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A hacker has found a way to make system snapshots that can instantly bring Windows 7 and Windows 10 to the knees. Oddly, Microsoft does not intend to fix this bug. Good news for little jokers. Security researcher Marius Tivadar of Bitdefender has released a method on GitHub to crash Windows using a simple file. The expert, in fact, found a flaw in the way Windows handles NTFS system images. He found the bug in July 2017 and immediately alerted Microsoft, but Microsoft did not see fit to fix it. To cause the breakdown, it would indeed "physical access or attack by social engineering," writes the company Redmond in an email. In short, it would not be dangerous enough to develop a patch. Still, this bug is extremely simple to reproduce. Simply put the trapped file of an NTFS system image on a USB stick and insert it into a Windows PC. The researcher has published a file of this type on GitHub with a size of 10 MB. If auto-play is enabled, the system crashes immediately,

Hackers have managed to create, in the smart enclosure, a seemingly innocuous application that continuously records conversations. With a microphone, smart speakers sometimes cause discomfort in some users who wonder if they do not record their words constantly. Checkmarx's hackers have just given some grit to this conspiracy theory as part of Amazon Echo. They developed a calculator in the form of a "skill", that is to say a voice application that extends the functionality of Amazon Echo. Just say "start calculator" to access and make calculations. Until then nothing abnormal. The problem is that the application continues to record the words of the user even if they are unrelated to the application. The speeches are then transformed into text and sent to the developer of the skill. To achieve this, hackers used a flaw in Amazon Echo's programming interface settings. Normally, a skill is supposed to turn off automatically after a certain time, when

The most popular Linux distribution benefits from a major update with the arrival of its version 18.04 LTS "long-term support" for professionals looking for a reliable and stable system over time. Bionic Beaver is "Bionic Beaver" in French: it is the code name of the new version of the Ubuntu distribution officially launched today. Stamped 18.04 LTS, this is the version "Long term support" that is to say, supported in the long term by the Ubuntu foundation. A distribution logically appreciated by experts and companies who take advantage of 5 years of bug tracking and other flaws when a "classic" Ubuntu version, only takes 9 months of follow-up because they are renewed every 6 months. Two years after the release of the previous long-term support version, the 16.04 LTS, the foundation has therefore updated its most "pro" distribution with the ouster of the Unity desktop manager in favor of Gnome 3.28, a return to sources induced b

Sunday, April 22, is World Earth Day. On this occasion, the Cupertino company presents Daisy, a robot responsible for dismantling the iPhone to recover valuable components and, thus, make a gesture for our good old planet. As you know, our smartphones hide valuable materials and metals. To prevent these from being wasted when throwing away his old iPhone, Apple created Daisy. Built from pieces by Liam (the other robot specialized in recycling designed by Apple and discover video at the bottom of the article), this machine is able to disassemble up to 200 iPhone per hour and not only the last models like the iPhone X . Daisy knows indeed recognize and disassemble completely no less than 9 different devices and can then remove all items considered potentially reusable. Want to see it in action? It's this way ! Save the Planet, Recycle Your Apple Product Daisy is part of the environmental preservation initiative set up by Apple. In the same vein, remember that wh

No cable or external sensors, Apple's headset project would focus on ease of use and image quality. The launch would be scheduled for 2020. The Cupertino company will, it seems, embark on the battle of the AR / VR helmets. According to Cnet, the company is currently working on such a device that could be used in both virtual reality and augmented reality. Scheduled for launch in 2020, this headset would focus on image quality, providing 8K resolution for each eye. This could perhaps solve the problem of pixelization that we usually have with this type of product. Apple's future headset - codenamed T288 - would also have no annoying cable that would impede the user's movement. It would come with a dedicated station that would carry all the intelligence related to image processing and to which it would connect through a high-speed wireless technology, probably WiGig. As such, this station would ship a new Apple processor that would be more powerful