For copyright infringement Mail.ru blocked in Italy

Mail.ru and 23 internet hosting infringe copyright bootlegging film production.

Rome prosecutor's office has closed access to the Russian Internet site Mail.ru throughout Italy.According to the newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing a statement the prosecutor's office, the Russian Internet portal is accused of violating copyright law.

Investigation initiated Film Company Eyemoon Pictures.Her representatives said that Mail.ru and 23 internet hosting infringe copyright bootlegging film production.

According Eyemoon Pictures, on the Russian Internet portal Mail.ru illegally providing links to two cartoon studios Fruivtale Station and The Congress, which came on the screen back in 2013.After receiving complaints from Eyemoon Pictures prosecutors Rome start "Operation Eyemoon».An investigation was confirmed copyright infringement online resource Mail.ru and other portals.

Prosecutor's Office of Rome made ​​the "black" list of 24 Internet resource.Besides the Russian Mail.ru resource sharing in list got Kim Dotcom Mega, as well as popular torrent trackers.

At the moment in time in Mail.ru search engine you can find links to cartoons companies Fruivtale Station and The Congress.However, the site now provides only a textual description of the above video.

Microsoft launched a website statement for Windows Phone users

Microsoft has launched a website for new users of the operating system Windows Phone, who are unfamiliar with this platform or want to discover new useful features. To demonstrate the capabilities of most systems were dropped short and understandable videos. The company also did not forget to tell how you can easily transfer all your data from Android-smartphone or iPhone.

Watch Video Here .

Personally visit the site to get acquainted with the capabilities of the operating system Windows Phone.

PayPal lets bug webshops arbitrary amount Checkout

Paypal Bug

A bug in the online payment service PayPal enables webshops to settle after the customer has been given. Attachment for a different amount any amount Thus, the customer thinks he is buying something for one euro, for example, while the shop settles 200 euros.

However, the customer receives only the confirmation email from PayPal that 200 euros is charged. The problem is when using the PayPal Express Checkout, says the German security researcher Jan Kechel . This confirms the customer in its PayPal payment environment and think you have judged. After the payment through PayPal, the user is sent back to the shop, where another function is called that allows you to transfer, without the customer has given consent another amount will be.

Kechel discovered the problem and reported it to PayPal. The payment service stated that it is not a bug but is "intended behavior", due to small differences in transport costs and the like. The researcher believes that PayPal however all amounts greater than the fixed amount must confirm this. Again by the customer As evidence Kechel made ​​this demonstration .

First version of Open Wireless Router launched

During the X HOPE conference in New York, the first experimental version of the Open Wireless Router has launched a router update that causes the wifi connection is open for other people put. This open access is controlled by a separate guest area.
This should not only make Internet more accessible, but also improve the privacy and anonymity. An IP address is still almost always traceable to a particular Internet user, if there will be anywhere open Wi-Fi networks that link is not so easy to make more.
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The software should be easy for users to create finally open while they just own WPA2-protected can hold. Partly for their own Wi-Fi network for others In addition, users will also be able to set how much bandwidth guests get assigned, so that the connection of the owner of the Wi-Fi network does not bother the guests are having.
For now operates the Open Wireless Router Netgear WNDR3800 only on the router. It also includes an experimental version. However, the developers hope that more people will get involved, so the software will soon work on more devices and get more features. Themselves with the project
Thus, it is intended to have an automatic update feature to add that some of the information for the updates will be downloaded, which is a targeted attack on the router "very difficult" to make. Using Tor Owners of a Netgear WNDR3800 who want to go to work with the firmware update can be provided through Openwireless.org download.

Russian Internet giant offers email service without a password

The Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru has a new e-mail service launched where users have no password.

My.com such as the e-mail service is called, is in fact only accessible via an app on the smartphone.Once users register they will receive a unique SMS code.

This registration code is used once, after which users never have to enter a password. The phone is namely as authentication."And you always have with you", so let the developers know. Our own research would show that often their email on their smartphone then check users on their desktop.

