MAMA WA KIAFRIKA

MAMA WA KIAFRIKA<br /> Inasemekana kwa Africa ina wakina mama walio na uwezo mkubwa wa kumudu mambo mengi kwa wakati mmoja. Hii ni kwa sababu ya ugumu wa maisha wanayokabiriana nayo katika maisha ya kila siku. Pia inaonesha kwamba wengi wa wakina mama hawa wanapata kukoma katika maeneo mbalimbali ya miili yao sababu ya kazi ngumu wanazifanya . Tafiti zinaonyesha kwamba Tanzania kuna baadhi ya makabila ambayo mwanamke ndiya anaye fanya kazi zote ngumu za nyumbani ikiwa ni pamoja na kulea watoto na kutafuta nishati ya kuna na vinginevyo ikiwemo kwenda mashambani wakati baba (mwanaume ) akiwa katika vigenge ya bao<br /> <br /> PICHA NI MAMA AKIWA AMETOKA KUTAFUTA RIZIKI YA KILA SIKU<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsHRi1yeFu_5SW_Ry2-GpwC6b0kNmIZ0RCLYPZbwcXHr3UtoUIfLBpm2IEHJtJwXXfijG4px6ykyoukWn7cYMBpyuNQ_ESZicGBD1l5oNeW9fw0Kxs2fn3TWH-uMWdtlR-pX0YMiJHjkh/s1600/395717_458070454279911_1169260411_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsHRi1yeFu_5SW_Ry2-GpwC6b0kNmIZ0RCLYPZbwcXHr3UtoUIfLBpm2IEHJtJwXXfijG4px6ykyoukWn7cYMBpyuNQ_ESZicGBD1l5oNeW9fw0Kxs2fn3TWH-uMWdtlR-pX0YMiJHjkh/s1600/395717_458070454279911_1169260411_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <br />

east_africa MAMA WA KIAFRIKA

MAMA WA KIAFRIKA Inasemekana kwa Africa ina wakina mama walio na uwezo mkubwa wa kumudu mambo mengi kwa wakati mmoja. Hii ni kwa sababu ya ...

Read more »

Kenya to close borders to travellers from Ebola states

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br /><div class="caption full-width" style="clear: both; color: #505050; display: block; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><br /><img alt="An medical worker feeds a child who is infected with the Ebola virus at a Medecins Sans Frontieres facility in Kailahun, Sierra Leone - 15 August 2014" height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76988000/jpg/_76988187_76984833.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; width: 624px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; width: 624px;"><br /></span><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Kenya's health secretary said Kenyans and medical workers flying in from those states would still be allowed in.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Kenyan Airways says it will stop flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone when the ban comes in on Wednesday.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Kenya is at "high risk" from Ebola because it is a major transport hub.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">The epidemic began in Guinea in February and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.</div><span style="color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify; width: 624px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 18px;">On Friday, the death toll rose to 1,145 after the WHO said 76 new deaths had been reported in the two days to 13 August. There have been 2,127 cases reported in total.</span></span><span style="color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify; width: 624px;"><br /></span><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Earlier, Kenya's health ministry said four suspected cases of Ebola in the country had tested negative for the virus.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">The cases had involved a Liberian national and two Nigerians who had recently travelled to Kenya as well as a Zimbabwean.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Kenyan Airways said it had decided to cancel flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone's capitals after advice from Kenya's government.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">It said all passengers booked on the suspended flights would get a full refund.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">The company said its flights to Nigeria were not affected by the suspension.</div><span class="cross-head" style="color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.231em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">'Strict checks'</span><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Announcing the government's decision, Kenyan Health Minister James Macharia said it was "in the interest of public health".</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">He warned that Kenyans and health workers who had returned from the three west African states would face "strict checks" and would be quarantined if necessary.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">On Friday, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said the outbreak would take at least six months to bring under control.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">MSF President Joanne Liu said the situation was "deteriorating faster, and moving faster, than we can respond to".</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">The WHO also admitted that the scale of the outbreak appeared to be "vastly underestimated" and said "extraordinary measures" were needed to contain it.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of a person who is infected.</div><div style="clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: auto;">Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas such as eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure.</div><span style="color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify; width: 624px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 18px;">The WHO says the risk of transmission of Ebola during air travel remains low.</span> </span></div>

east_africa Kenya to close borders to travellers from Ebola states

Kenya's health secretary said Kenyans and medical workers flying in from those states would still be allowed in. Kenyan Airways says it ...

