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Apple Says It Was Targeted By The Same Hackers That Hit Facebook, Will Release Protection Software Tuesday
Author: Stefanie Jenkins
Apple has exposed that it was attacked by the same team that went after Facebook in a recent attempt to break that network ’ s security. The company says a “ little number ” of its workers ’ Macs were affected, however there is “ no proof that any information left Apple, ” according to a report by Reuters. The business will be issuing software to avoid clients from being attacked in the same manner, Apple stated.
Apple ’ s report follows the news from Facebook on Friday that it was targeted by hackers apparently operating from China. Facebook additionally reported that none of its users ’ information was compromised with the attack. Apple is said to be workign with law enforcement on looking for the source of the hacking attempt, and will be launching a software device intended at its customers to help them protect their very own Macs against the malware used by the unknown assailant.
The goal for both Apple and Facebook, in being the source of these reports about attacks on their own companies is to be proactive and get out ahead of the news, in order to assure clients that they ’ re doing everything possible to guarantee the protection of any data they hold. The object lesson of Sony ’ s PlayStation network breach, and the taking place unfavorable judgment and lawsuits that resulted from it being regarded as “ slow ” to inform outsiders of the attack is probably one cause of heightened transparency on the part of companies facing cyber-security risks. For Apple, confessing to a protection breach is an unusual occurrence. The business acknowledged some 400 iTunes accounts were hacked back in 2010 in feedback to consumer complaints, but this kind of pre-emptive step suggests that we ’ re most likely dealing with a various level of safety hazard completely. On the plus side, account information appears not to have actually been dripped, and this indicates authorities will have the assistance of 2 technology titans and their substantial resources in tracking the criminals down.
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North Korea to conduct nuclear test ‘targeted at the United States’
Author: Christen Arquette
North Korea has actually announced strategies for its 3rd nuclear weapon test. In comments carried by the state-run KCNA and reported by Reuters, the nation’s National Defense Commission stated “We are not disguising the reality that the various satellites and long-range rockets that we will fire and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted at the United States.” No time frame was offered for the examination.
On Tuesday, the United Nations agreed to broaden sanctions against North Korea for its unauthorized satellite launch in December; in feedback, the country revealed plans to send further rockets into room and boost its nuclear program. There have been 2 North Korean nuclear tests before, in 2006 and 2009– the first produced a little …
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Inner Womb Secrets – Number 1 Pregnancy Targeted Product On CB
Author: Ian Simpson
Inner Womb Secrets – Number 1 Pregnancy Targeted Product On CB
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Adobe releases Flash exploit fix for all platforms; Windows users already targeted
Author: Tiffany Shoman
Adobe has released a security update for all versions of Flash Player, addressing a security exploit that it says is already being used in the wild. According to a security bulletin posted Friday, the vulnerability could cause Flash to crash, and in the process allow an attacker to take control of a user’s system. The company notes that it has received reports that the exploit is already being taken advantage of by attackers via email; clicking on a malicious file attachment initiates the attack on a vulnerable system. The cited attack is currently targeted only at Internet Explorer users on Windows, but the vulnerability itself is present in Flash Player for Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android.
Computer users are urged to update to Flash…
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Microsoft patches critical Office vulnerability amid ‘limited, targeted’ attacks
Author: Tristan Richards
Microsoft is releasing a security update to patch a critical vulnerability in the ActiveX controls included in all 32-bit versions of Office, among other products. If exploited with a malicious document or webpage, the vulnerability can allow attackers to execute remote code on their targets’ systems, and according to Microsoft, “limited, targeted attacks” using malicious RTF email attachments have been spotted in the wild.