Furthermore, all sent and received e-mails should be encrypted, but specific details are not given. In addition, users of the free e-mail service to get 150 gigabytes of data storage, ten times as much as in the case of Gmail. 

My.com is only available for iOS and Android users. The developers say that they keep an eye on Windows Phone, but due to limited resources and expertise will now focus on iOS and Android.

Spammers bypass spam filters with non-Latin characters

Spammers use a variety of ways, such as images and ASCII text, to bypass spam filters and get. As phishing emails and other messages delivered to the mailbox of Internet users but recently the use of non-Latin characters, a trend to be.

This allows anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab. It concerns in particular Italian phishing emails, which spammers use certain non-Latin characters to replace. Latin characters This is possible thanks to the UTF-8 encoding system, in which characters from different writing systems can be combined in the same e-mails said analyst Maria Rubinstein. In the image below, several of the non-Latin characters underlined in red.

New ransomware Crypto Donkey hostage Files

There would be a new form of ransomware are called Crypto Donkey those files on infected computers for ransom encrypts, let the American television KFOX know. The malware would spread through e-mail and displays the image of a donkey if the computer is infected.

Then victims get five days to pay $ 500 or they lose their files. The malware that different users in Texas would have taken would also encrypt external drives. Further details about Crypto Donkey are not given, and also on the Internet is nothing to find. Regarding the alleged ransomware KFOX published or below photo of a screen of Crypto Donkey.

University advises password more than 20 characters

The Stanford University has implemented new password policy, which the students and employees advise to choose a password. Minimum of 20 characters Long passwords are safer because, according to the university to guess or crack them attackers need more time.

Easily guessed passwords would still be a problem for the university. While Stanford still accepts passwords of eight characters, users need this to various requirements, such as a combination of lowercase, uppercase, numbers and symbols.Passwords from 12 to 16 characters lowercase, uppercase and numbers are mandatory.

From 16 to 20 uppercase and lowercase characters are sufficient. As of 20 characters, there are no restrictions. Passwords longer than 20 characters describes the university in an infographic as the "gold standard" and would offer the most protection. To remember a password of 20 characters, the concept of passphrases advised, where users leave the password of several words exist.

"It is always wise to disguise by some strange, nonsensical or random elements to add simplicity," it says in the password policy explained. "Pizza with crispy Spaniels!" and "mangled Persimmon Therapy?" are two examples of passphrases that the university gives and consisting of more than 20 characters.

XP users should avoid Internet Explorer

Windows XP users should not use Internet Explorer now there is a new leak was discovered in the browser. That suggests Mikko Hypponen of the Finnish F-Secure. This weekend it was announced that a new leak in IE is present that is deployed. Limited extent in targeted attacks

The vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 to 11 present, although the attacks were directed only. Against users of IE9, IE10 and IE11 Since Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP, except for organizations with an extended service contract available, run IE users on the platform risk because there is no patch will be released which fixes the leak more.

Symantec also recommends that XP users to use another browser, but notes that this is a temporary measure until Microsoft has released a patch. A notable addition, because most XP users will receive. No more updates For XP users that IE can not do without the use of Microsoft's free Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 4.1 option.

This program adds additional security to the system and also works on Windows XP. The tool prevents attackers newly discovered IE vulnerability to exploit, according to Symantec. Besides XP users also users of other Windows versions can protect themselves through EMET against the vulnerability.

Warning of new vulnerability in Internet Explorer

There is a new and critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer discovers that actively used to infect computers with malware and cyber criminals which no update is available from Microsoft. The vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 11.

The attacks that were observed, however, were directed against IE9, IE10 and IE11. According to the U.S. security firm FireEye is the exploit of the vulnerability abuse by an APT (advanced persistent threat) group "used in the past more zero-day vulnerabilities used, including Firefox and Adobe Flash Player.

