Thursday 28 November 2013

The Operating System of Android is being used by hundreds of millions of users around the globe. But, the Google has not engineered one of the most sophisticated OS regarding data security as it contributes huge in data leakage. According to the latest report obtained by the Public Intelligence, the U.S Department of Homeland and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are fully aware of the threats imposed by the lack of security barriers in the program. More than 40 percent of the Android users around the world are using older versions between Android 2.3.3 to 2.3.7 i.e. Gingerbread. In those versions, many of the security bugs were not fixed that have been fixed in the latter versions.
There is nothing mentioned in the report about how much of the government officials of the US use an outdated version of the Android. But, there must a number of government officials who would have been using older versions of the Android OS; this thought is quite a horrifying one. As you know, a small incident of data breach by an employee can make the whole organization suffer, so is the case of government information would be different? Well, there is a big question mark on this statement. To tackle the problem of data breach is to dump the old devices for the newer ones.
Other than that, use of data security app such as Folder Lock for Android that can password protect your photos, videos, audio files, sensitive documents, secret notes, private contacts and other important data that needs some reasonable security. The Android OS is rated as one of the biggest threats imposed to data security by the experts. There is a need to make your information secure, otherwise, even a small case of data breach can haunt you for ages and it is hard to recover from that trauma.
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Wednesday 27 November 2013

There is nothing in the world that is perfect and has no vulnerabilities. The situation is not much different regarding the Smartphone’s Operating Systems. No matter you use iOS, Windows Phone OS, Blackberry or android, all the Operating Systems have some weaknesses. Android has much weaknesses related to data security that is why the percentage of successful mal attacks against the OS is nearly as high as up to 80 percent. To overcome the data security lacking of the Google’s OS, here are some simple guidelines that can make some big differences.
Do not leave your phone open for any unwanted access:
Try to keep your phone closer to you and do not leave it lying somewhere around unknown people. But, there can be mistakes like you forget to pick up your phone when leaving a party or such similar case. For such rainy days, you need to lock your phone with orthodox locking methods such as setting up a password either typing passwords or the pattern one, but, you just cannot keep your Android phone without any sort of security.
Install apps just from the official app store i.e. Google Play:
Android has more than 500 different sorts of devices that use Android as their basic Operating System; it is not easy for the Google to test every app that is to be released for Android. The Google’s OS is the perfect platform the mal programmers as they can upload infectious programs on different Android app stores that harm the users. So keep in mind that you only should get apps for your Android from Google Play, there are a number of app stores available online for the Android and it is a big threat. According the data security experts nearly 99 percent of the malicious programs are spread through bogus apps uploaded on a number of unauthorized app stores.
Avoid clicking unknown links in emails:
It is not a new trick of bullying innocent users; hackers have been practicing the technique of putting a mal link in an email and tempt the user to click it. Once you click that link, you open many doors for the hackers to your database. That is the reason that the data security experts always forbid the users to click on suspicious links contained in the strangers’ emails. The technique that the hackers have used for ages to trap the computer users, but, the method is much effective against the Android users.
Use data security app:
In order to make your data secured that is saved on your Android device, you ought password protect it with a reliable data security app such as Folder Lock for Android. You can lock and hide your private pictures, videos, audio files, documents, notes, contacts and everything you desire to make secure. You need to put up a strong password so that it is hard for the crooks to guess it.
If you follow the above given guidelines for data security, your data will surely become leak proof and you would not have to worry about your data’s security.
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Tuesday 26 November 2013


Blackberry was the Operating System that used to rule the enterprise phone market like a king. But, the things have changed now and iOS and Android has become the new champions in the race of smartphone Operating systems. The trend of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) has boosted the use of these Operating Systems and the culture of using Blackberry devices reduced. The use of the iPhone is reliable for the corporate use, but, it is near to impossible to make the Android devices secure as there are more than 500 Android devices available at the moment. Many people do not believe that Android devices are secure enough to be used for corporate use, but, the fact is that it can be secured by following these given guidelines.


