HTC Is Going To Release First Windows Phone 7 Handset (HTC Kaixuan) For China

HTC Is Going To Release  First Windows Phone 7 Handset (HTC Kaixuan) For China

Finally the Microsoft Mobile OS reached the key market of China. Taiwanese smart phone maker HTC has planed to release what could be the first Windows Phone 7 handset for mainland China. The HTC Kaixuan (triumphant return) will be launched later this month, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. HTC is already accepting pre-orders for the device on its online store in China for 4,399 yuan (US$698). Microsoft had said it expected its Windows Phone 7 mobile OS to launch in China during the first half of this year. Handset makers Nokia and ZTE also plan to release Windows Phone 7 smartphones in 2012.
HTC, however, said the Kaixuan is different in that its Windows Phone 7.5 OS has been localized for Chinese users. For instance, the Kaixuan comes installed with Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter. Windows Phone 7 is however coming to China at a time when Google's Android OS is dominant, with a 56 percent share of the market in 2011, according to research firm Canalys. Android's open source nature has been the big reason behind the success of the OS, said Canalys research director Nicole Peng. This has allowed Chinese companies and developers to build a strong ecosystem around Android, resulting in localized versions of the OS and apps specially built for average Chinese consumers, she added. To compete with Android, Microsoft will need to develop the same kind of ecosystem for its Windows Phone 7 OS, which it so far lacks in China. "For Windows Phone 7, the biggest problem is the system is not localized enough," Peng said.

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Microsoft Released 4 Updates for Windows & Office (22 Vulnerability Fixed)

Microsoft today issued 4 updates to Windows and Office fixing a total of 22 vulnerabilities, just one of them rated critical. The first and most serious is MS11-053: Vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack Could Allow Remote Code Execution, which patches a single vulnerability (CVE-2011-1265) in the Windows 7 and Vista Bluetooth stacks. This is a remote code execution vulnerability over a wireless protocol, but it's not as serious as it first sounds.
There are considerable mitigating factors. Microsoft gives this bug an exploitability index rating of 2, meaning that they don't expect reliable exploit code to turn up. Attacks would likely, at worst, amount to a denial of service, i.e. a crash. And of course, the system has to have Bluetooth enabled in order to be vulnerable.There is also a discoverability challenge to any attack; by default, Bluetooth addresses are not discoverable. If you were in communication with a device that wished to attack there are ways to brute force the address, but these are time-consuming and would get past just one of the many barriers to attack here.

MS11-054 is Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege which fixes 15 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, affecting all versions of Windows and all rated important. The attacker must have valid logon credentials and ability to log on locally. Almost all of these were reported by Tarjei Mandt of Norman, who has made a study of this part of Windows.

MS11-055 fixes a single remote code execution vulnerability in Visio 2003 SP3. This is another of the remote binary planting bugs which Microsoft has been fixing in various products for some time and will for some time to come.
Finally, 

MS11-056: Vulnerabilities in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege fixes 5 vulnerabilities in the CSRSS of every version of Windows. As with MS11-054, the attacker must have valid logon credentials and ability to log on locally.
Microsoft also released a number of non-security updates for Windows including the usual Windows Mail Junk Filter and MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool). Other updates affect Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows Embedded Standard 7.

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Happy Birthday Windows XP (Microsoft is Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of XP)

Many Many happy returns of the day, wish you a very very happy birthday dear  Windows XP. Microsoft shipped the first copies of Windows XP to PC manufacturers 10 years ago today. Short for “eXPerience”, the successor to Windows 2000 and Windows Me eventually became the most popular operating system of all time. Windows XP is the first consumer-oriented OS built on the Windows NT kernel. The OS had a long run despite a rocky launch and has sustained two subsequent releases, the dreaded Windows Vista and the much-improved Windows 7.
Just one month before the official retail release of XP, a group by the name of devils0wn released a volume license key used to bypass product activation. This allowed potentially millions of users to install the operating system without paying for it. Furthermore, the events of September 11, 2001 put a damper on Microsoft’s retail launch plans and the company decided to scale back worldwide launch parties accordingly.
OEM and retail sales of XP ceased in June 2008, although Microsoft continued to offer the OS to system builders through early 2009. Support will be offered for systems running Service Pack 3 through April 8, 2014. As of last month, Windows XP finally fell below the 50 percent mark among all Windows Internet users. The slow decline is partially due to the success of Windows 7, which now accounts for nearly 30 percent of the market.
Microsoft has been urging customers to upgrade from XP since Vista arrived in 2006 and again when 7 debuted in 2009. According to free antivirus software provider Avast, XP is home to 74 percent of their customers' rookit infections.

