MediaTek Announces Octa-Core Processor to Rival Snapdragon 805

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZ_yufTR58RZwmx16ls-mc_xC62qip7_fAPKcptO6_P2qZXdZrsCNOy5TFfjFMIAGIIdsk2tabsNF8LYMC0ehEPdDX0DTHcpp2eEilcANyRlDsBuIIEluMo-VdRU9EB3Pi2JJQccD7ZM/s1600/MediaTek+Announces+Octa-Core+Processor+to+Rival+Snapdragon+805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MediaTek Announces Octa-Core Processor to Rival Snapdragon 805" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZ_yufTR58RZwmx16ls-mc_xC62qip7_fAPKcptO6_P2qZXdZrsCNOy5TFfjFMIAGIIdsk2tabsNF8LYMC0ehEPdDX0DTHcpp2eEilcANyRlDsBuIIEluMo-VdRU9EB3Pi2JJQccD7ZM/s1600/MediaTek+Announces+Octa-Core+Processor+to+Rival+Snapdragon+805.jpg" title="MediaTek Announces Octa-Core Processor to Rival Snapdragon 805" width="400" /></a></div> MediaTek has announced a new top-end octa-core processor which will rival the current top-end offerings from Qualcomm and others, the MT6595.<br /> The processor consists of four 2.2-2.5Ghz Cortex A17 and four 1.7Ghz Cortex A7 chips and thanks to ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture and Heterogenous Multi-Processing, the intensity of task decides how many cores kick into action. This is much efficient and saves battery life.<br /> The MT6595 is also the first processor with LTE system-on-chip and supports 4K video playback and capture.<br /> <div class="adsxpls" id="adsxpls1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> </div> It comes with a new Rogue PowerVR Series 6 GPU unit to handle all the intense graphics of modern day gaming and entertainment stuff.<br /> MediaTek was also the first company to unveil the world’s first true octa-core processor not long ago but the replacement of four Cortex A7 cores by A17 has brought in an additional 60% increase in performance.<br /> The processor also comes with support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and 20mp camera modules.<br /> You’ll find it in phones lying the $99-$199 on-contract range or $200 to $300 without subsidies, so it won’t really have to spend a fortune to buy this thing.<br /> You can expect MT6595 to hit the markets by the end of this year.</div>

MediaTek Announces Octa-Core Processor to Rival Snapdragon 805

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Snapchat User Accounts Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglZCY8EkyhoBK1mBcMt08TicPcOJD6APgQcoojNHKByKoykNeb-DmWe7qq31vuRi9tx2Tg68mTUG_1FnntzLyMcVXAV7g-hSEfQDwI-9bYMZ0KDmMnc5J_FqLNpIF6-iK9fn4uEOmMZY/s1600/Snapchat-hacking-user-accounts-vulnerable-Brute-Force-Attack.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Snapchat User Accounts Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack" border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglZCY8EkyhoBK1mBcMt08TicPcOJD6APgQcoojNHKByKoykNeb-DmWe7qq31vuRi9tx2Tg68mTUG_1FnntzLyMcVXAV7g-hSEfQDwI-9bYMZ0KDmMnc5J_FqLNpIF6-iK9fn4uEOmMZY/s1600/Snapchat-hacking-user-accounts-vulnerable-Brute-Force-Attack.png" title="Snapchat User Accounts Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Snapchat</b>, a Smartphone application that lets users share snapshots with friends is catching fire among teenagers. It was first hacked in December when 4.6 million Snapchat users were exposed in a database breach.<br /> </div> <div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> </div> <div id="aim22428252392907758956"> <br /> Later, the denial-of-service attack and CAPTCHA Security bypass were discovered by other researchers within last two-three weeks. Snapchat has no Vulnerability Reward Program, but still many penetration testers are working hard and free of cost to make the application more secure by disclosing flaws. <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Interestingly, this is not the end of vulnerabilities, <i>Mohamed Ramadan</i>, a security researcher with Attack-Secure from Egypt, has spotted a new vulnerability on Snapchat that allow an attacker to brute-force login credentials of the users. Brute-force is a process of trying multiple passwords against a username until you get a correct password.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "<i>This vulnerability allows anyone who knows your SnapChat email to brute force your account’s password without any protection from snapchat side, there is no lockout. Limited tries or even </i><i>Captcha.</i>" he said in a <a href="http://attack-secure.com/2014/02/account-brute-forcing-vulnerability-in-snapchat-app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog post</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <center> </center> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He found this security flaw late in 2013, reported it to Snapchat's Security Team and they took 2 Months to fix the flaw. However, vulnerability has been fixed; but users are recommended to use Strong passwords always.<br /> <br /> The security flaws doesn't mean that SnapChat is losing its reputation in the market as security issues are common in every app we use today, and moreover it is the popularity and easiness of the app that Facebook offered $3 Billion to purchase it but the SnapChat CEO rejected the offer.</div> </div> </div>

