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LivingSocial was breaking, 50 million people were affected
Very well-known site in the United States and Canada LivingSocial has been hacked, this Saturday morning reported its representatives.
Hacker ukalos get the data of more than 50 million users.
It is unknown what the group of hackers broke into the service, they were able to have stolen logins, passwords in encrypted form, date of birth and other data users. As a result, in the hands of hackers, most of the clients’ information service.
According to the latest data LivingSocial – in their service were almost 70 million people, the site in part to Amazon. Lucky users who are outside the United States, as the data on them are stored on other servers.
It is difficult to assess the scale of the problem, because many users do not like to change their passwords and warning that it should
Internet has experienced largest DDoS-attack in history
The world Internet has decreased the rate of data transmission due to the largest of the DDoS-attack in the history .
The investigation into the incident immediately engaged from five countries.
Nonprofit organization Spamhaus, with offices in London and Geneva, was the main objective of cybercrime. The main objective is to help service providers to filter spam and other unwanted e-administration. Spamhaus has its own database, which entered servers used to send spam. So, Spamhaus blocked the servers of Dutch web hosting Cyberbunker, who in turn said he would not send unlawful messages that include topics such as pornography or terrorism.
Sven Olaf Kamphuis (Sven Olaf Kamphuis), Cyberbunker spokesman, said that Spamhaus abuse their power and they do not have to decide what is allowed on
Founder of Pirate Bay is arrested, now is accused of fraud
Pirate Bay founder, Gottfrid Svartholm, and takes a long time behind bars isolated in a prison in his native country. His arrest took place immediately after he set foot in Sweden, after being deported from Cambodia, and related to hacking case against the company Logica, which has close ties with the Swedish tax system.
Hurricane Sandy also leaves its mark on social networks
Beyond which means a natural disaster, Hurricane Sandy by New York also has tested some of the modern communication methods that are already part of everyday life. Precisely on Twitter, this week has been quite busy in terms of traffic and also in terms of the most popular terms in the social network.
During the days October 27 and November 1, were sent over 20 million messages on the storm, being “sandy” and “hurricane” two of the most used words. Meanwhile, the ravages of Sandy also noted on Facebook, where conversation about the hurricane reached a score of 8.34, being surpassed this year only by the Super Bowl with a score of 8.62 out of 10. And on Oct. 30, the most commonly used terms for people in their messages were “we are ok” (we’re
Windows XP is still present in one third of the worldwide PCs
It has just been officially released Windows 8, opening a new market for Microsoft between niche hard to tablets and tácil screen devices, thanks to the Modern UI UI. But one of the pitfalls that have to circumvent the new operating system is still strong presence of Windows XP, one of his most successful predecessors and that according to latest data released by StatCounter, for the twelve months from September 2011 to the same period of 2012, still going strong in the industry.
Because the market share of Windows XP reaches 33.53%, surpassed only by Windows 7 and 46.04%, leaving far behind other operating systems like Apple’s OS X or Windows Vista.
Analysts say Windows XP continues to enjoy great popularity thanks to the active support that Microsoft still gives the platform, it
Most users of Windows 8 prefer”the seven”
More than 50,000 users of Windows 8, present at a specialized forum on the subject, have thought about their experience with the new operating system, which is currently in a testing phase where you can use for free until its official launch October 26, 2012.
Most surprising is that 53% of respondents prefer ensures Windows 7 on the new version, while only 25% said they preferred Windows 8, mainly due to the short time in which the system starts up and shuts down. In addition, 50% of people liked the easy installation, while the browser Internet Explorer 10 was a 35% positive feedback. On the side not so friendly, the new user interface Modern UI was not as popular, with only 22% sure that he liked.
These figures are quite alarming because besides being bad for themselves, reflect the thinking
Microsoft wants to break Guinness record in marathon programmers
Microsoft has summoned all Windows software developers as part of an event called Windows AppFest, to be held from September 21 in Bangalore, India, a city also known as the “Silicon Valley” of that nation. The mission? Promote Windows 8 as a platform to create software, however, there is also an ulterior motive: to enter the Guinness Book of Records.
The idea, as explained in the company’s official blog , is organizing the largest marathon programming the planet, which will last for 18 continuous hours and will focus on the creation of tools specifically for the new operating system Windows 8 , next to launch this October 26, 2012.
It’s not the first time that Microsoft organizes something, because these conventions programmers everyday in the business, having