Read more »

Why Small Windows 8 Tablets Deserve Your Attention?

<img class="rg_i" data-sz="f" height="221" name="mKEzihjgR0X1jM:" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="height: 167px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 302px;" width="400" /><img class="rg_i" data-src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJyvihauqJ2qKMIQsEpFFenDRjCqJOATHjzYaCn7DHVosPjGeQ" data-sz="f" name="0viNwtYomnoSaM:" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJyvihauqJ2qKMIQsEpFFenDRjCqJOATHjzYaCn7DHVosPjGeQ" style="height: 183px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 275px;" /><br />Lenovo recently discontinued its small Windows tablets in the United States, including the 8-inch IdeaTab Miix 2, due to lack of interest.<br />There's no lack of interest on my part. I bought the IdeaTab Miix 2 8, which runs Windows 8.1, about a month ago. There are some downsides, and I never want a small Windows tablet as my primary computer -- maybe not even my secondary PC. But if you're looking to lighten your load when traveling for work, a Windows 8.1 tablet with an eight-inch display, like the now-discontinued-but-still-available IdeaTab Miix 2 8, deserves some attention. Here are four reasons why.<br /><ul><li>The smaller tablets weigh next to nothing. The Lenovo IdeaTab Miix 2 8 weighs only 0.77 pounds.</li><li>Battery life can be fantastic. PCWorld's test of the IdeaTab, for instance, showed it lasted more than 10 hours on a charge. </li><li>A small Windows tablet doesn't mean tiny performance. My Lenovo tablet, though not a speed demon, handles basic computing tasks efficiently. </li><li>Like some other small Windows tablets, the IdeaTab comes with Office Home & Student Edition 2013 preinstalled, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint but not Outlook. Of course, because it's a "real" Windows machine, you can install other versions of Office that include Outlook.</li></ul>To make any Windows tablet more laptop-like, you need accessories, such as a fine-point stylus and an external keyboard. For the latter, I recommend Logitech's K810 Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard, which costs $63 on Amazon. It's nearly twice as wide as the IdeaTab but the keys are spaced apart. You can sync the keyboard to as many as three devices at a time. And the sculpted keys are backlit. In short: It's one of the classiest tablet keyboards I've seen.<br />You'll also want a micro USB-to-USB adapter ($5 on Amazon) to attach an external USB mouse, keyboard or other peripheral. I had no luck connecting my Samsung external DVD drive, however.<br />As I mentioned, there are trade-offs when you use such a small Windows machine. The IdeaTab only has 2GB of memory, it can't be upgraded, and it might prevent you from installing certain software programs. You can't physically attach an external monitor, and your eyes will grow weary looking at an eight-inch tablet screen for more than a few hours. The selection of Windows 8 tablet-optimized apps, though steadily improving, still lags behind iOS and Android.<br />Clearly, the small Windows 8 tablet market is in a bit of flux. Some say it is a doomed product category, though Microsoft recently said $99 small tablets running Windows 8 will be available by year's end. Dell's Venue 8 Pro Tablet ($249) is one available option. And Lenovo says it will come out with new, small Windows tablets later this year.

windows Why Small Windows 8 Tablets Deserve Your Attention?

Lenovo recently discontinued its small Windows tablets in the United States, including the 8-inch IdeaTab Miix 2, due to lack of interest. T...

