Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Russia was spying on Western countries through Windows leak – Tech News

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The security iSight today announced that the cyber espionage team of Russia between December 2013 and June 2014 several bodies hacked it involves NATO, Ukrainian government and various Westere governments. Also there are telecom providers and academic organizations hacked by the Russians.

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In iSight is the hackers team that the Russians have made responsible for the hacks, the hackers used a zero-day in 2009 leak which is present in Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2008 and 2012 Microsoft today will go through a security seal which via the Windows update will be distributed.

the leak The security company does not think that other organizations or governments were aware of this leak, it is also unclear how much data the Russians have managed to intercept

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“Russia was spying West via Windows leak ‘- Telegraaf.nl

Russian hackers have since 2009 used a vulnerability in almost all versions of Windows since Vista to spy. Western governments, academics and NATO Reported that security iSight Partners

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Computers targets were infected by emailing them infected PowerPoint files. By opening this malware was installed which hackers gained access to the computers in question.

ISight think the hackers are Russian language because of references in the progammeercode of malware. The targets, in addition to Western governments also people in Ukraine denote this. The attack is called by the company Operation Sand Worm, a reference to the Dune books by author Frank Herbert. The addresses of servers from which the attacks were carried out, namely also refer to this work.

Microsoft has been developed in collaboration with iSight updates that security holes dichtten. These are the days released via the update feature of Windows

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The Russian ‘Sand Worm’ for five years, Western leaders could spy – The Latest News

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10/14/14 – 12u05
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cyber espionage ‘Sand Worm’, so the newfound baptized Russian cyber espionage campaign, which for nearly five years is underway. Hackers managed to exploit to gain access to the data on PCs and toplui leaders of NATO, the European Union, Ukraine, telecom, energy and defense companies and universities. Access from a flaw in Windows



A cover of one of Frank Heberts’ Dune’ books, with a drawing of a sandworm. © kos.

Researchers at the American cybersecurity company iSight tied the loose ends of various cyber attacks together, and came as a image of a large-scale espionage campaign being waged. according to them since 2009 from Russia The researchers chose the name Sand Worm because the hackers in their code were references to the science fiction book series “Dune” by Frank Herbert, containing monstrous sandworms. The references helped the researchers to connect. Various attacks together

The starting point of cybercriminals was a flaw in all versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system since Vista and in Windows Server 2008 and 2012 through the hole cyber criminals could freely run code on the PC. Users are often infected by an infected PowerPoint file. For the flaw to disguise the cyber criminals also used five other already patched security problems. If the abuse was discovered then, it seemed as if the PC was ‘only’ used in a botnet (a network of hacked computers) to send spam.

ISight worked closely with Microsoft to close the gap . The software solution that will push to all Windows users via Windows Updates today.



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Very targeted

That the origin of the attacks is Russian, conclude the researchers from the language of the files that were used for the “command-and-control servers, the computers that control the entire operation. Also, the files that were used to exploit the flaw of always had a link with the Russian news (eg “View a list of pro-Russian terrorists”).

It seems that the attackers are not widespread, but just very purposefully went to work for the last few years. ISight mentions gecomprommiteerde users to NATO, the EU, the Ukrainian government, energy companies (mostly in Poland), European telecom companies and at least one scientist in the USA Also at the annual security conference GlobSec, which traditionally attracts many world leaders, an attack was carried out via an infected email the organizers seemed to come.

Diplomatic Information

They want to know that only a few people can use

John Hultquist, iSight.

The link with the Russian government can not be proven, but the information on which the attacks targeting, does point in that direction. Sand Worm tries mainly documents and e-mails to get contain information on services or inform diplomatic sources. The focus was iSight according to data that had to do with Ukraine and Russia. Also tried to steal to continue their campaign and to break into other systems. Security keys and certificates cyber spies

“Some would think that the typical criminals,” said John Hultquist, who is the head of iSights research team around cyber espionage to Wired. “But they are not in sight. They want to know that only a few people can use. This is information related to security, diplomatic, information and intelligence on NATO, Ukraine and Poland.”