Use the Latest Android Version
The security barriers in the Android Operating Systems are usually very unsatisfactory, but, if you are using an outdated version of the OS, the scenario can turn even worse. Google added the basic encryption facility for the first time in the version 3.0 of Android, before that version, any Android device used to leak data without showing any resistance. The earliest versions of the Operating Systems had absolutely no security measures protect data.

Be Careful while Downloading Apps
One of the biggest perks of using Android Operating systems is also its one of the biggest drawbacks, so be careful. Dissimilar from iOS or Windows Phone OS, you can download Android apps from many app stores other than the official app store of Google i.e. Google Play. It has made the unofficial Android app stores a platform for the programmers of malware programs. In the previous year of 2012, mobile malware increased by 163 percent and 95 percent of them was related to the Android Operating System. Android 4.2 was the first version that had some reasonable protection against viruses.

Use Security Applications
To keep a device secure, there is always an obvious need of keeping a security application and keep it up to date. As there are many fake or mal applications available for the Android Operating system, you have to opt for an app that is reliable and provide the ultimate data security such as Folder Lock for Android. As it can lock and hide your pictures and videos, voice memos, documents, personal notes confidential contacts and anything that is needed to be secured. The application is not just an ordinary program, but, it is a complete data security plan for your Android smartphone.

The biggest problem is that the smartphone users take the security of data saved in smartphones too light. Whereas, these small data breaches are so cruel that an incident of data leakage can lead towards the breach of records of the whole organization. A security expert explained that if a crook gets able to access the database of an employee, he can found a passage to his Google cloud applications and get hold of the weblogin that user uses to access all the Google services. So, these small mistakes can lead you to suffer some big losses, so stay secure and follow the guidelines given by the experts.

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Monday 25 November 2013

IT experts have always warned the computer users to avoid using public wifi in order to maintain their data security. The principle does not only apply to the users who use a PC or Mac, but, the users who surf websites using Smartphone via unsecured wifi should also beware of the threat. Especially the users of Android when it was first released were strictly warned from using the unsecured wifi after a research that proved that the Google’s Operating System has some real security flaws that can leak users’ data. A research conducted at the Ulm University of Germany  a couple of years back found that it was pretty easy for the hackers to access Android device’s database from Google’s photo sharing, calendar and contacts applications. Other than that, the widely used service of Gmail was also a gateway for the hackers to the 99 percent of the Android devices.
It was claimed by the Google that the security issues have been fixed in the second released version of Android, but, that claim has very little truth in it. The Operating System on Google is ruling about 80 percent of the Smartphone market, but, indeed it is not the safest of Operating Systems. As the facts suggest, more than 80 percent of the mal attacks get successful against the Android devices, this is really threatening regarding the data security as it can make you suffer some big losses. Android is a wonderful Operating Systems that is operated on a wide range of devices, so what is the remedy of this security concern?
The solution is very simple, using an application such as Folder Lock for Android that can secure anything you just name. It can lock and hide photos, videos, audios, documents, notes, voice memos, contacts and every single thing that you desire to secure. Moreover, with its feature PC/Mac, you can connect your Android smartphone with a computer without a data cable. To be honest, it is not just an app; it is a comprehensive data security plan for your Android which you can download absolutely FREE! So, just enjoy using your Android phone and just put the worries of losing data aside.
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Tuesday 19 November 2013


