welcome to another Autodesk inventor 2018 tutorial for beginners.
in this video, I gave little information related to user interface of Autodesk Inventor.
topic covered in this video are as follows:
- how the status bar can be used as your personal guide in autodesk inventor. - difference between hard snap and soft snap in autodesk inventor.
I have drawn two circles to explain status bar, hard snap and soft snap in autodesk inventor.
Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate website administrators are increasingly using JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC to mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.
Just last week, researchers from AdGuard discovered
that some popular video streaming and ripper sites including openload,
Streamango, Rapidvideo, and OnlineVideoConverter hijacks CPU cycles from
their over hundreds of millions of visitors for mining Monero
cryptocurrency.
Now, researchers from Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab have uncovered
a new strain of Android malware lurking in fake anti-virus and porn
applications, which is capable of performing a plethora of nefarious
activities—from mining cryptocurrencies to launching Distributed Denial
of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Dubbed Loapi, the new Android Trojan can perform so many more
malicious activities at a time that can exploit a handset to the extent
that within just two days of infection it can cause the phone's battery
to bulge out of its cover.
Described as a "jack-of-all-trades"
by the researchers, Loapi has a modular architecture that lets it
conduct a variety of malicious activities, including mining the Monero
cryptocurrency, launching DDoS attacks, bombarding infected users with
constant ads, redirecting web traffic, sending text messages, and
downloading and installing other apps.
Loapi Destroyed An Android Phone In Just 2 Days
When analyzed a Loapi sample, Kaspersky's researchers discovered that
the malware mines the Monero cryptocurrency so intensely that it
destroyed an Android phone after two days of testing, causing the
battery to bulge and deforming the phone cover.
According to researchers, the cybercriminals behind Loapi are the same
responsible for the 2015 Android malware Podec. They are distributing
the malware through third-party app stores and online advertisements
that pose as apps for "popular antivirus solutions and even a famous
porn site."
A screenshot in the Kaspersky blog suggests that Loapi impersonates as
at least 20 variations of adult-content apps and legitimate antivirus
software from AVG, Psafe DFNDR, Kaspersky Lab, Norton, Avira, Dr. Web
and CM Security, among others.
Upon installation, Loapi forces the user to grant it 'device
administrator' permissions by looping a pop-up until a victim clicks
yes, which gives the malicious app the same power over your smartphone
that you have.
This highest level privilege on a device
would also make the Loapi malware ideal for user espionage, though this
capability is not yet present in the malware, the Kaspersky researchers
think this can be included in the future.
Loapi Malware Aggressively Fights to Protect Itself
Researchers also said the malware "aggressively fights any attempts to revoke device manager permissions" by locking the screen and closing phone windows by itself.
Loapi communicates with the module-specific command and control
(C&C) servers, including advertisement module, SMS module and mining
module, web crawler, and proxy module, for different functions to be
performed on the infected device.
By connecting with one of the above-mentioned C&C servers, Loapi
sends a list of legitimate antivirus apps that pose it danger and claims
the real app as malware and urges the user to delete it by showing the
pop-up in a loop until the user finally deletes the app.
"Loapi is an interesting representative from the world of malicious
Android apps. It’s creators have implemented almost the entire spectrum
of techniques for attacking devices: the Trojan can subscribe users to
paid services, send SMS messages to any number, generate traffic and
make money from showing advertisements, use the computing power of a
device to mine cryptocurrencies, as well as perform a variety of actions
on the internet on behalf of the user/device," the researchers
concluded.
Fortunately, Loapi failed to make its ways to Google Play Store, so
users who stick to downloads from the official app store are not
affected by the malware. But you are advised to remain vigilant even
when downloading apps from Play Store as malware often makes its ways to
infect Android users.
QR codes are everywhere: these little-pixelated squares appear on
billboards and bus shelters, in magazine ads and on product packaging.
Unlocking their contents can share contact info or Wi-Fi passwords, or
take you to the website for a film you’ve just seen the poster for. So
how do you use them? Here’s how to scan QR codes with an Android phone.
If
you want to start scanning codes with your smartphone and you are
looking for best qr code reader for android and best android barcode
scanner, then you've come to the right place. Here I will explain how to
scan QR and barcodes with your Android smartphone.
What are QR codes?
QR
is an acronym for Quick Response. It’s a smarter version of the
ubiquitous barcode, and it was originally developed in Japan for the
automotive industry. Machines can read QR codes more quickly than
barcodes, and QR codes can store more data in less space too.
For
most of us, the main reason to use QR codes is to obtain a web link to
find out more information about something or to get a password for a
wireless network: scan the code and the information should appear in
your web browser or connect you to the network. But how do you scan it?
All you need is the right app.
QR Codes were invented by
Denso Wave in 1994. At first, they were used to track vehicle parts
during the manufacturing process. Now, QR Codes are a popular marketing
tool, allowing users to quickly access websites and other media. A QR
Code can contain such things as text, a URL, an SMS or a phone number.
This video guide will show you how to read them.
QR codes are
used for storing alphanumerical data, thus they are a good way of
sharing information, like a website or product information on a small
square. Obviously, your Android smartphone or tablet can easily be
turned into a QR code reader with the appropriate application. I have
identified best QR code-reading app in this video.
This
aptly named app from the ZXing Team is a veteran of its kind, as it is
one of the most well-known barcode reading apps. It does exactly what
its name suggests: scans barcodes. It supports many types of 1D and 2D
barcodes and has quite a lot of settings to be configured. It can
automatically open recognized web addresses, stores a history of scanned
codes, can use the device’s LED light to help read codes, can scan
inverted (white on black) codes and can even scan many barcodes
continuously with the help of the bulk scan mode.
