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Petrovic
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From Brain to Flame, Myths, Facts, and the Future - Antivirus Evolution and Technology Adoption

“Antivirus is dead!” has been the marketing cry of vendors wishing to displace antivirus (AV) technology with their “superior” comprehensive products. It’s true, purely signature-based AV scanners are extinct; however, AV is constantly evolving. The future can be predicted through knowledge of the past. This first brief in a two-part series on AV studies its evolution from the Brain virus to the Flame worm, from single threat remediation to modern day suites of technologies that contain industry-developed technology and protection mechanisms adopted from other security sectors. Full Article   "It’s true, purely signature-based AV scanners are extinct" The future behind the Webroot technologies!  

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25 of the worst memories from the Internet

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/321500/25-web-milestones-we-wish-we-could-forget   Fun article, although the slideshow format is a bit annoying 🙂

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Massive Bitcoin mining rig earns $8 million per month

A veritable mine in Washington state is pumping out an estimated $8 million in Bitcoins per month. Local TV news station KOMO News was given a peek at what the people behind it are calling "the largest mine in North America and most of the rest of the world." Built across two warehouses, the racks of constantly running mining rigs combine to provide a petahash of processing power, at the expense of 1.4 megawatts of electricity, devoted to solving the increasingly complex algorithm that generates Bitcoins. The result is monthly earnings of $8 million in Bitcoin per month, according to the report.   Although the location of the warehouse was kept private, it was key to maximizing profits for the mining rig. The area where the facility was built was chosen for its access to cheap and reliable electricity, according to the report.   Full Article and Video

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Petrovic
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Sony and Panasonic reveal Archival Disc format with up to 1TB of space

Sony helped to launch the Blu-ray disc player and format in 2006, which quickly defeated the rival HD-DVD to become the true successor to DVD. Now Sony has announced the next generation disc format, at least from a storage standpoint, with today's reveal of Archival Disc.   Sony and its partner Panasonic first announced their plans to create a next-gen disc format in July 2013,  Today's press release not only gives a formal name to the format for the first time but also offers up a roadmap for future disc support. Unlike DVD or Blu-ray, which are both designed primarily as formats for video and games, Archival Disc has been developed to create a long term storage system. Sony states: "Optical discs have excellent properties to protect themselves against the environment, such as dust-resistance and water-resistance, and can also withstand changes in temperature and humidity when stored. They also allow inter-generational compatibility between different formats, ensuring t

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Petrovic
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CeBIT: UK Prime Minister backs development of insane-speed 5G networks

Mobile users are just getting around to upgrading their handsets to take advantage of 4G networks, but this simply is not fast enough. UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, spoke at CeBIT announcing that the country will join forces with Germany to develop the successor to 4G -- the uninspiringly-named 5G. The PM announced a deal with Germany which will help to push forward with the development of a mobile broadband network that will offer download speeds up to 1,000 times those currently available on 4G. To put this kind of speed in perspective, as the Prime Minister explained, an 800MB movie (or any other type of file for that matter) could be download in a single second. One second. For the best part of a gig of data. On a mobile device. Who is going to say no to that? Ultimately, the adoption rate will be determined by the costs involved -- mobile tariffs, suitable handsets, data charges, and coverage -- but before any of this becomes an issue, 5G needs to be, well, invented really. &n

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Almost 11 days later, Google finally clears up Postini email backlog

After about a week-and-a-half, Google finished unclogging a backlog of legitimate messages its Postini spam filter trapped by mistake at the end of February. Google finally cleaned up the queue of undelivered email early Sunday, resolving a problem it first acknowledged on Feb. 26. The company started sending out the affected messages the next morning. This means that the last batch of erroneously quarantined email reached its destination almost 11 days after being sent, about three or four times longer than it usually takes the U.S. Postal Service to deliver First Class mail.   Full Topic

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nic
nicRetired Webrooter
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iOS 7.1 is out

http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/10/5354266/ios-7-1-features-download    

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Asus reportedly not pairing Android with Windows due to pressure from Google

Rich Edmonds wrote:Asus and Intel have been working together to combine two experiences - Windows and Android. This enables tablets and other form factors to run Windows and then Android, depending on which mode has been enabled by the user. Asus presented the TD300 at CES 2014, but now Digitimes reports that the company is postponing launch plans due to pressure from Google.  Read here.

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Facebook bringing back F8 developer conference this April

Rachael King wrote:     For anyone who has missed having F8 around, get ready because the social network is bringing back the show.  Read here.