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Windows Phone 7 Connector For Mac By Microsoft Corporation

Windows Phone 7 Connector is a simple, easy-to-use application designed to sync your favorite media files from your Mac, with your Windows Phone 7 or Zune HD. You can also sync photos and videos you captured on your phone with your Mac, and when needed, update your Windows Phone 7 software. Microsoft’s latest release of the Windows Phone 7 Connector is said to fix a number of bugs, including the spotty connectivity that a number of users have reported.

Features:-

• Full sync and import support for Apple Aperture software
• Drag and drop import of files from Browse Device
• Ringtone transfer support (for phones running Windows Phone 7.5 or later)
• Improved video conversion process with user configuration options
• Support for Windows Phone Marketplace (for phones running Windows Phone 7.5 or later)
• Localization support for 13 additional languages
• Improvements to backup and restore operations
• Improved configuration for podcast sync and photo import
• Improved iTunes import support in certain languages
• Improved metadata support for videos

Fixes :-
• Added additional error codes and help references for device update
• Resolved connectivity issues with certain devices
• Resolved album art display issues for certain device

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Internet Explorer & Firefox Also Became Victim To Hackers At Pwn2Own

Internet Explorer (IE 9) & Firefox 10.0.2 Also Became Victim To Hackers At Pwn2Own

At Pwn2Own contest the web-browsers are getting hacked in a series. First it was the turn of Google Chrome where Sergey Glazunov, a Russian security researcher has earned $60,000 by demonstrating how he could waltz past the security sandbox in Google's Chrome browser to run unauthorized code on fully-patched Windows 7 computers. Then the time came for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. A team from a French security firm managed to hack IE 9 on a fully patched Windows 7 SP1 machine. The group from Paris-based Vupen Security brought down IE9 running on Windows 7 by exploiting a pair of previously-unknown "zero-day" bugs that bypassed the operating system's defensive technologies to execute attack code, allowing that code to escape from IE's "Protected Mode," the browser's limited-rights anti-exploit system. They managed to bypass the browser's DEP and ASLR protection with a 0-day heap overflow vulnerability, and then used a separate memory corruption bug to break out of its Protected Mode, which is effectively a sandbox. According to VUPEN founder Chaouki Bekrar, these particular flows have existed in previous incarnations of the browser - all the way back to IE 6 - and will very likely work on the upcoming IE 10.

Then the turn of Firefox came. Mozilla’s Firefox is the latest browser to fall victim to hackers at this year’s Pwn2Own hacker contest. Two researchers working together – Willem Pinckaers and Vincenzo Iozzo — exploited a single zero-day vulnerability in the latest Firefox 10.0.2 on a fully patched Windows 7 SP1 PC to cart off a $30,000 cash prize.

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Microsoft's Windows 8 Will Be Available On October 26

Microsoft's Windows 8 Will Be Available On October 26

The final countdown of Windows 8 begins as software giant Microsoft announced that they will start selling Windows 8 from coming October 26, a little more than three months from now. This release will be first stable one of Windows 8, earlier we got three pre-release version of Windows 8 -Consumer Preview, Developer Preview & Release Preview. Windows 8 is Designed to work on both PCs and tablet computers, So far Windows 8 is Microsoft's best hope for competing with devices. According to official blog of Windows Steam - "Steven Sinofsky announced at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting that customers will be able to get Windows 8 – whether in upgrade fashion or on a new PC – starting on October 26^th. Earlier this month at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Tami Reller told attendees Windows 8 would be available in October. But now everyone has a specific date to mark on their calendars."

The Oct. 26 date is also significant to users now running Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, as it marks the debut of the $39.99 upgrade to Windows 8. The price is a dramatic discount from other Windows upgrade. All users who upgrade will receive Windows 8 Pro, the more advanced of the two retail editions. Microsoft has also tied the launch of its Windows RT operating system, and its first-ever tablet, dubbed "Surface" to the debut of Windows 8. It does have some wiggle room, however, for the tablet, because it has said that the device would go on sale around the time of Windows 8's release. Microsoft officials have not said how much the promised System Builder SKU will be for those who want to build their own PCs. They also have not said whether a full, non-upgrade version will be available via retail and how much it will cost.

