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Submission + - E-Detective spy tool used by police and governments has major security holes (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: A "lawful intercept tool" called E-Detective from a Taiwanese based company Decision Group has a major security hole which could allow a hacker to remotely execute code and read all the data captured by the software. Considering over 100 law enforcement agencies and governments around the world use E-Detective, this could be a big problem

Submission + - An Ad-Free Internet Would Cost Everyone £140-a-Year (ibtimes.co.uk) 2

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Research suggests that if we wanted to live in a world without pop-up ads for penis enlargement tablets, then it would cost everyone $230 per year. So how many people would be willing to stump up this kind of cash? Just 2% of the population apparently...

Submission + - Xiaomi Smartphones Do Secretly Steal Your Data (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Finnish security firm F-Secure has seemingly proven that Xiaomi smartphones do in fact upload user data without their permission/knowledge despite the company strongly denying these allegations as late as 30 July.

Submission + - Google's Project Zero Aims to Make the Internet A Safer Place for All (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Google has announced Project Zero, a group of security experts who will hunt down security flaws in all software which touches the internet. Among the group is a 24-year-old called George Hotz who shot to fame in 2007 when he was the first to unlock the iPhone before reverse engineering the PlayStation 3.

Submission + - Malware Posing as Official Google Play Store Found in....Google Play Store (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Mobile malware on Android is nothing new, but now security company FireEye has discovered in the Google Play store a sophisticated piece of malware which is posing as....the official Google Play store. Using the same icon but a different name, the malware is not being detected by the vast majority of security vendors, is difficult to uninstall and steals your messages, security certificates and banking details.

Submission + - iPhone and iPad Users Held to Ransom by Hacker in Australia (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Multiple iPhone/iPad/Mac users in Australia are reporting their devices being remotely locked and a ransom demand being made to get them unlocked again. However unlike PC ransomware, the vector of attack here seems to be Apple's iCloud service with the attacker getting to a database of username/password credentials associated with the accounts. It is unclear if the database was one of Apple's or the hacker is simply using the fact that people reuse the same password for multiple accounts and is using data stolen from another source. Apple is yet to respond, but there has already been one report of the issue affecting a user in the UK.

Submission + - Virgin Galactic May Not Break Karman Line and Bring Passengers Into Space (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: According to the customer contract those signing up for a $240,000 flight on Virgin Galactic's spaceship the company will bring you "at least 50 miles" above sea level. The problem is that the internationally accepted boundary for outer space is 62 miles above sea level — known as the Karman Line. Virgin is trying to get around the issue by claiming it is using a definition of space used by Nasa — in the 1960s.

Submission + - 300,000 Servers Remain Vulnerable to Heartbleed Bug After One Month (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: The Heartbleed Bug cause widespread panic from internet users around the world worried their sensitive information was being targeted. While system administrators were warned to patch their systems, one month on and a security researcher has discovered that 300,000 servers remain vulnerable to the heartbleed flaw.

Submission + - Eve Online's Space Economy Currently Worth $18 million (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: According to the lead economist of CCP Games, developer of Eve Online, the total amount of ISK in the system at the moment is 600 trillion, which equates to about $18 million in real world money — and the economist believes we could learn a lot from how the economy works in the game.

Submission + - Dyson Invests £5 Million to Create 'Intelligent Domestic Robots' (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: James Dyson doesn't to 'just OK' or 'second best.' He only releases products he is 100% happy with which is why, despite nearly a decade of research in the area, his company has yet to release a robotic vacuum cleaner. To help drive research forward, Dyson will invest £5 million in a joint research lab at Imperial College London which will focus on “vision systems” which Dyson hopes will help create the next generation of “intelligent domestic robots.”

Submission + - James Dyson: We Should Pay Students to Study Engineering (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: The inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner believes there is an engineering crisis in the UK and that 61,000 vacancies in the area will go unfilled in 2014. TO address this Dyson believes says he wants the UK government to offer monetary incentives to students with an interest and aptitude in science — as well as changing the current visa system to make it easier for foreign students to remain in the country and get work once they have completed their education in the UK.

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