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A new tool has been developed by Scientists from Dependable Systems Lab at EPFL l that would help prevent bug manifestations in computer software. The latest version of Dimmunix is developed by a team led by Prof. George Candea at EPFL. It is available for free download. It enables entire networks of computers to cooperate in order to collectively manage bugs in the software. It enables programs to avoid future recurrences of bugs without any assistance from users or programmers. The approach, termed “failure immunity,” starts working the first time a bug occurs - it saves a signature of the bug, then observes how the computer reacts, and records a trace. When the bug is about to manifest again, Dimmunix uses these traces to recognize the bug and automatically alters the execution so the program continues to run smoothly. With Dimmunix, the Web browser learns how to avoid freezing a second time when bugs associated with, for example, plug-ins occur. The latest version uses cloud computing technology to take advantage of networks and thereby inoculating entire communities of computers. Dimmunix is able to safely protect programs from bugs, even in untrusted environments such as the Internet. This is indeed a boon for users as they can be confident that their system and files will be safe without additional effort.

This article is primarily for the aspirants and investigators of the IT forensic World. It is a fact that the technique of capturing the evidence from the crime site decides the course of an investigation. In order to make this process more effective and reliable keeping the parameters like significances and volatile nature of data in business. Here arises the need of an innovative technology that can be applied to capture “live” evidence on a computer at the scene of an investigation before it is powered down.

This article is written with a purpose to provide you the glance over the efficient software technologies which are especially innovated to craft investigating procedures trouble-free & absolute.

To facilitate & decipher the evidences collection procedure simple, Agape Python, which stands separate from the crowd of others, designed exclusively for law enforcement agencies. It provides fast, easy-to-use, comprehensive, cost effective forensic capabilities which require nominal computer knowledge to apply. It is integrated with number of commands which can considerably minimize the time to collect digital evidence at the crime site. It eliminates the necessity to seize a computer itself, which usually involves disconnecting from a network, potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for evidence on site. In view of the fact that the network data is so volatile this may be lost in a process of turning off the computer.

It is an all in one software that supports Index Hard Disks on the fly, decrypt passwords and analyze a computer’s Internet activity, as well as data stored in the computer and much more…. with lighting speed.

And all these unique functionalities comes in a light weight, easy to carry, ready to use plug-in USB “thumb drive” to seize the data from the computer that may have been used in crimes without taking into the custody. So Just “PLUG IN & EXTRACT”

Jayesh Bellani
Executive: Fraud Management System
Agape Inc

AgapeMobiTool upgrades itself with some new features and high speed cell phone data acquisition. MobiTool acquires data from GSM/CDMA 3G SIM cards. It captures Text Messages, Phonebook, Call Logs, IMEI number, Battery Status, and Phone Information from GSM/CDMA 3G SIMCARDS even if it is deleted.

MobiTool acquires data from mobile phone memory including Pictures, Video’s, Audio’s and Themes. Some more features are it performs Physical and Logical Acquisition, Text, Hex & ASCII data viewing options is available and Generate report using XML style sheet.

Agape MobiTool reserved data integrity by MD5 & SHA1 & SHA512. AgapeMobiTool is forensically valid software for acquiring & decoding data stored in Mobile phone & SIM. It maintains chain of events to find information from a device for investigation purposes.

Below is the 10 day trail version download for Agape MobiTool Software

http://www.agapeinc.in/blue/agape-mobitool.php

Computers have become part and Parcel of our day to day life. Today, Computers are use to do business presentations and generate statistics. We make use of computers to surf internet, send and receive emails as well as communicate with our friends through instant messaging services. In fact, computers have made our lives easier. However, due to the widespread use of computers, some people have misused them in illicit activities and alarming increase in the rate of cyber crime has caused losses in billion of dollars annually. Currently, technology has been widely exploited in order to commit serious crimes including ID thefts, phishing and other online fraudulent crimes.

Computer forensics can be defined as a way to investigate all these types of cyber crimes. A computer forensics expert can do a large variety of jobs on several different types of cases. Forensics experts are brought on when a case involves anything with a computer, phone or other electronic devices that store and send information. The main tasks of the experts in this field are to identify, preserve, extract and compile the data involved in criminal activities so that it can be used in the court of law.

