New version of Faketoken Android Trojan hunts for Taxi and Ride-Sharing App Users

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new modification of the well-known mobile banking Trojan Faketoken, which has been developed and is now able to steal credentials from popular taxi applications.

The mobile app market is growing, and offering more and more services that store confidential financial data, including taxi services and ride-sharing apps that require the user’s bank card information. Being installed on millions of Android devices worldwide has made these apps attractive targets for cybercriminals, who have significantly extended the functionality of mobile banking malware.

The new version of Faketoken performs live tracking of apps and, when the user runs a specified app, overlays this with its phishing window to steal the bank card details of the victim. The Trojan has an identical interface, with the same color schemes and logos, which creates an instant and completely invisible overlay. Based on the results of Kaspersky Lab’s research, the criminals are targeting the most popular international taxi and ride-sharing services with this malware.

Moreover, the Trojan steals all incoming SMS messages by redirecting them to its command and control servers, allowing criminals to get access to one-time verification passwords sent by a bank, or other messages sent by taxi and ride-sharing services. Among other things, this Faketoken modification can also monitor users’ calls, record them, and transmit the data to the command and control servers.

Overlaying is a common function enabled in many mobile applications. Last year, Kaspersky Lab reported a modification of Faketoken that was attacking more than 2,000 financial apps around the world by disguising itself as various programs and games, often imitating Adobe Flash Player. Since then, Faketoken has been developed further, and has expanded the geography of its activities.

“The fact that cybercriminals have expanded their activities from financial applications to other areas, including taxi and ride-sharing services, means that the developers of these services may want to start paying more attention to the protection of their users. The banking industry is already familiar with fraud schemes and tricks, and its previous response involved the implementation of security technologies in apps that significantly reduced the risk of theft of critical financial data. Perhaps now it is time for other services that are working with financial data to follow suit. The new version of Faketoken targets mostly Russian users. However, the geography of attacks could easily be extended in the future. We have seen that with previous versions of Faketoken and other banking malware in the past,” said Viktor Chebyshev, security expert at Kaspersky Lab.

Researchers have also detected Faketoken attacks on other popular mobile applications, such as travel and hotel booking apps, apps for traffic fine payments, Android Pay and the Google Play Market.

“Android’s security problems emerge on a regular basis, despite Google’s many attempts to bring its security to the appropriate level. Developers push new and more secure versions forward, but actual adoption of those secure versions lags behind heavily,” added Altaf Halde, Managing Director- South Asia, Kaspersky Lab

To protect yourself against the Faketoken Trojan and other Android malware threats, Kaspersky Lab strongly recommends that users do not install apps from unknown sources and use a reliable security solution, such as Kaspersky Mobile Antivirus: Web Security & Applock, on their device.

Titan launches Design Awards with Tata Trusts to celebrate innovations that create social change

Titan Company Limited, India’s largest lifestyle company driven by innovation and design, today launched the ‘Design:Impact Awards for Social Change’ in collaboration with Tata Trusts. With key focus on building innovative product designs that resolve social issues, the award platform is a movement that advocates efficient and sustainable product design for social change. Titan’s Design:Impact Awards is a project-based grant award that aims to positively impact the underprivileged communities and needs of the society, by encouraging and inspiring bright minds to design for the benefit of the Indian society.

Open to innovators across India, Titan aims to identify and mentor product design innovators who would like to upscale their products’ reach to a larger community. The program will also recognize Grassroot Innovators, particularly who have been able to design creative product solutions for contextual problems at hand using whatever means available.

The grand jury panel for Titan’s Design:Impact Awards includes Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, one of India’s most eminent scientists and former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research; Prof. Anil Gupta, globally renowned grassroots innovations scholar and founder of the Honey Bee Network, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and pioneer in Industry Academia interaction towards R&D, Innovation and Product Development; Padma Shri V.R. Mehta, Trustee, Sir Dorabji Tata Trusts; Mr. Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian, Tata Sons and Mr. Ramji Raghavan, well-renowned India-based social innovator and entrepreneur and Founder and Chairman of Agastya International Foundation; and others.

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan Company Limited, said at the launch, “In the last 30 years, our efforts at Titan has been towards creating exemplary design for generations of Indians. Our partners, Tata Trusts, have been a catalyst in transformational change in India with a focus on sustainable development through innovation, since the early 1900s. Now, with the Design:Impact Awards, together we aim to celebrate product design that brings about social change. We will jointly use our design experience and social sector connect to help innovators make an impact wherever they are needed the most.”