Hack attack is one of the worries for computer users that always haunt them. Hackers are such a genius species, but, they use their intelligence in the wrong manner. In order to prevent yourself from being a victim of such attack, below are some of the guidelines that can keep you safe.
Beware of clicking alien links
Usually, hackers trap their victim by pushing him or her towards clicking a link that is set by them and a single click on the link opens up many doors for hackers to reach the victim’s database. These kinds of links are often placed in the mal emails that hackers send to the computer users in bulk and ask them to click the link.
Set up strong passwords
The majority of the computer users do not really pay the much needed attention towards setting up a strong password. A strong password is the first line of defense for your database against hackers attack. A password should be a combination of about at least eight characters of upper and lower case letters along with the symbols and numbers. Change the password every now and then and avoid using dates, names or a combination of letters that are located nearby on the keyboard as a password.
Use anti malware programs
Anti malware programs are really handy in order to avoid hack attacks that are done through spreading different sorts of computer viruses. However, only keeping antivirus software will not help your cause, you need to update it on a regular basis so that it can protect your computer with the most advanced malware. Other than that, you need to use data security software that can act as a digital File Lock for your sensitive data.
Be careful while online shopping
Online shopping has always imposed some real threats to your financial data. Hackers design a different online shopping website that looks pretty authentic, but, when you give your required details such as name, email address, credit card number and phone number, it all gets saved in hackers’ database and then they try to bully you. Another precaution measure is that you should never use unsecured Wi-Fi connection to shop online. Stealing information from such hotspot connection is really a piece of cake for the hackers.
Avoid storing your card details on the web
The cloud technology is quite a useful one, but, it has some real drawbacks such as lack of security. Card number can lead you to a number of frauds that is why try to password protect it on your computer.
Keep your Smartphone and tablets secure
Smartphone and tablets are one of the devices that contribute big data leakages. As these smart phones and tablets have the capability to store huge amount of data and are very much prone to getting lost and stolen, when these gadgets are lost, all the information can easily be extracted out if they are not secured.
As wise people have said that precaution is better than regret, the above mentioned precaution can save you from a lifelong regret of sustaining a big loss. Data breach is such a curse that it won’t leave you after hurting for once; you will face its immense impact for ages, so be careful and be safe.
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Monday 18 November 2013

The Android Operating System that has the lion's share of nearly 80 percent of the market and the rest is shared by the other Operating Systems. In the last year of 2012 and the quarter of 2013, almost 187.4 million Android phones shipped; on the other hand only 31.2 million iPhones were shipped that is merely 13.2 percent of the market share. Windows Phone OS powered phones were the least to be delivered with just 8.7 million units that is 3.7 percent share of the market. Android and iOS are ruling the market of Smartphone at the moment, but, Windows Phone OS is also making room for them in the market.
The sales of Windows Phones have reached its highest level in the three month period ending in July. Windows Phone’s market has been increased up to 8.2 percent in some of the big European countries like the United Kingdom, France and even Germany. The citizens of countries such as; Australia, Mexico and some other countries are opting for Windows Phone and have got almost the 12 percent of the market share. In the presence of iOS and Android, it seems like there is no other Operating System available in the market. But, Windows Phone is emerging as a strong contender to take over the market of the Operating System.
The reason for Windows Phone’s success is its UI, stability and security. Android has quite some loopholes that in the end contribute in data breaches. Whereas, Windows Phone is quite efficient in securing data and Folder Lock for Windows Phone increases its efficiency even more. The new users who are switching to smart phones are opting for Windows Phone as it is the most user friendly OS and is available in a vast variety of devices. Almost 42 out of 100 first time Smartphone buyers are going for Windows Phone, this percentage is much higher than of Android or iOS.
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Sunday 17 November 2013

No matter what size of data you have, it is always on the target of cyber crooks to be attacked. Some months back in the current year, Yahoo Japan informed the users that they been hit by a hack attack in which they have compromised the information of about 22 million people. Earlier that incident Living Social an online daily dealing website revealed that unfortunately hackers have stolen the personal information of almost half a billion of the customers. These two attacks show how big the concern of online crime has become. There is no country, city, area or even an individual in the world that can claim that he or she has no threat to his or data for getting breached.