Snapchat User Accounts Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack

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Beware! Cyber Criminals May Spoil Your Valentine's Day

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6DkpDj2kAU6r9-keRezJTDf5WVzDU3DWrIcF7HiHHlVzQBZ8elP62-apFVrS96YSj7tKeIn2zpwV6kbBHqxI9Nnh8ep16C1KziLw1dxzzAE4r6YQ9S7ftUGdCwHgtT620Nl61thsfDc/s1600/Valentine-day-malware-hacking.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Beware! Cyber Criminals May Spoil Your Valentine's Day" border="0" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6DkpDj2kAU6r9-keRezJTDf5WVzDU3DWrIcF7HiHHlVzQBZ8elP62-apFVrS96YSj7tKeIn2zpwV6kbBHqxI9Nnh8ep16C1KziLw1dxzzAE4r6YQ9S7ftUGdCwHgtT620Nl61thsfDc/s1600/Valentine-day-malware-hacking.gif" title="Beware! Cyber Criminals May Spoil Your Valentine's Day" width="400" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="text-align: left;"><i>Valentine's Day</i></span><i> </i>- a day of hearts, Chocolates, Flowers and Celebrations when people express their emotions to their loved ones and most of us send E-cards, purchase special gifts with the help of various Online Shop Sites and many other tantrums making them feel special.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While you are busy in Googling ideal gifts for your loved ones, the Cyber thieves are also busy in taking advantage of such events by spreading various malware, phishing campaigns and fraud schemes as these days come out to be a goldmine for the cyber criminals.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Online Shopping Scams</i> are popular among Cyber criminals as it is the easiest way for hackers to steal money in easy and untraceable ways.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> </div> <div id="aim21222758568864058230"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Security Researchers at Anti virus firm - <i>Trend Micro</i> <a href="http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/breaking-up-with-valentines-day-online-threats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discovered</a> various Valentine's Day threats which are common at such occasion i.e. A flower-delivery service and it appears to be a normal promotional e-mail, but the links actually lead to various survey scams.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Malware threats also arrive during this season of love. The researchers recently found a new attack targeting Canadian users looking for a Romantic Dinner Giveaway. The email appears to be about a special Valentine Dinner, and has an attachment which is actually a malicious <i>.RTF</i> file (<i>detected as TROJ_ARTIEF. VDY</i>), using a known buffer overflow vulnerability (<i><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-027" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CVE-2012-0158</a></i>)  in Windows Common Controls, allows remote code execution to drop a backdoor (BKDR_INJECT<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" id="d732a09c-aa93-4231-8d60-e924dd83f63c">.</span>VDY) onto the affected system.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz3j57MzjJ9IP2o9qErb805N1NP2wFG-hHfzZtcnYXJO7KfrHEUZMlf83GDIad5XZnHZ22BEzmZDveOT7fB6jw9YPw-LZcAQt3U9m7FmeTAMjIGR9t7kYebd0qibr-g23QwpV803vF-E/s1600/Valentine-day-malware-hacking.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Beware! Cyber Criminals May Spoil Your Valentine's Day" border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz3j57MzjJ9IP2o9qErb805N1NP2wFG-hHfzZtcnYXJO7KfrHEUZMlf83GDIad5XZnHZ22BEzmZDveOT7fB6jw9YPw-LZcAQt3U9m7FmeTAMjIGR9t7kYebd0qibr-g23QwpV803vF-E/s1600/Valentine-day-malware-hacking.png" title="Beware! Cyber Criminals May Spoil Your Valentine's Day" width="400" /></a></div> <span class="main-article-info"><div style="text-align: justify;"> This Valentine's Day, with the popularity of Android phones and iPhones, it seems practical to impress your beloved by sending e-cards using various Valentine's Day Apps, but you never realize that despite sending E-cards, you are also inflicting an Android malware on your beloveds which could be worse to your relation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The security researchers from <i>Bitdefender</i> recently released a report, noted how such Valentine's Day apps could demand undue permissions, that could violate users’ privacy, rack up users’ phone bills, and even possibly cause identity theft.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The researchers have detected various malware-inflicted apps, one of which is ‘<b>Valentine’s Day 2014 Wallpaper</b>.’ The app records user’s location and his browsing history in the process without having any justification for asking permissions.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Another is ‘<b>Valentine's Day Frames</b>’, the app that reads the user’s contacts list, which is logically an odd request because the app is only intended to adorn user’s romantic photographs with Valentine's Day themed photo frames. <i>So what’s the use of reading your contact list for this app?</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One more, ‘<b>Love Letters for Chat, Status</b>’ which allows you to share love quotes, letters, and even poems to your dearest friends, but the app is capable to send emails, make phone calls, change audio settings, and even modify calendar events without your permission. So gifting this to your beloved may cause an end to you sweet relation.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Seasonal deals and offers are common place, so its users own duty to spot what’s malicious and what’s not. Following are some tips every Internet user must follow:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <ul> <li>Do not to open emails and click links in wild from unknown sources.</li> <li>Do not run attached files that come from unknown sources, especially these days.</li> <li>The biggest bargains aren’t always the biggest stealing. If an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is, but if you are making purchases online, then prefer a reputed shopping site and type the address of the store in the browser, rather than going through any links that have been sent to you.</li> <li>Has an effective security solution installed in your system that is capable of detecting both known and new malware strains.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Don’t spread malware... Spread love :) Stay safe! Stay tuned to Rex Hacker.</div> </span></div> </div>