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Microsoft Released Windows 8 Preview For All (Anyone Can Download & Fell The Next Generation of OS)

Long awaited Windows 8 came closer to us. Today Microsoft released  the first windows 8 preview for all. It can be free;y downloaded from Microsoft, Any one can have Windows 8, an early look at the next-generation OS. The downloads, which range from 2.8GB to 4.8GB in size, come with no restrictions, a company spokeswoman confirmed earlier in the day.

According To Microsoft:- 

The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. These downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice. The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. It should not be used in a production environment. The features and functionality in the prerelease software may not appear in the final version. Some product features and functionality may require advanced or additional hardware, or installation of other software.

Windows Developer Preview with developer tools

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• 64-bit Windows Developer Preview
• Windows SDK for Metro style apps
• Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview
• Microsoft Expression Blend 5 Developer Preview
• 28 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app

Windows Developer Preview English

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Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.

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Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.

System Requirements:-

Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
• Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch

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Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8 Codenamed “Apollo”

Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8 Codenamed “Apollo”

Few days ago in a report we have said that Microsoft is expected to launch it's own tablet (Microsoft Surface) while aiming to compete with iPad. Redmond based software and hardware giant just unveiled the next big step in its mobile software, Windows Phone 8 codenamed “Apollo” Windows Phone 8 brings the platform in line with other mobile OSes by adding support for muti-core processors, higher screen resolutions and newer wireless technologies like near field communication (NFC). Importantly, Microsoft has re-coded Windows Phone from the ground up for the new version. Previous versions of Windows Phone were based on Microsoft’s old mobile OS, Windows CE, but now the platform will share the same source code as the company’s coming desktop OS, Windows 8. That has big consequences for developers and consumers. For developers, it will be extremely easy to create a Windows Phone app if they already have a Windows 8 app that runs in the Metro environment (and vice versa). For consumers, it means more apps and better hardware to run them. It also has the effect of rendering every current Windows Phone obsolete, since those phones won’t be able to run the new software. They will, however, get an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 to 8. Windows Phone 8 adds support for many new hardware features. The most anticipated is support for multi-core devices, which have become common on both Android and iOS platforms. There’s also support for better screen resolutions, including 720p and 1,280 x 768 (WXGA). That’s not quite retina, but it’s better than the 800 x 480 screen of the Nokia Lumia 900, one of the current leading Windows Phones.

New Features At a Glance :-

• Support for multi-core processors. Existing support for single core has been a major concern for some high-end users wanting faster processing ability.

• Two new high-definition screen resolutions for the coming OS. They are 1280 x 768 and 1280 x 720.

• Removeable micro-SD support for the first time to allow expansion of base storage.

• A busier start screen with room for more live tiles than in Windows Phone 7.5. Today's Windows Phones have room for up to eight live tiles and WP8 will have room for up to 32 live tiles, which can be sized differently.

• IT support. Adminstrators will see some gaps in the existing OS filled, including support for encryption and secure boot in WP8, as well as the ability to allow IT to deploy apps without going through Windows Marketplace.

• Built-in Nokia Navteq map technology, with turn-by-turn driving instructions in many countries.

• Full Internet Explorer 10 support with more features of HTML 5 added. Belfiore said that Windows Phone 8 with IE10 will download Web pages slightly faster than three other popular smartphones on the market.

• Native code support, a feature seen as useful to developers eager to move their apps from iOS or Android to Windows Phone. 

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Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability In Windows 7 (Exploitable Via Apple's Safari Browser)

Highly critical Zero-day vulnerability found in Windows 7. This security flaws can be exploited via Apple Safari browser.  This was first made public via a twitter user named w3bd3vil 

"<iframe height='18082563'></iframe> causes a BSoD [blue screen of death] on win 7 x64 via Safari. Lol!"

It is reported that vulnerability affects fully patched Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and cautioned that other versions may be affected. The remotely exploitable vulnerability, caused by an error in win32k.sys, enables a hacker to run arbitrary code -- such as malware -- on a victim's machine when he or she visits a specially crafted Web page using Safari. Specifically, the Web page would simply need to contain an iFrame -- an HTML element that is typically used to pull content from other sources onto a Web page -- with an overly large "height" attribute.

