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IE 7,8,9 0day in the wild – Microsoft Security Advisory (2757760) –...
Just after the JAVA-7 0day CVE-2012-4681, another 0day exploit, this time for Internet Explorer IE7,8,9; CVE-2012-4969 is found in the wild, actively used in targeted attacks. The said exploit, used...
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Mobile Pwn2Own: Android 4 on Galaxy S3 Pwnd n Ownd!
MWR Labs researchers at the EUSecWest security conference in Amsterdam for the Mobile Pwn2Own competition, demonstrated the exploit to pwn Android 4.0.4. Despite all the harsh exploit mitigation...
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Mobile Pwn2Own: iOS on iPhone 4S Pwnd n Ownd!
Researchers shows iPhone is not so bullet proof as Apple says. Joost Pol and Daan Keuper from Certified Secure exposed the entire address book, photo/video database and browsing history of the iPhone...
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HTC 8X and 8S Windows 8 Phones Launched.
HTC has officially announced the details about two new smart phones that run Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system: the Windows Phone 8 X and S by HTC. The announcement came ahead of the...
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Shiny new iOS6.
iOS6 just got released, with new features and tuneups. The upgrade is free over the air if you are running iPhone not older than 3GS, as per apple.com. This update contains over 200 new features,...
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Memory Limits for x86 Windows Releases and PAE!
From the very beginning we were taught the x86 platform wont be able to address more than 4GB ram, correct? It was logical and I believed that since x86 does have the capability to process only 32 bits...
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Android Remote Wipe Vulnerability : Your phone is under attack!
Yesterday an Android Vulnerability on Samsung phones was reported which allows malicious website to wipe a user’s device. The alleged vulnerability was not limited to Samsung devices. The later reports...
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Windows 8: Public Release and General Availability on 26 Oct 2012.
Windows 8, the new shiny OS is now available for the general public to download from Microsoft Stores. Microsoft is offering an upgrade offer if you are currently using Windows 7, for $39.99. For more...
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Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade…
Like Apache Hadoop MapReduce got a large overhaul and upgrade, there is been a local upgrade here too. Just got in to the lions den last week. Yep, you heard it correct, Asia’s one of the best Apache...
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YARN and MRv2: The New Incarnations In The Cloud!
As you all know, MapReduce has undergone a complete overhaul in hadoop-0.23 (or from CDH4 onwards, for the Cloudera fans like me) and we now have, what we call, MapReduce 2.0 (MRv2 or simply MR2) or...
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