It is basically a technical job that provides great satisfaction of working in the criminal justice system without the danger of being a police officer. For those people who are in the midst of deciding their career path, computer forensics is an ideal career for their consideration.

Do you have a passion for computers and the internet?
Have you always wanted to solve online crimes?
Do you want to start a career in this interesting, demanding & challenging field of Digital Forensics. Here are the some reasons why should you opt for this respective career :

• It can be a life long career that provides you a stable lifestyle for now and in the future due to its high demand in the job market.
• This job offers a high salary and lucrative income.
• The more skills and knowledge you have, the higher qualification you possess and the more income you obtain.
• It is a very challenging and exciting job.
• You can learn many advanced IT skills as the computer technology keeps developing .

If you have great zeal in cyber crime investigation, please do not hesitate anymore. Start operating towards this unique career. You don’t need to worry for not getting a job in this field as the demand for these professionals are increasing from time to time.

Jayesh Bellani
Executive: Fraud Management System
Agape Inc

With the ongoing cyber related threats turning bigger, more sophisticated and deadlier, it is time to rethink & relook every single click you make while surfing on the Internet.

It is critical to know these lurking threats so that you don’t fall prey to scamsters and fraudsters and compromise your security and money. Below is a list of some of the common tricks played by scammers.

1) `You have not paid for the item you recently won on eBay. Please click here to pay.’
2) `You’ve been let go. Click here to register for severance pay.’
3) `This mail is (name of the person) from tech services. Your PC is infected.’
4) `Someone has a secret crush on you! Click on this link to find who it is!
5) `Did you see this video of you? Check out this link!’
6) `Please confirm this order’
7) `Check out our new Discount menu’
`I’m traveling and I’ve lost my wallet. Can you wire some money?

For detailed information visit http://infotech.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4249057.cms

Have you heard of this? A number of scams are coming to light now-a-days through the web. One of them is known as the Craigslist scam. Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities with free online classified advertisements like jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, résumés, and great resource for selling things, finding apartments, locating services and meeting people etc. It is an upcoming and a great service but it never comes with some risk. If you deal with people you aren’t meeting face to face you risk getting scammed.

The buyer and seller on Craigslist are not alert to the danger or deception. Most of these scams follow the same pattern that we see on eBay and other online auction sites. Try posting some easily-mailed valuable item for sale and the first response you get will probably be someone trying to trick you into believing it’s true.

Advice on avoiding scams to people using Craigslist service-

• Deal locally with folks you can meet in
• Never wire funds online, money gram or any other wire service - anyone who asks you to do so is a scammer.
• Fake cashier checks & money orders are common, and banks will cash them and then hold you responsible when the fake is discovered weeks later.
• Never give out financial information (bank account number, social security number, eBay/PayPal info, etc.)
• Avoid deals involving shipping or escrow services and know that ONLY A SCAMMER WILL “GUARANTEE” YOUR TRANSACTION.

Michelle Mitra
Executive: Fraud Management System
Agape Inc

In wake of cyber terrorism, US President Obama stated last June in its new cyber security plan “The new approach starts at the top, with the commitment from me: From now on, our digital infrastructure — the networks and computers we depend on every day — will be treated as they should be, as a strategic national asset,” in his briefing he said “Protecting this infrastructure will be a national security priority. We will ensure that these networks are secure, trustworthy, and resilient. We will deter, prevent, detect, and defend against attacks and recover quickly from any disruptions or damage”. Obama noted that cybersecurity is a “matter of public safety and national security”.

A month after his declaration, many government and some other websites in the US & South Korea have been crippled by a distributed denial of service attack. What’s interesting is the way the virus seemed to succeed in an unexpected way by sending erstwhile allies. The attack was largely built from the MyDoom virus, first exposed in 2004, so presumably the cadre of infectable machines was low (some 50,000 to 65,000 machines were infected), and seem to be located mainly in China, Korea and Japan. The purpose of most “Distributed Denial of Service” attacks is to create nuisance.

Investigators in the U.S. face a steep task in trying to trace the attack to its source. The assault involved more than 1,00,000 zombie computers (it is a a home-based PC that a remote attacker has accessed and set up to forward transmissions including spam and viruses to other computers on the Internet) linked together in a network known as a “botnet.” Most of those computers were in South Korea, but others were in Japan, China, the U.S. and possibly other countries. The assault began July 4 and targeted dozens of government and private sites in the U.S., including some federal agencies that were shut down for days. Treasury Department and Federal Trade Commission Web sites were knocked out by the blizzard of digital requests.

