Expert on Recovery After an Iframe Injection Attack

Seeing that a lot of websites are plagued with Iframe Injection vulnerabilities, independent security researcher Shadab Siddiqui made up an advisory to help website administrators recover their websites after such a security hole has been exploited. He also listed some safety measures that must be implemented in order to avoid such incidents. The first step in recovering a website after an Iframe Injection attack is to shut it down completely during the cleansing process. This must be done to ensure that the malicious elements that may have been injected are not spread to the computers of unsuspecting visitors. According to Siddiqui, the next step is to change all the passwords. “Although this may seem like a simple step, many people, including...

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Apple Begins iOS 6.0 Testing

Server log entries identified as coming from Apple’s Cupertino campus in California indicate that iOS 6.0 testing is underway using iPad tablet computers and an unreleased version of WebKit, the layout engine designed to allow iTunes and Apple’s Safari web browser to render web pages. While looking at iPad user agents coming from Apple's corporate IP block in Cupertino, California, Ars Technica recently discovered that Apple was accessing the Internet from iPads running iOS 6.0. Or so say the web logs highlighted in yellow in the screenshot to the left (click to enlarge). Looking at the bigger picture, we can see that Apple is testing how the web displays on iPads running iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1 (the current version available to the general population),...

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iPad 3 Will Start at $499 for the Base Configuration - Report

Apple is not planning a price spike for the next generation iPad, according to one report coming from a reputable source, despite rumors that the iPad 3 might be pricier by as much as $80. Sources familiar with Apple’s plans with the iPad 3 lineup are telling 9to5mac that the pricing will be identical to that of the iPad 2, a move that replicates Apple’s pricing scheme from last year. There shouldn’t have been any concern that the iPad 3 would cost more. However, a person from China claiming to have inside knowledge kicked off a rumor this week saying that the iPad 3 would see a price spike of about $70-$80 in the Unites States. It still remains to be confirmed exactly what Apple will charge for the next iPad, but it’s very unlikely that...

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Novero Releases Dual-OS Laptop-Tablet with Flip-Rotate Screen

If anyone was wondering where all the hybrid tablets had gone, they are still right here in our midst, as Novero all too eagerly proved during MWC 2012. The company created the Solana laptop-tablet hybrid device, which uses a flip-rotating screen to switch from slate to notebook form factors, and vice versa. In much the same manner, the newcomer can choose which of its two operating systems to use at any given time. One of them is Google's Android 2.3.7, while the other is Microsoft's Windows 7 (Windows 8 is supported as well). “By introducing Solana we have marked the next milestone in offering intelligent and affordable, multi-feature products which perfectly match today's professional consumer needs,” said Razvan Olosu, CEO, at novero.  “The...

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CyanogenMod 9 Nightlies Released for Galaxy S II

Owners of Samsung Galaxy S II smartphones can now download and install on their handsets nightlies of CyanogenMod 9.  Recently, the CyanogenMod team announced the availability of CyanogenMod 9 nightlies for three other devices, namely Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Motorola Xoom. Today, these nightly builds are available for Samsung’s flagship device, as well as for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 and Transformer Prime TF201 tablets.  Through CyanogenMod builds, users can enjoy a series of customization options that are not usually available on the Android platform. The latest version of these custom ROMs is based on the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.  The team behind CyanogenMod ROMs has been working on...

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Alleged Benchmarking Result for Galaxy S III Emerges

Soon, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics will bring to the market the successor of its high-end Galaxy S II smartphone.  The vendor already confirmed plans for this, and announced that it will launch the phone before mid-2012, but has yet to deliver any other details on the matter.  Before official info on the upcoming device becomes available, however, it appears that the first benchmark of it emerged online. On the GLBenchmark website, we can access the testing results for a Samsung smartphone that features the model number GT-I9300. The handset is listed as featuring a 1196 x 720 pixels resolution, which suggests that it could sport a button-less design similar to the one available on Galaxy Nexus.  This...