Cyber attack not only pinch sensitive data from you, but, also hurt you financially and harms your reputation quite a lot. As a study suggest when a person loses his identity or his delicate records, he can likely become a victim of fraud of in more than 240 ways. The terrifying part of data breach is that the victim. Every sector leaks a fair amount of data including industrial sector, the financial sector and the sector that leaks contributes most in data breach is healthcare sector. Data can be leaked either by the user himself or the company that has asked the customer to provide their personal information with a promise to keep it secure, but, they fail to do so. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights’ recent HIPAA revealed in their report that in the last 4 years (2009-2013) there have been about 78,000 recorded of information leakage. These compromised records imposed the penalties and losses of a sum of more than $15 million. The sector that contributed the lion's share in these leakages is the health care sector. The data security experts do advise some precautions and remedies, one of those is to use data security software that cans Lock Folders. Other than that, you must have the knowledge of how sensitive your data is and where have you kept it.
It is necessary to keep important to secure important information under strong password-protection, encrypt data, set up firewalls and regular update of antivirus programs. According to the law of Massachusetts, it is necessary for the business to encrypt the personal information that is saved in portable drives. The insider threat is not an alien term when you talk about data breaches. It is not necessary that the employees leak data for a purpose such as for selling data further or to make the company suffer. Usually employees leak information accidentally by losing portable drives or sending confidential emails to strangers by mistake. It is necessary to educate employees regarding the sensitivity of data security and Dos and Don’ts regarding it. The above given guidelines can help you avoid the majority of the horrifying data breaches that cause big losses. If a company loses data even after following the precautions that expert advice, they must notify the users that their personal records have been compromised as soon as possible. Notifying the users can control destruction to some extent for instance if credit card numbers have been stolen by a group of hackers, knowing the fact, users that deactivate their credit cards that will help their cause. This data security problem is ruthless and its graph is increasing day by day.
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Tuesday 12 November 2013

The best way you can defeat your enemy is to know their strength and weaknesses, their style of attack and tactics they use. The scenario is not much different in the case of the foes of your data. There is no doubt that hackers are the biggest enemy of your sensitive records, to protect your data from these e-crooks, you need to be aware of their tactics.




Sniffer
Sniffer is the technique through hackers tries to catch the packets during the transition on the internet. They grasp the IDs and passwords through these channels and then use it for their own good.
Spoofing
Spoofing is also another known and probably the most commonly used technique by the hackers to bully innocent users. In this method, they simply a fake email address or a website and ask their IDs, passwords or even credit card numbers through it.
Trojan horse
It is a skillful and technical way to hunt prey for hackers. The Trojan horse technique is the one in which they add an instruction in a software that leads them to leak their data through different sources.
Malicious apps
Hackers are quite brainy and they use the latest techniques to fulfill their devilish desires. The cyber criminals develop small apps that are coded in reliable computer languages, but, they are prone to make your computer sick and it eventually spits out data. Sometimes these apps can extract out passwords that you enter into different places.
Dumpster Driving
In this kind of data theft attempt, the hackers scan the dumped information of companies and try to find something that can help them in stealing information.
These were some of the common effective techniques used by the hackers to fool the computer users. You can avoid these breaches if you keep yourself attentive. Other than that, using security software that can Lock Folders can also help you in tackling these criminals. Individuals and small companies are an easy target for the hackers that are why they tend to get their data. Keep your database well protected as these data breaches are extremely costly.
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Monday 11 November 2013

The trend of data breach is increasing significantly. The proof such increment in the information leakage incidents is the rise of almost hundred percent in a year as compared to 2011. The interesting fact is that, in the year of 2012, there were 2,644 cases if record breach that leaked nearly 267 million records as compared to the 412 million records that breached in 2011. There was an increase in the incidents of data breach, but, a massive decrease in the number of records breach. As per a bit of number-crunching by the Open Security Foundation that works for data breach and data loss consultancy that the majority of the records breached came from Shanghai Roadway by, a Chinese unit Dun and Bradstreet. It was later revealed that 4 employees in this act, they used to sell a record for 23 cents and they sold about 150 million records. The sum they generated was really a huge one.

It was also found that there were hackers in the majority of the data breach incidents that took place last year. Once again the statistics that the world got were surprising; hackers were responsible for almost 1,802 information leakage incidents that were about 68 percent of the total cases that occurred. Still, the records that got compromised through these breaches were only 22 percent approximately. Experts have always rated insider threat as the biggest threat to data security after cyber criminals’ peril. The experts have proven once again right as 19 percent of all the data breach incidents have been occurred due to the insider employees. There may be intentional or unintentional information leakages, but, the astonishing factor is that, about 66 percent of the records were leaked by the own employees of the company.
The percentage of data leaked through insider source was as; 7.1 percent of the data was leaked through the mal insiders like Dun and Bradstreet, another 8.9 percent record got compromised incidentally that leaked nearly about 5 percent data. As data is basically theft to perform different types of fraud. The most common type of fraud is through entering a user ID and password, that is why it is the information that have stolen in more than almost 44 percent of data leakage incidents. Credit card numbers contributes 6.4 percent in the total numbers of records breach; the theft of credit card numbers often harms the user the most. It hurts the owner of the credit card big time.
The above given statistics are quite horrifying as it can make you a victim of online fraud as well as it can haunt you for ages. To avoid these scary incidences of records breach, you need to use software that act as a digital File Lock for your data. It has become obvious to keep tight security for your sensitive records in to avoid gigantic losses. Users should take precautions that data security experts advise them, such as; avoid using public wi-fi connections, do not share anywhere on the web and some other advices. Keeping your information secure is like keeping your wealth, goodwill and peace of mind protected.
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Sunday 10 November 2013

