Beware! Personalised mails can be a scam

BANGALORE: Cyber fraudsters now land up in your inbox as advocates, police officials and friends through emails laced with links to malicious software that can steal your credit cards and bank accounts details.

One of the most successful on-going email scams is the job offer letter claiming to be from the office of the Vasant Kunj, Delhi-based human resources executive at carmaker Maruti Udyog announcing selection to the final round interview. Another one claims to be from a senior advocate based in New Delhi and talks about a case that has been registered against you in a local court.

"These emails are no longer sent by bored teenagers from college basements; most of the scams are pretty well-researched and advanced," said Huzefa Motiwala, regional head at computer security software firm Symantec. "Rise in email scams is directly proportional to the increase in internet penetration in the country, especially with the number of first-time internet users going up each day."

A recent Cisco study found that India is the world's largest source of internet spam, followed by the US, South Korea and China. With over 130 million users, India's internet population is one of the fastest growing in the world, according to the Internet and Mobile Association of India.

According to Ravindra K Gadadi, deputy superintendent of Police at Karnataka police's cyber crime division, hundreds of email scam cases get registered with his department every week. "Until recently, most of these scams originated from Nigeria, making it extremely hard for police to find the actual culprits. But that has changed." He added that the cyber police team in Bangalore recently arrested a person from Andhra Pradesh who was behind an email scam campaign.

In another scam, "e-challan" of 500 for parking illegally, claiming to be from police department, were sent via email. The email offers several links for paying the fine by credit card, internet banking or even physically into an SBI account (No: 30119276964). "The hunt is on for a person based out of Bellari (in Karnataka) who is suspected to be part of a large internet scam," Gadadi added.

Source: Times Of India

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Facebook will showoff new News Feed today All you need to know

Facebook will show off a new look for the much used, News feed today. So how will one of Facebook's key feature change?

Well here's a look at what to expect.

Content Specific News Feeds :  According to TechCrunch's Josh Constine, These include a Photos feed of Facebook and Instagram photos, as well as a revamped Music feed of what friends are listening to, concerts, and new albums, according to multiple sources both within and close to Facebook. Larger images and image-based ads in the web and mobile feeds are coming too.

Does this make sense? Well yes. It does mean that you can now choose to concentrate on the kind of content that you are most interested in, instead of being bombarded with content from apps, or random status messages from friends who are not that close to you.

The bad part is this is going to be confusing as hell and once again it will take time to figure out the privacy settings for this.

Video ads: Video ads might be heading your way in the News Feed. In December 2012,Ad Agehad reported that,Facebook is set to unveil a new video-ad product in the first half of next year in its largest attempt to date to attract big swaths of ad dollars from TV advertisers, according to several industry executives who have been briefed on the company's plans over the past few weeks.

The report also stated that the ads should be out by April and will probably be only about 15 seconds in duration. In the Q4 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said, "Mobile ads have done well. Ads in newsfeed barely affected level of engagement in Facebook. There's a big opportunity for us here." Video is the future and Facebook is not going to pass that up. Zuckerberg clearly hasn't forgotten all the flak he got for not introducing mobile ads earlier.

A revamped Timeline: There have been persistent rumours that Facebook will revamp the Timeline to showcase likes, Photos etc more prominently. In fact, according toRead Write Web,the new design has been spotted in New Zealand and tends to put more focus on the column with your photos, links linked etc.

Will Facebook show this off today? That remains to be be seen. We will be live-blogging Facebook's event so do follow us on that.

Source : Firstpost.com

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Microsoft launches Office 365 in India

NEW DELHI: Software giant Microsoft launched its Office 365 for businesses in India, which will provide seamless sharing of data across PCs and mobiles using cloud computing technology.

"Office 365 unlocks social and mobility scenarios that will allow businesses and individuals to take full advantage of cloud computing. It gives them the freedom to do things, when, where and how they want," Microsoft India Chairman Bhaskar Pramanik said.

Since the solutions are cloud-based, users can access their mails and files through a variety of devices like desktops, laptops and mobile phones and work on projects while on the move, he added.

Cloud computing facilitates sharing of technological resources, software and digital information. Since it is internet-based, data and solutions can be accessed from anywhere using a browser.

With the suite of solutions, companies can use Office 365 for $6-22 (about Rs 330-1,200) per user per month and it can be installed on up to five devices for a single user under the Office 365 licensing.

"After 18 months, one in five of Microsoft's enterprise customers worldwide use the paid service, up from one in seven a year ago," Microsoft India General Manager (Customer and Partner Experience) Ramkumar Pichai said on the growing user base of Office 365.

It is one of the fastest growing businesses globally for Microsoft, since it was launched in 2011, he added.

Elaborating on the features of Office 365, Microsoft India Director (Office & Cloud) Sukhvinder Ahuja said "This service is more social, like SharePoint integrates with Yammer and Lync to provide a social platform that brings people and teams together to collaborate and share organisational knowledge and information."

The seamless capability of the suite across multiple devices -- tablets, PCs, phones -- makes its value all the more compelling, he added.

The launch is a part of Microsoft's comprehensive cloud services strategy. Microsoft 365 provides all the enterprise solutions on a flexible usage and payment model, along with security and simplified IT management.

Enterprises like Lupin, Godrej, Tata Communications, AEGON Religare, Tata Elxsi, FICCI, SIRO Clinpharm, Unilog, Dabur India, Adhunik Group, Infiniti Retail, etc, are already using the Office 365.

source: Times Of India

Now, 'air-write' emails to your loved ones via new smartphone tech

Now, a new technology has been developed that would allow users to draw letters in the air with their hand to write messages and emails. Computer scientists at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have created an innovative 'air-writing' glove system that replace the 'thumb-typing' texts or emails on keyboards or touch screen smartphones.


The glove, created by Christoph Amma and colleagues, is equipped with accelerometers and gyroscopes that detect hand movements, the Discovery News reports.


The system then identifies which letters are being drawn and converts them into digital text, which can then be wirelessly entered into an email, text message or other mobile apps.


The system uses pattern recognition software to interpret gestures and is capable of recognizing approximately 8,000 words, along with complete sentences.


Currently, the model has an error rate of 11 percent, but that drops to three percent once it identifies the user's air-writing style, the report said.


Source: Indian Express

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