Posts by Al_21 66 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Feb 2011
1. No AVs are able to protect against 100% of malware, so things can get through
2. Apparently, the user paused Kaspersky for the initial malware infection, else Kaspersky would have blocked the infection in the first place - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/25/kaspersky_nsa_keygen_backdoor_office/
Why a security expert would trust using a keygen or cracked software on their live system is beyond me.
I'm not a techie so don't understand how it attacks, but it's frustrating knowing this can happen via a web-browser without any prompts about the page wanting to go above and beyond what most users want it to do.
All I want to do is read websites and see pictures of cats, not even upload anything.
I like the verdict comparing it up against other phones in the market.
Guess a differentiator other than specs vs others in the market at a similar price-points is things like screen size (5.5" is too large for some) and support (CS and software updates).
Moto's one of the best at keeping phones updated.
"While $19bn may indeed seem like an eye-watering asking price for a photo-sharing app, it wouldn't come close to cracking the mark set by Uber last year. The ride-sharing service was able to convince investors that it was worth $41bn in its latest round of fundraising."...
Incomparable... Uber's generating lots of revenue and has potential for lots more... the other isn't.
Thinking too much about what to call a branch name is wasted resources.
Just do it and move on.
Forget the 100+ hours thinking of ideas, discussing, voting for a shortlist, showing senior staff, discussing, voting, senior member changes his/her mind and starting the idea bashing again.
No idea how long MS takes and took with this one, but let's not make too much of a big deal over nothing eh?
I think the money is in adverts on other websites, a Google (DoubleClick) approach can pay off huge for Facebook and marketers.
Will suck for privacy champions though.
PS, I don't have shares in Facebook, so am not incentivised on looking at the potential future profits.
Can the same research be read as:
1. Sexy headline: men who sleep with lots of women have reduced chance of prostate cancer
2. Mediocre headline: men who sleep lots with women (or woman) have reduced chance of prostate cancer
3. Dirty headline: men who bash out often have reduced chance of prostate cancer
Sleeping with lots of women doesn't mean you finish off more than if you sleep with one woman lots or bash loads out often.
Malware writers have been trying to avoid being detected for years - staying dormant till certain triggers are met (wait period, time/date, user activity), checking for other applications researchers use (IDA, Hiew, Wireshark, VM etc), hiding behavior from static analysis, heuristics and emulators etc?
As a One S user, it makes me wonder though if they'll stick to their promise with this.
Although I see nothing wrong with the current phone and software, I'd still like the promised I was expecting - and I'm sure the phone can handle the upgrades.
Even if HTC release a semi-official ROM with the newer version I'd be happy. I shouldn't need to use a ROM released by other people.
(I do indeed like Sense which is partially why I chose HTC).
Surely this will make it easier for people to look over your shoulder when you're logging in and make it easier to steal passwords?
Text passwords are harder because it's often too long and difficult for people to keep track when I type it in, especially with the use of the Shift key for capitals or special characters.
I'd class the sites which recommend alternative apps as more tailored to their audience than ignorant.
Won't be impressed if popular news sites for non-techie people advises to change settings to allow installation of apps not hosted on Google Play store and download and install the apk - malware writers will have a field day - or few months if the users get used to searching apks.
"I'm guessing Samsung are none too happy as Lenovo are certainly more competition than Google (owning Motorola) would have been."
I'm thinking Google were peeving Samsung (and other Android manufacturers) off by owning a competitor - the better Motorola does, the more Samsung is going to dislike Google - now Motorola's performance is out of the way.
Have you tried to use Google Chrome's "Click To Play" plugin setting? Works well for me.
Settings - Advanced Settings - (Privacy) Content Settings - Plugins... select "Click To Play".
Works well for me, quick and easy to add websites to permanent whitelists, session whitelists or allow individual plugins on a page with a click..
I'm impressed by the technology assuming everything on NSA/GCHQ's works as simple as this article makes it out to be in my imagination.
I doubt they're interested in any of us (sorry to deflate your bubbles), but now it's all out in the open, I want to see it be used to catch the bad guys. That's the only way it'll win back the public.
Then make a good movie or TV series like 24, The Wire(Cable) or Spooks and opinions will change.
Great news for white hats and black hats :)
No doubt, the private brokers will start shelling out higher rewards.
Certainly market failure around this arena which needs to be addressed, but don't think a flat fine is the way to go, especially if its "per exploit found, irrespective of their severity" - ignoring severity/potential damage, number of impacted users and factors required for the exploit to be exploitable seems like it hasn't been thought through.
Agree, HTC are too short sighted - concentrate on the quick sale (of quality phones still), but forget about customer retention and brand loyalty (ongoing support and updates) - and that's what is harming them in the longer term.
This article http://androidandme.com/2013/07/devices/htc-kills-the-one-s-leaves-android-4-1-broken-promises-at-the-scene/ sums up my experience.
HTC One S user using Android 4.1.1 despite the phone having more than capable hardware.
What about browser security measures? - Sandboxes?
"Chrome has close to 40 per cent of its instances afflicted with a critical vulnerability" - Wonder how many of these are hackers actually able to exploit?
The blog post is only lacking depth - end result = exaggerated concern.
I still support the encouragement of keeping software updated of-course.
Same for me - the additional bells and whistles is the main reason I went for PS3 - an important piece of entertainment in my living-room, especially for USB playback and streaming media from my server.
My TV and DVD player are nowhere near as quick, easy and functional as the PS3.
"I can't for the life of me see why anyone would buy a device that can be bricked remotely"...
Depends on why it's been bricked.
For example, mobile phone operators can brick mobiles - not a problem, in fact I support that.
If my mobile network give my phone before release and it doesn't work till the release date, I wouldn't mind at all.
IMO MS have a good reason to add a temporary restriction to the kid as it shouldn't have been sent anyway - and the kid wasn't expecting it to arrive yet.
It'll work when the kid should have got it as planned, so nothing to hamper the schedule.
The kid must be over the moon having got the the xbox, MS's response and all the attention.
You can still install addons, only using a different method if you don't want it online.
This is about protecting the majority of users who unknowingly install addons.
We all remember the frustrating IE toolbar days - the Ask and Google toolbars were annoying enough let-alone the adware/junk toolbars.
In my experience, these days the unnecessary crap extensions are more junk from legitimate sources like antiviruses or Skype being added without prior consent.
Only find out about them when I see their icon in the browser or Chrome lets me know - thanks Google.
This wasn't a bug, but by design... bad design.
Glad Google have finally decided to cave in and listen to user feedback, but annoyed it took so long to add this feature.
Recall reading somewhere Google said it's because they didn't want to give a false sense of security - although it is a layer of security once the system is compromised.
Don't worry, I don't know anyone who is waiting for this anyway... and I don't want another messaging app, already have Watsapp, Facebook, Skype, text, Google - need something which will consolidate all these.
People use what their personal networks use - mine (at least) have already chosen theirs.
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