Android: a security vulnerability allows to spy on you since 2013

Android is the victim of a serious security breach. With this breach, an attacker can easily install malware on your smartphone to collect your personal data, including your browsing history. All versions of Android, from Kit Kat (released in 2013), are affected.

    
 "A flaw allows attackers to access sensitive information from all Android devices, including web browser history, messages and banking application data," said Sergey Toshin, cybersecurity researcher at Positive Technologies. Only users of a web browser that uses the Chromium rendering engine, such as Chrome or Samsung Internet, are affected.
 

A serious security vulnerability has been identified on Android: Google deploys a patch

According to the researcher, the flaw is in the WebView component, which is preinstalled on your smartphone. It is basically used for displaying web pages in Android apps. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can easily hide malware or malicious applications in your device. "The WebView component is used in most Android applications, making these attacks extremely dangerous," says the expert.

 Once this is done, the hacker will be able to siphon "information from WebView from other applications", which includes the history of your web browser or your login credentials online, Facebook or Twitter for example. According to Sergey Toshin, there is no evidence that the flaw was used by a pirate to launch an attack.

Fortunately, Google has fixed the flaw with the release of Chrome 72 last January. "Since Android 7.0, WebView is implemented via Google Chrome and, therefore, updating the browser is enough to correct the problem," says the researcher. We invite you to update your browser without further hearing. For users of an earlier version of Android Nougat, update WebView without delay by going to the Google Play Store.

Google Assistant is now 10 times faster, Google announced

Google Assistant is now 10 times faster, Google ad at the Google I / O 2019 conference. To boost its voice assistant, the firm decided to manage requests directly on the smartphone rather than in the cloud via servers. This new version will be deployed during the end of 2019 with the Pixel 4.

 

Google took advantage of Google I / O 2019 to unveil a new version of Google Assistant. This time, the voice assistant is directly integrated with your Android smartphone. It is therefore possible to communicate with him even if you do not have an internet connection. Google says that the intelligent assistant only weighs 500 MB despite all its new features, against 100 GB at the beginning of development. The firm therefore announces that it has made an effort to reduce the weight of the assistant.

Google launches a new version of Google Assistant: the wizard is faster than ever

"The next-generation Google Assistant can understand and process your requests up to 10 times faster, making it easier than ever to use your smartphone, multitasking, and even writing emails," says Mountain View firm on his Twitter account.

As we saw in the Google demo, orders are now linked much faster. Similarly, it is no longer necessary to restart the wizard with the Ok Google command. Currently, the wizard, even on Google Home speakers, can not yet switch from one query to another unless it is an action in the same context. It is for example possible to start a music and to lower the sound but not to launch a title and to set a timer in stride.

Unsurprisingly, this new version of Google Assistant will enter the end of 2019 with future Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. What do you think of this conference? Did this new Google Assistant seduce you? We are waiting for your opinion.

Running on-device and coming to new Pixel phones later this year, the next generation Google Assistant can understand and process your requests up to 10 times faster, making operating your phone, multi-tasking and even composing email easier than ever. #io19 pic.twitter.com/iNPpOvwDM2

— Google (@Google) May 7, 2019

How to activate Binary Authentication in all your accounts on the social networks

Binary authentication is an additional layer of security for your account, as the basic is the password and additional code is a link to your phone so you will need an additional step to enter the schedule of the social network, as the use of it will prevent anyone from entering Your account even if you know the password especially because this code reaches your phone number through a text message and to enter your account your phone must be in his hands, so this feature is very important.

 Here are the steps to activate in each social network:
⦁ SnapChat
To activate this feature, click on the application logo at the bottom of the screen and then click Settings, then check for Login Login and choose Continue. You can then send an icon to your phone or verify through the authentication application If you select the application, you must set a code and save it to enter it earlier.

 

⦁ Facebook

Is one of the most popular social networks. Simply click on the drop down menu in the top right corner by clicking Settings, then go to the Security tab, log in and go down to see the binary authentication feature and press the edit button If you do not add your available number in your country, you must do so. If you have a number, click on the Enable this feature option and at the end select Add your phone number or Security key code generator according to what you want.

⦁ Twitter
Is a small blog network which is a second network for Facebook through browsing and Twitter offers you a security procedure like the other networks and to activate this feature enter the settings and then scroll to the Security section, and click on the check box for login requests and if you did not do so Before that you will need to enter your phone number and you will receive a code in a text message in order to activate this feature.