- overview of free barcode scanner app
this barcode scanner software can Scan barcodes on products, or Data Matrix and QR Codes containing URLs, contact info, etc
it is best qr code reader app and best android barcode scanner app in my opinion
with this app, you can Scan barcodes on products, or Data Matrix and QR Codes containing URLs, contact info, etc.
- Are there any risks to scanning QR codes?
Actually,
yes. A scam known as 'attagging' involves pasting new QR codes over
existing ones, for example by pasting a label over the QR code on a
poster. The new code could link to malicious software that might then
access your camera or your personal data. In Russia, a QR code scam made
phones send premium-rate texts at US$6 per text. Such malware is very,
very unusual, but it does exist and has done for several years.
- Conclusion
QR
codes might not have become the groundbreaking thing they were hoped to
be, but they are still found everywhere and can be useful. Of course,
they’re not worth much without a scanner, but that’s where your smart
Android device comes into play. There is an incredible number of barcode
reading applications available on the Google Play store and most of qr
code reader app have the same features. In this video, I tried to share
an application that is at least a bit unique, or at least they are very
fast and can scan codes in a snap.
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information about features of escan internet security suite and I
have also tested eScan Internet Security Suite 14 with some malicious
URL/unsafe websites/virus websites in order to check web protection of
escan antivirus. and I also used some malware samples to check detection
of escan antivirus.
► escan internet security features
Provides Smart Proactive Protection:
With
highly sophisticated Heuristics Algorithms, eScan Antivirus software
protects your computer from unknown malware that are continuously
released by malware writers.
Restricts spam e-mail:
eScan’s
advanced anti-spam feature filters out the unwanted e-mail from entering
your inbox and delivers reports about any detected spam.
Your Data remains protected:
Auto
Back Up and Restore feature automatically restores all your valuable
data so that you don’t lose any critical information in case of system
crash or Malware attack.
Monitors your Kid’s online activities:
eScan
Antivirus facilitates parental control to keep your children safe
online by controlling their access to the Internet applications, games
and objectionable websites.
Prevents Malware Attacks:
With
Real-time Protection, eScan Antivirus Solution detects and stops malware
from entering into your system and prevents the files or folders from
encryption.
Effective Endpoint Security:
eScan antivirus
software prevents data thefts and Virus infections via USB or
Firewire-based portable storage devices, such as Flash Drives/Pen
Drives, SD Card, Imaging devices, Webcam and Portable Hard Disks.
Offers faster On-Demand scanning:
The On-Demand scanning feature of eScan scans your files, folders, memory, registry, services and all storage devices.
Blocks new and unknown threats:
With
latest cloud technology, eScan identifies and safeguards your computer
from latest and unknown threats without waiting for daily or traditional
virus signature updates.
Two Way Firewall:
It filters incoming and outgoing network activities on the computer and protects it from all types of network-based attacks.
Protects files and folders from malware:
File & Folder Protection feature of eScan prevents your files and folders from getting corrupted due to malware attacks.
covered topic in this video are as follows: - Heads-Up Display - draw line with an angle in the inventor - fillet in inventor - trim in inventor - extrude in inventor
in
this video, i tried to explain about heads-up display so I explained it
by drawing one triangle. and while drawing triangle I used the line,
trim, fillet, extrude command.
Heads-Up Display (HUD) Settings Reference:-
Enable Pointer Input: When
active, the starting point for a sketch element is displayed as
Cartesian coordinates (X and Y values) in the value input boxes near the
cursor. Disabling Pointer Input turns off the coordinate display of the
starting point of a sketch element.
- Pointer Input options:
Use to switch the starting point for a sketch element between Cartesian and Polar coordinates.
Cartesian Coordinates:
When
selected, the starting point of a sketch element is displayed with X
and Y values relative to the sketch origin of X = 0, Y = 0. This is the
default setting.
Polar Coordinates:
When selected, the
starting point of a sketch element is displayed with length (L) and
angle (A) values relative to the sketch origin of X = 0, Y = 0.
Enable Dimension Input where possible:
When
active, values are entered using a combination of both regular
Cartesian and Polar coordinates depending on the type of sketch element
being drawn. Dimensions are automatically placed on sketch geometry when
the TAB key is used to toggle between value input fields.
When
this setting is disabled, values are entered using Delta X and Delta Y
Cartesian coordinates only. Polar coordinates cannot be used. Dimensions
are not placed on sketch geometry even when using the TAB key to toggle
between value input fields.
- Dimension Input options:
Cartesian Coordinates:
When
selected, both positive and negative Cartesian X and Y coordinates are
entered. The values are calculated based on the last pick point.
Polar Coordinates:
When
selected, values are entered using a combination of regular Cartesian
and Polar coordinates depending on the type of sketch element being
drawn. The values are calculated based on the last pick point. This is
the default setting.
Do you know? Thousands of websites use HTML5 Canvas—a
method supported by all major browsers that allow websites to
dynamically draw graphics on web pages—to track and potentially identify
users across the websites by secretly fingerprinting their web
browsers.
Over three years ago, the concern surrounding browser fingerprinting was highlighted by computer security experts from Princeton University and KU Leuven University in Belgium. In 2014, the researchers demonstrated
how browser's native Canvas element can be used to draw unique images to
assign each user's device a number (a fingerprint) that uniquely
identifies them.
These fingerprints are then used to detect when that specific user
visits affiliated websites and create a profile of the user's web
browsing habits, which is then shared among advertising partners for
targeted advertisements.
Since then many third-party plugins and add-ons (ex. Canvas Defender)
emerged online to help users identify and block Canvas fingerprinting,
but no web browser except Tor browser by default blocks Canvas
fingerprinting.
Good news—the wait is over.
Mozilla is testing a new feature in the upcoming version of its Firefox
web browser that will grant users the ability to block canvas
fingerprinting.