Some days back, a scandal of data theft was reported in which a female employee of Barclays Bank stole the personal information of a customer from the bank’s database. It was later revealed that the employee were dating that customer and wanted to extract some personal information of his to know his marital status, number of children he has, address and other information. She took that man’s data and forwarded to one of her friends to keep it safe. While she was performing such activities, she was well aware of the fact that she is going against the code of conduct and can cause her severe punishment and can also cost her job.
Later, that female employee was sentenced to a fine of £2,990 and ordered by the court to pay the victim surcharge of amount £120 along with the prosecution fee of £250. She accessed the client’s personal information more than 20 times and also handed over the records to the third person. The punishment that the lady worker suffered was very lenient, even Police did not record the prosecution in their database, and the woman has a clean sheet regarding any sort of crime. These sorts of precedents will not help a bit in controlling the trend of data theft.
The person who got his personal information compromised was quite lucky that he did not become a victim of cyber crime. The data thieve had to intention of performing any fraudulent activity with his personal information; otherwise, he would have suffered big time. As the experts rate insider threat as one of the biggest threat to data security again and again, companies need to take some vital steps to neutralize this threat. Securing client’s data and other sensitive information under the password protection of software that can act as a digital File Lock will definitely help the cause. Data breach can harm the goodwill of the organization and can also cause big financial losses, so they need to make sure data security is unbreakable.
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Wednesday 6 November 2013

Online Safety

Internet scams have been around ever since the internet first came on to scene. Fraudsters with an internet connection are constantly finding new techniques to con unsuspecting innocent users, all thanks to the internet. In this guide, you’ll learn the various and most popular scams e-crooks use to steal your money and your identity.

The Nigerian Millionaire Widow Scam:
You receive an email from a young Nigerian widow who is in need of desperate help. She has inherited over a million dollars from her dead husband and is offering to give you a significant cut. If you help her retrieve her money by sending her a few hundred dollars which would cover the legal and administrative fees needed to release her inheritance. Using powerful persuasion techniques and emotions, most people are easily overwhelmed by greed and believe this is the real-deal. This is just one variation of the scam, there are many others using just as powerful persuasive stories to win over your trust. Once you end up wiring the money, don’t be surprised if you never received the promised million dollars. You my friend have been duped!
Preapproved Home Loan Scam:
Despite your horrible credit history, you receive an email stating you are preapproved for $500,000 mortgage loan. All that is required is that you pay an upfront annual fee before the loan could be issued to you. Just think about it, why would any bank be foolish enough to loan you half a million dollars despite your bad credit? Sadly, it’s a scam. Once you pay the so called “up front annual fee” you won’t hear back from them. While most people can easily come to know about the scam just by dubious request for an upfront annual or service fee, some, unlucky folks are stupefied into paying the upfront fee.
You Won the Lottery Scam:
Do you know a person who doesn’t want to be rich? Probably not, the reality is that every human being desires to be wealthy. Scammers have used this human weakness to their advantage. Perhaps this format of scam is the most common, and it’s likely you’ve received a similar email in the past. You receive an email message stating you have won 2 million dollars in state lottery. Whether you have participated or not, the mere concept of you winning 2 million dollars is enough to cloud your judgment, and that’s where you end up sending fixed amount of money to scam artists.
Public Wifi Hazards:
Avoid using public Wifi services, they may be free, but you may end up paying by having your identity stolen. Always use Wifi encryption software to mask your identity and encrypt your data using software that can act as File Lock.
Phishing and Fake Links:
Perhaps it’s very easy for anyone to fall victim to phishing scams. This type of scam is perhaps the most sinister and damaging. E-crooks usually send you a fake link instructing you to click on that link and to login to your e-banking account. As you enter your username and password in their respective fields, your credentials are being recorded in the background by a key logging software. These fake bank sites seem extremely convincing as the real deal, however, they are not. How can you distinguish fake from the real deal? Simple, make sure the website starts with HTTPS instead of HTTP. If you have any doubts about the validity of the website, contact your bank immediately.
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Tuesday 5 November 2013

