6/13/17

After "WannaCry" a virus called Fireball is Threatens users

The Internet is an indispensable technological and scientific achievement in contemporary life. But its use is not without the risk of being attacked by hackers or spiders or other saboteurs. Viruses are one of the methods used to attack computers in order to gather information about them or exploit them in other activities.



Virus ads are also among the viruses and annoying software and sometimes others may be malicious and harmful. Usually, these viruses stand behind companies that sell their advertisements by ensuring you watch your ads and collect the most money.

Recently, a new virus, called Fireball, has been discovered, followed by a huge digital marketing agency that has successfully installed this ad virus on 250 million Windows and Mac computers worldwide.

This dangerous virus can turn into an integrated malicious program that converts users to malicious sites and infect their computers with malicious programs.

- What is this virus doing exactly?

Once your computer gets infected, it changes your browser by changing the homepage and the default search engine on your browser, and it prevents you from retrieving these settings again. The risk in the virtual engines of this virus is that it contains tracking software that collects data about users for marketing purposes.

The dangerous part of this virus is that it is able to download and install browser extensions and execute code on the infected device, which exposes your computer to the infection of various types of malicious programs.

Although this virus is malignant, it is adopted with legitimate digital certificates, which makes it appear harmless. Security programs may not be detected in your device.

- How do I know if my device is infected with this virus?

All you have to do is open the browser and go to the settings and make sure the home page is the same page that you have chosen before. And also check the default engine of the browser. If you notice a change in these settings or find it difficult to change it as a virus.

- How to protect myself?

  • McAfee AntiVirus Plus
  • Symantec Norton AntiVirus
  • Bitdefender Antivirus
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus
  • Avast Pro Antivirus
  • Emsisoft Anti-Malware
  • ESET NOD32 Antivirus
these are the most top rated antivirus's of all time, they can protect you from this virus choose one of them and you will be protected from the new fireball virus and make sure to update your version of Windows to the latest updates. 

Another solution is to remove it manually from the registry, there is a whole article of this method, you can read it from here.

Intel CoreX Core i9-7900X will be available before July



At the Computex, Intel had announced the high-end processors of the series Core X for LGA-2066-Motherboards, will be available to buy from the next week.

On the E3, Intel clarifies the confusion surrounding the delivery dates of the new processor family Core X for high-end desktop (HEDT) PCs: the LGA-2066 
processors with four to ten cores - from the Core i5-7640X to the Core i9-7900X should be available from 19 June. Traders will then deliver them from the week after that starts on June 26th.



The core kernel i9-7920X will be released later in August and the versions Core i9-7940X (14 cores), Core i9-7960X (16 cores) and the 18 core Kernel i9-7980X Extreme Edition will be available in October.

Matching mainboards with LGA-2066 version and the chipset X299 already on the websites of Asus, Gigabyte and MSI already, but not yet in dealers shops.

- AMD Ryzen thread ripper earlier

It may well happen that HEDT PCs with Intel chips have to suffer a few months under "kerning" if AMD also gets the Ryzen Threadripper, which is also announced on the Computex announced earlier with 16 cores out of the door. Dell has announced the gaming PC Alienware Area 51 with Threadripper.


6/12/17

The most dangerous search engine on the internet

There are many search engines on the Internet that provide you with easy access to any information in any location, and perhaps the most famous of these engines is the Google engine, which accounts for the lion's share of traffic around the world. There are also specialized engines in both books or video audio clips, and others, but there is another unusual and dangerous engine called "Shodan"!


Shodan is an unusual and very dangerous engine. This engine detects your Internet connected devices and displays them on a partitioned map of several countries and penetrates several unprotected devices or is protected as weak as using default login information.



Through this engine, you can access Internet-related surveillance cameras as well as other devices such as printers, databases or robots, industrial control systems and many other devices.

Through the site you can find hundreds of unprotected surveillance cameras around the world, through the site you can detect the cameras installed in several places starting from parking in Japan to bars in France, and private halls in Korea for rabbit cages in Germany.



The site was aimed at companies and organizations to secure their devices before being hacked, but now it is a search engine providing the largest database of Internet hardware gaps things and rely on security researchers to do several studies on the protection of Internet-related control systems anywhere.

A New Ransomware virus Is Attacking Android Smartphones called "WannaLocker"

After the corruption and destruction of computers on Windows, here is the ransom virus is back again, but this time not for computers, but smart phones is the new victim.



The new virus called "WannaLocker" is a malicious Ransomware program inspired by the WannaCry virus. It encrypts all your photos and applications on the phone and you have to pay for decryption.

The new virus comes from China and targets the Android smartphones, and is published in the download forums of games for these devices, and this virus hides itself as an addition to the game "King of Glory".