Product design innovators and teams with prototyped and tested products are eligible to apply for the award and grant. Eligible entries are those that aim at resolving a social problem through a well-designed product or a system related with tangible/hard products. Innovators who finally qualify will be financially supported upto Rs 65 lakhs along with advocacy, recognition, and mentorship. At later stages, grant recipients will also be given the opportunity to apply for seed capital for further funding. Post the awards, Titan could also consider a multi-year support for some of the chosen grantees as part of its CSR strategy.

Mr. V.R. Mehta, Trustee, Sir Dorabji Tata Trusts, said at the launch, “Our partnership with Titan’s Design Impact Awards is part of Tata Trusts’ larger vision to demonstrate how technology and innovation can massively leverage the efforts to make a positive difference in the lives of the communities. As part of this initiative the Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (FISE), Tata Trusts, and Titan, aim to tap entrepreneurs and innovators having a strong focus on addressing development sector challenges to create social change and remain engaged with them throughout their product lifecycle stages.”

Entries are eligible for, but not limited to, entrepreneurs focused on social product innovation, individuals, or small teams within large organisations working on a specific product innovation, students working as individuals or small teams, grassroots innovators and foreign nationals working on social product innovation in India.

Creating the application is the first step towards participating in the Design:Impact Awards for Social Change. Applications must be submitted via the Application Form available on www.designimpactawards.in, by 31st October 2017.

The Westin Pune Koregaon Park Presents Malaysian Food Festival

The Westin Pune Koregaon Park has rolled out a Malaysian food festival at its Seasonal Tastes restaurant. The festival commenced on  18 August and will go on till the 31^{st of}  August, 2017.

Expat Chef Budiman from Le Meridian Kuala Lumpur will be present to prepare authentic Malaysian cuisine. The must try dishes include “finger licking good” Prawn fritter with peanut sauce, Fish fillet with coconut cream chili gravy with carambola, and Egg drop noodles with boiled egg, green chili and mustard. To end on a sweet note, colourful and creative desserts include Sago and mango with coconut cream, and Milky flour pudding with palm sugar. 

Malay cuisine is a delicious melting pot of cultures spanning Thai, Chinese, Indonesian and Indian flavours and is as varied as the national population. The rich and spicy influences extend from wok-fried noodles, steaming bowls of fluffy rice and delicate, savoury-yet-sweet Malaysian delicacies to age-old culinary gems and spices.

This exquisite food festival will transport people to the land of dragons through its intrigued authentic Malaysian decoration and restaurant personnel that will impart the feeling of having the authentic platter at the streets of Pedang.

Guests will relish aromatic dishes ranging from Rendang Daging and Curry Laksa to Sayur MunirGoreng and Nasi Minyak. Colourful and creative desserts include Sweet Tapioca Cake, Sweet Egg Cake and Sweet Green Bean Stew in Coconut Sauce.

Guests can enjoy this promotion at the regular price of Rs. 1299 ++ per person from 7 pm onwards.

For reservations, please call 1800 2582

‘SBI Realty’ unveiled to assist home buyers ; Integrated website to help customers for buying home

State Bank of India, country’s largest commercial bank has taken another step towards customers’ convenience by launching ‘SBI Realty’ – a one stop integrated website www.sbirealty.in for Home buyers. SBI Realty will help customers to choose their dream home from 3000 SBI approved projects across the country. These projects are spread across 13 states and Union Territories covering 30 cities including metros, semi metro and towns.

Currently there are 9.5 lakhs home units available on the website. Customers can compare current and past trends of prices for the properties in various localities in the city. It will assist customers in calculating appropriate loan amount a customer should borrow based in its income and credit profile.

Mr. Rajnish Kumar, Managing Director – NBG, SBIsaid, “We believe in innovation combined with an emphasis on market research, contemporary architecture, strong project execution and quality construction. We believe that this new proposition will help customers in identifying their dream house in reliable projects with higher credibility and goodwill in the market.”

SBI Realty comes with the trust and transparency with a belief in ensuing a holistic approach by following the philosophies, ethics and customer-focus. The bank also takes in to consideration the designing and aesthetics of residential spaces to enhance the evolving needs and lifestyles of our customers.