Is a Nexus Phone Running on KitKat Any Sweeter?

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There are so many devices based on Google’s Android operating system that it’s hard to keep track of them all. But each year Google works with a hardware maker to produce a “best of Android” phone and tablet, called the Nexus models, which are often used to launch a new version of the OS and to strip away the quirks and variations other makers and carriers layer on top of Android.
I’ve been testing the latest of these Google-designed phones, the Nexus 5 made by LG of South Korea, and the newest version of Android, called KitKat, or Android 4.4. I like both, though neither is an especially bold leap forward in features. They are mainly designed to do two things: to integrate Google’s own features and services even more deeply into Android, and to lower the price of phones capable of running the latest version of Android.
The Nexus 5 is designed to offer robust hardware specs to buyers of premium phones at a much lower unsubsidized price than market leaders Apple and Samsung charge for their top-of-the-line models. It starts at $349 for an unsubsidized, unlocked, 16 gigabyte model—about $300 less than what a similarly unsubsidized, full-price, iPhone 5S or Samsung Galaxy S4 costs.
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Its biggest advantage over its predecessor, the Nexus 4, is that it supports LTE, the fastest and most robust cellular data network that is most widely used in the U.S. Its biggest downside is that, ironically, it won’t work on Verizon, which has been the leader in deploying LTE.
KitKat, which will appear on other Android phones, has been engineered under the hood so it can run on much lower-priced, lower-powered phones, especially in emerging markets. KitKat was designed to demand much less memory. (Google is using the name by striking a marketing agreement with the candy bar’s owner, Nestlé and its U.S. maker, Hershey.)
Google hopes this re-engineering will gradually ease the fragmentation of Android, in which most devices use different versions of the OS and only a minority run the latest version. This fragmentation, which is in contrast to Apple’s devices, often deters app developers from launching their software on Android first, despite Android’s much larger market share. It’s much simpler to develop for the more unified Apple platform.
Nexus 5
The new Nexus 5 has a larger, higher-resolution screen than the Nexus 4, but manages to be thinner and lighter. The screen is just under 5 inches, versus 4.7 inches for last year’s model. It is substantially larger, thicker and heavier than the iPhone 5S, but the iPhone has a smaller, lower-resolution screen.
The plastic Nexus 5 felt very comfortable in the hand, especially for a large-screen phone. This was partly due to a soft, rubbery back. The speaker, which was poor on the last model, is much better on this one. Calls were quite crisp and clear.
The Nexus 5, which I tested on T-Mobile’s LTE network, got fast cellular speeds, similar to those on the latest iPhone, and much better than those I get on the Nexus 4. But I found its Wi-Fi speeds, while good, fell short of those on the latest Samsung and Apple devices. I didn’t do a formal battery test, but the battery appeared to last a full day.
The Nexus 5 will be sold directly by Google, and by Sprint and T-Mobile. It won’t be sold by AT&T, but will work with an AT&T SIM card, according to Google. To make it compatible with Verizon’s network, Google says it would have had to make a special model and chose not to do so. This is a big minus.
The screen was clear and sharp, though a little dimmer than on some competing high-end phones. Touch was very responsive and the device was speedy.
This new phone has several key new features.
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Like the Moto X, from Google-owned Motorola, it accepts voice commands without requiring you to first tap an icon or button. You just say “OK Google,” and it performs a search or answers a question. This worked most, but not all, of the time.
You can now get to the Google Now predictive intelligence feature, which gives you the weather, sports scores, commuting times and more, by simply swiping right on the home screen.
The camera has now been improved to allow in more light, and has an advanced feature called HDR+, which improves on the common HDR feature in other phones by taking more quick shots to try and get the best one. There’s also a small gyroscope built in to help stabilize shaky images.