The browser will now explicitly ask user permission if any website or
service attempts to use HTML5 Canvas Image Data in Firefox, according to
a discussion on the Firefox bug tracking forum. The permission prompt that Firefox displays reads:
"Will you allow [site] to use your HTML5 canvas image data? This may be used to uniquely identify your computer."
Once
you get this message, it's up to you whether you want to allow access
to canvas fingerprinting or just block it. You can also check the
"always remember my decision" box to remember your choice on future
visits as well. Starting with Firefox 58, this feature would be made available for every
Firefox user from January 2018, but those who want to try it early can
install the latest pre-release version of the browser, i.e. Firefox Nightly. Besides providing users control over canvas fingerprinting, Firefox 58 will also remove the controversial WoSign and its subsidiary StartCom root certificates from Mozilla's root store. With the release of Firefox 52, Mozilla already stopped allowing
websites to access the Battery Status API and the information about the
website visitor’s device, and also implemented protection against system
font fingerprinting.
A new widespread ransomware worm, known as "Bad Rabbit,"
that hit over 200 major organisations, primarily in Russia and Ukraine
this week leverages a stolen NSA exploit released by the Shadow Brokers
this April to spread across victims' networks.
Earlier it was reported that this week's crypto-ransomware outbreak did
not use any National Security Agency-developed exploits, neither EternalRomance nor EternalBlue,
but a recent report from Cisco's Talos Security Intelligence revealed
that the Bad Rabbit ransomware did use EternalRomance exploit.
NotPetya ransomware (also known as ExPetr and Nyetya) that infected tens of thousands of systems back in June also leveraged the EternalRomance exploit, along with another NSA's leaked Windows hacking exploit EternalBlue, which was used in the WannaCry ransomware outbreak.
Bad Rabbit Uses EternalRomance SMB RCE Exploit
Bad Rabbit does not use EternalBlue but does leverage EternalRomance RCE exploit to spread across victims' networks.
Microsoft and F-Secure have also confirmed the presence of the exploit in the Bad Rabbit ransomware.
EternalRomance is one of many hacking
tools allegedly belonged to the NSA's elite hacking team called Equation
Group that were leaked by the infamous hacking group calling itself
Shadow Brokers in April this year.
EternalRomance is a remote code execution exploit that takes advantage
of a flaw (CVE-2017-0145) in Microsoft's Windows Server Message Block
(SMB), a protocol for transferring data between connected Windows
computers, to bypass security over file-sharing connections, thereby
enabling remote code execution on Windows clients and servers.
Along with EternalChampion, EternalBlue, EternalSynergy and other NSA
exploits released by the Shadow Brokers, the EternalRomance
vulnerability was also patched by Microsoft this March with the release
of a security bulletin (MS17-010).
Bad Rabbit was reportedly distributed via drive-by download attacks via
compromised Russian media sites, using fake Adobe Flash players
installer to lure victims' into install malware unwittingly and
demanding 0.05 bitcoin (~ $285) from victims to unlock their systems.
How Bad Rabbit Ransomware Spreads In a Network
According to the researchers, Bad Rabbit first scans the internal network for open SMB shares, tries a hardcoded list of commonly used credentials to drop malware, and also uses Mimikatz post-exploitation tool to extract credentials from the affected systems.
Bad Rabbit can also exploit the Windows Management Instrumentation
Command-line (WMIC) scripting interface in an attempt to execute code on
other Windows systems on the network remotely, noted EndGame.
However, according to Cisco's Talos, Bad Rabbit also carries a code that
uses EternalRomance, which allows remote hackers to propagate from an
infected computer to other targets more efficiently.
"We can be fairly confident that BadRabbit
includes an EternalRomance implementation used to overwrite a kernel’s
session security context to enable it to launch remote services, while
in Nyetya it was used to install the DoublePulsar backdoor," Talos
researchers wrote.
"Both actions
are possible due to the fact that EternalRomance allows the attacker to
read/write arbitrary data into the kernel memory space."
Is Same Hacking Group Behind Bad Rabbit and NotPetya?
Since both Bad Rabbit and NotPetya uses the commercial DiskCryptor code to encrypt the victim's hard drive and "wiper"
code that could erase hard drives attached to the infected system, the
researchers believe it is "highly likely" the attackers behind both the
ransomware outbreaks are same.
"It is highly
likely that the same group of hackers was behind BadRabbit ransomware
attack on October the 25th, 2017 and the epidemic of the NotPetya virus,
which attacked the energy, telecommunications and financial sectors in
Ukraine in June 2017," Russian security firm Group IB noted.
"Research
revealed that the BadRabbit code was compiled from NotPetya sources.
BadRabbit has same functions for computing hashes, network distribution
logic and logs removal process, etc."
NotPetya has previously been linked to the Russian hacking group known
as BlackEnergy and Sandworm Team, but since Bad Rabbit is primarily
targeting Russia as well, not everyone seems convinced with the above
assumptions.
How to Protect Yourself from Ransomware Attacks?
In order to protect yourself from Bad Rabbit, users are advised to
disable WMI service to prevent the malware from spreading over your
network.
Also, make sure to update your systems regularly and keep a good and effective anti-virus security suite on your system.
Since most ransomware spread through phishing emails, malicious adverts
on websites, and third-party apps and programs, you should always
exercise caution before falling for any of these.
Most importantly, to always have a tight grip on your valuable data,
keep a good backup routine in place that makes and saves copies of your
files to an external storage device that isn't always connected to your
PC.
Russia-based Antivirus firm hits back with what it calls a "comprehensive transparency initiative," to allow independent third-party review of its source code and internal processes to win back the trust of customers and infosec community.