Beware! Cyber Criminals May Spoil Your Valentine's Day

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Nokia to Release Its First Android Phone This Month

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh111rChV2lfG2l2C66B_SQUmWmgoUrZfP4bfqxSeuhBwW6T1oLWlcKbPxiWAawV2cu2ZJ4rpgMBYzzm8gQGy7jAziFmcYNI4TVU1hbBRzOKJ8v1YRgkfAs7KCESbbG0zv1fMk8-WSJuCY/s1600/Nokia+to+release+its+first+Android+phone+this+month.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nokia to Release Its First Android Phone This Month" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh111rChV2lfG2l2C66B_SQUmWmgoUrZfP4bfqxSeuhBwW6T1oLWlcKbPxiWAawV2cu2ZJ4rpgMBYzzm8gQGy7jAziFmcYNI4TVU1hbBRzOKJ8v1YRgkfAs7KCESbbG0zv1fMk8-WSJuCY/s1600/Nokia+to+release+its+first+Android+phone+this+month.jpg" title="Nokia to Release Its First Android Phone This Month" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Nokia has plans to launch a <a href="http://rexhacker.blogspot.com/2013/09/nokia-lumia-running-on-android-used-to.html" target="_blank">long-rumoured</a> Android phone later this month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, reported <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304104504579374893734151208" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>.<br /> Phone is widely reported to be aimed at low-end segment of the developing markets.<br /> Report said that Nokia X – <a href="http://rexhacker.blogspot.com/2013/12/nokia-is-making-phone-with-android-app.html" target="_blank">code named Normady</a> – will come with a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 4-inch WVGA screen, 512MB of memory, 4GB of storage, and a microSD card slot.<br /> <div class="adsxpls" id="adsxpls1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> </div> It will reportedly sport a 5MP camera, a 1,500mAh battery, along with dual-SIM option.<br /> Speculations say that Nokia won’t allow the “Play Store” access to this phone, instead Microsoft and Nokia developed services – such as Here maps and Mix Radio — will be offered along with Nokia’s own store with popular Android Apps, such as Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp etc..<br /> Nokia X will Finally change Nokia’s decision for not going Android. Company remained committed to Windows Phone operating system for its high-end smartphones.<br /> However, we have seen Nokia testing various other home-grown operating systems for its low-end phones for developing markets. Android on a low-end phone from Nokia seems in-line with this long-running policy.<br /> Nokia’s hardware run by Android phone would be an interesting proposition. This may not only revive the brand, which was sold to Microsoft last year, but may also help result into faster adoption of smartphones in developing markets, especially if phone is priced well.</div>