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Metasploit 4.2.0 Released With IPv6 Support & Virtualization Target Coverage

Metasploit 4.2.0 Released With IPv6 Support & Virtualization Target Coverage

Earlier we haev discussed many times about one of the most famous and widely used exploitation framework named Metasploit. Yet again the Rapid 7 released another updated version of Metasploit. This update brings Metasploit to version 4.2.0, adding IPv6 support and virtualization target coverage. You'll also notice a new Product News section and update notification for our weekly updates. Since the last major release (4.1.0), added 54 new exploits, 66 new auxiliary modules, 43 new post-exploitation modules, and 18 new payloads. 

Brief About Metasploit:- 

The Metasploit Framework is a penetration testing toolkit, exploit development platform, and research tool. The framework includes hundreds of working remote exploits for a variety of platforms. Payloads, encoders, and nop slide generators can be mixed and matched with exploit modules to solve almost any exploit-related task.

Module Changes:-

•     Novell eDirectory eMBox Unauthenticated File Access

•     JBoss Seam 2 Remote Command Execution

•     NAT-PMP Port Mapper

•     TFTP File Transfer Utility

•     VMWare Power Off Virtual Machine

•     VMWare Power On Virtual Machine

•     VMWare Tag Virtual Machine

•     VMWare Terminate ESX Login Sessions

•     John the Ripper AIX Password Cracker

•     7-Technologies IGSS 9 IGSSdataServer.exe DoS

•     Microsoft IIS FTP Server <= 7.0 LIST Stack Exhaustion

•     DNS and DNSSEC fuzzer

•     CheckPoint Firewall-1 SecuRemote Topology Service Hostname Disclosure

•     CorpWatch Company ID Information Search

•     CorpWatch Company Name Information Search

•     General Electric D20 Password Recovery

•     NAT-PMP External Address Scanner

•     Shodan Search

•     H.323 Version Scanner

•     Drupal Views Module Users Enumeration

•     Ektron CMS400.NET Default Password Scanner

•     Generic HTTP Directory Traversal Utility

•     Microsoft IIS HTTP Internal IP Disclosure

•     Outlook Web App (OWA) Brute Force Utility

•     Squiz Matrix User Enumeration Scanner

•     Sybase Easerver 6.3 Directory Traversal

•     Yaws Web Server Directory Traversal

•     OKI Printer Default Login Credential Scanner

•     MSSQL Schema Dump

•     MYSQL Schema Dump

•     NAT-PMP External Port Scanner

•     pcAnywhere TCP Service Discovery

•     pcAnywhere UDP Service Discovery

•     Postgres Schema Dump

•     SSH Public Key Acceptance Scanner

•     Telnet Service Encyption Key ID Overflow Detection

•     IpSwitch WhatsUp Gold TFTP Directory Traversal

•     VMWare ESX/ESXi Fingerprint Scanner

•     VMWare Authentication Daemon Login Scanner

•     VMWare Authentication Daemon Version Scanner

•     VMWare Enumerate Permissions

•     VMWare Enumerate Active Sessions

•     VMWare Enumerate User Accounts

•     VMWare Enumerate Virtual Machines

•     VMWare Enumerate Host Details

•     VMWare Web Login Scanner

•     VMWare Screenshot Stealer

•     Capture: HTTP JavaScript Keylogger

•     Oracle DB SQL Injection via SYS.DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE.ACTIVATE_SUBSCRIPTION

•     Asterisk Manager Login Utility

•     FreeBSD Telnet Service Encryption Key ID Buffer Overflow

•     Linux BSD-derived Telnet Service Encryption Key ID Buffer Overflow

•     Java Applet Rhino Script Engine Remote Code Execution

•     Family Connections less.php Remote Command Execution

•     Gitorious Arbitrary Command Execution

•     Horde 3.3.12 Backdoor Arbitrary PHP Code Execution

•     OP5 license.php Remote Command Execution

•     OP5 welcome Remote Command Execution

•     Plone and Zope XMLTools Remote Command Execution

•     PmWiki <= 2.2.34 pagelist.php Remote PHP Code Injection Exploit

•     Support Incident Tracker <= 3.65 Remote Command Execution

•     Splunk Search Remote Code Execution

•     Traq admincp/common.php Remote Code Execution

•     vBSEO <= 3.6.0 proc_deutf() Remote PHP Code Injection

•     Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 mChannel Use-After-Free

•     CTEK SkyRouter 4200 and 4300 Command Execution

•     Adobe Flash Player MP4 SequenceParameterSetNALUnit Buffer Overflow

•     Icona SpA C6 Messenger DownloaderActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download and Execute

•     HP Easy Printer Care XMLCacheMgr Class ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution

•     Viscom Image Viewer CP Pro 8.0/Gold 6.0 ActiveX Control

•     Java MixerSequencer Object GM_Song Structure Handling Vulnerability

•     MS05-054 Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript OnLoad Handler Remote Code Execution

•     MS12-004 midiOutPlayNextPolyEvent Heap Overflow

•     Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8

•     Adobe Reader U3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability

•     Aviosoft Digital TV Player Professional 1.0 Stack Buffer Overflow

•     BS.Player 2.57 Buffer Overflow

•     CCMPlayer 1.5 m3u Playlist Stack Based Buffer Overflow

•     Free MP3 CD Ripper 1.1 WAV File Stack Buffer Overflow

•     McAfee SaaS MyCioScan ShowReport Remote Command Execution

•     Mini-Stream RM-MP3 Converter v3.1.2.1 PLS File Stack Buffer Overflow

•     MS11-038 Microsoft Office Excel Malformed OBJ Record Handling Overflow

•     Ability Server 2.34 STOR Command Stack Buffer Overflow

•     AbsoluteFTP 1.9.6 - 2.2.10 LIST Command Remote Buffer Overflow

•     Serv-U FTP Server < 4.2 Buffer Overflow

•     HP OpenView Network Node Manager ov.dll _OVBuildPath Buffer Overflow

•     XAMPP WebDAV PHP Upload

•     Avid Media Composer 5.5 - Avid Phonetic Indexer Buffer Overflow

•     Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP1 Streamprocess Opcode 0x40020000 Buffer Overflow

•     HP Diagnostics Server magentservice.exe Overflow

•     StreamDown 6.8.0 Buffer Overflow

•     Wireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Execution

•     Oracle Job Scheduler Named Pipe Command Execution

•     SCADA 3S CoDeSys CmpWebServer <= v3.4 SP4 Patch 2 Stack Buffer Overflow

•     Sunway Forcecontrol SNMP NetDBServer.exe Opcode 0x57

•     OpenTFTP SP 1.4 Error Packet Overflow

•     AIX Gather Dump Password Hashes

•     Linux Gather Saved mount.cifs/mount.smbfs Credentials

•     Multi Gather VirtualBox VM Enumeration

•     UNIX Gather .fetchmailrc Credentials

•     Multi Gather VMWare VM Identification

•     UNIX Gather .netrc Credentials

•     Multi Gather Mozilla Thunderbird Signon Credential Collection

•     Multiple Linux / Unix Post Sudo Upgrade Shell

•     Windows Escalate SMB Icon LNK dropper

•     Windows Escalate Get System via Administrator

•     Windows Gather RazorSQL Credentials

•     Windows Gather File and Registry Artifacts Enumeration

•     Windows Gather Enumerate Computers

•     Post Windows Gather Forensics Duqu Registry Check

•     Windows Gather Privileges Enumeration

•     Windows Manage Download and/or Execute

•     Windows Manage Create Shadow Copy

•     Windows Manage List Shadow Copies

•     Windows Manage Mount Shadow Copy

•     Windows Manage Set Shadow Copy Storage Space

•     Windows Manage Get Shadow Copy Storage Info

•     Windows Recon Computer Browser Discovery

•     Windows Recon Resolve Hostname

•     Windows Gather Wireless BSS Info

•     Windows Gather Wireless Current Connection Info

•     Windows Disconnect Wireless Connection

•     Windows Gather Wireless Profile

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta Arrives! Download Now And You Can Win $500

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 Arrived With Expanded Container Support, Performance Profiles, XFS As the Default Filesystem & Many More. 

We have just spent a less than a month time after the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 made available globally, yet again the American multinational software company, leading the world for open-source software has announced the availability of a first public beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7. Based on Fedora 19 and the upstream Linux 3.10 kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 will provide users with powerful new capabilities that streamline and automate installation and deployment, simplify management, and enhance ease-of-use, all while delivering the stability that enterprises have come to expect from Red Hat. This further solidifies Red Hat Enterprise Linux's place as the world's leading Linux platform and a standard for the enterprise of the future. Whether rolling out new applications, virtualizing environments or scaling the business with cloud, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 delivers the keystone to IT success. The beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 adds value to new and existing IT projects across industries by adding key capabilities to improve critical but often cumbersome IT tasks like virtualization and storage while offering a clear pathway to the open hybrid cloud. In their official Red Hat Enterprise Linux YouTube channel, Red Hat posted a short video where you can hear what the team at Red Hat has to say about the next-generation of the world’s leading Linux platform.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta showcases hundreds of new features and enhancements, including: 

