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We told you yesterday about the Trojan named “Crisis“, also being referred to as “OSX/Morcut-A”, discovered for OS X, but it is considered low risk for users. Today, we get some more details about the trojan with security company Sophos explaining the Morcut Malware features code for controlling the following: mouse coordinates instant messengers (for instance, Skype [including call data], Adium and MSN Messenger) location internal webcam clipboard contents key presses running applications web URLs screenshots internal microphone calendar data & alerts device information address book contents The malware appears to have been specifically created with spying on the user as its goal....

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency protects the nation’s borders, keeps terrorists and their weapons out of the country, and it seizes counterfeit goods—like more than $635,000 worth of fake Apple products found in Alaska this week. CBP announced on Thursday that it conducted a routine search in Anchorage on a Chinese plane headed toward several United States locations. The goods onboard looked like iPhone 5 Lightning connector cables and adapters (that’s a lot of $2 fakes!...

The Mormon church has announced plans to issue 32,000 iPad minis to its missionaries by early 2015, ABC News reports. The church hopes that these devices will enable a new generation of social media outreach. That figure represents about 36% of active Mormon missionaries throughout the world (currently around 86,000). Those 32,000 iPads won’t only be deployed in the United States. The current plan involves rolling the device out in Canada, parts of Europe, and Japan in the same time frame....

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1 If you are a public school student, it is hard to beat Maine when it comes to getting Apple products. Every middle school student got a MacBook starting in 2009 (and their 1-to-1 program started in 2001). Now Kindergartners are getting iPad 2s. Seems like the Apple thing is working out for them. Where are the iPhones for High Schoolers? http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed_edition&videoId=us/2011/04/08/dnt.me.ipad.kindergarten.wgme Mossberg: Samsung Series 9 tries to be a Windows MacBook Air (9to5mac....

What is a Mainframe? The mainframe is a high performance and a high-speed computer system. It is used for larger scale computing purposes that requires great availability and security. It is mostly used in sectors like finance, insurance, retail and other critical areas where huge data are processed multiple times. While performing Mainframe testing, the tester only needs to know about the navigations of the CICS screens. They are custom built for specific applications....

The first major event addition to Mario Kart Tour is set to arrive this week, adding a handful of new things for players to enjoy. There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Nintendo’s latest mobile title since its launch. These complaints are largely targeted at the game’s penchant for pursuing real-world cash from its user base through controversial gacha mechanics. This doesn’t appear to have impacted the success of the game at all, however, as Mario Kart Tour surpassed $1 million in revenue in just 24 hours....

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG that puts you in the shoes of Commander Shepard, hero of the galaxy and puncher of annoying reporters. Thing is, even with all those conversation wheels, it can be difficult to see Shepard as their own character; they don’t develop all that much across the trilogy, and you can have them making such wildly different decisions from scene to scene that it’s hard to discern any character outside of ‘good at shooting things’....

Girls is a TV series on HBO that centers around four narcissistic 20-somethings struggling to make it in New York City. It’s a concept that has been done plenty of times before, yet no show is able to capture the realism of trying to make it as a young adult quite like Dunham’s creation. Girls manages to display the ugly side of growing up which serves as a refreshing counterpoint to the usual glitz and glamour we are used to seeing on TV....

In its statement on TechNet blog, Microsoft says the delay is due to “a last minute issue” but the company is being quiet on what the issue is. Although, Mary Jo Foley from ZDNet did report that Microsoft was having problems with its patch build system. However, in a later update, Microsoft had no further comment other than what it posted on its blog post. This is a rare decision from Microsoft and it leaves organizations without a patch for a memory corruption bug in handling SMB traffic which could allow a remote DoS attack....

KB4522355 for Windows 10 1903 After installing today’s new cumulative update your build number will be bumped to 18362.449 and it will include the following list of improvements and fixes: Addresses an issue with the behavior of the Origin HTTP header when you use Internet Explorer to make cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests to redirect resources in internal subnets.Addresses an issue that prevents Microsoft Narrator from working in certain touch mode scenarios....

The Teams search function should now be more consistent with search in other Microsoft products and deliver faster results, according to a Microsoft blogpost. The update is generally available. Microsoft has redesigned four search pages and introduced a new version of the “All”, “Messages”, “People”, and “Files” filtering tabs. Results should be more relevant since Microsoft is using AI to ensure results are influenced by the people and content users engage with most in Teams and other Microsoft 365 applications....

LunaTik, the creators of the famously well-funded TikTok iPod nano watch band, have launched a pair of well-designed and well-functioning styluses, optimized for iOS devices. We’ve been using the LunaTik Stylus and the performance of the stylus is very precise. Our tests were conducted by playing around the iPad operating system, but the true results come via an app like Paper. This precise stylus also doubles a real ink pen, making it versatile....

Mobile Legends is one of the top-grossing games with new character updates. The game has got quite popular because of the introduction of new characters, which makes the game more complex and competitive to play. Since each of these characters are unique on its own, it takes a tremendous amount of learning and practice to master these characters. One such character in the game is Julian, who has immense power and skill sets....

Again Fake Steve Sums it up best: Most media people aren’t that obnoxious These folks have strong relationships with Apple. They know and obey the rules we’ve established with them for our interactions. Basically, it’s very simple. When you get us on camera or sit down in a room with us, you’re going to ask us a list of questions that we’ve vetted, and we’re going to give you a set of answers that we’ve prepared in advance, and no matter how pointless or irrelevant or meaningless those answers might be, you will nod appreciatively and move on....

What is This Feature? From scratch using the Insert tab On any presentation slide, click Insert > SmartArt to show the Graphics window. By default, the window will show you all of the available graphics you can choose from. For this step, I’ll try out the Detailed Process graphic. After pressing OK, your graphic art will be inserted. A small pane to its side will allow you to enter the desired text....

Shachar Menashe, senior director of JFrog security research, and Andrey Polkovnychenko explained that hijacking a user’s Discord token (the user’s credentials) effectively gives the attacker full control over the user’s account. “This type of attack has severe implications if executed well, and, in this case, public hack tools made such an attack easy enough for even a novice hacker to perform,” Menashe said. “We recommend organizations take precaution and manage their use of npm for software curation to reduce the risk of introducing malicious code into their applications....

There will only be two new films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe hitting theaters in 2020, and here’s why. Once Disney acquired Marvel Studios and both companies saw the success of a shared universe blossom with The Avengers, the output of these films increased. Starting in 2014, Marvel Studios has released at least two films every year, with 2017 marking the start of a three year run with three MCU films in theaters....

In an effort to further expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel will be branching away from just having properties on the big screen, ABC, and Netflix. They have a number of ideas in the works, one of which is set to give Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson the spotlight in Cloak & Dagger. The series will mark Marvel’s first attempt at bringing their ever-expanding universe to Freeform, an ABC affiliate network, which will reportedly bring a heavy focus on romance into the MCU....

One of the biggest mysteries set up by the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the origin of Knowhere, a giant decapitated head that doubles as a space station for the scum of the universe, and fans are now hoping that the impending release of Marvel’s Eternals may finally shed some light on the subject. First discussed as a possible Phase 4 film by Kevin Feige in April 2018, and later confirmed as such at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, the Eternals movie will supposedly span thousands of years, from the very beginnings of the Marvel Universe all the way to present day....

HomeKit Smart plugs are one of the easiest ways to get started with smart home technology as they are usually low cost, easy to install, and work great with the lamps you already have in your home. A recent addition to my smart home environment is the Meross dual smart plug with HomeKit compatibility. HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework....