The first Jolla smartphone is finally official and it's simply called Jolla. The device is running the company's Meego-based Sailfish OS, which is now officially confirmed to support Android apps.



At this point not much of the Jolla's specs are revealed. The phone packs a 4.5" display at the front and 8MP snapper at the back. There is 16GB of built-in storage, and you can expand that further via the on-board microSD card slot.

Here's co-founder of the company Marc Dillon with the first hands-on video (sort of) of the Jolla phone. In it, he urges developers, fashion designers, bloggers and users alike to join the Jolla tribe.





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Net Security wrote:The Dorkbot worm, which first appeared in 2011 and has since been spreading via removable drives, IM programs and social networks, is currently targeting Facebook users.

The worm is delivered to potential victims via a chat message that appear to be coming from a friend and, at first glance, the link looks like it should take users to a regular JPG image file hosted on MediaFire.

But the file is actually an executable, and once run, it infects the targets' computer, tries to prevent the installed AV solution(s) from applying security updates, and then lies in wait, spying on the victims’ browsing activities and stealing their personal details and login credentials.

The IRC-based Dorkbot receives commands from a C&C server, and is capable not only of making the computer participate in DDoS attacks, but also of downloading additional malware.

According to Bitdefender, over 9,000 malicious links pointing to the malware have been detected in 24 hours, but Facebook is reacting quickly and blocking them.

Read more: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2495

Global Post wrote:The Defense Department has approved Apple devices including iPhones and iPads for use on its networks so Pentagon employees can use the gadgets at work.

The Washington Post reported that earlier this month the Pentagon approved smartphone use of Samsung devices that run on Google's Android operating system.

Samsung vice president Tim Wagner said the company worked with the US National Security Agency to create an operating system with "multiple layers of software and hardware protection."

In the wake of a cyber terrorist threats from China and Russia, there were concerns that the products might not be secure enough for its workers to use.

Previously, the Pentagon relied almost solely on BlackBerry to supply more than 600,000 devices to run on its secure networks, according to Apple Insider.

Read more: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/...litary-use

BBC News wrote:Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan.

A file of ID details for about one tenth of its 200 million members was stolen during the attack, it said.

The file did not include all the information needed by attackers to impersonate users.

Despite this, it said it would urge people to change their passwords to thwart attempts to take over Yahoo accounts.

The attack on Yahoo Japan's administration system was spotted late on 16 May, said the company in a statement. When the attack was detected, the tech firm cut net access while it investigated.

The volume of traffic between Yahoo's back end admin system and the wider internet during the attack strongly suggested that a file of 22 million IDs had been stolen.

Yahoo said it did not know for sure that the file had been taken but told AFP it could not "deny the possibility".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22594136

Just when you thought the strange story of John McAfee was over….

The former island home of anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee burned down Thursday afternoon under circumstance he told FoxNews.com were “suspicious.”

It’s an odd choice of words from a man whom the Belize police found suspicious, following the November 2012 murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, a well-liked builder from Florida who was shot at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye.

That incident led McAfee on a bizarre “Catch Me If You Can” flight from the police that took him into Guatemala and eventually back to the U.S. and Portland, Ore., where he now resides, hard at work on several books and movies about his life. McAfee chronicled his own exploits by blog and phone, turning the crime into farce.

The murder remains unsolved.

"I am sure that the public has had various opinions of my trials and tribulations over the months,” McAfee told FoxNews.com. “But I am hoping that this will bring to light that my concerns were based in reality."

“I believe that there are a select few with great power in Belize that will go to great lengths to harm me,” McAfee said. “This fire was not just a strange coincidence."

According to a news report on 7newsbelize.com, the two main structures in McAfee’s compound were destroyed by the fire, which started at 1:00 p.m. on May 16 when a bush fire enveloped the compound.

Property Manager Noel Codd estimates the value of the buildings at $250,000 each, 7newsbelize.com said.

McAfee, whose very name is synonymous with security, has repeatedly defended his antics over the past six months, most recently in a recent interview last week with USA Today.

"I am not a mad man," he said. "I am eccentric, gracious, attentive, kind, humorous. We humans are funny creatures."

McAfee remains a person of interest in the Faull investigation, Raphael Martinez, a spokesman for the Belize police, told the paper.

"We only want to question him, should he return to Belize," Martinez said. "Nothing has changed since he left the country last year.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/05/18/b...z2TkUL9zSP
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Quote: Yahoo is reportedly interested in buying Tumblr for a price of around $1 billion. Tumblr may be a great asset for the struggling older company thanks to it's numerous members and very young demographic.

hacker10 wrote:After the recent arrest of CIA agent Ryan Fogle by the Russian counter intelligence agency Federal Security Service one of items they found in his possession and leaked to the press was a letter advising his Russian informer how to conduct secure email communications, this post will scrutinize these instructions to learn why the CIA adopted those particular security measures.

CIA Tip 1: “To get back to us please use an Internet cafe that has Wi-fi”

Read more: http://www.hacker10.com/computer-securit...cker+10%29