry of Home Affairs, courts, the intelligence services, the police and the National Human … Continue reading
Understanding HTTPS warnings and error messages
If you have you visited a HTTPS site and got an error message which you do not understand, then this article is for you. Here I cover the common errors encountered while browsing HTTPS sites.
A preliminary analysis of “Bom Sabado” orkut worm
So, today morning I received an email saying I recieved an orkut scrap from a friend with contents “Bom Sabado”. Within a minute, I received same scrap from another friend. Now getting the feel that this must be some sort … Continue reading