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Digital mega cracking storage service Dropbox – Telegraaf.nl

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Internet users with a Dropbox account should apply to their count. On the social network Reddit appeared a list of user passwords. There would be some 7 million accounts hacked

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The hacker wants to use the published list on Reddit prove that there are 6,937. 081 inlogggevens master created. Dropbox denies the hack. The data would come from hacks by third parties such as having a link with the company.

The hacks were as Dropbox months ago noticed and most passwords would have been invalidated. “All other passwords are now invalid,” explains the company

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Bug in Dropbox files sweeps away – Overclockers

Developers of Dropbox confirm that there is a bug in older versions of the online storage service. Files in Dropbox can be permanently erased when settings are made in the “Selective Sync’ function.

According to the Dropbox team involves the Dropbox desktop application. With Selective Sync manually choose which folders you want to synchronize with the cloud service, but that appears in rare cases do not go well. With disappeared Dropbox files as a result.



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In the latest version of Dropbox is the bug is already fixed. The developers continue to perform tests, however, so the problem does not occur again.

The ‘small number’ of users that this file is lost, you get one year of free Dropbox Dropbox Pro offered. Normally it costs 99 euro per year for 1 TB of storage in the cloud



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Monday, October 13, 2014

Topman Google for Xiaomi – Tech News

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The Chinese Xiaomi phone products is a former Google employee back to work. After Android chief Hugo Barro, the company has attracted Jai Mani for expansion into the Indian market.

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Jai Mani was at Google responsible for strategic decisions on the Google Play Departments, including the app, music and movie store . He left Google to work at a small start-up but is now hired by Xiaomi. Mani will move to Bangladesh to supervise. Introducing Xiaomi in India

In homeland, the company Samsung has been deposed from the throne as the largest telephone manufacturer. In the remaining parts manufacturer still lags behind because Xiaomi officially does not yet provide phones outside the Asian markets. Whether the Xiaomi smartphones also come to the Netherlands is still unclear

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Bug in Dropbox deletes data permanently – Techzine

Dropbox has confirmed that an old version of the desktop software can ensure that users’ data can be a bug. Permanently removed New editions of Dropbox ‘software are not affected by the problem.

without user permission for shows or even noticing it is possible that the Dropbox app disposing of certain data. The problem is in the Selective Sync functionality where users can choose which files to. Locally synchronized itself A crash or forced restart of the system, the bug could be activated.

Dropbox has indicated that the bug has been fixed in newer versions of the desktop application. Where necessary data has been lost, Dropbox tries to repair this. Their own Touched users will receive a notification via email and receive a year’s Dropbox Pro offered.

It is therefore advisable to check what software version you’re running the latest version is 2:10:41 and can be downloaded from the website of Dropbox.

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Chat to 13GB Snap photos leaked by fake app – Tech News

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Hackers have 13GB of photos owned received what are transmitted via the mobile app Snap Chat. The leaked pictures are mainly privéfotos and videos from around 100,000 users. The hack was not aimed at Snap Chat yourself on the application Snap Save.

Snap Chat

Through these applications, it is possible that recipients Snap Chat save photos. This allows recipients of Snap Chat pictures to save the image on their own, instead of the pictures disappear as happens at Snap Chat. The problems are mainly present. The app Snap Save Snap Chat himself denied immediately that its servers were hacked. In the official statement, the company reports that Snap Chatters are victims of their own use of third-party apps.

The social network is not, the service officially open to external parties. The API that that would be possible by hackers figured out so there was access to the files. The leak was caused by a configuration error in the Apache web server

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Dropbox files managed by bug – Telegraaf.nl

Due to a bug in one of the older versions of Dropbox some users have lost their files that were in service in the cloud. Reported that Endagadget. Only a small number of users would be affected

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The files were spontaneously deleted when a synchronization of Dropbox. The problem would occur mainly in older versions, Dropbox reports in an email to one of the victims. In newer versions, the bug has already been resolved. Dropbox will now examine how these mistakes can be avoided in the future.