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Dell charges £16 TO INSTALL FIREFOX on PCs – Mozilla is miffed

The Mozilla Foundation has begun an investigation after tech juggernaut Dell appeared to be asking customers to pay more than £16 ($27) to install its free web browser Firefox on newly purchased Dell kit. "By not charging, we mean the Mozilla product must be without cost and its distribution (whether by download or other media) may not be subject to a fee, or tied to subscribing to or purchasing a service, or the collection of personal information."   A reader wrote to us to say that Dell had asked if he'd like to fork out £16.25 for the convenience of having Mozilla's browser installed on a new machine he was attempting to purchase. Sources within Mozilla said they had launched a preliminary consultation with legal teams, but this process was at an early stage. The source said: "Mozilla is looking into this as it does not comply with terms and conditions policy. I’m afraid we can’t really answer your questions until Mozilla hears from legal teams."   Full Article

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Petrovic
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'Windows 8.1 with Bing' could be an experiment to offer Windows for free

Last week, a new Windows 8.1 Update 1 build leaked to the Internet but this one was labeled as "Windows 8.1 with Bing." Since Bing SmartSearch is already a partof Windows 8.1, many have wondered exactly what this mysterious SKU is going to be when the final version is released. Today, a new report on ZDNet from well connected journalist Mary Jo Foley claims, via unnamed sources, that Windows 8.1 with Bing is an experiment for Microsoft. She writes that while the actual SKU has only minor differences from the other versions of Windows 8.1, it could be a way for Microsoft to offer Bing-related incentives for either consumers or OEMs which could make Windows free in the future. Microsoft already offers nice incentives for anyone to search the web using Bing. It started its free Bing Rewards program a few years ago which allows folks to get rewards such as.gift cards for Amazon, Applebee's and Microsoft services like Xbox Live and Skype by searching the Internet on Bing.com. Jus

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Official Windows 8.1 Update 1 Download Links Revealed

Windows 8.1 Update 1 is now available for download, but Microsoft is yet to officially reveal the update, preferring instead to remain tight-lipped and let users get the pack using all sorts of tricks. It turns out, however, that Redmond itself has published Update 1 on its servers and although the company hasn’t revealed the download links publicly, the guys over at MyDigitalLife forums have spotted them and published them online. Since Microsoft is serving the downloads, these are most likely the official packages that are expected to be delivered to users in early April via Windows Update. Of course, you are strongly recommended to back up your existing Windows 8.1 installation and only then start downloading. As you can see for yourselves, Microsoft has also debuted several prerequisites, which means that an existing Windows 8.1 installation needs to be prepared for the new update with the help of several patches. A fully up-to-date Windows 8.1 version is also required, so make sur

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They say that copying is the sincerest form of flattery?

Well, just spotted this from a WSA rival:   "Comodo has announced the release of Comodo Firewall 7.0, Comodo Antivirus 7.0 and Comodo Internet Security 7.0.   The major addition to all three tools is the Viruscope, a new component of the Behaviour Blocker which monitors running processes, records their actions activities, and may be able to undo some of them later.   The new Website Filtering module can block access to known malware or phishing sites. There are options to customise it further with rules of your own, for example preventing a particular user from accessing Facebook."   Full Report   Great ideas...but I am sure that I have heard of them somewhere before...and there was NO 'may be able to undo' about it. ;)   EDIT: In the interests of fairness I should point out that the above is from a 3rd party review, and that Comodo say themselves that the 'Viruscope' feature will introduce "...the ability to reverse potentially undesirable actions of

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oooooo...my.... gawd....Leo Laporte talks to Steve Gibson Transcript of Episode #445

SHOW TEASE: It's time for Security Now!. Steve Gibson is here. We've got questions. We've got answers. And Steve makes a shocking admission: He's not worried about upgrading Windows XP. He thinks he's safe. Find out why, next on Security Now!   You can read the Transcript or listen to the MP3. It's better if you listen................................!   https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-445.htm   I don't know if I should Laugh or Band my head against a wall?   Daniel 😠

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Facebook to buy messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn

Facebook has said it will buy messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn (£11.4bn) - the social networking giant's biggest purchase to date. WhatsApp is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges and has been cited as a rival to BlackBerry Messenger. WhatsApp has over 450 million monthly users. In a statement, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp's services as "incredibly valuable". WhatsApp allows users to send messages over internet connections, avoiding text messaging fees. The company claims it is currently registering one million new users a day. Facebook will pay $4bn in cash and $12bn in stock for the firm. An extra $3bn in restricted stock will be given to WhatsApp's founders and employees.   Full Article  

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Two Hackers Arrested for Theft of 12 Million Mobile Customers' Data

The Yonhap News Agency reports that two people were recently arrested for allegedly hacking into the Web site of South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp. and stealing the personal information of 12 million customers, approximately 75 percent of the company's customer base (h/t Softpedia). The stolen data included the customers' names, resident registration numbers, places of employment and bnak account information. Police say the attack began in February of 2013, with as many as 300,000 people's data being stolen each day. The attackers allegedly earned 11.5 billion Won (almost $11 million) by using the stolen information to sell mobile phones. The two hackers, surnamed Kim and Jung and aged 29 and 38, allegedly used a custom-designed program to extract information from KT's Web site by randomly inserting nine-digit verification numbers.   Full Article

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Petrovic
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Windows 7 build of IE11 with Enterprise mode leaked