• Linux Containers - Enabling applications to be created and deployed in isolated environments with allocated resources and permissions.
• Performance Management – Using built in tools, you can optimize performance out-of-the-box.
• Physical and Hosted In-place Upgrades - In-place upgrades for common server deployment types are now supported. Additionally, virtual machine migration from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 host to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 host is possible, without virtual machine modification or downtime.
• File Systems – File systems continue to be a major focus of development and innovation.
  • XFS is now the default file system, supporting file systems up to 500TB
  • ext4 file systems are now supported to 50TB and include block sizes up to 1MB
  • btrfs file systems are now available to test
• Networking – Enhanced networking configuration and operation. Added support for some of the latest networking standards, including:
  • 40Gb Ethernet support
  • Improved channel bonding
  • TCP performance improvements
  • Low latency socket poll support
• Storage – Expanded support for enterprise level storage arrays. Improved scalable storage stack for deployments that are less disk intensive. Improved storage management for heterogeneous storage environments.
• Windows Interoperability – Bridge Windows™ and Linux infrastructure by integrating SAMBA 4.1 with existing Microsoft Active Directory domains. Or, deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux Identity Management in a parallel trust zone with Active Directory.
• Subsystem Management – Simplified configuration and administration with uniform management tools for networking, storage, file systems, performance, identities and security. Leveraging the OpenLMI framework, enables use of scripts and APIs to automate management.

To know deeply about the hot features and enhancement of RHEL 7 beta 1, click here. I am quite sure that, after going through with the above description, all of you are very much excited to grab this brand new beta of RHEL 7. Like the previous beta release, this time also The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 beta has been made available to Red Hat customers, partners, and members of the public. For further information and to access the beta click here. Last but not least, with this release Red Hat also calls for an very interesting competition, where you can participate & win $500 while telling Red Hat, what interests you most in RHEL 7 beta. So what are you waiting for, lets download RHEL 7 and explore it. 

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Microsoft Said: Stolen SSL Certificates May Be Dangerous While Updating Your Windows

Microsoft said Sunday that a digital certificate stolen from a Dutch company could not be used to force-feed customers malware through its Windows Update service. The company's assertion came after a massive theft of more than 500 SSL (secure socket layer) certificates, including several that could be used to impersonate Microsoft's update services, was revealed by Dutch authorities and several other affected developers.

"Attackers are not able to leverage a fraudulent Windows Update certificate to install malware via the Windows Update servers," said Jonathan Ness, an engineer with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), in a Sunday blog post. "The Windows Update client will only install binary payloads signed by the actual Microsoft root certificate, which is issued and secured by Microsoft."

Seven of the 531 certificates now known to have been fraudulently obtained by hackers in July were for the domains update.microsoft.com and windowsupdate.com, while another six were for *.microsoft.com. According to Microsoft, the certificates issued for windowsupdate.com couldn't be used by attackers because the company no longer uses that domain. (Windows Update is now at windowsupdate.microsoft.com..) However, those for update.microsoft.com -- the domain for Microsoft Update -- and the wildcard *.microsoft.com could be.

As Ness said, updates delivered via Microsoft's services are signed with a separate certificate that's closely held by the company. Without that code-signing certificate, attempts to deliver malware disguised as an update to a Windows PC would fail. Other vendors, including Apple, also sign software updates with a separate certificate. The certificates for the various Microsoft domains were issued by DigiNotar, a Dutch company that last week admitted its network had been hacked in mid-July. The company initially believed it had revoked all the fraudulent certificates, but later realized it had overlooked one that could be used to impersonate any Google service, including Gmail. DigiNotar went public only after users reported their findings to Google.
Criminals or governments could use the stolen certificates to conduct "man-in-the-middle" attacks, tricking users into thinking they were at a legitimate site when in fact their communications were being secretly intercepted. Microsoft has added its voice to the chorus from rival browser makers, notably Google and Mozilla, about the seriousness of the situation. Like its competitors, Microsoft will also permanently block all DigiNotar certificates.

"We are in the process of moving all DigiNotar owned or managed [certificate authorities] to the Untrusted Root Store, which will deny access to any website using DigiNotar certificates," said Dave Forstrom, a director in the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing group, in an emailed statement Sunday.

Forstrom did not set a date by when Microsoft would block all DigiNotar certificates, including those used by the Dutch government, which has been a major customer of the company. Google updated Chrome on Saturday to block all DigiNotar certificates, while Mozilla plans to do the same on Tuesday for Firefox.