Victims of the bug can register with Dropbox. The lost files they do not get back, but in reparation they can make a year’s free use of Dropbox Pro

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Samsung develops WiFi with fivefold speed – Techzine

The South Korean Samsung is currently developing 802.11ad. This is a new WiFi standard on paper five times will be. Present techniques as soon as

The new interface makes Samsung using the 60GHz frequency. Currently mainly 2.4 and 5GHz using. Samsung’s frequency is much higher and that brings some disadvantages, such as a much smaller range. To address that problem, Samsung makes use of alternative antennas.

According to Samsung 802.11ad advantage that interference from other networks and devices has no detrimental effect on the speed of the network. The maximum speed would be 575 MB per second, current techniques provide consumers with a paper speed of 108 MB / s. Interference, however, the speed of current technology in practice is much lower, which Samsung claims a tenfold increase in speed.

Samsung has committed itself to integrate. 802.11ad quickly into new devices It not only thought of smartphones and tablets, but also all kinds of household appliances under Internet of Things fall.

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Samsung comes with ‘super wifi’ – Telegraaf.nl

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Samsung is working on a fast wifi connection. Which should reach speeds of 4,6Gbit per second. That’s five times the maximum attainable speed of the fastest wifi connection that exists now, says Samsung Tomorrow

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It is a connection that operates at a frequency of 60GHz. Normal working wifi connections at 2.4GHz or 5GHz. Samsung have to tackle in order to be able to use. The high frequency is a number of problems

For example, the range of high frequencies are not too large. The Koreans have solved that by addressing the modem technology and improve. Antennas The group claims that high speeds can be maintained, despite interference from other devices or heavy traffic on the available channels.

Samsung says it wants to put in all kinds of equipment that generates the group. In technology quickly It is not just for smartphones but also for devices that work over the internet of things. Think of household appliances and medical equipment

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Ultra HD Netflix comes with higher price tag – Techzine

The proud owners of an Ultra HDTV will Netflix monthly to provide in order to view content. Highest resolution an additional contribution to In our region, the price for Ultra HD content at 11.99 euros per month.

The price of an Ultra HD subscription is about 30 percent higher than the normal subscription, amounts to 8.99 euro per month. In that plan, the consumer receives the delivered content in full HD. There is also a plan with lower SD resolution, for one euro less.

The higher price for Ultra HD content only applies to new customers, existing subscriptions continue until August 2016 as expensive. An additional benefit of the most expensive plan is that there are four devices may stream, instead of three.

Ultra HD content simultaneously in the coming years are likely the new standard, but is still very popular. The streaming of such content costs Netflix more capacity and therefore the price increase is not entirely unexpected. For now, the offer in Ultra HD is relatively small. Netflix’s own series are available in Ultra HD, but outside the offer still relatively scarce.

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

First iPhone had received almost no touchscreen – NU.nl

That tells Jony Ive, chief designer at Apple, at a conference of Vanity Fair.

“There were thousands of reasons why, and several times when we touch had almost given up,” says Ive on the development of the first iPhone.

Earlier it was by a former Apple engineer already reported that the first smartphone from Apple during the presentation in 2007 was barely usable and that there Three models were needed to conceal it. publicly

Ive goes into the conversation not the reason to give up. touch After the release of the iPhone in 2007, Apple distinguished itself with its touchscreen from Nokia and Blackberry, then leaders in the smartphone market.

At the meeting of Vanity Fair Ive also asked for Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer that sometimes called the Apple of China and the appearance of iPhones sometimes copying.

“I do not see it as flattery, I see it as theft and it’s lazy,” responds Ive certainly. “If you do something for the first time and you do not know if it will work is the last thing I think ‘oh, that’s flattering.” All those weekends I could be with my family at home. It’s theft and it’s lazy. ”

The chief designer of Apple also unravels that he works in his design with around sixteen to seventeen people. Employees are three to four times a week to discuss ideas.

About the iPhone 6, with a larger screen, Ive said that Apple years ago prototypes with a larger screen has been made, but who were always too bulky and did not meet the standards of Apple.

The first iPhone was created by an ultimatum from Steve Jobs

What are the biggest innovations in the iPhone 6

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Bose and Beats settle in patent case – NU.nl

This reports Bloomberg .