Kaspersky launches this initiative days after it was accused of helping,
knowingly or unknowingly, Russian government hackers to steal
classified material from a computer belonging to an NSA contractor.
Earlier this month another story published by the New York Times claimed that Israeli government hackers hacked into Kaspersky’s network in 2015 and caught Russian hackers red-handed hacking US government with the help of Kaspersky.
US officials have long been suspicious that Kaspersky antivirus firm may have ties to Russian intelligence agencies.
Back in July, the company offered to turn over the source code for the U.S. government to audit.
However, the offer did not stop U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) from banning and removing Kaspersky software from all of the
government computers.
In a blog post today the company published a four-point plan:
Kaspersky will submit its source code for independent review by internationally recognised authorities, starting in Q1 2018.
Kaspersky also announced an independent review of its business
practices to assure the integrity of its solutions and internal
processes.
Kaspersky will establish three transparency centres in next three
years, "enabling clients, government bodies & concerned
organisations to review source code, update code and threat detection
rules."
Kaspersky will pay up to $100,000 in bug bounty rewards for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in its products.
"With these actions, we will be able to overcome mistrust and support
our commitment to protecting people in any country on our planet."
Kaspersky's CEO Eugene said.
However, infosec experts' twitter commentary shows that the damage has already been done.
"Code review is absolutely meaningless. All Russian intelligence need is
an access to KSN, Kaspersky's data lake which is a treasure trove of
data. Even open sourcing the entire product won't reveal or even help
with revealing that." Amit Serper, the security researcher at
Cybereason, tweeted.
Now it is important to see whether these actions will be enough to
restore the confidence of US government agencies in Kaspersky or the
company will be forced to move its base out of Russia.
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then you came to right place because in this video you will get little
information about features of trend micro maximum security
and i
have also tested trend micro maximum security 11.1.1045 with some
malicious url/unsafe websites/virus websites in order to check web
protection of trend micro. and i also used some malware samples to check
detection of trend micro.
trend micro maximum security features:-
-
Protects Against Ransomware: Safeguards documents from unauthorised
encryption, as well as backing up files that have been locked by
suspicious programs
- Blocks Dangerous Websites: Protects against
threats by identifying and blocking dangerous links on websites and in
social networks, emails, and instant messages
- Manages Your Online Privacy: Protects Your Privacy on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and LinkedIn Identifies privacy settings on social sites that may expose your personal information and lead to identity theft
-
Guards Against Identity Theft: Detects spam emails containing phishing
scams that can trick you into revealing private personal information
-
Secure Online Banking and Shopping: Verifies SSL certificate
authenticity, protecting your financial information from unsecure
banking and shopping sites
- Manages and Encrypts Passwords:
Includes a password manager to easily sign into websites without having
to remember multiple passwords. Works across multiple devices
- Toll Free Product Support: Product Support Includes standard product support
-
Safeguards Children Online: Protects Kids Online. Lets you control
desktop application access and restrict online access for kids,
protecting them from inappropriate websites
- Secures Android and iOS Mobile Devices: Locates lost or stolen devices and provides a secure browser
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A Polyline is a single
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than a line as you can assign a width to it.
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in
this, windows 10 security test, I used "8 molecious url" to test web
Prevention of Microsoft edge. and in windows defender test, I used "84
malware sample" to check detection.
Microsoft has done a good
thing of making sure that every Windows 10 PC has at least some degree
of antivirus protection. It's better than nothing, by a long shot.
However, it simply ignores lower-risk malware types, rather than letting
you choose whether to block them. Its lab test scores, while improved,
still aren't the best.
Another day, another news about a data breach, though this is something disconcerting.
Login credentials of more than half a million records belonging to
vehicle tracking device company SVR Tracking have leaked online,
potentially exposing the personal data and vehicle details of drivers
and businesses using its service.
Just two days ago, Viacom was found exposing the keys to its kingdom
on an unsecured Amazon S3 server, and this data breach is yet another
example of storing sensitive data on a misconfigured cloud server.
The Kromtech Security Center was first to discover
a wide-open, public-facing misconfigured Amazon Web Server (AWS) S3
cloud storage bucket containing a cache belonging to SVR that was left
publicly accessible for an unknown period.
Stands for Stolen Vehicle Records, the SVR Tracking service allows its
customers to track their vehicles in real time by attaching a physical
tracking device to vehicles in a discreet location, so their customers
can monitor and recover them in case their vehicles are stolen.
The leaked cache contained details of roughly 540,000 SVR accounts,
including email addresses and passwords, as well as users' vehicle data,
like VIN (vehicle identification number), IMEI numbers of GPS devices.
Since the leaked passwords were stored using SHA-1, a 20-years-old weak
cryptographic hash function that was designed by the US National
Security Agency (NSA), which can be cracked with ease.
The leaked database also exposed 339 logs that contained photographs and
data about vehicle status and maintenance records, along with a
document with information on the 427 dealerships that use SVR's tracking
services.
Interestingly, the exposed database also contained information where exactly in the car the physical tracking unit was hidden.
According to Kromtech, the total number of devices exposed "could be
much larger given the fact that many of the resellers or clients had
large numbers of devices for tracking."
Since SVR's car tracking device monitors a vehicle everywhere for the
past 120 days, anyone with access to SVR users' login credentials could
both track a vehicle in real time and create a detailed log of every
location the vehicle has visited using any internet connected device
like a desktop, laptop, mobile phone or tablet.
Eventually, the attacker could outright steal the vehicle or even rob a home when they know a car's owner is out.
Kromtech responsible alerted the company of the misconfigured AWS S3
cloud storage bucket, which has since been secured. However, It is
unclear whether the publically accessible data was possibly accessed by
hackers or not.