However, Microsoft's partial ban of DigiNotar certificates -- which it instituted last week -- and the complete sanction now in the works only protects users running Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Customers still on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 must wait for an update specific to those operating systems; Ness said only that that update would "be available soon."
Until that Windows XP update is available, users can protect themselves by manually deleting the DigiNotar root from the list of approved certificate-issuing authorities. 

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RecoveryFix for Windows Version - 11.01 Launched

Lepide Software, a well known name in the realm of software development organizations, has announced the launch of upgraded version of RecoveryFix for Windows 11.01. This powerful and reliable Windows data recovery software is designed to perform flawless partition recovery in cases of partition damage or when MBR, Boot Sector or File allocation table is lost or even when MFT gets corrupt. This tool effectively recovers data from the corrupt windows partitions based on FAT or NTFS operating systems and even from the reformatted partitions.

RecoveryFix for Windows enables the user to scan the damaged hard disk with its three robust scan modes: Quick Scan, Extensive Scan and File Trace. Here Quick Scan recovers the recently deleted or lost data, Extensive Scan allows you to retrieve lost, deleted, formatted and reformatted files/folders and partitions. File Trace is the slowest mode as it performs recovery from each and every sector of the hard disk.

This data recovery software is ideal software for those, who wish to recover their lost data from Windows partitions. Owing to use of this software, user can retrieve almost all the data that was lost due to voltage fluctuation, software faults, hardware failures, virus attacks etc. RecoveryFix for Windows works successfully on computers installed with Windows OS Windows versions 95 / 98 / 2000 / 2003 / 2000 / XP / Vista/ Windows7 and supports recovery of data from FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems. For details about RecoveryFix for Windows, please visit: http://www.recoveryfix.com/recover-windows-data.html

Key Features:

1. Mentioned below are some of the key features of RecoveryFix for Windows:
2. Performs flawless data recovery from FAT and NTFS partitions
3. Integrated with Windows explorer like view to ease recovery of data from hard disk
4. Capable of recovering deleted or damaged files, folders and partitions
5. Recovers data lost due to Virus attacks, power failures, voltage fluctuations, software faults etc.
6. Restores corrupt or damaged partition tables
7. Recovers data in cases of MBR, Boot Sector or File Allocation Table damage or when MFT gets corrupt
8. Supports recovery of data from EIDE, IDE, SCSI and SATA, PAN, ZIP and USB drives

The Windows data recovery software is available with free evaluation version that allows you to scan, repair and recover the data from Windows FAT and NTFS partition. However, it limits you from saving the same. To save the data so recovered, you must purchase the full version of RecoveryFix for Windows.
 
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Recovery Fix is the leading brand in the field of data recovery, email recovery, file repair, email migration, backup recovery and computer monitoring. Having years of experience, RecoveryFix has become the most trusted name among both enterprise and home users. Being in the market from year 2004, the brand- RecoveryFix has the honor of launching many best-selling data recovery, email migration, email recovery, file repair and computer monitoring tools


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Enhanced Anti-Logger, Privacyware PC Security & Hacking Protection supported by IPv6

 

Privacyware, an innovative provider of web application firewall, pc security and security data analytics software, announced today that it has released a new version of Privatefirewall, the leading free security product for Windows PCs. The new software features full support for IPv6 and enhanced protection against critical hacking, privacy and identity theft threats.
"The frequency and magnitude of reported data theft incidents consistently reminds us of the real threat that exists as our reliance on the Internet to bank, shop, and personally or professionally interconnect continues to grow,” said Greg Salvato, chief executive officer at Privacyware. “Our new Privatefirewall release provides expanded packet inspection to support IPv6 and offers greater protection from keyboard, screen, clipboard and other logging techniques used by hackers and malware to steal private data.”
Privatefirewall employs a multi-layered security architecture that combines stateful packet inspection of inbound and outbound traffic and intelligent HIPS technologies that model and monitor system and application behavior to identify and block activity characteristic of Trojans, keyloggers, port scanning, program hijacking and zero-day threats. Privatefirewall ranks among the best performing desktop defense applications tested against the industry's most rigorous leak, general bypass, spying and termination tests.

Privatefirewall delivers four key benefits:

•Stateful inbound/outbound firewall, process monitor and behavioral monitoring technologies provide deep, proactive protection from malware and hackers for your system and personal data.