⦁ Instagram
It is not less important than the rest of the social networks and the instagram is full of attacks and therefore the activation of the binary authentication by clicking on the profile icon and then press the menu button in the three vertical points, and then scroll down and you will see authentication through two methods, Switch to activate it and enter your phone number and you will receive activation code.

 

 
⦁ Google

 Google always reminds you of this feature and if you want to do so click on the profile picture by going to your account tab and then clicking on the login option to Google, search for the binary authentication option and you will find two options the first is pressing the option to stop and then on Start and enter your password and then click on the Try Now option located in the lower right corner in the blue box, and you will be prompted to ask if you want to log in. Click yes and you will be sent a code or press the Send button and enter The code that came to you and after the completion you will be able to activate the Safety Gaza with ease and success.

 

Finally, you must now secure your account by following all the steps above so that your accounts are not stolen easily, even if your password is easy or difficult to hack as the binary authentication feature will prevent this.

With this plugin you will hide and prevent the appearance of anything you do not want on YouTube, Facebook and several sites

Some basic platforms such as Reddit, YouTube and Twitter help us learn exciting news, connect with our friends, and learn new things. The problem is that they also managed to distract us and steal a lot of our time.
As its name suggests, UnDistracted is an addition to Google Chrome that will become an assistant to control the time spent daily in sites that consume a lot of time.



 Developers of this extension claim to have identified parts of each of these sites that call our attention and recommend unlimited content throughout the day. So by installing the extension we can hide these sections or even block access to these sites by blocking them.

The settings for this extension will be synced to your Google Account, so we can install on multiple computers and enjoy the same experience. You will find the add-on icon at the top of the browser so that you specify the location you want and activate what you do not want to see in any of these sites

For example, if we take a YouTube, we can prevent comments from appearing in any video we see, or prevent the sidebar that we recommend to other videos from being viewed, and even ban YouTube and others.

Add link: UnDistracted

Game of Thrones season 8: episode 3 generated 7.8 million tweets in 24h, a new record

Season 8 of Game of Thrones sets records! According to Twitter, episode 3 generated up to 7.8 million tweets within 24 hours after it was released. The series thus beats its own record, previously held by the first episode of this season.



"This night's Game of Thrones episode is the most tweeted in television history with nearly 8 million tweets," says Twitter, relaying a Variety article on the subject. The episode has therefore collected more tweets than any other television show in history, says the magazine. Among these posts, there are many criticisms about the realization of the episode. Some viewers have indeed found that "The Battle of Winterfell" lacked a little readability and clarity.

Game of Thrones season 8: the episode beats a record of tweets and dethrones episode 1

In the year 2019, Game of Thrones has already been the subject of 52 million tweets, which is huge. Among the most talked about characters on Twitter, we find of course Arya, the King of the Night, Bran, Jon Snow and Cersei. As a reminder, episode 3 of Game of Thrones season 8 already beat the record of the biggest battle scene in the history of TV.

Episode 3 thus largely destroys the first episode of this season 8. In the 24 hours after its broadcast on April 14, 2019, it had generated more than 5 million tweets. Will the series beat its new record in the coming weeks? For the record, episode 4 will be broadcast by HBO on May 19 and will last up to 78 minutes, 11 minutes more than the previous episode.


This is not the first time that the series inspired by the work of George R. R. Martin unleashes the passions on Twitter. In 2017, Game of Thrones was voted the most tweeted series of the social network, just ahead of Stranger Things and far ahead of The Walking Dead.

We're breaking records over here!

Last night's episode of @GameOfThrones was the most Tweeted about episode of scripted television EVER with nearly 8 MILLION Tweets. 🐉📺 https://t.co/D5IVk8R9LX

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) April 29, 2019

This impressive new site is coloring your old photos that are black and white

There's a Twitter bot that helps to make your old color photos talked about in several media outlets yesterday, but today we'll analyze a free tool that can deliver really amazing results, allowing you to automatically color your old black and white photos without any interference from you.

 

 Although on the ColoriseSG website of the tool on the Internet we can read that this tool is "a specific model of the old pictures of Singapore," but the fact is that I tried with some old images and works well.
 
It is very easy to use this site, where we will simply click on the red button called "Try Yourself" and choose the black and white image you want to color it.

 

 Once the image is loaded, we will see a line that we can move to verify before and after. Below we will find a button to download the color image to our device.
Those who are concerned about their privacy should know that ColoriseSG does not store the images we paint.
 
 Link: ColouriseSG