The interface for Autodesk Inventor is similar to many Windows-based
applications, and 3D design software packages. The graphics window, the
ribbon, the application frame, and the browser are all contained within
the main window. These tutorials show you how to navigate the interface
so you can begin building your designs.
Security
researchers have recently uncovered a cyber espionage group targeting
aerospace, defence and energy organisations in the United States, Saudi
Arabia and South Korea.
According to the latest research published Wednesday by US security firm
FireEye, an Iranian hacking group that it calls Advanced Persistent
Threat 33 (or APT33) has been targeting critical infrastructure, energy
and military sectors since at least 2013 as part of a massive
cyber-espionage operation to gather intelligence and steal trade
secrets.
The security firm also says it has evidence that APT33 works on behalf of Iran's government.
FireEye researchers have spotted
cyber attacks aimed by APT33 since at least May 2016 and found that the
group has successfully targeted aviation sector—both military and
commercial—as well as organisations in the energy sector with a link to
petrochemical.
The APT33 victims include a U.S. firm in the aerospace sector, a Saudi
Arabian business conglomerate with aviation holdings, and a South Korean
company involved in oil refining and petrochemicals.
Most recently, in May 2017, APT33 targeted employees of a Saudi
organisation and a South Korean business conglomerate using a malicious
file that attempted to entice them with job vacancies for a Saudi
Arabian petrochemical company.
"We believe the targeting of the Saudi organisation may have been an
attempt to gain insight into regional rivals, while the targeting of
South Korean companies may be due to South Korea’s recent partnerships
with Iran’s petrochemical industry as well as South Korea’s
relationships with Saudi petrochemical companies," the FireEye report
reads.
APT33 targets organisations by sending spear phishing emails with
malicious HTML links to infect targets' computers with malware. The
malware used by the espionage group includes DROPSHOT (dropper),
SHAPESHIFT (wiper) and TURNEDUP (custom backdoor, which is the final
payload).
However, in previous research published by Kaspersky, DROPSHOT was tracked by its researchers as StoneDrill, which targeted petroleum company in Europe and believed to be an updated version of Shamoon 2 malware.
"Although we have only directly observed APT33 use DROPSHOT to deliver
the TURNEDUP backdoor, we have identified multiple DROPSHOT samples in
the wild that drop SHAPESHIFT," the report reads.
The SHAPESHIFT malware can wipe disks, erase volumes and delete files, depending on its configuration.
According to FireEye, APT 33 sent hundreds of spear phishing emails last
year from several domains, which masqueraded as Saudi aviation
companies and international organisations, including Boeing, Alsalam
Aircraft Company and Northrop Grumman Aviation Arabia.
The security firm also believes APT 33 is linked to Nasr Institute, an
Iranian government organisation that conducts cyber warfare operations.
In July, researchers at Trend Micro and Israeli firm ClearSky uncovered another Iranian espionage group, dubbed Rocket Kittens,
that was also active since 2013 and targeted organisations and
individuals, including diplomats and researchers, in Israel, Saudi
Arabia, Turkey, the United States, Jordan and Germany.
However, FireEye report does not show any links between both the hacking
group. For more technical details about the APT33 operations, you can
head on to FireEye's official blog post.
The Recent discoveries of dangerous variants of the Android banking Trojan families, including Faketoken, Svpeng, and BankBot, present a significant threat to online users who may have their login credentials and valuable personal data stolen.
Security researchers from SfyLabs have now discovered
a new Android banking Trojan that is being rented on many dark websites
for $500 per month, SfyLabs' researcher Han Sahin told The Hacker News.
Dubbed Red Alert 2.0, the Android banking malware has been fully written from scratch, unlike other banking trojans, such as BankBot and ExoBot, which were evolved from the leaked source code of older trojans. The Red Alert banking malware has been
distributed via many online hacking forums since last few months, and
its creators have continuously been updating the malware to add new
functionalities in an effort to make it a dangerous threat to potential
victims.
Malware Blocks Incoming Calls from Banks
Like most other Android banking trojans, Red Alert has a large number of
capabilities such as stealing login credentials, hijacking SMS
messages, displaying an overlay on the top of legitimate apps, contact
list harvesting, among others. Besides this, Red Alert actors have also added an interesting
functionality to its malware, like blocking and logging all incoming
calls associated with banks and financial associations. This would potentially allow the Red Alert malware to prevent warnings
of a compromised account to be received by the victims from their
associated banks.
Malware Uses Twitter As Backup C&C Infrastructure
Another most interesting thing about Red
Alert 2.0 is that it uses Twitter to prevent losing bots when its
command and control server is knocked offline.
"When the bot fails to connect to the hardcoded C2 it will retrieve a
new C2 from a Twitter account," SfyLabs researchers said in a blog
post.
"This is something we have seen in the desktop banking malware world
before, but the first time we see it happening in an Android banking
trojan."
The Red Alert 2.0 is currently targeting victims from more than 60 banks
and social media apps across the world and works on Android 6.0
(Marshmallow) and previous versions.
Here's How the Red Alert 2.0 Trojan Works:
Once installed on victim's phone via the third-party app store, the
malware waits for the victim to open a banking or social media app,
whose interface it can simulate, and once detected, the Trojan
immediately overlays the original app with a fake user interface.
The fake interface then informs the
victim that there is an error while logging the user in and requests the
user to re-authenticate his/her account.
As soon as the user enters the credentials into the fake user interface,
Red Alert records them and sends them to the attacker-controlled
command and control (C&C) server to be used by the attackers to
hijack the account.
In case of banking apps, the recorded information is being used by
attackers to initiate fraudulent transactions and drain the victim's
bank account.
Since Red Alert 2.0 can also intercept SMS text messages received by the
infected smartphone, the trojan could work around two-factor
authentication techniques that otherwise are designed to throttle such
attacks.