This spring will be a very interesting time for Windows fans, as Windows 8.1 will receive a large update that might be called a ‘feature pack’. While the jury is still out if that name will be official, more bits from the update have leaked. This time around, the IE11 build for Windows 7 has shown up in various corners of the web and while there are not a lot of major features, it does introduce the “Enterprise mode” that allows corporations to view legacy applications with the browser without having to worry about compatibility issues. The update for IE11 on Windows 7 may be released at BUILD that is about 3.5 weeks away. It certainly won’t be the highlight of the conference but will be a nice bonus for Windows 7 users. The rumor on the street (twitter) is that the RTM build of Windows 8.1 update 1 will be leaked later today. While we wouldn’t place any money on this information, the leaks have been coming at a steady rate over the past few weeks and it does seem reasonable that it c

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Webroot in PC magazine

REVIEWS Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete review: Protection needs improvement 4 weeks ago by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, PCWorld Webroot's suite has a nice interface, but the program needs to get better at detecting zero-day attacks and distinguishing between threats and nonthreats.

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webfoot and dictation

I had to turn webroot off to dictate this post right now. I have yet to have read a solution from webroot as to how to allow dictation to work with web root enabled. Of course, as others have learned one to disable web root dictation through Mac work pretty good. Wondering if anyone else had sent this in and what response they have received from webroot.

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Police Password Lost For 8 Years In India

Police over in India did not manage to act on hundreds of corruption complaints in a time frame of up to 8 years, simply because there was one niggling issue that caused the inaction. Apparently, it was reported that the police themselves have no clue as to what the computer password is. This caused Delhi officers to be unable to operate a portal that actually carried more than 600 complaints, where this particular lapse actually went undetected since 2006, at least according to the Indian Express Newspaper. The complaints hailed from India’s very own anti-corruption agency that is known as the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). A couple of senior police officers have since been trained in the system, and are able to gain access to the 667 odd cases that have been accumulated ever since the portal launched. An officer did mention that this oversight proved to be “a technical problem”, and whatever complaints filed in the past until now are being addressed even as you read this. It do

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Young scientist Jamie Edwards in atomic fusion record

A 13-year-old boy from Preston has become the youngest person ever to successfully carry out atomic fusion. Jamie Edwards built a nuclear reactor before successfully smashing two hydrogen atoms together, making helium through nuclear fusion.   Source Article and video   The very best of luck to him.

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Hacking an Android phone for $8 monthly broadband and TV

Depending on where you are, you can significantly cut your bills for basic cable, home broadband, and mobile voice and data with T-Mobile and Aereo live TV over the internet. In San Antonio, Texas, I hacked an Android smartphone into a Wi-Fi router and then subscribed to Aereo instead of subscribing with one of the cable television and internet companies. I saved a bundle of money. Right now, T-Mobile offers unlimited mobile data. In some locations, 4G performance can be as good as, or even better than, wired broadband. In order to confirm if this was possible, I checked the T-Mobile coverage map using the location’s zip code. The T-Mobile’s map indicated that 4G coverage at the San Antonio location was excellent. Then I tested broadband speed with a really amazing app called Open Signal. The result: 9.4 Mbps down and 2.4 Mbps up. Open Signal also indicated older HSPA service. HPSA is an extension of the 3G standards into the 4G realm. Some might argue that it’s not really 4G, and the

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detected these threats , damon ?

I read a news about new virus .   MD5 :   0caea5a881eda0eaa5c0ed450e4cf4c8   deeae47c79152126355d631424d9a4bd     2c861457f81f71d0e71f700072dbb304   now webroot can detected these threats ?   Thank You . Best Regards ,  

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Petrovic
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Microsoft releases SharePoint Server 2013 SP1; new version coming in 2015

As part of their many announcements made at today's 2014 SharePoint Conference, Microsoft revealed that SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 is now available for download. SP1 has a few improvements for the web-based content management and collaboration tools designed for enterprise customers. The Office blog reveals what's being put into this service pack. It includes a way to add a connection to the OneDrive for Business data storage service for Office 365 users, along with offering Yammer as an alternative to the default NewsFeed social network in SharePoint 2013. Finally, it adds support for JSON Light in OData v3 requests. Naturally there are a number of bug fixes in this SP1 release; it collects all of the patches that Microsoft has offered for SharePoint Server 2013 between December 2013 and February 2014. IT admins who might have expected Microsoft to release a new version of SharePoint Server this year might be disappointed. Microsoft indicated t

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How mantraps protect data centers from tailgating

When it comes to building security, data centers are more like Fort Knox than one might expect, especially if the facility incorporates mantraps. A huge heat exchanger spewing steam into the cold February morning air was the only thing distinguishing the building I was going to from other nearby buildings. This building was a newly renovated data center that a friend managed, and I was there to check out his toys. As I walked up to the entrance, I noticed all the empty concrete planters spaced uniformly around the main door. Since this was Minnesota, they were just wide enough for two people or a snowblower to fit through. I remember my friend mentioning the architect called them, "Intrusion protection without sacrificing aesthetics." While waiting at the front desk, I recalled my friend mentioning the security upgrades that were required due to the facility changing from a multidiscipline building to a mission-critical building. The differences being:     Multidi

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