Month: June 2016

Nokia zeigt in London 5G-Technik für das 10-GBit-Netz der Zukunft. Doch ob die Technik auch in den Standard kommen wird, ist unsicher. (5G, Nokia)

For several decades owners of home computers have been aware of a simple fact. If legitimate software is available, it can be copied for use by someone who hasn’t paid for it.

For years this was as simple as audio-recording a cassette tape or cloning disks of various kinds, but more recently things have become decidedly more challenging. Digital Rights Management, or DRM as it’s more often known, is now a serious thorn in the side of software pirates.

The situation is being felt most acutely in the gaming world, where various protection methods are beginning to take their toll on those who prefer not to pay for the biggest games around.

In particular, the infamous Denuvo DRM anti-tamper system is responsible for keeping games such as Just Cause 3, Doom, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and a raft of other titles out of the hands of pirates. However, partially confirmed rumors emanating from Russia suggest that the cracks (excuse the pun) might be appearing in Denuvo.

Just to be clear, until such time that a working crack appears in the wild, most rumors (and there have been plenty of them recently) should be taken with a generous pinch of salt. However, during the past 24 hours, there have been unusual levels of excitement to suggest a crack might actually be close to surfacing.

The game at the forefront of discussion is the critically-acclaimed Rise of the Tomb Raider (ROTTR) from Square Enix. Like many Denuvo protected titles, ROTTR has thus far proven uncrackable but according to sources on Russian sites MKDev and Exelab, serious progress is being made.

What is causing the most excitement is a video which claims to show a crack of ROTTR in action. With most notation in Russian it’s difficult to follow in precise detail, but from the images alone it seems very likely that the game has been compromised, at least up to a point. (Watch here (low frame rate))

So who is taking credit for this amazing feat? Well officially, no one yet, but various clues suggest that the crack is the product of a collaboration between a Russian hacker known online as Bronco and Scene group RELOADED (RLD).

While RLD is predictably saying nothing, yesterday Bronco gave a shout out to RLD on Exelab’s forums in a posting which included the words “special thanks RLD and v00doo.”

Furthermore, MKDEV (who is also working on Denuvo and was responsible for cracking Football Manager 2016) is indicating on his site (in broken English) that RLD might soon be delivering a crack for Rise of the Tomb Raider.

“SOON THEY ARE COMING … 1 BY 1 NOT BY OUR HAND BUT…RLD…ROTTR…,” his message reads.

Additionally, a hi-res image from the ‘crack’ video appears to show ‘RLD!’ in the near right-hand corner, perhaps more evidence that RLD played a major role in what is currently happening.

In the absence of any ‘official’ announcement some analysis has been provided by an individual known online as RengarSenpai. He has also been working on Denuvo and appears to have gained access to some of MKDEV’s research in the past.

“The truth is that Denuvo is fully cracked for that specific game [Rise of the Tomb Raider], not emulated or worked around,” he writes.

But of course, the proof of the pudding is always in the eating and short of the all-important crack appearing in public, many will doubt it even exists.

Still, that hasn’t stopped the breathless celebrations starting early, especially from those prepared to download mysterious .exe files labeled up as Rise of the Tomb Raider cracks.

Rest assured, they’re all fakes….at least for now.

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Kriminelle haben offenbar das Meilenprogramm von Air India angegriffen. Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass ein solches Programm geknackt wird. Flugmeilen können auch als Währung zur Bezahlung illegaler Dienstleistungen genutzt werden. (Luftfahrt, Kaspersky)

Motorola introduced the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones in May, and now the company says they’ll be available in the US starting July 12th.

They’ll be available from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, B&H, and other retailers, but you can already pre-order the phones from Motorola.com. The Moto G4 starts at $199, while the G4 Plus is priced at $250 and up.

Both models have 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel displays, Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core processors, microSD card slots, 5MP front-facing cameras, and 3,000 mAh batteries.

Continue reading Moto G4 goes up for pre-order, ships July 12th for $199 and up at Liliputing.

When Microsoft launched Windows 10 last summer, the company promised it would be available as a free upgrade for the first year of availability for anyone running Windows 7 or later. And then the company started pushing the free upgrade hard.

First, the company pushed out a Windows Update that added an upgrade icon to the system tray. Then the company started tweaking the design of that notification — so that trying to close it could cause a user to inadvertently trigger an upgrade.

Continue reading Microsoft to make it easier to decline Windows 10 upgrades at Liliputing.

Alle großen und umsteigestarken U-Bahnhöfe in Berlin erhalten ein offenes Wi-Fi. Der Start für Access-Points auf acht Bahnhöfen erfolgt in den nächsten Tagen. (WLAN, PC-Hardware)

Ein überraschender Fund auf dem roten Planeten ist Curiosity bei der Analyse von Mineraladern gelungen. Seit fast vier Jahren untersucht der kleinwagengroße Rover den Mars. (Mars, Nasa)

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Eine norwegische Firma will in Tansania den Ausweg aus der Heliumkrise gefunden haben. Vulkanische Aktivität hat ein Vorkommen mit 1,5 Milliarden Kubikmeter Helium hervorgebracht. (Internet)

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