Ways to Protect Yourself Against Such Android Banking Trojans
The easiest way to prevent yourself from being a victim of one such mobile banking Trojan is to avoid downloading apps via third-party app stores or links provided in SMS messages or emails.
Just to be on the safer side, go to Settings → Security and make sure
"Unknown sources" option is turned off on your Android device that
blocks installation of apps from unknown sources.
Most importantly, verify app permissions before installing any app, even
from official Google Play Store, and if you find any application asking
more than what it is meant for, just do not install it.
It is always a good idea to install an anti-virus app from a reputed
vendor that can detect and block such Trojan before it can infect your
device.
Also, always keep your system and apps up-to-date.
if you want to Modify Blog Widths, For Old and New Blogger Templates
then you came to right place, because in this video, I have shown one
blogspot trick to change width of body, posts, and sidebar.
Blogger
provides several pre-made templates that you can customize -- and this
customization includes the width. If you find that you want to customize
the overall size of your blog layout, you can do this directly from
Blogger's Template Designer. You don't need any HTML or CSS knowledge to
do this. When you change the width of the template, the main content
section of your blog will automatically re-size in relation to how you
set the width of your overall template.
Why increase the width:-
1- You can have bigger images in your blogs.
2- Good result in old browsers like Internet Explorer 6.
Microsoft has been gradually changing
its privacy settings in Windows 10 with the Fall Creators Update to give
its users more controls over their data.
In April, Microsoft addressed some initial privacy concerns in the Windows 10 Creators Update with simplified data collection levels—Security, Basic, Enhanced, and Full—and eventually revealed its data collection practices.
Now, the software giant is making another privacy-related change with
the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is due for release
in October 2017, giving you much more control over what apps can do with
your device.
Just like apps on your smartphone's app store, apps on Windows Store
also require permission to access your computer's critical
functionalities like camera, microphone, calendar, contacts, and music,
pictures and video libraries.
While Android and iOS allow you to limit
an app's permissions to access these sensitive things, these
permissions have currently been provided to all apps implicitly in the
Fall Creators Update, except for access to location data that needs an
explicit user permit.
But that's going to be changed.
For each new app installed on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the
operating system will prompt users for access to their device's camera,
microphone, contacts, calendar, and images and other information,
requiring an explicit opt-in for each app.
"Starting with the Fall Creators Update, we’re extending this experience
to other device capabilities for apps you install through the Windows
Store," Microsoft wrote in a post detailing the privacy improvements.
"You will be prompted to provide permission before an app can access key
device capabilities or information such as your camera, microphone,
contacts, and calendar, among others. This way you can choose which apps
can access information from specific features on your device."
However, when users install the Fall
Creators Update, existing applications on their device will retain their
permissions, but new apps installed from the official Windows Store
will require their access to be enabled explicitly.
In order to review and manage your existing app permissions, head on to
Start → Settings → Privacy. To learn more about Windows app permissions,
head on to this link.
Microsoft is set to test these privacy changes with Windows Insiders
shortly. The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will be released on October
17th.
if you want to learn how to use arc command in autocad 2018 then you
came to the right place because in this video shown how to draw arcs in
autocad 2018.
you can
Create arcs by specifying various combinations of center, endpoint,
start point, radius, angle, chord length, and direction values.
Arcs are drawn in a counterclockwise direction by default. Hold down the Ctrl key as you drag to draw in a clockwise direction.
"Methods to create arcs in autocad" :-
Draw Arcs by Specifying Three Points: You can create an arc by specifying three points.
Draw Arcs by Specifying Start, Center, End: You can create an arc using a start point, center, and a third point that determines the endpoint.
The
distance between the start point and the center determines the radius.
The endpoint is determined by a line from the center that passes through
the third point.
Draw Arcs by Specifying Start, Center, Angle: You can create an arc using a start point, center, and an included angle.
The
distance between the start point and the center determines the radius.
The other end of the arc is determined by specifying an included angle
that uses the center of the arc as the vertex.
Using different options, you can specify either the start point first or the center point first.
The
included angle determines the endpoint of the arc. Use the Start, End,
Angle method when you know both endpoints but cannot snap to a center
point.
Draw Arcs by Specifying Start, Center, Length: You can create an arc using a start point, center, and the length of a chord.
The
distance between the start point and the center determines the radius.
The other end of the arc is determined by specifying the length of a
chord between the start point and the endpoint of the arc.
Using different options, you can specify either the start point first or the center point first.
The length of the chord of the arc determines the included angle.
Draw Arcs by Specifying Start, End, Angle: You can create an arc using a start point, end point, and an included angle.
The included angle between the endpoints of the arc determines the center and the radius of the arc.
Draw Arcs by Specifying Start, End, Direction: You can create an arc using a start point, end point, and a tangent direction at the start point.
The
tangent direction can be specified either by locating a point on the
desired tangent line or by entering an angle. You can determine which
endpoint controls the tangent by changing the order in which you specify
the two endpoints.
Draw Arcs by Specifying Start, End, Radius: You can create an arc using a start point, end point, and a radius.
The
direction of the bulge of the arc is determined by the order in which
you specify its endpoints. You can specify the radius either by entering
it or by specifying a point at the desired radius distance.
1) What is a Page? A Page gives your nonprofit a voice and presence
on Facebook. Posting to your Page creates an opportunity for new people
to discover your organization and can serve as a hub for connecting your
community. People who like your Page may see your posts in News Feed
when they visit Facebook. People can also like your posts, add comments
and share them with their friends.
