Nvidia confirms the theft of user data on your forums

 

Nvidia has confirmed that forums for users of its website have suffered a stroke that has resulted in the theft of user information. The company has confirmed that names, passwords and email addresses have been removed, but has not determined the number affected. For now the forums are closed and the company is working to locate faults in the system and power back on.
Large companies continue to be the target for cyber criminals, who see in their systems a unique opportunity to access large databases of users. In recent months there have been known major violations have resulted in important data theft. For example, LinkedIn data were extracted from 6.4 million users and more recently Yahoo has confirmed the theft of data from 400,000 people.
The user information has become a great asset and new cases of theft are soon to appear. The latter has to Nvidia as a sad character. In this case, hackers have breached the protection systems user forum, obtaining access to information of the participants in it.
Nvidia explained that last week found "suspicious activity" on their forums, after which "immediately began an investigation." The company explained that its engineers have been working "day and night" and have determined that "unauthorized parties have access to certain information from users."
Specifically, user names, email addresses, passwords and profile information has been compromised. The company explained that in their system passwords are encrypted, so the risk is lower. Despite this, Nvidia has recommended that users change their password if it is the same used in other service. When forums are restarted new password will be provided.
So far Nvidia has not specified the number of users affected. The firm has secured chip makers to continue "investigating the issue and working to restore the forums as soon as possible." In addition, Nvidia has confirmed that use "additional security measures to minimize the impact of future attacks."
Finally, to avoid scams phishing with stolen data, Nvidia has stated that "does not request confidential information via email. The company has recommended the bank or provide personal information in response to" any email that claims to have been sent by an employee or representative of Nvidia ".
Related links:
- Nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/content/forums/index.html)

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Engineers are critical of the benefits of mobile MWC fair deviate to tourism and trade

 

Members of the College of Engineers and Surveyors Telecommunications of Catalonia (COETTC) have criticized the appointment of Barcelona and Mobile World Capital has most benefited the tourism industry conference and trade sector at the Information Technology and (ICT).
Specifically, almost 30% think that the volume of business that has brought the celebration of the World Mobile Congress has been diverted to other sectors beyond telecommunications as conference tourism, and not in the ICT sector, which has not benefited at all (41%).
28% of respondents believe companies have congress tourism or commerce which increased revenues that quote being taken out of the sector.
For the president of COETTC, Ferran Amago, the current economic situation and the limited internationalization of national ICT company can not afford to waste as the global opportunities offered by the Barcelona World Capital.
"Domestic companies are not now benefit from the boost that could give them both the capital of Barcelona as the successive editions of the World Congress of reference for the sector," he said.
MOBILE: BETTER FUTURE
For 36% of these engineers, industries engaged in the development of products and applications for mobile devices will be the ICT sector will have a positive progression in the next two years.
In addition to the mobile sector, technical engineers and experts say telecommunication electronic commerce (21%) and cloud computing businesses (17%) as the other two sectors that also have good prospects.
In addition to the world of mobile phones, smartphones and tablets, technical engineers and experts say telecommunications e-commerce has been chosen as the second sector mark a significant growth in the next biennium.

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LG will pay 311.8 million euros for price fixing screens

 

LG has agreed to pay a fine of $ 380 million (311.8 million euros) to end a process in the United States which accuses the company have agreed the price of LCD screens with other companies. LG has pleaded not guilty, but has preferred to pay the penalty before entering into a more expensive process.
The South Korean company was one of the firms reported by the U.S. authorities have agreed on the prices of LCD screens. The agreement between the companies would attack on the free market rules, with that consumers had to pay more for the acquisition of such screens.
In particular, the authorities have determined that the agreements between the companies were established between 1996 and 2006. Among those involved were companies such as Samsung, have already paid a fine for this 240 million dollars, Toshiba, who paid $ 21 million, and AU Optronics, which the BBC paid out 170 million.
In your case, LG has received a fine of $ 380 million. The South Korean company has agreed to make payment no longer claim the sanction. However, from LG stressed that they are innocent of the charges and the payment of compensation is an attempt to avoid prolonging a dispute that could lead to large costs. Given that the other company had to give way, LG have tried to solve the case rather than expand it.
The heavy penalties are intended to pay any customer complaints that could be affected by a price altered by agreement of the manufacturers. In addition, the participating states in the case of the fines received from LG, Samsung and other companies.
Related links:
- BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18825306)

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Inteco alert for a Trojan that uses the image of Kenyan Prime Minister

The virus has cataloged Inteco Voterai.H., A Trojan for the Windows platform that opens the image repeatedly Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the display of photos while in the background, performs malicious actions.