Bose accused Beats, for several months, is owned by Apple, it that it violated several patents related to noise-canceling technology in headphones.

Both Bose and Beats headphones sales with that technology. Such headphones constantly analyze the sound environment and try to filter through the use of so-called anti-noise.

from the music and the ear of the user Beats would thereby infringe five patents from Bose. The two parties have however come to an agreement and request the International Trade Commission to strike. Investigating the alleged patent infringement

Details of the settlement were not disclosed. It is not clear whether there is such as a financial arrangement.

The announcement of the agreement follows shortly after a rumor about Apple’s plans to get official Apple stores.

How Beats cunning, clever all Bose products in the range and quickly became popular

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Apple removes Bose products in stores – Tech News

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Apple has announced that get them all Bose products from the shops there is not a clear reason given, it is likely that it has to do with the acquisition of Beats Electronics. Earlier this year, Apple, the company Beats Electronics acquired.

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Earlier this year Beats was acquired by Apple. Apple took both Beats’ streaming service as well as over their entire range of headphones and audio speakers. Bose has a new sponsorship deal with the National Football League where they prohibit football players to wear. Beats headphones Beats and Bose are also currently in a patent battle in which Bose Beats has sued for violating five patents concerned noise concelation.

Apple next week will remove tonight the first Bose products in the stores.

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News week 41: iPhone 6 Plus popular iOS eight adoption stagnating – iPhoned.nl

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Every Saturday we put in our weekly overview the major iPhone news in recent days for you at a glance. So you’re in five minutes again completely bijgelezen any developments in the world of Apple! These were the 5 most important iPhone news from week 41

Apple will make great iPhones

 iPhone 6 Plus vs Galaxy Note 4 Apple intends to produce the iPhone 6 Plus screwing on and that will be at the expense of the iPhone 6 Demand for the big iPhone is higher than expected, so Apple is forced to adjust the production ratio of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is currently available latter still bad.; Apple Store is the delivery now risen to three to four weeks. preliminary There will unfortunately not change soon, as an adaptation of the production process has not for a while, really effective. alignment would have to ensure that in the second part of 2014 three to four million units of the iPhone 6 will be shipped earlier than planned. production capacity freed up will be used to make more. huge iPhones less

The brand name of Apple is the world’s most worth

Apple brand iPhone news Apple is just like last year the most valuable brand in the world. Thus the companies remains as Google and Coca-Cola. Interbrand produces an annual list of the brands with the most value. Just like last year, that list this time led by Apple. According to Interbrand, the company is worth $ 119 billion. Last year it was 98 billion. Apple has also increased the distance with the number two on the list. Google had last year a brand value of 93 billion this year, the company grew to $ . 107 billion Interbrand, the leading brand consultancy in the world. The firm was founded in England in 1974 and now has nearly 40 offices in 29 countries, including the Netherlands.



Apple users are lax in updating to iOS 8

iphone news The adoption iOS 8 is the last week quite stagnated, according to figures from the App Store. The new operating system is currently at 47 percent of all Apple devices to find. On 21 September it was known that 46 percent of all iPhones, iPads and iPods on iOS eight turned and in two weeks that percentage has hardly increased, though the figures only to Apple devices that have accessed the App Store access. Fiksu and Mixpanel, two companies that focus on collecting statistics based on ads in apps, have calculated that currently runs on iOS eight and 45 percent of Apple devices and 38 respectively. They have a growth in the use measured, though it appears the last few days to have declined rapidly.



