New CEO of Google is Indian

India-born Sundar Pichai was named CEO of Google, which will be the new entity’s largest fully owned subsidiary, a thinly trimmed version of what it is now.

The new structure, which will take shape over the next few months, was announced by Page in a blogpost and in a filing to the Security and Exchange Commission.

“Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies,” Page said in the post, adding: “Our model is to have a strong CEO who runs each business, with Sergey and me in service to them as needed.”

Google, he added, will be the largest but a “bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main internet products contained in Alphabet instead”.

The “far afield” entities, he explained, would be Life Sciences, which works on on the glucose-sensing contact lens, and Calico, which is focussed on longevity.

Photographer Bimal Nepal accuses PM Narendra Modi’s social team of stealing his photo

PM Narendra Modi has run into controversy over a Facebook post on his official account. Modi's Facebook account has allegedly used a photograph of a US-based photographer, Bimal Nepal, to wish people on Dhanteras.
But surely that is not a problem? The issue is that the photograph has been allegedly used without taking permission from the photographer. At least, this is what Bimal Nepal claims.

How to control Window 10 excessive bandwidth usage

Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system which was released to the public from 29 July, reportedly has a Windows Update Delivery Optimisation feature that is enabled by default. This functionality automatically uses host computers and the internet bandwidth within to transmit updates to other Windows 10 PC users.If the bandwidth being used is creating problems.The Answer is mention below by Microsoft forum moderator Rohit Siddegowda.

While we continue to investigate the cause we would like to suggest changing the connection to Metered by doing the following:

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, clickSettings, and then click Change PC settings.)
Tap or click Network, and then tap or click Connections.
Tap or click the connection you want to change, and then, under Data usage, turn Set as a metered connection on or off.

How to Refill HP 12 A toner in Hindi Language

HP 12A cartridge is the most successful toner cartridge for hp laserset printers which can fit different models like HP LaserJet 1012, 1018, 1020, 1020+, 1022 printer series and also Canon 2900LBP.

And I will show how to refill the cartridge with 100% successful way with video  demonstration.

You Can not Disable Automatic Updates in Window 10 Home

Windows 10 is all set to launch on July 29 and will also be available on USB drives for purchase in retail channels.

So, if you are planning to install Windows 10 Home, one thing you must keep in your mind – You wish or not, the software updates for Microsoft’s new operating system will be mandatory.

Microsoft is planning to make a significant change to its software update policy by "removing the option to DISABLE software updates in Windows 10 Home".

This clearly indicates that all users of Windows operating system must agree to allow Microsoft to install software updates automatically.

In Windows 8.1, users get four options for Windows Update's behavior, which include:

• Download and Install Windows Updates Automatically
• Download Windows Updates automatically but Choose when to Install them
• Check for Updates but Choose when to Download and Install them
• Never check for, Download, or Install Updates

ISRO’s commercial website ‘hacked’

The website of ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation Limited was reportedly hacked on Sunday and the space agency said efforts are on to set it right.

“The home page of the Antrix Corporation Limited website seems to have been hacked and we have already intimated this to the officials (of Antrix) who are dealing with the problem,” a senior ISRO official told PTI.

He said other pages of the website were fine. “Other pages are fine... however the officials at Antrix are trying to find out the problem and solve it,” he said.

Asked how much time it would require for the site to be set right, he said, “At this point I can only say that the officials are trying to fix the problem.”

The official, who did not wish to be identified, however said the website is “under construction”.

Asked if the Chinese were suspected to be involved in the hacking, the official said, “We cannot confirm this also, but Antrix officials are looking into the glitch.”

The “hacking” comes two days after ISRO successfully launched five British commercial satellites onboard PSLV-C28 from Sriharikota in its heaviest commercial mission.

Antrix is ISRO’s marketing arm for promotion and commercialization of space products, technical consultancy services and transfer of technologies developed by ISRO.

It provides space products and services to international customers worldwide. Its clientele includes EADS Astrium, Intelsat, Avanti Group, WorldSpace, Inmarsat, and other space institutions in Europe, Middle East and South East Asia.

source-thehindu

Popular Android games stealing your Facebook credentials

Researchers with two security firms independently observed apps on the Google Play store that are stealing Facebook credentials, and one of the apps has been downloaded by up to a million Android users.

Cowboy Adventure is a working game by Tinker Studio that has between 500,000 and 1,000,000 downloads, but it is also malware – upon launching the app, certain users are met with a fraudulent Facebook login window that steals entered credentials and sends them to the attackers.

“If you have basic knowledge about OAuth, you should know that no [third] party could ask your [Facebook] account in this way,” a Wednesday post from security firm Trustlook said.

Digital India Unsecured:cyber crime in pune

Padma awardee Sanjay Dhande, who lost Rs 19 lakh to cyber fraudsters, says loopholes in system denying him justice.

It’s a double whammy for victim cyber crimes. Firstly, investigators have failed to nab the prime culprits. Secondly, the “flaws” in the legal system have apparently delayed and denied justice to victims. The case of Sanjay Govind Dhande, a resident of Pune, who lost Rs 19 lakh to cyber fraudsters, is a case in example.

A noted educationist and former director of the prestigious IIT Kanpur, Dhande was honoured with Padmashri in 2013. The same year, he lost a major part of his “life savings” to cyber criminals.
The case

Cyber criminals hacked Dhande’s account in ICICI’s Aundh branch in Pune in September 2013 and withdrew Rs 19 lakh from it through multiple illegal online transactions. They managed to block his mobile phone SIM card of Vodafone. Due to it, Dhande did not get any alerts from the bank regarding these transactions. Dhande got to know about it only after he got a call from the bank that his balance had gone below the lowest limit. Dhande then filed a complaint with the ICICI bank and also with the Chauhrshrungi police station.

Probe revealed that Dhande’s money was transferred to 11 bank accounts in Mumbai, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The money was withdrawn soon after it got transferred. After probe, police arrested three of these account holders from Mumbai. Fraudsters had paid them Rs 3,000 each for using their bank accounts. Account-holders from other places were not arrested. Probe also revealed the fraudsters has obtained a duplicate SIM card of Dhande’s contact number in Nagpur. Those involved in SIM card swapping have not being traced as yet.

Wireless Network security : Simple Tips

The whole aspect of security of wireless networks has become very important ever since terror e-mails were sent to media by alleged terrorists. Terrorists used unsecured wireless networks to hack into an individual's Wi-Fi network and sent e-mails just before bombs went off in Ahmedabad and New Delhi.

It is in this environment protecting your unsecured Wi-Fi network becomes very important lest somebody misuses the same.

Here are 10 simple ways in which you can secure your wireless network :


1. Change default administrator usernames and passwords :

Most routers or access points come enabled with a default set of username / password combinations. These combinations are well documented and available online for hackers to use. If a hacker can access your device's administrative pages they can modify the configuration and control all aspects of your device. These username / password combinations can be changed from the administrative panel and should be set to something difficult to guess.

Keep a password which is difficult to guess and not easy to crack. A good password is 8 characters long, not easily guessable, contains mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters as well as numbers and preferably contains special characters like.

How to "undo" Sent mail in gmail

Sending an important and confidential email to one of my friends and mistakenly clicked send to someone else. Holy crap!

This is something experienced by everyone of us at some point. When we accidentally hit the reply-all button, send an email to the wrong person, or sometimes forget to attach a file, and then left only with an instant pain of regret. It feels like there is no going back. Isn't it?

But to make you go back and rectify your mistakes, Google has rolled out a new feature that delays sending your email for 30 seconds after you hit Send, so that you can recall it if you want to make some changes.

You Have 30 Seconds to Unsend an Email

After the feature remained in public beta for six years, Google has finally brought this life-saving "Undo Send" feature to the main settings on the Web version of Google's Gmail service.

Simple Trick To Hijacking WhatsApp Account

The hugely popular smartphone messaging service WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook for over $20 billion last year, has reportedly been found to be prone to hijacking without unlocking or knowing your device password, making its hundreds of Millions of users vulnerable to, not just hackers, but also non-technical people.

This trick lets anyone surrounds you to get effectively control over your WhatsApp account. The attacker needs nothing more than a phone number of the target person and access to the target mobile phone for a few seconds, even if it is locked.

Hacking Whatsapp account in such scenario is not hard for your friends and colleagues.

This is not actually a loophole or vulnerability in WhatsApp, and rather it is just the way WhatsApp is designed and its account setup mechanism works.

NOTE: Moreover, we aren’t encouraging users to hack others WhatsApp account, but the purpose of publishing this article is to warn and remind our readers that you should be extra careful to whom you lend your mobile phone and not to leave it unattended for longer durations with strangers around.

The trick enables the offender to get full control over the victim’s WhatsApp account in no time and the most surprising part is that it independently works on all mobile platforms, including Android, Windows and Apple’s iOS.

Indian govt setting up botnet cleaning and malware analysis centre's

Government is setting up a centre that will detect malicious programmes like 'botnets' and help device owners remove such harmful softwares for free.

"We are setting up 'botnet' cleaning and malware analysis centre within three months. It will automatically detect botnets that trigger various cyber crimes and suggest the device owner to remove it from their device with help of our facility," IT Secretary R S Sharma said.

The project is a part of Digital India programme and aims to create safe and secure cyber space, Sharma said.

The centre is being set up with an outlay of about Rs 100 crore and national cyber security watchdog Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) has selected vendor for the same.

Botnet is a network of malicious softwares that can steal information, take control of device function and carry out cyber attacks like Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) that prevent access of websites.

Odisha minor girl committed suicide over obscene pics on Facebook

A minor girl in Odisha's Cuttack district committed suicide after her obscene pictures were circulated on a social networking site, police said on Friday.

A man in the 15-year-old girl's village had secretly clicked some photographs of the girl while she was taking a bath in the backyard of her house and blackmailed her into having a physical relationship him.

Later, he took pictures of their intimate moments which he then circulated among his friends and posted on Facebook as well.

When the girl's father came to know about it, he brought the matter before the village committee. The committee asked the 18-year-old man to marry the girl, but he refused.

Unable to face humiliation and social stigma, the girl committed suicide by consuming poison.

"We have registered a case of unnatural death on the basis of a complaint by the girl's father. We are searching for the youth who is absconding," said Nemala police station officer Jayashree Ojha.

The girl had recently appeared for her Class 10 examination while the man is a second year student at a local college.