Read more »

SSD controllers may run your applications someday

<div style="text-align: justify;"><img class="rg_i" data-sz="f" height="492" name="Fay2gWvZ-N0xKM:" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="height: 174px; margin-left: -7px; margin-right: -13px; margin-top: 0px; width: 226px;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's time for enterprise applications and storage to work more closely together, even to the point where SSDs become a pool of computing power, according to Samsung Semiconductor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The company wants industry standards for greater coordination between those elements, seeking to make data centers more efficient. The benefits could include CPUs communicating more with SSDs (solid-state drives) in the shorter term and later SSD controllers sharing application processing. The company gave no target dates for what would necessarily be a long-term effort, but it's calling on several industry groups to cooperate to make it a reality.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">With just HDDs (hard disk drives), storage performance historically lagged behind computing and memory, so the functions of each have remained separate. But the advent of various tiers of solid-state storage and memory has changed the equation, said Bob Brennan, a senior vice president at Samsung Semiconductor who leads the company's Memory Solutions Lab. There are now faster drives with more built-in computing power and faster connections, he said. Servers aren't getting as much performance out of storage as they could, he told an audience Tuesday at Flash Memory Summit, in Santa Clara, California.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Samsung is looking at two possible ways to improve that picture.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One is to make applications better communicate with storage about their needs. For example, each application should be able to tell an SSD when it needs all the performance of the SSD controller, Brennan said. With that information, the controller could put off storage-specific tasks that could be done at any time, such as "garbage collection," or rearranging the bits on the SSD ahead of time for optimal performance in the future.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"For a fully loaded SSD, if you can control garbage collection at the application level, you get about 1000x reduction in latency," or the delay in delivering bits to where they are needed for processing, Brennan said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Farther out, better coordination could allow enterprises to tap into SSD controllers as an added computing resource in their data centers. There often is excess capacity in those processors, according to Insight64 research fellow Nathan Brookwood. Even as fast as flash media can deliver bits, the highly tuned, specialized silicon in SSD controllers can work much faster, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's more, giving computing tasks to SSD controllers could mean having those chips work with the data right under their noses in the drive, slashing the delays that come from transporting bits.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The big hurdle to making that work would be the very specialization that makes those controllers so well suited to their main tasks. Unlike the server chips that do the number-crunching in data centers, they aren't x86 processors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Everybody in the industry has a slightly different architecture for their controller," Brennan said in an interview at the event. Splitting up tasks between an x86 CPU and an SSD controller would be a far cry from distributing them across multiple chips and cores.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It's a non-trivial problem," said Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst at Taneja Group. "I don't see a very clear path."</div>

ssd SSD controllers may run your applications someday

It's time for enterprise applications and storage to work more closely together, even to the point where SSDs become a pool of computing...

Read more »

When astronauts breathe on Mars, they will thank MIT professor

<div style="text-align: justify;">Someday, when astronauts are living and working on Mars, they'll be able to thank MIT's Michael Hecht for their ability to breathe on the Red Planet. They'll also have to give a nod to him for the oxygen needed to launch the rocket to bring them back to Earth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Michael Hecht, a researcher at MIT, is helping to build an instrument that will create oxygen on Mars. (Image: MIT)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">"There's zero way a human could breathe on Mars," Hecht, a researcher at MIT, told Computerworld. "But the oxygen also is for the return rocket. That's the hungry beast we have to feed.... To bring that much oxygen along, it's certainly not impossible but it makes the mission substantially more expensive and complicated. What's the point where the mission gets so expensive that it just won't happen?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Unless we find ways - shortcuts -- to make this something that people can grasp as being worthwhile, it won't happen," he added. "This plays a big part of expanding our horizons beyond Earth."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Late last week, NASA announced the seven new and improved scientific instruments that will be on board the next robotic rover to head to Mars in 2020. Along with high-tech cameras and ground-penetrating radar, one of the instruments on the rover will be a machine that will create oxygen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">By creating oxygen on the planet, humans will be able to breathe while they explore and possibly even set up a habitat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dubbed MOXIE - short for Mars Oxygen In situ resource utilization Experiment -- the instrument is designed to take carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere and use it to produce oxygen. MIT describes it as a specialized reverse fuel cell that will consume electricity so it can produce oxygen on Mars, where the atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img class="rg_i" data-sz="f" height="405" name="AOdmucIeyuVvpM:" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="height: 169px; margin-left: -5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 267px;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">MOXIE will have a big job since the Martian atmosphere is so different than the one on Earth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Martian atmosphere is only about 1% as dense as Earth's atmosphere; it's about the same density as the Earth's atmosphere 100,000 feet above the surface.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Here, we'd consider it almost a vacuum," said Hecht. "That's how little of it there is and it's 95% or 96% carbon dioxide or 30 times more CO2 than on the surface of Earth. CO2 is a trace gas on Earth. On Mars, there's very little air overall, but it's mostly CO2."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">At this point, the plan is to send an inflatable dome to Mars where a MOXIE-like machine could inflate it with oxygen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This is how we keep it within that [acceptable mission] range -- find this shortcut instead of having the astronauts bring the oxygen with them," said Hecht. "We send a small nuclear reactor to Mars and we send one of these oxygen facilities, which would be 100 times larger than Moxie, which produces 20 grams an hour of oxygen. You want something that produces about a pound of oxygen in an hour."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">For MOXIE, the robotic machine simply needs to start sucking carbon dioxide out of the Martian atmosphere to get going.</div>