"We think this is an important zero-day, because the vulnerable versions about a quarter of the browser market decide," said analyst Chen Xiaobo. The exploits that attackers use uses a technique known through Adobe Flash Player, the Windows security bypasses to attack the unknown. Leak in IE

Solution

Microsoft vulnerability has also been confirmed and suggests that it is deployed. in targeted attacks only on a limited scalePending a security IE users to take various measures to protect themselves. Enabling the Enhanced Protected Mode in IE10 and IE11 can prevent the attack. IE users on Windows 7 itself should enable this option. Windows 8 Enhanced Protected Mode is enabled only in the "Metro" version of IE. If the desktop version of the browser on Windows 8 should still enable the measure itself used.

Since the exploit Adobe Flash Player as a springboard to attack the causes browserlek to disable the Flash Player plug-in in Internet Explorer ensure that the attack does not work anymore. Finally IE users can protect themselves by installing the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) version 4.1 or 5.0 Tech Preview .

Top 5 of imaginary viruses that would make the world more fun

Why bugs should always be evil? What if they would like you to reconcile with your ex fun and useful things, or that awful Tumblr account before you delete?

Stuart Heritage describes in The Guardian five imaginary viruses that would make the world. enjoyable. He calls virus creators to show another side of himself, and actively improve to helping people instead of harassing. Positive viruses the world

1. Facebook privacy virus

The privacy settings on Facebook are all an eyesore. Every few months, Facebook decision or something which leads to a sudden anyone 5 years old photo, where you say the least not too flattering on state, can be seen. Then you have to login again and again confirm what you want to share and what not. What if a virus would be that would ensure that all of your pictures remain private forever? Would not that be nice?

2. Spotify playlist virus

No one will just have to play Spotify playlists at a party. Sane Indeed, there is a high probability that a track is played where you actually die ashamed of you and so you end up with your tail between your legs to leave the party. But think of a virus scan on playlists of songs you could possibly embarrass and removes them for you before anyone else can hear? That way you'll never laughed!

3. Tumblr itself destroyer

The world is full of teenagers who cram their Tumblr account with hand-drawn Justin Bieber fan art or other bad things. There will come a day when these teens will apply. Their potential employer will google their name and find the Tumblr account, with all its consequences. Rising unemployment is the result. Why does no one a virus that all traces of your Tumblr account automatically deleted on the day of your 18th birthday? That would be the best for everyone!

4. Reconcile virus

Gmail still read all all emails. Why is there no peaceful virus maker who does something here? What if somehow the phrase "How could you cheat on me" pops up. Reconcile the virus would see this and immediately, of course with a stolen credit card, buy a huge bouquet and have it delivered. Indignant at the partner Bingo! Everyone is happy again because everyone loves flowers, regardless of the sender.

5. Reminder Flickr

Just a virus that sends emails to you to remind that the Flickr account that you created in 2004 still exists ...

New IDS notes deviant behavior

A team of researchers at Binghamton University has a new intrusion detection system that operates on the basis of monitoring the behaviour of systems and noticing when it is different from "normal" behaviour.

The project called "Intrusion Detection Systems: Object Access Graphs" was funded by the "Air Force Office of Scientific Research" was conducted by PhD Patricia Moat and Zachary Birnbaum and researcher Andrey Dolgikh. They were accompanied by Victor Skormin, professor of "electrical and computer engineering."

Behaviour

The researchers have chosen to focus on the behaviour of the system instead of detecting malware. This choice was made because malware can change there may be new definitions. Designed for faster

"We take a photo from your computer, and then we compare it with a picture of a computer that behaves normally a picture of an infected computer. Then we look at the differences," says Birnbaum. "On the basis of the differences we can see that the computer is infected and to what kind of infection it is. Soon as you know you are infected, you can take action."

"System calls that are made under normal circumstances be converted to" graph components "which are used as the basis of the profile of a computer again normally," the researchers explain.

Source: Intrusion Detection Using N-Grams or Graph Object Access Components

"Our results show that an efficient detection of abnormal behaviour is made possible by a clever use of" graph processing "algorithms to make system behaviour profiles."

The PDF with details about the project you can here find.