Nokia to Release Its First Android Phone This Month

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E-Office System in all Federal Ministries to Be Deployed Soon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4flRhgSa266T4wJt94vwnk9aUf8dRL23gQi2hww0ESG_iTIpan4nWiMN8WgW4HneTjJqnjFWe31wOYm7sYVncGowI2y7Db6D0PAhJtPZI4PBh9QbhU_zLMAu2BOS_OcukzZ_sMykXuw/s1600/E-Office+System+in+all+Federal+Ministries+to+Be+Deployed+Soon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="E-Office System in all Federal Ministries to Be Deployed Soon" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4flRhgSa266T4wJt94vwnk9aUf8dRL23gQi2hww0ESG_iTIpan4nWiMN8WgW4HneTjJqnjFWe31wOYm7sYVncGowI2y7Db6D0PAhJtPZI4PBh9QbhU_zLMAu2BOS_OcukzZ_sMykXuw/s1600/E-Office+System+in+all+Federal+Ministries+to+Be+Deployed+Soon.jpg" title="E-Office System in all Federal Ministries to Be Deployed Soon" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> The Minister of State for IT, Ms. Anusha Rahman chaired a meeting to review the progress of PSDP IT Project regarding the deployment of e-office system for at least 28 federal ministries. The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary (IT), Azmat Ali Ranjha, DG (PCB) and senior officials of MoIT and PCB. <br /> DG (PCB) apprised the Minister regarding the progress of e-office project at length. In this regard, multiple teams have been constituted in accordance with the nature of tasks and relevant to the human resource expertise. <br /> The DG (PCB) told the minister that acquisition of Data Centre Facility for e-Office Hosting, signing of contract for e-office and middle software with the vendors, gathering and analysis of ministries for configuration of basic parameters for the said system has already completed. <br /> The Federal Ministries/Divisions have nominated their Focal Persons to liaison with PCB team for the implementation of the system simultaneously in their respective Ministries/Divisions. Moreover, above 75% network connectivity of Federal Ministries/Divisions through Optical Fiber Ring has been tested successfully. <br /> The master trainers are imparting the capacity building training to the trainers who will further train the employees of the Federal Government on e-office system to cater optimum results. The e-office system is already functional in Prime Minister Office, National Assembly Secretariat and Ministry of Information Technology. <br /> The Minister directed to establish an IT Service Management Cell to register and address the issues of the end users of the system. She further expressed that the said system will be a key tool to ensure efficiency, accuracy, effectiveness, good governance, transparency, and accountability in decision making. <br /> The Minister further added that the indigenous technological industry has been utilized for the development and implementation of e-office system to encourage the local industry and to maximize the usage of local IT HR as per the vision of the present government.</div>

E-Office System in all Federal Ministries to Be Deployed Soon

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PTCL Offers Free EVO For Broadband DSL Users

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9VsHcISPvH9IWWmemBvFQOmdFa7R21fuaQk14KERCVD6tZe1yIUWyFIS5RdPFshKR4NvWMbOHwTJiEZZbjH2yQNMaAZ_8Q2etvtQp4GQyAlXxunWH2H_jPCa0e1NsN58frND4Cgl3AY/s1600/PTCL+offers+Free+EVO+For+Broadband+DSL+Users.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="PTCL Offers Free EVO For Broadband DSL Users" border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9VsHcISPvH9IWWmemBvFQOmdFa7R21fuaQk14KERCVD6tZe1yIUWyFIS5RdPFshKR4NvWMbOHwTJiEZZbjH2yQNMaAZ_8Q2etvtQp4GQyAlXxunWH2H_jPCa0e1NsN58frND4Cgl3AY/s1600/PTCL+offers+Free+EVO+For+Broadband+DSL+Users.jpg" title="PTCL Offers Free EVO For Broadband DSL Users" width="400" /></a></div> PTCL has announced that it will offer free EVO devices to all DSL subscribers as a backup connection.<br /> There will be no device charges, however, a monthly line rent of Rs. 500 will apply for 3.1Mbps speed with 10GB monthly limit.<br /> <div class="adsxpls" id="adsxpls1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> </div> This offer can be especially beneficial for DSL broadband subscribers who want connectivity while on the go as well.<br /> Charges for EVO device, that is Rs. 500 per month, will be included in customer’s monthly bill.<br /> Just to add, this is an opt-in package and can be availed with any DSL package as per customer requirement. However, once subscribed, Rs 1,000 will be charged in case of disconnection of Evo Package on customer request before lapse of 12 months since purchase.<br /> <h4> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Offer Details:</span></h4> <ul> <li>Package Name: EVO DSL Bundle (Rev.A 3.1 USB)</li> <li>Device Price: Free of Cost</li> <li>Monthly Line-Rent: Rs. 500</li> <li>Monthly Volume Limit: 10 GB</li> <li>Validity: 1 Month</li> <li>Billing Mode: Postpaid</li> </ul> <h4> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Business Rules:</span></h4> <ul> <li>The promotion can be availed by any existing or new PTCL Broadband Customer.</li> <li>Offer is valid for DSL subscribers only.</li> <li>Package can be availed with any DSL package as per customer requirement.</li> <li>Billing Mode will be Postpaid (PSTN Billing Only), to be billed alongside DSL in customer’s landline bill.</li> <li>Rs 1,000 will be charged in case of disconnection of Evo Package on customer request before lapse of 12 months since purchase.</li> <li>Disconnection of Package after a period of 12 months at the request of the customer will not be charged.</li> <li>EVO connection will be disconnected if the PSTN connection is terminated.</li> <li>EVO Service can be availed through any PTCL OSS. For DSL, orders can be booked through PTCL order line i.e 0800-8-0800</li> </ul> </div>

PTCL Offers Free EVO For Broadband DSL Users

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