The virus can reach the system through different channels, for example, through downloaded files on P2P networks, by email or through units extraíbles. El virus infects all removable drives connect to the system

While the image of Kenyan Prime Minister opens (repeatedly) the Trojan copies itself to different directories on the system modifies the Windows registry, opens a backdoor and connects to a remote malicious server. This is one of the 15 virus documented in the last 7 days Inteco, together with 50 vulnerabilities.

On the other hand, from the Inteco have also reported that the phone operator Megafon last week detected the arrival of a Trojan through stores iPhone App Store and Google's Android Play. This malware uses the agenda for the victim to send spam to your contacts.

The application, mimicking a legitimate, requested email and phone user to search for contacts, to which the sender sends sms using as the victim and therefore become more credible the message.

Therefore, from the National Institute of Communication Technologies recalled the importance of having an antivirus installed on the phone and keep updated all updates as of this tool as the operating system.

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The Galaxy S3 and was cloned

 

When you see your device starts to be imitated, you know they do because it is a very good product. Previously happened with the iPhone Apple , and now it was the Galaxy Samsung S3 go through the inevitable process of cloning facing favorite smartphones worldwide. The first imitation China Galaxy S3 can be seen above.
As a copy of the S3, you must at least be well equipped, and indeed it is. It has a 4.8 inch touch screen high-definition (HD), also incorporates two cameras, the rear of 8 megapixels and a 1.3 megapixel front. This is complemented with MT6577 processor dual-core 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory, not to mention also the presence of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, two SIM slots and a 2500mAh battery. And indeed, it is lighter than real Galaxy S3, and of course cost much less: $ 272 dollars.
If you want a good mobile Android and cheaply, this is what you want, but keep in mind that the quality of the device is bad and its technology is inferior to the true S3.

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Samsung presents the Galaxy could Note 2 in late August

 

In addition to what we saw on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, now a new rumor circulating the web of the giant smartphone . Apparently, a popular Korean website says the company's mobile future will be presented in late August, and it sounds very natural that during the IFA 2012 takes place in Berlin, which would leave soon for the launch which is expected to October. Recall also that the Galaxy Original Note was also revealed in the same event, but in the 2011 edition.
As for what we know about the Galaxy Note 2 so far, it will be a high-end mobile 5.5-inch screen, ARM-15 processor and 2GB of RAM. Remember this is based on rumor, so until late August probably will not have anything official, though no doubt the screen will be great since it is the successor to the first Note.

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Amazing Alex available for IOS and Android

 

What's New Rovio is here. In past days we show the first trailer for Amazing Alex, and now the app is finally available for both iPhone OS and Android. The game, as seen in the video below, is to complete the 35 levels by interacting with different objects that can be found on the road and solving different puzzles, which also include chain reactions, as seen in the video.
In addition, players can also create their own levels and sharing solutions over others. The iPhone version of Amazing Alex is $ 1 U.S. dollar and the iPad version costs $ 3 . Android is a free version , pay that cost $ 1 and a HD that costs $ 3.

 

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Optimus LG Vu 2 is presented in a few weeks

 

While LG has already revealed the identity of its latest mobile, the LG Vu 2 Optimus, not yet officially announced, which will be held during IFA 2012, ie from 31 August to 5 September this year. What we know so far about smartphone Android premium is relatively small. It will have a 4-inch touch screen with 1024 × 768 pixels and also incorporate a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at 1.5GHz S4 (assume it will be one of the new quad-core variants with technology 28nm).
Remember also that LG Vu 2 Optimus Android 4.0 available ICS. Too bad that does not have the new Android 4.1 Jellybean.

 

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