astronauts When astronauts breathe on Mars, they will thank MIT professor

Someday, when astronauts are living and working on Mars, they'll be able to thank MIT's Michael Hecht for their ability to breathe o...

Read more »

Heartbleed used to uncover data from cyber-criminals

<img alt="Radiator and thermostat" height="288" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74512000/jpg/_74512054_016839646-1.jpg" width="512" /><br /><br /><br /><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">The Heartbleed bug has turned cyber criminals from attackers into victims as researchers use it to grab material from chatrooms where they trade data. </div><br />Discovered in early April, Heartbleed lets attackers steal data from computers using vulnerable versions of some widely used security programs. <br /> <br />Now it has given anti-malware researchers access to forums that would otherwise be very hard to penetrate. <br /> <br />The news comes as others warn that the bug will be a threat for many years.<br /> <br />French anti-malware researcher Steven K told the BBC: "The potential of this vulnerability affecting black-hat services (where hackers use their skills for criminal ends) is just enormous." <br /> <br />Heartbleed had put many such forums in a "critical" position, he said, leaving them vulnerable to attack using tools that exploit the bug.<br /> <br />The Heartbleed vulnerability was found in software, called Open SSL, which is supposed to make it much harder to steal data. Instead, exploiting the bug makes a server hand over small chunks of the data it has just handled - in many cases login details or other sensitive information.<br /> <br />Mr K said he was using specially written tools to target some closed forums called Darkode and Damagelab. <br /> <br />"Darkode was vulnerable, and this forum is a really hard target," he said. "Not many people have the ability to monitor this forum, but Heartbleed exposed everything."<br /> <br />Charlie Svensson, a computer security researcher at Sentor, which tests company's security systems, said: "This work just goes to show how serious Heartbleed is. You can get the keys to the kingdom, all thanks to a nice little heartbeat query."<br /> <br />Individuals who repeat the work of security researchers such as Mr K could leave themselves open to criminal charges for malicious hacking. <br /><span class="cross-head">Threat 'growing'</span> <br />The widespread publicity about Heartbleed had led operators of many websites to update vulnerable software and urge users to change passwords.<br /> <br />Paul Mutton, a security researcher at net monitoring firm Netcraft, explained that while that meant there was no "significant risk of further direct exploitation of the bug", it did not mean all danger had passed.<br /> <br />He said the problem had been compounded by the fact that a large number of sites had not cleaned up all their security credentials put at risk by Heartbleed.<br /> <br />In particular, he said, many sites had yet to invalidate or revoke the security certificates used as a guarantee of their identity.<br /> <br />"If a compromised certificate has not been revoked, an attacker can still use it to impersonate that website," said Mr Mutton.<br /> <br /><div class="caption full-width"><img alt="Heartbleed logo" height="288" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74512000/jpg/_74512056_heartbleed.jpg" width="512" /></div><div class="caption full-width">  <span style="width: 512px;">The dangers posed by Heartbleed will persist for years, warn security experts</span> </div><br />In addition, he said, web browsers did a poor job of checking whether security certificates had been revoked. <br /> <br />"Consequently, the dangers posed by the Heartbleed bug could persist for a few more years."<br /> <br />His comments were echoed by James Lyne, global head of security research at security software developer Sophos. <br /> <br />"There is a very long tail of sites that are going to be vulnerable for a very long time," said Mr Lyne, who pointed out that the list of devices that Heartbleed put at risk was growing.<br /> <br />Many so-called smart devices, such as home routers, CCTV cameras, baby monitors and home-management gadgets that control heating and power, were now known to be vulnerable to Heartbleed-based attacks, he said.<br /> <br />A survey by tech news site Wired found that smart thermostats, cloud-based data services, printers, firewalls and video-conferencing systems were all vulnerable. <br /> <br />Other reports suggest the makers of some industrial control systems are also now producing patches for their software to limit the potential for attack.<br /> <br />How tempting this was for malicious attackers was difficult to gauge, said Mr Lyne. <br /> <br />"We do not really know how much Heartbleed is being used offensively because it's an attack that is hard to track and log."

