Fake Facebook Porn Links Infect Over 110,000 Users with Trojan in Just Two Days
It seems like common sense to be careful of random links that are posted across the Internet, and that includes links featured on social media networks such as Facebook. According to various sources, over 110,000 users within the last two days have been infected with a Trojan due to fake pornography links posted across Facebook. The links allow users to see a thumbnail of the supposed porn video, but requests that users install a fake Flash update in order to play the media successfully. If a user goes through with the process, a Trojan is downloaded onto the computer that allows a hacker to take control of the keyboard and mouse connected to the infected machine. The Trojan will also go onto Facebook and share the same pornography link, tagging up to 20 friends within each post.
Facebook has confirmed this specific issue and has stated that to fix the problem, the company is "blocking links to these scams, offering cleanup options, and pursuing additional measures to ensure that people continue to have a safe experience on Facebook."
Source: TweakTown
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Finding the Quantum Speed Limit
Thanks to its use in pop culture, many people are likely aware of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which puts a limit on how precisely the momentum and position of an object can be measured. This is not the only uncertainty principle though as it has been suggested that energy and time may have a similar relationship. Now researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have confirmed this relationship.
According to Heisenberg, the product of the uncertainties of momentum and position cannot be less than Planck's constant, so there is an amount of graininess to space. What the Berkeley researchers have done is derived a similar relationship between the variance of an energy state, and the lifetime of that state, where their product again cannot be less than Planck's constant. This principle was first mathematically examined in 1945, but only for one kind of experiment, yet it has still been considered a part of quantum mechanics for some time. Now that it has been rigorously proven, it can be applied to all experiments and observations that involve time.
Among the applications of this research is setting the clock speed of quantum computers. As these computers will rely on quantum energy states changing over time, it is necessary to know the minimal amount of time it will take to successfully distinguish the change.
Source: University of California, Berkeley
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Microsoft Looking To Work With Cyanogen On Custom Android Version
Bloomberg is reporting that a source has revealed that Microsoft is in talks with Cyanogen to create a "version of the Android mobile-operating system that’s more friendly to Microsoft services." As part of the arrangement, Microsoft would invest in the startup and enter into a commercial partnership. Cyanogen is known for creating a version of the Android OS that gives users the ability to customize the OS to their liking, and this experience would be great if Microsoft is hoping to expand its offerings on Android. Representatives from both companies declined to comment on the speculation.
Source: Bloomberg
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Apple Updates iTunes to Version 12.1
Apple has just released an update to its iTunes application, bringing the popular music platform to version 12.1. The latest update, which is the first major update to be released for iTunes since version 12 was released last fall alongside OS X Yosemite, ushers in a Notifications Center and various bug fixes. The new Notifications Center shows users what is currently playing on iTunes or iTunes Radio and also lets them skip ahead, star tracks, and even purchase songs. Version 12.1 of iTunes also includes performance improvements when syncing an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to the music software.
Source: PCMag
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