The website highlights Projects which focuses on thorough market research with a notable and consistent track record of growth, credibility, customer satisfaction and innovation.

The SBI Realty website showcases all projects approved by SBI. The site is developed by SBICAP Securities in association with PropEquity in terms of data support, project information, etc.

Intex Technologies ties-up with Kissht EMI Payment solutions to offer quick loans to consumers

Intex Technologies Ltd, one of the leading consumer electronics major, today announced a tie-up with ‘Kissht - EMI Payment solutions’, a collateral-free loans provider app, to provide its consumers quick online finance service offering convenient EMI option for purchases. The service enables instant approval of loan without credit card to non-credit card customers.

Customers can now walk-in at any of the Intex SmartWorld Stores and choose a product, after which they need to fill an online application form to process the loan and the offer is generated basis this information. Post this, Aadhar enabled eKYC is processed and customer can avail instant approval on the spot. This service also offers KYC documents review and verification through a field visit to their residence, followed by final approval of the loan and disbursement of the product.

Talking about the tie-up, Mr. Vishal Malik, Business Head- Retail, Intex Technologies stated, "We are delighted to announce our association with Kissht, which helps us to offer quick and trouble-free financing service to our customers. What is unique is that the consumer does not need a credit card to avail this service. We believe that this partnership will help us to further broaden our reach, helping make our products available to a wider population reaching tier 2 and 3 cities.”

Announcing the association, Vinay Singh – Digital Head, Kissht EMI Payments Solutions said, “We are delighted to partner with Intex, which is one of the leading consumer electronics company. Our association will benefit the customers who can now buy the latest Intex smartphone or consumer durables through a quick and hassle free financing service which enables them to pay in installments.”

SmartWorld exclusive brand stores by Intex are single touch points to experience the wide range of Intex products through superior quality demonstrations by a well-trained staff in order to provide best product education to customers.

Intex SmartWorld began its operations in April 2015 as part of its continued efforts in strengthening retail presence and engaging consumer experience. In its 28 months journey, Intex Smart World has spread pan-India covering 90+ cities across 24 states.

JW Marriott Pune’s Spice Kitchen to host special Chaat Festival

This monsoon, JW Marriott Pune’s Spice Kitchen brings the authentic flavours of street food under one roof to delight food lovers with a Chaat Festival being hosted at the hotel till the 23^rd July 2017. Spice Kitchen showcases the best comfort food to satisfy the monsoon cravings for spicy bhel, tangy pani puriwhere one can indulge in guilt free, hygienic savory treats that perfectly complement the spirit of monsoons!

Raipur based Marriott culinary expert, Chef Sudeshwar has curated a special menu that encompasses popular and authentic chaat preparations from different regions of India. It offers a variety of delicacies like aloo tikki chaat, bombay sev puri, lacha tokri chaat, jhal muri, shahi gupchup and ragada patti. Chaat lovers can also relish delectable offerings like fried idli chaat, paneer dahi vada, coconut samosa chaat, gulgooda chaat and kashmiri bread chaat etc.

Let your taste buds relish the perfect amalgamation of Indian street food culture at JW Marriott Pune.

Come and indulge in this culinary collision only at Spice Kitchen.

Venue: Spice Kitchen, JW Marriott Hotel Pune 
Date: 14^th to 23^rd July, 2017

Time: 7:00 – 11:30 pm

For enquiries, call 66833333

JW Marriott Pune’s relaunches its popular Food Truck

The gastronomic experience in Pune just got more exciting as JW Marriott Pune relaunches its popular food truck. The latest menu of the Food Truck will offer a variety of sweet and savory dishes every weekend. It will serve an assortment of quintessential Maharashtrian staples like Vada Pao, dishes starring the signature Lasooni Teecha along with unique dishes like Pesto Bhel, Chicken N Chilli fritters and Cajun Potato wedges. JW Marriott Pune’s Food Truck will also serve baked Gulab Jamuns with nuts specially crafted to satisfy your sweet cravings.

So make sure you don’t miss out on this food truck frenzy over the weekends. Get ready to enjoy the tasty treats at JW Marriott Pune’s Food Truck.

Where: JW Marriott Pune Food Truck

Relaunch Date &Time: Weekends (Fri, Sat, Sun) 5:00- 09:30 pm

For enquiries, please call 66833333