After the virus is downloaded to the device, it encrypts data and information. The hacker orders a ransom of 40 yuan in Chinese currency, equivalent to about US $ 6, to retrieve files or remove the virus. The new WannaLocker was first spotted by a Chinese security company called Qihoo 360. Indicates that the virus affects files stored on the external storage of the infected device.

- How to protect yourself from WannaLocker?
  • Avoid loading software and plug-ins from non-authoritative sources.
  • Look for official download sites and try to verify them before downloading them.
  • Take a backup copy of all your files and pictures stored on your phone.
  • Make sure the permissions are required by some applications
  • Side-by-side installation of Chinese applications or games.

Apple allows you to connect to Wi-Fi through the phone's camera in the Ios 11



Following the official announcement of the new iOs system, users have shared a host of new features introduced by the system, which will pave the way for the company's best-selling iPhone 8 product.

As it is being circulated, the system allows the user to connect to the network via the camera without taking the traditional steps.

The feature is primarily intended to facilitate Internet access in public places such as coffee shops and airports by analyzing the QR Code via the phone camera and then pops up a notification to the user by clicking it will connect to the network.

A Reddit user turned on the property and published the results on the site, where it was tested on the code the manufacturer places on the router.

In addition to this feature, Apple has launched another feature of making it possible to connect quickly without using traditional methods by connecting an iOS 11 device and then enabling other devices running on the same system to connect to the network without the traditional connection by entering the password.

Overall, Apple seems to add new features and features to its unique innovation in smartphone systems, even if they are sometimes simple, but they always make the difference from other systems, especially in the minds of its fans.

Minecraft getting a new 4k graphics - E3 2017 !

The miniature world is becoming more beautiful: With the free, so-called Super Duper update, Minecraft is to get a new graphics system. In addition, there should be further improvements on the servers.
The undercurrent sun throws its rays over the world - soon it is also possible in the vastness of Minecraft. On the E3 2017 in Los Angeles, the developer studio Mojang, Microsoft, has announced the free Super Duper update, which will update the graphics of the blocking game from scratch.

- Engine
The improvements presented in the video on the basis of the Bedrock engine are clearly visible. In addition to light and shadow effects, there are reflecting water surfaces and numerous detail improvements. Plants and similar objects are also more detailed so that even more lively worlds can be created in the future. The update is also to support 4K resolutions. When exactly Minecraft becomes "super duper", and for which systems, Microsoft did not yet participate.



Already in the summer of 2017, according to current planning, the support of Crossplay will also come with a free update. Say: Minecraft players can meet with each other, regardless of the platform they use. This is confirmed for Windows 10 and the Xbox One, but also for VR headsets, tablets and the Nintendo Switch, which is built up of blocks in the trailer. In the medium term, only a single Minecraft will be available, which can be accessed from all systems.



Technically crossplay with the PS4 should not be a big problem, however, Sony has against the necessary opening of its platforms blocked. Perhaps this is something to be learned in the coming days. Also, the Java editions remain for the time being excluded from the project Unifying Minecraft.

Mojang also announced that it should be easier to play on their own servers in the future. There will also be a number of new objects, including colored glass and fireworks. The recipe book is not only intended to simplify the work for construction and Baumeister users on the Java version but on all platforms.

6/11/17

Ubuntu 17.10 Daily builds now without Unity !

The currently offered daily builds of the upcoming Ubuntu version 17.10 have now removed Canonicals Unity desktop and installed the Gnome desktop by default.


In the login window, there is only the Gnome desktop based on Wayland. Unity 7 can be installed later from the software sources, including lots of additional packages to it.


When updating Ubuntu 17.04 with the command line command do-release-upgrade -d, however, Unity has been preserved. Whether this remains so at the planned publication date of Ubuntu 17.10 on 13 October 2017, During the upgrade, only the Unity 8 package is removed. This version was still in the development phase and was based on the display server Mir developed by Canonical itself, which is also removed.

In the daily builds, a daily ISO snapshot of the current development level of the next Ubuntu version is generated. The current Gnome desktop 3.24 of Ubuntu resembles the original except for the Ubuntu's own background image and the shopping lens to Amazon, which is always installed Ubuntu 12.10. Until the appearance date can change one or the other.


Canonical had announced in early April, the work on the converged Ubuntu desktop Unity 8 finally terminate and Ubuntu version 18.04 LTS with Gnome instead of Unity deliver. Apparently Canonical but already in 17.10 on Unity 7 waive. But since Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity 7 as LTS version up to 2021 will be supplied with updates, the Unity desktop should be at least still supported.

Getting Ubuntu 17.10 Daily builds

Below you can download the latest Ubuntu 17.10 daily build from the official Ubuntu server.

Note: Ubuntu daily builds are for testing purposes and should not be installed by anyone that looking for a stable experience.