Month: October 2013

Superbug app spreads with 100K downloads in first month

The free iOS app Epocrates Bugs + Drugs uses aggregated electronic health record data and geotagging to help users see superbug prevalence as well as sensitivity to drugs…….


GPUs Keep Getting Faster, But Your Eyes Can’t Tell

itwbennett writes “This brings to mind an earlier Slashdot discussion about whether we’ve hit the limit on screen resolution improvements on handheld devices. But this time, the question revolves around ever-faster graphics processing units (GPUs) and the resolution limits of desktop monitors. ITworld’s Andy Patrizio frames the problem like this: ‘Desktop monitors (I’m not talking…


B N’s featherweight new glowing Nook has twice the storage of the old one

Hope you weren’t expecting it to come in black, though……


Google’s new Nexus 5 ad is — oh, I’m weeping

The ethos of the new Nexus 5 is very simple: it’s made to capture the moments that matter. At least that’s what Google’s new ad says…….


Sweet features of Android KitKat, Nexus 5

Google unwrapped its latest Android 4.4 operating system and a new flagship smartphone, the Nexus 5. CNET’s Bridget Carey breaks down the new system perks…….


Joomla Joomleague Shell Upload

Joomla Joomleague component suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability due to having Open Flash Chart included…….


Unicorn WB-3300NR Cross Site Request Forgery

Unicorn WB-3300NR router version 1 with firmware 5.07.18_ko_UIS02 suffers from multiple cross site request forgery vulnerabilities…….


Ars: Cross-Platform Malware Communicates With Sound

An anonymous reader writes “Do you think an airgap can protect your computer? Maybe not. According to this story at Ars Technica, security consultant Dragos Ruiu is battling malware that communicates with infected computers using computer microphones and speakers.” That sounds nuts, but it is a time-tested method of data transfer, after all…….


Google FINALLY unwraps Android KitKat and new Nexus 5 mobe

Chocolate Factory hires LG to churn out latest handset……


Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-1490-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-1490-01 – The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way IP packets with an Internet Header Length of zero were processed in the skb_flow_dissect() function in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger…