I was waiting for something like this one but even so I am very surprised. Cyber Inteligence Sharing and Protection Act is the new Internet bill, after SOPA and PIPA failed, which protects companies and blames Internet users for any copyrighted material. Big Internet companies prefer that bill because they care only for themselves and not for their users. The White House, after reviewing the bill, decided that will endanger Americans’ privacy and released official warning for a veto against CISPA. The statement claims that it will endanger user’s privacy, CISPA will shield companies from liability and grands NSA more power that it needs. Using web browsers which provides anonymity or encrypting your emails will be considered as a threat according to CISPA proposal.
Internet still expanding
nternet is still growing very fast and now the total website addresses are about 677 million. This is an increase of 150 million since the last topic on how many websites exist. From around 526 million websites on November 2011 to 677 million websites on April 2012. This is about 30 million new websites per month. Apache, as expected, is the number one choice web server with a 65.5% market share. Internet will continue expanding as more and more people and companies want their corner in that vast place called Internet.
Amazing water illusion
I like science and the cool things you can do with it like chemical reactions and Tesla coils. This video belongs to that category, the cool science. It is an experiment that uses two regular things, water and sound. I bet you have both of them in your house and you can do this on your own. The experiment is very simple but very impressive. Based on the frequency of the woofer you see the water drops frozen or moving backwards into the tube. Stop reading and press play to watch the video.
Anonymous create PasteBin alternative
Anonymous were using PasteBin as a tool to post and share information they acquired or exploits they found. PasteBin was their first choice until it decided to censor its content and comply with law enforcement requests. Anonymous decided to create their own, uncensored alternative called AnonPaste. The site is based on the open source project ZeroBin. AnonPaste server has no knowledge of the pasted data. Stored data is encrypted and decrypted by the browser with 256 bits AES encryption algorithm. Anyone can paste anything anonymously just by opening the site and paste your content. The only thing you set is the expiration limit with minimum 10 minutes and no maximum. The maximum is when the website is closed or decide otherwise but until then your pasted data will be there. If you want to share your information, now there is a secure way to do this.
Nikjju – A new mass SQL injection campaign
After Lilupophilupop, which infected one million web pages, a new mass SQL injection campaign appears. The name of this new mass SQL injection campaign is Nikjju and has infected about 200000 URLs. It has targeted ASP and ASP.NET websites. Nikjju.com, the domain in the script of the injected code, was registered few days ago on April fool’s day. It appears that website owners and administrators still don’t care about security. SQL injections is one of the most popular security hole and it can be easily avoided with few steps.
Titanic Super 3D
You can now watch the trailer of the new, enhanced Titanic movie with super 3D technology. I have watched it five days ago but I was too busy sending it to my friends via email that I forgot to post it. The new Titanic Super 3D is an enhancement with additions from several directors and it is the product of the combination of many great minds in the movie business. It uses the latest technologies in 3D and real effects that will amaze you. This is the funniest video I have watched this month. You don’t need 3D glasses to watch the trailer. I recommend you keep your mouth empty, do not drink or eat while watching this trailer because it is a great hazard. It has over twelve million views in a week. Enjoy.
Computer Software and Casino Games
Since the beginning of the Internet we have seen the number of casinos providing online games increasing very fast. Online casinos will keep increase in numbers because Internet users like to gamble and they do it in the comfort of their home. Online casino games are created using several technologies including Java applets, Flash, HTML5 and native computer programs connecting to a casino server. There are casino games created in almost any programming language available. Programmers are choosing to develop casino games for several reasons, one of them is that because are very popular and a second one is because they strictly follow specific rules.
Flashback Removal Tool
As me mentioned in a previous post Flashback infected more than 600000 Macs. F-Secure released manual steps on how to remove the trojan from your computer. Now they have turned those steps into a tool that can check and remove the trojan for you automatically. On the other hand, Apple announced that they are working on a fix but until now there is no response. Maybe they are still working on it. Maybe they are still working on a Java vulnerability patch too. It seems that trojans and viruses are not Apple’s strong points. Visit the source link and download the Flashback removal tool, you can get rid of the trojan in 4 simple steps.
Patent wars are far from over
It seems that patent wars are far from over. Companies pay several millions or even billions in order to purchase patents for their arsenal. Microsoft will pay $1.056 billion to AOL for more than 800 of its patents (and patent applications). The transaction will most probably completed by the end of 2011. Microsoft wants to enhance its patent portfolio and be prepared for patent lawsuits. Nowadays, companies are as strong as their patent arsenal and they try to be on top not by innovating and creating better products but by suing their opponents. Facebook recently bought patents from IBM to protect itself from Yahoo! and sue them back. IBM has the greatest patent arsenal but we don’t see them in patent lawsuits. On the other hand we are tired to see Apple, Microsoft, Google and Samsung suing each other. While large companies upgrading their patent arsenal, patent law will make it impossible for new companies to create rival products. There are so many patents and some of them are very generic which makes it almost impossible to create a new product without at least one patent infringement (even without knowing it).
Flashback infected about 600000 Macs
Several months ago I have written a post, with some history in it, about Mac and Trojan Horses. That post was about Flashback too (Flashback.C), a modification of the original Flashback. I bet that some Mac users didn’t get the memo or they still think that viruses and trojans are only for PC users. Today more than 600.000 Macs are infected with Flashback (original and variations), that’s a 6 followed by many zeros. Flashback.I spreads through infected sites exploiting Java vulnerabilities. When a user visits one of the infected sites a JavaScript loads a Java applet which infects user’s system. After Flashback is installed to a system, it injects malicious code into web browsers and other applications in order to gather user information and passwords.