2) When Should You Use a Facebook Page for Your Nonprofit? A
Facebook Page may be a good option for you if your organization wants
to grow its community of supporters and create more connections and
interactions with people. Having a Facebook Page connects you to a
global network of over a billion people. When people share interests and
ideas on Facebook, it helps you find and connect with those who care
most about your work. If your organization already has a Page and you’re
thinking of creating an additional Page, first consider if Groups,
Events or Messenger will fit your needs instead. For many organizations,
having a single Facebook Page helps people find and stay up-to-date
with them and allows them to have a unified voice and message. For
others, particularly those that are decentralized or highly regional,
having multiple Pages helps them share tailored content.
3) How Can you Use your Page To Support your Mission? You can use your Page to: - Educate your community about your cause and update them on your organization - Find and connect with new supporters who share your passion - Engage your community by creating opportunities for people to interact with you and each other - Inspire people to take action by spreading the word, attending events, volunteering or donating funds
Do you believe that just because you have downloaded an app from the official app store, you're safe from malware?
Think twice before believing it.
A team of security researchers from several security firms have
uncovered a new, widespread botnet that consists of tens of thousands of
hacked Android smartphones.
Dubbed WireX, detected as "Android Clicker," the botnet network
primarily includes infected Android devices running one of the hundreds
of malicious apps installed from Google Play Store and is designed to
conduct massive application layer DDoS attacks.
Researchers from different Internet technology and security companies—which includes Akamai, CloudFlare,
Flashpoint, Google, Oracle Dyn, RiskIQ, Team Cymru—spotted a series of
cyber attacks earlier this month, and they collaborated to combat it.
Although Android malware campaigns are quite common these days and this
newly discovered campaign is also not that much sophisticated, I am
quite impressed with the way multiple security firms—where half of them
are competitors—came together and shared information to take down a
botnet.
WireX botnet was used to launch minor DDoS attacks earlier this month, but after mid-August, the attacks began to escalate.
The "WireX" botnet had already infected over 120,000 Android smartphones
at its peak earlier this month, and on 17th August, researchers noticed
a massive DDoS attack (primarily HTTP GET requests) originated from
more than 70,000 infected mobile devices from over 100 countries.
If your website has been DDoSed, look for the following pattern of User-Agent strings to check if it was WireX botnet:
After further investigation, security
researchers identified more than 300 malicious apps on Google’s official
Play Store, many of which purported to be media, video players,
ringtones, or tools for storage managers and app stores, which include
the malicious WireX code.
Just like many malicious apps, WireX apps do not act maliciously
immediately after the installation in order to evade detection and make
their ways to Google Play Store.
Instead, WireX apps wait patiently for
commands from its command and control servers located at multiple
subdomains of "axclick.store."
Google has identified and already blocked most of 300 WireX apps, which
were mostly downloaded by users in Russia, China, and other Asian
countries, although the WireX botnet is still active on a small scale.
If your device is running a newer
version of the Android operating system that includes Google's Play
Protect feature, the company will automatically remove WireX apps from
your device, if you have one installed.
Play Protect is Google's newly launched security feature that uses
machine learning and app usage analysis to remove (uninstall) malicious
apps from users Android smartphones to prevent further harm.
Also, it is highly recommended to install apps from reputed and verified
developers, even when downloading from Google official Play Store and
avoid installing unnecessary apps.
Additionally, you are strongly advised to always keep a good antivirus
app on your mobile device that can detect and block malicious apps
before they can infect your device, and always keep your device and apps
up-to-date.
Android malware continues to evolve with more sophisticated and
never-seen-before attack vectors and capabilities with every passing
day.
Just at the beginning of this week, Google removed over 500 Android apps utilising the rogue SDK—that secretly distribute spyware to users—from its Play Store marketplace.
Last month, we also saw first Android malware with code injecting capabilities making rounds on Google Play Store.
A few days after that, researchers discovered another malicious Android SDK ads library,
dubbed "Xavier," found installed on more than 800 different apps that
had been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store.
"Ransomware" threat is on the rise, and
cyber criminals are making millions of dollars by victimizing as many
people as they can—with WannaCry, NotPetya and LeakerLocker being the ransomware threats that made headlines recently.
What's BAD? Hacker even started selling ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) kits
in an attempt to spread this creepy threat more easily, so that even a
non-tech user can create their own ransomware and distribute the threat
to a wider audience.
The WORSE—You could see a massive increase in the number of
ransomware campaigns during the next several months—thanks to new
Android apps available for anyone to download that let them quickly and
easily create Android ransomware with their own devices.
Security researchers at Antivirus firm Symantec have spotted
some Android apps available on hacking forums and through
advertisements on a social networking messaging service popular in
China, which let any wannabe hacker download and use Trojan Development
Kits (TDKs).
How to Create Your Own Android Ransomware
With an easy-to-use interface, these apps are no different from any
other Android app apart from the fact that it allows users to create
their custom mobile malware with little to no programming knowledge.
To create customized ransomware, users can download one such app (for an
obvious reason i am not sharing the links), install and open it,
where it offers to choose from the following options, which are
displayed on the app's on-screen form:
The message that is to be shown on the locked screen of the infected device
The key to be used to unlock that infected device
The icon to be used by their malware
Custom mathematical operations to randomize the code
Type of animation to be displayed on the infected device
Once all of the information has been filled in, users just require hitting the "Create" button.
If the user hasn't before, the app will prompt him/her to subscribe to
the service before proceeding. The app allows the user to start an
online chat with its developer where he/she can arrange a one-time
payment.
After the payment has been made, the "malware is created and stored in the external storage in ready-to-ship condition," and then the user can continue with the process, making as many as victims as the user can.
"Anyone unlucky enough to be tricked into installing the malware will
end up with a locked device held to ransom," Symantec researchers say.
"The malware created using this automation process follows the typical
Lockdroid behavior of locking the device’s screen with a
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW and displaying a text field for the victim to enter
the unlock code."