‘had almost no touchscreen The first iPhone

 Jony Ive Apple Lead Designer Jony Ive was present at a Conference of Vanity Fair, where he spoke about the iPhone, Steve Jobs and (copying) designs. “There have been times when we touch almost have given thousands of reasons and moments,” Ive said. As to why we have to guess, but did so almost had no touchscreen, the first iPhone something the product correctly hugely anticipated the competition. Earlier, an Apple employee all agree that the first iPhone was barely usable, but Ive does not go into details. However, he talks about the iPhone 6 and that a larger aircraft was in the planning for years. “Prototypes have been done years ago,” says Ive. “But the result was too clumsy and not. Took the Apple standards We have known for years that a larger screen would be important, but we had to do a lot to an interesting product of it. “



T-Mobile increases 4G speed two subscriptions

 T-Mobile range T-Mobile today launched increasing the maximum 4G speeds for customers with a Couple Together or Bright subscription, so does the provider disclosed. The speed increase is free for existing and new customers with these subscriptions. The network now has a maximum speed of 120 Mbit / s, though the network is still no national coverage. Only in the Randstad and parts of North Brabant, Utrecht and Flevoland you mobile internet via 4G. Competitors KPN and Vodafone do offer all nationwide 4G coverage. Customers now up to 15Mbit / s achieved via 4G going to 50Mbit / s, while customers with 30Mbit / s go to 100Mbit / s and clients with 50Mbit / s go to 120Mbit / s. The upload speed increases to 25 / 50Mbit / s, depending on your subscription. Since the T-Mobile 4G network uses the 1800Mhz frequency is this standard suitable for the higher 4G speed. This also means that you are on the whole 4G network provider can achieve. Maximum speeds of over 75Mbit / s with the new iPhoned This however is it theoretical speeds.

Check our iOS 8 guide with everything you need to know about the update

Most popular iPhone deals from this moment

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Saturday, October 11, 2014

1,500 degrees and unprecedented storms on planet WASP-43b – The Latest News

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10/10/14 – 19u03 Source: Reuters
The planet is very close to its star. A by-pass takes only 19 hours. © AFP.

The wind screams it with the speed of sound, about 1,200 kilometers per hour. The temperature is more than 1,500 degrees above zero, “hot enough to melt iron.” Very hospitable, it is not on the planet WASP-43b. Scientists have mapped the weather there. That’s as accurate as done before with a planet in another galaxy, the researchers. Reported



The research was done with the Hubble Space Telescope. The planet is about the size of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, but weighs about twice as much. That’s because the planet is composed of dense clouds of gas. ,, There is nothing on the surface to see, such as oceans or continents, ” says the American space agency NASA.

The planet is very close to its star. A by-pass takes only 19 hours. The earth is doing one year on. Few planets with such a short rotation known. One side of WASP-43b is constantly facing the star and bathed in light. The other side is dark, like our moon. On the dark side of the planet, it’s still 500 degrees above zero.

The heat is all the water evaporates on the planet. It’s in the atmosphere, so it is measured from the earth. That can help scientists to find out how such large planets form and evolve out. ,, Water plays an important role in the formation of giant planets, comets because the young planets bombing. They provide plenty of water and other molecules that we can perceive ‘they write. In our solar system that can not. In a similar planets like Jupiter and Saturn, the water namely frozen and deeply sunk in the gas. Satellites can not see it.

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Friday, October 10, 2014

1500 degrees and unprecedented storms – Telegraaf.nl

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The wind screams it with the speed of sound, about 1200 kilometers per hour. The temperature is over 1500 degrees above zero, “hot enough to melt iron.” Very hospitable, it is not on the planet WASP-43b. Scientists have mapped the weather there. That’s as accurate as done before with a planet in another galaxy, the researchers reported

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The research was done with the Hubble Space Telescope. The planet is about the size of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, but weighs about twice as much. That’s because the planet is composed of dense clouds of gas. “There is nothing on the surface to see, such as oceans or continents,” said the American space agency NASA.

The planet is very close to its star. A by-pass takes only 19 hours. The earth is doing one year on. Few planets with such a short rotation known. One side of WASP-43b is constantly facing the star and bathed in light. The other side is dark, like our moon. On the dark side of the planet, it’s still 500 degrees above zero.

The heat is all the water evaporates on the planet. It’s in the atmosphere, so it is measured from the earth. That can help scientists to find out how such large planets form and evolve out. “Water plays an important role in the formation of giant planets, comets because the young planets bombing. They provide plenty of water and other molecules that we can observe, “they write. In our solar system that can not. In a similar planets like Jupiter and Saturn, the water namely frozen and deeply sunk in the gas. Satellites can not see it

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