I was underwhelmed by the Nexus 5 camera and didn’t find it a match for the latest iPhone camera. The pictures from the Nexus 5 were generally good, but not great, especially indoors. Details didn’t pop and in one or two cases, images were a bit blurry.
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KitKat
While the primary goal of KitKat was to run in a much smaller amount of memory, it has a few notable new features. The phone app now places recent and frequent callers first in its favorite callers list and de-emphasizes the full list of contacts and the dialer keypad. When you search for a contact, it will also return results for nearby places and businesses, which you formerly had to look for in Google Maps or other apps.
The phone app also tries to provide caller ID info when a local business that isn’t in your contacts list calls you, drawing on information from Google Maps.
Text messages now appear in Google’s proprietary messaging app, Hangouts, much the way Apple earlier unified text messages with its own proprietary messaging app, iMessage.
And, in another catch-up with Apple, KitKat has the built-in ability to act as a pedometer, though this requires special hardware, so far only available with the Nexus 5. Fitness apps must be rewritten to use this feature.
KitKat is also somewhat smoother and faster than its predecessor, Jelly Bean, at least on the Nexus 5. All of these KitKat features worked fine, but none was a huge deal to me.
Nexus 5 is the best Nexus phone I’ve tested. But the phone and its software are designed more to bolster Google features and global Android dominance than to wow sophisticated users.
Apple Inc on Tuesday disclosed the number of information requests it received from governments around the world, making it one of the last big tech companies to do so in the wake of the controversy over data collection by U.S. national security agencies.
In its report, which follows similar disclosures from Microsoft Corp, Google Inc, Facebook Inc and others, Apple signaled its opposition to U.S. government strictures on the type of data it is allowed to report, and called for more transparency in the process.
From January 1 to June 30 this year, Apple said it received between 1,000 and 2,000 account information requests from U.S. law enforcement bodies, affecting between 2,000 and 3,000 Apple accounts. It said it disclosed data on zero to 1,000 accounts.
Apple, along with other technology companies, is allowed only to report such numbers in increments of 1,000 and must combine law enforcement and national security requests, making it impossible to know exactly how many are security-related.
The company registered its opposition to those strictures on Tuesday.
"We feel strongly that the government should lift the gag order and permit companies to disclose complete and accurate numbers regarding FISA (Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act)requests and National Security Letters," Apple said in its report. "We will continue to aggressively pursue our ability to be more transparent."
Microsoft, Google and other tech companies are challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's stance on restricting the disclosure of FISA court orders, so far with no success.
Apple said on Tuesday it filed a letter with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court supporting a group of cases requesting greater transparency.
Tech companies are keen to push for, or at least be seen to be pushing for, transparency in their dealings with U.S. intelligence agencies. Revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have suggested they allowed the NSA direct access to servers containing customer data, an allegation they deny.
Saving data digitally has become extremely popular due to its portability. A hard drive can save terabytes of data, if you try to save a similar amount of data in compact disks, it may require thousands of CDs. On one side mobility of data in digital storage is the biggest reason of its popularity; it is also the biggest drawback of this technology. Information saved digitally is always at the aim of cyber criminals, and data stored on portable drives like USB drives or memory cards always have a fair chance of losing it. Statistics related to these data breaches are astonishing. Hackers are not the biggest source of information breach; however, data breaches due to hackers are the most costly ones.