The Lockdroid ransomware has the ability to lock the infected device,
change the device PIN, and delete all of its user data through a factory
reset, and even prevent the user from uninstalling the malware.
Such apps allow anyone interested in hacking and criminal activities to
develop a ready-to-use piece of ransomware malware just by using their
smartphones without any need to write a single line of code.
"However, these apps are not just useful for aspiring and inexperienced
cyber criminals as even hardened malware authors could find these
easy-to-use kits an efficient alternative to putting the work in
themselves," the researchers say.
So, get ready to expect an increase in mobile ransomware variants in coming months.
How to Protect Your Android Devices from Ransomware Attacks
In order to protect against such threats on mobile devices, you are recommended to:
Always keep regular backups of your important data.
Make sure that you run an active anti-virus security suite of tools on your machine.
Avoid downloading apps from unknown sites and third-party app stores.
Always pay close attention to the permissions requested by an app, even if it is downloaded from an official app store.
Do not open any email attachments from unknown sources.
A project is a system for organizing and accessing all files that are associated with a particular design job.
You can have any number of projects to manage your work.
Design
data in a project typically includes parts, assemblies, standard
components that are unique to your company, and libraries of
off-the-shelf components such as fasteners, fittings, or electrical
components.
Three projects are installed with the Inventor software: Default, samples, and tutorial files.
Determine
the type of project that is suitable for your situation, and set it up
before you start designing. It is difficult to migrate your files to a
project after the design becomes complex.
The Project wizard
steps you through the process to create a project. After you create a
project, you use the Project editor to set further options. At any time,
you can add or delete locations, or change the project name.
Default project:-
When
you install Autodesk Inventor, it installs a "Default" project
automatically. If you do not create a project or specify a different
project when you start working in Inventor, the default project is
automatically active. The default project does not define an editable
location. However, you can use it to create designs immediately, and
save files anywhere without regard to projects and file management. Your
files are saved to the default project.
Generally, you use the default project for experimentation only, not actual design work. You cannot delete the Default project.
Project (.ipj) file :-
Projects use a project (.ipj) file to store the paths to folders where your design data are located.
A
project (.ipj) file is a text file in .xml format. The Project wizard
creates it automatically when you create a project. The file specifies
the paths to folders that contain the files in the project. These stored
paths assure that links between files work properly. When you open a
file in a project, the program searches these paths in the order they
appear, for the file and any referenced files.
Before you work on model files, add the locations for folders to the project.
The project shortcut is located in the projects folder.
Settings in projects:-
A project defines the:
The folder where you edit files (Workgroup, or Workspace local to the computer of each designer.) A number of versions retained when you save a file. Content Center configuration settings. We recommend that you share the same Content Center Library folder for all projects. Project type (Single-user, or Autodesk Vault.).
Note:
Projects use relative paths rather than absolute paths when the project
locations such as the workspace, workgroup, or libraries are in a
subfolder of the folder that contains the project file. Projects
cross-file references are stored relative to the project folder
locations. You can maintain the references when you move, archive, and
restructure the project folders by updating the project file data.
Active project:-
The
active project is the project you currently have access to. When you
change projects, you change where the program searches for referenced
files. It also changes the file access dialog boxes. It is good practice
to open files from, and save files to only locations in the active
project.
If you came across any Facebook message with a video link sent by anyone, even your friend — just don’t click on it.
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted
an ongoing cross-platform campaign on Facebook Messenger, where users
receive a video link that redirects them to a fake website, luring them
to install malicious software.
Although it is still unclear how the
malware spreads, researchers believe spammers are using compromised
accounts, hijacked browsers, or clickjacking techniques to spread the
malicious link. The attackers make use of social
engineering to trick users into clicking the video link, which purports
to be from one of their Facebook friends, with the message that reads
"< your friend name > Video" followed by a bit.ly link, as shown.
Here's How this Cross-Platform Malware Works:
The URL redirects victims to a Google
doc that displays a dynamically generated video thumbnail, like a
playable movie, based on the sender's images, which if clicked, further
redirects users to another customised landing page depending upon their
browser and operating system.
For example, Mozilla Firefox users on Windows are redirected to a
website displaying a fake Flash Player Update notice, and then offered a
Windows executable, which is flagged as adware software.
Google Chrome users are redirected to a
website that masquerades as YouTube with similar YouTube logo, which
displays a fake error message popup, tricking victims into downloading a
malicious Chrome extension from the Google Web Store.
The extension actually is a downloader that downloads a file of attacker's choice to the victim's computer.
"At the time of writing, the file which should have been downloaded was
not available," David Jacoby, a chief security researcher from Kaspersky
Lab, writes in a blog post published today.
"One interesting finding is that the Chrome Extension has log files from
the developers displaying usernames. It is unclear if this is related
to the campaign, but it is still an amusing piece of information."
Users of Apple Mac OS X Safari ends up on a web page similar to when
using Firefox, but it was customised for MacOS users with a fake update
for Flash Media Player, which if clicked, downloads an OSX executable
.dmg file, which is also adware. Same in case of Linux, user redirects to another landing page designed for Linux users. The attackers behind the campaign are
not actually infecting users of all platform with any banking Trojan or
exploit kits, but with adware to make a lot of money by generating
revenue from ads.
Spam campaigns on Facebook are quite common. A few years ago, researchers found cyber criminals using boobytrapped .JPG image files to hide their malware in order to infect Facebook users with variants of the Locky ransomware, which encrypts all files on the infected PC until a ransom is paid.
To keep yourself safe, you are advised not to get curious to look at
images or video links sent by anyone, even your friend, without
verifying it with them, and always keep your antivirus software
up-to-date.