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Gigabyte's GA-Z77X-UD3H and GA-Z77X-UD5H Motherboards

We've seen Gigabyte's G1.Sniper M3 microATX motherboard and now we are looking at two other products designed to support Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge central processing units (CPUs).  The two boards that aren't intended for gamers are based on the Z77 chipset and called GA-Z77X-UD3H and GA-Z77X-UD5H. Unfortunately, the exact prices have yet to be disclosed.  The former has four SATA 3.0 Gbps ports and two SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, plus three more of the latter via two Marvell controllers.  An mSATA is available as well, along with headers for USB 2.0 (4 ports), FireWire and UB 3.0 (six ports, enabled by VLI USB 3.0 hubs).  There are 16 lanes of bandwidth shared between two PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, while a third x16 slot is...

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LG Promises Android 5.0 Upgrades for 2012 Devices

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is expected to deliver upgrades to the upcoming Android 5.0 Jelly Bean operating system to all of its devices launched in 2012.  Although the platform hasn’t been launched yet, the handset vendor already confirmed plans to make the move.  The only limitation that might appear is related to the hardware capabilities of these mobile phones.  However, as long as the device supports it, the Android 5.0 update will be released. According to LG's UK Product Manager Shaun Musgrave, this is the company’s way of showing its commitment to deliver “the best smartphone experience.”  Just before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG unveiled to the world a series of new devices,...

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Gigabyte's G1.Sniper M3 MicroATX Motherboard

Gigabyte has apparently acted on all the consumer feedback and requests it received in regards to its G1 series of gaming motherboards.  What this means is that the company finally has a product that, rather than the ATX or XL-ATX form factor, uses the microATX size.  The name, according to VR-Zone, is G1.Sniper M3, and the design involves a mostly black color theme with blue heatsinks instead of the blue PCB Gigabyte is known to love.   As people are no doubt able to guess, the product is made with Intel's Z77 chipset, which handles LGA1155 "Ivy Bridge" and "Sandy Bridge" processors.  Two PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots are present (work in dual x8 mode when both are employed), as are a PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot and a PCI...

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NVIDIA GK104 Kepler Card PCB Pictured

As the release of NVIDIA's fabled 28nm-based video card approaches, a leak has exposed what the product's PCB looks like.  We now know, with a reasonably low degree of doubt, that NVIDIA's first Kepler video board will be released on March 23.  What we have in the photo above is the printed circuit board, according to Chiphell.  Notice the five-phase VRM, the HDMI and DisplayPort connectors and the two DVI ports. Two SLI connectors, the GPU die and the memory are clearly visible as well, finally.  The photo also reveals that strange 8-pin + 6-pin stacked power connector we spotted yesterday, and we guess there will be cards with two 6-pin ports instead, or NVIDIA will choose one or the other.  This board is, in the...

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AMD Radeon HD 7870 Pitcairn Graphics Cards Spotted in the Wild

With just a few more weeks separating us from the launch of AMD’s Pitcairn GPUs, also known as the Radeon HD 7800 series, an image allegedly depicting two such cards was posted online by a Chinese website. Not much can be seen from the picture published on the PC in Life forums, but the two cards presented are reported to be based on the Pitcairn XT GPU, which means that we are dealing with the Radeon HD 7870. Both of these cards use a black PCB, just as the Radeon HD 7900-series, and are covered by a black/red plastic shroud with a blower fan placed to the right of the GPU. While no information regarding the specs of these graphics cards was provided by the source, some previous leaks have suggested that AMD’s Radeon HD 7800 models will...

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Intel Ivy Bridge Powered Samsung 17.3 Notebook Goes on Pre-Order

Even though almost two months separate us from the launch of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors, some US based retailers have jumped the gun and started listing notebooks powered by these CPUs on their websites. One such example is J&R who has recently added a 17.3-inch Samsung notebook to their offer, running Intel’s next-gen 22nm processors. Dubbed the NP700Z7C-S01US Nike, the laptop in question runs Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and boasts a Full HD screen, as well as an Intel Core i7-3615QM CPU. Those of you who aren’t familiar with Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPUs should know that this chip packs four computing cores clocked at 2.3GHz (3.3GHz maximum Turbo Boost speed), support for Intel’s Hyper-Threading technology and an on-die Intel HD 4000...

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