•Simple setup and operation ensures powerful out-of-box protection and peace of mind with ease.

•Elegant solution design is extremely light on system resources and won't slow down your PC.

•Unsurpassed value – Privatefirewall is available free of charge.

Key Features of this Privatefirewall Update Include:

•IPv6 packet filtering and tunneling support.

•Expanded anti-logger protection including clipboard and screenshot logging detection, driver load attempt detection and enhanced code injection monitoring.

•Improved leak, general bypass, spying and termination defense performance.

Privatefirewall provides an excellent layer of additional protection for the Windows operating system and supports 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008/R2 as well as 32 bit versions of XP and Server 2003.

Pricing and Availability:

Privatefirewall 7 is free and available now. Visit http://www.privacyware.com to download today. Privatefirewall supports 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008/R2 as well as 32 bit versions of XP and Server 2003. Private label and OEM licensing and integration options are also available to ISVs, ISPs and hardware and peripheral equipment vendors.

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Privacyware is an innovative provider of award-winning pc security, web application firewall and security data analytics software. Privacyware products leverage conventional and neural analytics technologies to help systems administrators, IT security and compliance personnel more effectively identify, understand and prevent malicious, unauthorized and/or deviant computing system activity. Privacyware is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network with Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV), and Silver Business Intelligence and Data Platform Competencies.
Privacyware and ThreatSentry, Privatefirewall, and Adaptive Security Analyzer are registered trademarks of PWI, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. ©2011 PWI, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Metro Version Of Firefox Will Available on Windows 8

Metro Version Of Firefox Will Available on Windows 8

There are lots of addition and subtraction is going with the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8 & Windows on ARM.Microsoft's browser rivals to publicly commit to a Metro edition. Microsoft has said it will ship both Metro and traditional desktop versions of Internet Explorer 10. Metro is Microsoft's label for the touch-enabled interface at the center of both Windows 8 and WOA. Windows 8 will run Metro and traditional 32- and 64-bit Windows applications, but WOA will run only those third-party apps designed for Metro. Not only IE but also Firefox will follow the same trend. Mozilla confirms that it will build a "proof-of-concept" version of Firefox for Windows 8's Metro touch-first interface next quarter, then follow that with more functional editions later in the year. Mozilla Said:- "This proposal depends on Microsoft providing the same capabilities for Firefox as it does for IE -- running at the Medium level integrity process that allows us the full use of the Win32 API and what we need from Metro, or a set of APIs that allow Mozilla to port Gecko to the WinRT. For the purposes of this feature proposal, I'm assuming we'll get the first and we won't have to port the bulk of Gecko and instead will use the win32 dlls from within Metro."

Feature Overview:- 

• Windows 8 contains two application environments, "Classic" and "Metro". Classic is very similar to the Windows 7 environment at this time, it requires a simple evolution of the current Firefox Windows product. Metro is an entirely new environment and requires a new Firefox front end and system integration points.

• The feature goal here is a new Gecko based browser built for and integrated with the Metro environment.

• Firefox on Metro, like all other Metro apps will be full screen, focused on touch interactions, and connected to the rest of the Metro environment through Windows 8 contracts.

• Firefox on Metro will bring all of the Gecko capabilities to this new environment and the assumption is that we'll be able to run as a Medium integrity app so we can access all of the win32 Firefox Gecko libraries avoiding a port to the new WinRT API for the bulk of our code. (Though we will need to have a pan and zoom capability for content.)

• We will need to determine if the Firefox front end on Metro will be built in XUL, C/C++, or HTML/CSS/JS (I'm assuming for now that .Net and XAML are off the table.)

• Firefox on Metro is a full-screen App with an Appbar that contains common navigation controls (back, reload, etc.,) the Awesomebar, and some form of tabs.

• Firefox will have to support three "snap" states -- full screen, ~1/6th screen and ~5/6th screen depending on how the user "docks" two full screen apps. Our UI will need to adjust to show the most relevant content for each size.

• In order to provide users with access to other content, other apps, and to Firefox from other content and apps, we'll need integration with the share contract, the search contract, the settings contract, the app to app picking contract, the print contract, the play to contract, and possibly a couple more. We'll be a source for some, a target for some, and both for some.

• We'll need to handle being suspended by the OS when out of view.

• We may want to offer a live tile with user-centric data like friends presence or other Firefox Home information updates

• Ideally we'd be able to create secondary tiles for Web-based apps hosted in Firefox's runtime.

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