The wicked attacks of e-crooks cost $157 per data breach on an average everywhere. But, the biggest reason of data leakage is human error which has resulted two-thirds of the total data breaches in the previous year. Human error includes loss of a laptop, in a research, it was discovered that more than 45 percent of laptop that get stolen, contains delicate information. Out of those 46 percent, only 16 percent of the laptops possess some security tools to fight data breach.
Malicious attacks do not only mean the attacks of cyber devils, it also includes the acts of the internal black sheep of the organization. Hackers and internal theft of data contributed up to almost 47 percent of the total breaches in the United States in 2012. In the recent past year, almost 1.1 million of identities were exposed worldwide per breach. In the exposure of these identities, not only the hackers were guilty because 232.4 million of the identities were leaked deliberately. Deliberate breaches were mainly of costumers identities so that they can be used for the purpose of fraud.
The above numbers show that your data have been always at the stake of a breach, you need to have proper security measures. About 50 to 55 percent of the companies in the United States has suffered leakage of some kind of confidential information. Hackers are not the only foe to a company’s data. As per the statistics presented, cyber thieves and internal employees of the company jointly bring real danger to the company’s records. It will be a wise step for a business if it uses security software that can Lock Folders. Organizations have to tackle the both perils at the same time; hackers can sneak files from your computer by accessing your system with different techniques. Whereas, employees can steal data by copying it on their portable drives and taking it away.

The vast majority of the victims of data breach are not the pre-determined aims of the hackers. They fall into the traps plotted by e-criminals due to the negligence of internet security. They do not avoid clicking mal links contained by the spam sent by the hackers. Clicking those links, users allow a safe passage to the hackers to their computer. More than 70 percent of the victims became prey in search of opportunities to earn or to win a free gift hamper. The cost of data breach is increasing, it was $130 per record, but, in the current year, it has been increased up to $136. According to an estimate made by experts, cost and incidents of data breach are likely to be increased by 10 percent within the next three years.
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Monday 4 November 2013

Data security is a growing concern for every computer user around the globe. Whenever you think of storing your personal sensitive data, the first thought that should pop up your mind must be regarding data its security. The records that you will not want to be breached at any cost are private photos and videos, financial information, business plans, marketing strategies and some other similar information. It is not much of a mystery that why an incident of data leakage can harm your business and your personal life. That is why it is necessary to keep tight security of your database. To serve the purpose, there are some guidelines given by the experts that you need to follow.
Setting up Strong Password
Setting up a strong password for the security of your data is still significant. A strong password consists of about 8 to 12 characters that include upper and lowercase letter with some numbers and symbols. It is also advised by the data security experts to avoid setting up a password with a combination of letters that are located close on the keyboard. Keeping your name spelled backward, important dates of your life or phone numbers as your password is a bad idea. A password that is easy to remember, but, hard to guess is the way to go.
Data Security Software
The orthodox methods of hiding and locking file are not effective anymore. The hackers keep themselves well equipped to tackle such security barriers. Whereas, using software that can act as File Lock is a better idea to make your data safe and sound.
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Updating Programs Regularly
The majority of the users that are concerned a bit of data security use anti malware programs. But, the problem is that, they keep those applications in the computer and run them every now and then, but, they do not update it. Hackers are well organized and they always improve their techniques, the program should be updated so that it can neutralize the new practices of the crooks.
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Friday 1 November 2013

spam-lawWhen the companies get unable in securing the personal information of their customers, those customers try to knock on the door of the court to get justice and compensation. But, it is not like a walk in garden to prove in the court that their records have been compromised by fault of the company. Whereas, it is extremely difficult to make the adjudicator to believe you are not guilty for losing your data. The statistics from the US Department of Health and Human services show that the data of more than 22 million people have been compromised within just a span of four years through health care industry or insurance companies. The humongous number of records has been breached in a total of 587 data breach cases.
The reason behind suing the health policy and insurance companies that leak personal data of the customers is that these companies are responsible for taking care of data, but, they fail to do so. These companies do not take proper measures to make the data secure as they need to. Now, the majority of the companies tend to save data on the cloud for as it is considered to be the best place for data storage. However, the cloud technology is not the safest place to keep the data as hackers target online database quite often. But, if they use some software that can act as a File Lock and those locked files are uploaded to the cloud it can be proved to be a secure database.
Data breach can be immensely injurious to the goodwill of the company and push the person of whom the data is leaked into a number of dangers. As data security experts said that on an average, a record breach can in more than 120,000 cases of fraud, that figure is simply horrible. Data breach is an issue that seems to get worse every year; IT professionals predict that by the year of 2016, there will be an increase of about 10 percent in such incidents. Proper steps are needed to be taken now; otherwise, even a negligible incident of information leakage can haunt you for years.
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