heart_bleed Heartbleed used to uncover data from cyber-criminals

The Heartbleed bug has turned cyber criminals from attackers into victims as researchers use it to grab material from chatrooms where they...

Read more »

Piracy sites are 'rife with scams' says media industry

<img alt="Download bar" height="288" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74524000/jpg/_74524362_toolbar.jpg" width="512" /><br /><br /><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Nearly all the UK's favourite movie and TV piracy sites "contain malware or credit card scams", according to a study published by the media industry.</div><br />It analysed 30 of the most visited sites offering access to copyright infringing material, and indicated only one was free of such threats.<br /> <br />The police have praised the group for raising awareness of the problem.<br /> <br />But other experts said the research was "misleading" and an exercise in "scaremongering".<br /><br /><span class="cross-head">Fake buttons</span> <br />Intelligent Content Protection (Incopro) - a consultancy specialising in anti-piracy services - was contracted to do the research.<br /> <br />It accessed pages listing the top five films and top five TV shows on each site over the fortnight beginning 4 April.<br /> <br />The firm said 20 of the surveyed sites featured credit card fraud and other kinds of scams, in which users might be asked to provide personal details to access content that was not as it appeared.<br /> <br />It added that malware and other "potentially unwanted programs" were found on 27 of the sites. It said these were most commonly triggered by a user clicking on what appeared to be a "play" button that actually carried out another function. <br /> <br />The most popular type - reportedly found on 10 of the sites - were pop-up ads that the authors said were annoying in themselves and could also be used to fool the user into installing other types of malware.<br /> <br />It said five of the sites contained rootkit malware, which could be used to modify the computer's settings so that its anti-virus protection was switched off and the machine used to secretly send spam or mount cyber-attacks.<br /> <br /><br /><div id="story_continues_2">There were no discovered cases where a pirate site automatically downloaded a malicious program without a link being clicked.</div><br />But one of Incopro's researchers said the sites benefited from the fees and other "kickbacks" paid by ad networks that place the icons and texts used to lure users.<br /> <br />"These fake play buttons, and that sort of thing, are very much driven by the desire of people to download content," Helen Saunders told the BBC.<br /> <br />"We view it as a kind of social engineering attack on the users who are tricked into downloading this stuff."<br /> <br />The Industry Trust also published details of a survey that questioned 4,210 UK-based pirate site visitors.<br /> <br />It said 77% of the respondents reported they had downloaded malware or other unwanted material as a result of using an unauthorised site.<br /><span class="cross-head">'Ethically questionable'</span> <br />The trust is advising the public to use its own Find Any Film service to find where to rent or buy legal material.

piracy_in_tech Piracy sites are 'rife with scams' says media industry

Nearly all the UK's favourite movie and TV piracy sites "contain malware or credit card scams", according to a study publish...

Read more »