1.9 Gbps Internet Speed in 4G.

             

             Internet has become one of the basic element of life and it is a backbone for many industries. Internet Speed is the major factor that determines the quality for any ISP. Recently an ISP has made a record breaking speed in 4G network.

             Top speed achieved in 4G network as of now is 300 Mbps but ISP named #Elisa, Finnish ISP with the help of Chinese technology Huawei achieved 1.9 Gbps (Gigabit per second) in 4G network.

             Actually the top speed achieved in 5G network is 1 Tbps (Terabit per second) by researchers from University and International Telecommunication Union achieved 20 Gbps in 5G network.

             Vodafone Germany is also planning to offer 1 Gbps by the end of 2016. It is stated that using Elisa the real time maximum possible speed is 450 Mbps where existing is 300 Mbps.

             It is to be noted that using Elisa 4G network one can download a Blu-ray film in the time period of 40-45 seconds.

P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.

WhatsApp to share Data with Facebook.

             WhatsApp one of the famous application used for messaging introduced End to End Encryption for all the users to maintain confidentiality for the chats. Recently they have decided to share the data with Facebook.

            Facebook acquired WhatsApp before and at that time WhatsApp stated that they will not share the data with their Parent company Facebook and will maintain user privacy but now the company has decided to share the user data with Facebook.

           Since they have implemented End to End Encryption no user data that are sent such as text or media files can be shared as they are encrypted, they can share contact number and other information. Parent Company Facebook inturn may sell the data to the advertisers to target users with targeted Ads.

          All users who updated WhatsApp application will be pushed with Agree to License Agreement which automatically gives permission to share your data with Facebook. Those who has done that may opt out of that feature within 30 days.

          To stop sharing of data go to Settings -> Account -> Uncheck the checkbox with text "Share Personal Info". This will popup a message and click Dont Share to stop sharing of data with Facebook.

          There are many other applications that provide all and more features than WhatsApp like Telegram and Signal. 

P.S: The Post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.

Microsoft Open Sources PowerShell.

          Microsoft has been slowly moving towards Ubuntu and Open sources these days. Recently there is a big move made by Microsoft. They have Open sourced the PowerShell. 

          Almost all kernel has a shell to interact with. In Windows based we have Command prompt as CLI utility and all Ubuntu based will have Bash (Bourne Again Shell) to interact with. In addition to Command prompt, Windows also has a powerful utility known as #PowerShell.

          PowerShell is a scripting language that is mostly used by power users such as administrators and other users to automate kernel tasks. One who masters PowerShell can unleash the real power in Windows Kernel.

         PowerShell is based on .NET framework and all the commands executed will return an object. Recently Microsoft open sources Powershell by making its source code to GitHub under permissive MIT license.

         They have made the binaries available for CentOS, Mac OS X, Linux kernels and Red Hat platforms. They have made the version of PowerShell based on .NET Core which is a cross platform so as to run on both Linux and Mac.

         It has been released as a community based and alpha version. The official version is yet to be released by Microsoft.

P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.

Google's Video Calling App - Duo.

            It has been already posted that Google is about to roll out two apps in the name #Allo - Smart messaging application and #Duo - Video calling application. Recently they rolled out the Duo application for both Android and iOS users.

            Google rolled out the new application Duo that is for video calling. It uses only the mobile number to activate and it also displays the username based on the contacts saved in the mobile. It uses #End to End Encryption to avoid any attack in between.

             Duo is also powered with a feature known as #knock-knock by which the recipient of the call will get the video feed of the caller before even answering the call in the locked screen.

            Duo also has the feature of switching between Wi-Fi and Mobile Data. It also has the feature of downgrading resolution automatically so as to prevent dropping or lagging of video due to bandwidth latency.

            Duo is now available for Android and iOS platforms but the official version is yet to be released by Google. If you are so keen in getting the application you can download Android Apk here. 

P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to be misused.

NSA's Hacking tools leaked online.

           United States of America leading one of the largest and sophisticated cyber intelligence agency in the name of NSA. Few days back a hacker group claimed to hack the #Equation Group - Cyber attack division of NSA. Recently the data and private tools has been leaked online.

           It is claimed by the hacker group #The Shadow Brokers that they have hacked the Equation Group and gained many private hacking tools used by the agency.

           Some of the exploits are published online and some security researchers considers the exploits to be legitimate and the group #The Shadow Brokers claims 1 Million bitcoins (568 Million USD) to dump the entire tools which includes installation scripts, exploits for famous vendor products such as Cisco and Firewall and so on.

            There is a news in the past that this Equation Group is responsible for Stuxnet attack but is not proved and the hackers claims that #Topsec, Chinese company is also target of Equation Group. 

            Some security researchers also claims that some of the code names relates to the documents leaked by the whistleblower #Edward snowden such as #BANANAGLEE and #EPICBANANA.

            The breach is not yet confirmed and there is a news that it may be a well organized hoax to gain Bitcoin in large amount and also to gain media attention. If this is proved, it will be historical hack in cyber history.

P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to create any negative impact.

#Use WhatsApp without Original Number.

              WhatsApp is the most popularly used application among smartphone users to send messages and also for calling. It almost replaced the traditional texting system. There is a way of using WhatsApp without using your original number.

              WhatsApp upon installation will ask for the mobile number to use and once the verification code has been verified, the application will startup with chat box. WhatsApp can not be used without this mobile activation step.

               If you are keen in using WhatsApp but not intended to reveal the original phone number then there is a way for you. Before proceeding it is purely for educational purpose and the author of this post is not responsible for any damage occured.

              Install WhatsApp freshly, it will prompt for the mobile verification and ask you to enter the mobile number along with the country code. Download and install Primo Application from play store. Enter the details and verify mobile number in Primo application.

              Once verification done with Primo application you will be displayed with Primo home where upon clicking on the menu button on top left corner a popup dialog will appear, find a number at the bottom of the menu displayed.

              It will be above the credits display and surely will not be your mobile number (Usually starts with +1 country code, may also be different) note that number. Go to WhatsApp application and enter the number with respective country code.

               Try to verify mobile number via phone call you will receive the call from primo application attend it and note the verification code. Enter the code and you are verified, now you can use WhatsApp without using original mobile number.

P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to be misused. Author of this post is not responsible for any act done by readers of this post.