Oracle: With $22 billion in profit, Android has made $31 billion for Google

Oracle: With $22 billion in profit, Android has made $31 billion for Google

NetTech   3:33 AM

Android operating system started in November 2007 with the release of the Android alpha. The first version, Android 1.0 was released in September 2008.

Oracle sued Google for using its Java software without paying for it to develop Android operating system.

According to Oracle lawyer said in Bloomberg reports that, Android operating system has generated revenue of $31 billion, with $22 billion in profit.

Main income was generated from advertisements seen on Android devices and from Google Play.

Google is urging a San Francisco federal judge to redact and seal portions of the public transcript from last week’s hearing where this information was made public.

Google makes the claim that, “non-public financial data is highly sensitive, and public disclosure could have significant negative effects on Google’s business.” Oracle is currently seeking $1 billion in damages from Google.

In 2012 Oracle sued Google for $6 billion, but the judge rejected that amount as too high.

New 3D Touch To The Timeline – Facebook

New 3D Touch To The Timeline – Facebook

NetTech   3:32 AM

With the Facebook’s iOS app users will soon be able to press on links, profiles and more, in order to preview content without having to navigate away from their current spot using their 3D Touch feature, which is available in the latest Apple devices. The places where this can be used as follows : web links, profiles, Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, Facebook Events, photos, profile pictures, and cover photos.

According to a Facebook spoke person said that, “We are excited to start rolling out support for 3D Touch in our iOS app so people can quickly and easily peek into a preview of anything they are interested in on Facebook, and pop into that content to see more,”

This new 3D Touch takes advantage of the new hardware’s pressure-sensitive screen to allow users to hard-press on items to preview content and then optionally act on it. For instance, a slight press on messages in the new iPhones ‘pops’ up a preview of the message without the user having to open the message. Facebook is currently testing the feature with a small group of users but it could take months before everyone gets the update.

Changing Time and Date setting to Jan 1, 1970 will brick your iPhone

Changing Time and Date setting to Jan 1, 1970 will brick your iPhone

NetTech   3:29 AM

A simple bug in iPhone founded by Zach Straley on YouTube shows that if you set the time and date to January 1, 1970 will brick your iPhone.

The iOS device will fail to boot, stuck at display of Apple logo.

This glitch got lot of attention on reddit with people experimenting on their iPhone devices to see if it worked. This glitch works on any iOS device that uses a 64-bit processor and is running iOS 8 or newer, including iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. To avoid this, simply let your iPhone automatically set the time.

For people who tried this for fun and got their iPhone bricked had to visit to their local Apple store and replace their iPhone under warranty.

Other way to fix this problem is to wait until the battery die and then plug the charger in iPhone and reset. You can see blue screen for about 3 seconds after few minutes. This worked for few people and didn’t work for others.

Malware Can Be Hidden In Drive-By Download Exploits Using HTML5.

Malware Can Be Hidden In Drive-By Download Exploits Using HTML5.

NetTech   3:28 AM

According to two researchers from Italian universities in Rome and Salerno, have identified methods through which malware can be hidden in drive-by download exploits using modern HTML5 APIs.

Hackers can use drive-by download method to install malware, spyware or computer viruses on victims computer. Most of these type of exploits are spotted by antivirus softwares, which made the attackers to think different techniques to hide their actions.

On 2013 a research was done and redone in July 2015. Researchers tested out their HTML5-based using VirusTotal antiviurs engines and used security bugs in Internet Explorer and Firefox

Developers use three different ways for confusing and clearing malicious code. These methods were successful  against static and dynamic analysis detection engines

• Delegated Preparation –  Delegates the preparation of malware to the system APIs.
• Distributed Preparation – Distributes the preparation code over several concurrent and independent processes running within the browser.
• User-driven Preparation – Lets the user trigger the execution of the preparation code during the time he spends interacting with the page.

Researchers says that,”A further investigation revealed that this failure [to detect the obfuscated malware] was due to the inability of these [detection] systems  to  recognize  and  deal  with  HTML5  related  primitives.”

CYBER ATTACK Israel’s Electrical Power Grid Hit With A Massive Cyber Attack

CYBER ATTACK Israel’s Electrical Power Grid Hit With A Massive Cyber Attack

NetTech   3:24 AM

Israel’s Electricity Authority experienced a massive cyber attack that officials are still working to repel. “The virus was already identified and the right software was already prepared to neutralize it”, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told attendees of a computer security conference in Tel Aviv, according to this articlepublished Tuesday by The Times of Israel.

This severe attack was detected on Monday as temperatures in Jerusalem dipped to below freezing creating two days of record-breaking electricity consumption of of 12,610 Megawatts. Some of its computer systems had been shut down for two days in response to the attack.

“We’d to paralyze many of the computers of the Israeli Electricity Authority. We are handling the situation and I hope that soon, this very serious event will be over…but as of now, computer systems are still not working as they should”,concluded Steinitz.

The suspects behind the attack has not yet been found.The problem has not yet been solved but computer technicians are still work on it to fix it.

3 Employees Of Wipro Were Arrested Over Hacking UK Firm TalkTalk

3 Employees Of Wipro Were Arrested Over Hacking UK Firm TalkTalk

NetTech   3:23 AM

 Three Wipro employees in Kolkata have been arrested in connection with a security breach in the customer records of a UK-based telecom client TalkTalk. TalkTalk is a major fixed line broadband and a voice telephony services company with revenue of 1.7 billion.

It had already faced a major cyberattack in October 2015, that had compromised the personal and financial details including bank account information of more than 157,000 customers.

“Following the October 2015 cyber-attack, we have been conducting a forensic review to ensure that all aspects of our security are as robust as possible including that of our suppliers. Acting on information supplied by TalkTalk, the local police have arrested three individuals who have breached our policies and the terms of our contract with Wipro. We are also reviewing our relationship with Wipro”, TalkTalk said in a statement.

The Kolkata-based workers were arrested earlier this month following a data security review by the London-based firm, which then alerted Indian police.

HSBC Bank Suffers A Cyber Attack

HSBC Bank Suffers A Cyber Attack

NetTech   3:20 AM

British bank HSBC’s online banking website is down with a cyber attack leaving thousands of customers unable to access its services. Though HSBC successfully defended this attack but services are disrupted on a key day for many people’s personal finances.

A spokesperson said HSBC had been hit by a distributed denial of service (DDos) attack but did not mention about the source of the attack. HSBC said that no customer details had been compromised by the attack and that it was working closely with law enforcement authorities to pursue the criminals responsible.

“We are working hard to restore services, and normal service is now being resumed”, HSBC UK tweeted. HSBC also experienced problems with its online banking services although that was put down to technical issues rather than a malicious attack.