The officials said that while Internet addresses have been traced to North Korea, that does not necessarily mean the attack involved the Pyongyang government.

It’s a high time that need compulsory & requisite attention on cyber security to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in today’s highly networked systems environment.

To log online Cyber Crime Complaint call our Toll Free No. at 1800 209 6789 (For India Only) Or visit us at www.agapeinc.in.

Jayesh Bellani
Executive: Fraud Management System

Agape Inc, India’s first ever cyber forensic company launches Tech Pathways for Indian Market. Technology Pathways is a leading edge provider of computer security tools and services for the Corporate IT, government and legal communities.

This launch will underscore the ongoing commitment of Agape Inc to provide expanded services within its products and services as new security standards and methods evolve.

The ProDiscover® family of security products combines high quality, performance, and ease of use at affordable prices Technology Pathways provides products and services for:
• Incident Response - Quickly investigate and positively determine if any compromises have been made to your systems as the result of an incident – without taking your system out of service.
• System Audits – Effectively audit systems throughout the network to insure that they have not been compromised
• Internal Investigations – Investigate and monitor internal computer systems to insure compliance with the law or corporate policies.
• Computer Forensics – Thoroughly examine all data on a computer system, locate any evidence that is stored on that system and safely preserve that evidence for use in a court of law.
• Digital Discovery – Find and produce evidentiary quality electronic documents for civil proceedings.

For Further Product Information & price information mail us at: michelle[at]agapeinc.in (replace [at] with @).

To log online Cyber Crime Complaint call our Toll Free No. at 1800 209 6789 (For India Only)

Jayesh Bellani
Executive: Fraud Management System

The Government on Thursday set in motion the process of providing a Unique Identification Number(UID) to India’s citizens. The Union Cabinet has appointed the Infosys Chief Nandan Nilekani as the Chairman of National Authority for Unique Identity.

UID will be the equivalent of the social security number in the US. The prime purpose of this number was to track individuals’ accounts. It has since come to be used as an identifier for individuals within the United States.

The closest India has come to this is the Permanent account number (PAN), issued by the Income Tax Office, for purposes of tracking income and income taxes. It has now gained use as a means of identification for activities like getting a phone connection.

Each Unique Identification cards has microprocessor chip with a memory of 16KB which include detail Information regarding Name, Sex, Father’s Name, Address, Marital Status, Photo, Identification Mark and Finger Biometrics that will be based on sophisticated application called SCOSTA, a secured electronic device. Through this card, the citizens will be able to avail basic government services like driving licenses, passports and voter identity cards.

The UID scheme would ensure that lacuna in the system is removed and benefits reach the sections they are meant for. It would be provided to citizens by 2011. Initially, the cards will be given to all voters listed in the electoral roll data.

Jayesh Bellani
Executive: Fraud Management System

Agape Inc. has joined forces with Verismic to launch an expanded product line for the IT sector that enhances the working condition through reducing carbon emission and helps generate a positive impact internally and also for the external environment in the long run.

The product range is largely focused on the need based solutions for I.T. industry & systems management. Being cost efficient it serves the needs of the company and being eco-friendly it best serves the requests of the surrounding environment.

The products and their features are listed below.

Power Manager: - Power Manager is a fast and easy way to deliver a solution. With this tool you can monitor your power consumption, reduce carbon emissions i.e. reduce costs and prove that Green IT is a cost saver.

Password Reset: - It is a self service password reset tool empowering end users to control and reset personal passwords without calling the help desk. Password Reset delivers instant benefits to every part of the organization and consistently demonstrates the same security, reliability and ease of use across all environments.

Integration Launcher: - It is a tool that bridges the gap between Service Desk and Desktop Systems Management tools to create a single powerful solution. Integration of your tool set makes it possible for Help Desk professionals to remotely diagnose system issues and fix them, versus costly desktop visits.

Archive Analytics: - Archive Analytics detects and identifies those systems that have gone missing from your environment and helps determine if they have been retired or if they have disappeared. It records all changes and provides built-in analysis reports, analyzes Software Distribution Activities and also any change in inventory Analysis.