The security update, MS12-027, patches the vulnerability by disabling the ActiveX control in question and swapping it with a new one. It comes at the same time as five other updates, three of which are labeled critical (they could be used to propagate a worm), but due to the documented attacks, MS12-027 is the…
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No Comments »Google promises ‘greater transparency’ for targeted ads, gives users more control over them
Author: Tiffany Shoman
Google promises ‘greater transparency’ for targeted ads, gives users more control over them originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BizPad: Panasonic Announces Android Tablets Targeted At Businesses
Author: Conrad Thomas
Panasonic Japan has announced [JP] two Android tablets for the domestic market yesterday, the so-called BizPad JT-580VT (with a 7-inch LCD screen) and the JT-581VT (with a 10.1-inch LCD). Both devices run on Android 3.2 and are specifically targeted at businesses (hence the name).
What the tablets also have in common is that they are shock-, dust-, and water-proof. For example, Panasonic says the big model can absorb drops from a height of 80cm, while the smaller one can even handle 120cm.
Both devices also have an NFC reader, a replaceable battery, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a USB port, GPS, a microSD slot, a ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core CPU, 1GB memory, 16GB flash, and infrared.
The 7-inch model (pictured above) features a 1,024×600 resolution screen, 3G as an option, a 5MP camera, and IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi. It weighs 400g and will go on sale in December.
The 10-inch BizPad (pictured above) comes with a 1,280×800 resolution screen, a 1.3MP camera, and IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. This model weighs 700g and will go on sale in Japan in January 2012.
Panasonic has yet to announce prices and possible plans to sell the BizPads outside Japan.
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Researchers demo 3D face scanning breakthroughs at SIGGRAPH, Kinect crowd squarely targeted
Author: Jesus Sargent
Lookin’ to get your Grown Nerd on? Look no further. We just sat through 1.5 hours of high-brow technobabble here at SIGGRAPH 2011, where a gaggle of gurus with IQs far, far higher than ours explained in detail what the future of 3D face scanning would hold. Scientists from ETH Zürich, Texas A&M, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University as well as a variety of folks from Microsoft Research and Disney Research labs were on hand, with each subset revealing a slightly different technique to solving an all-too-similar problem: painfully accurate 3D face tracking. Haoda Huang et al. revealed a highly technical new method that involved the combination of marker-based motion capture with 3D scanning in an effort to overcome drift, while Thabo Beeler et al. took a drastically different approach.
Those folks relied on a markerless system that used a well-lit, multi-camera system to overcome occlusion, with anchor frames acting as staples in the success of its capture abilities. J. Rafael Tena et al. developed “a method that not only translates the motions of actors into a three-dimensional face model, but also subdivides it into facial regions that enable animators to intuitively create the poses they need.” Naturally, this one’s most useful for animators and designers, but the first system detailed is obviously gunning to work on lower-cost devices — Microsoft’s Kinect was specifically mentioned, and it doesn’t take a seasoned imagination to see how in-home facial scanning could lead to far more interactive games and augmented reality sessions. The full shebang can be grokked by diving into the links below, but we’d advise you to set aside a few hours (and rest up beforehand).
Researchers demo 3D face scanning breakthroughs at SIGGRAPH, Kinect crowd squarely targeted originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No Comments »Microsoft and Wistron come to terms in royalty agreement, Android and Chrome OS now targeted
Author: Ian Simpson
We’re seeing a heavy surge in Microsoft’s relentless pursuit of licensing deals in light of recent patent-infringement claims. Wistron Corp, a spinoff of Acer, is the latest company to make an agreement with Microsoft in a string of lawsuits and royalty clashes that’s spanned the course of two months. While we’ve seen Android suppliers such as Itronix and Velocity Micro come to agreements with the folks in Redmond, as well as others like Motorola and Barnes & Noble becoming courtroom fodder, this is the first time Chrome OS has been targeted. Wistron’s an ODM (original design manufacturer) that supplies other companies with computers, tablets and e-readers using either Google OS, so it’s not necessarily a surprise that it signed up for the Microsoft lawsuit prevention plan. Scant details are available aside from the fact that royalties will be collected as a result. Now that Chrome is involved, it not only shows that Team Ballmer isn’t backing down, it appears to have even more companies in its crosshairs — we just wonder who’s next on the list. Full (albeit brief) PR after the break.
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Microsoft and Wistron come to terms in royalty agreement, Android and Chrome OS now targeted originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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