Month: December 2017

Sicherheitsforscher demonstrieren einen Angriff auf Intels ME zum Ausführen von beliebigem Code, gegen den weder das sogenannte Kill-Bit noch die von Google geplanten Sicherheitsmaßnahmen für seine Server helfen. Theoretisch lassen sich Geräte so auch aus der Ferne angreifen. Von Kristian Kißling und Sebastian Grüner (Intel, Server)

Das Actionspiel The Surge von Deck 13 aus Frankfurt ist der große Gewinner bei der Verleihung des Deutschen Entwicklerpreises. Es konnte sich in drei Kategorien durchsetzen - darunter in der des Besten deutschen Spiels. (Deutscher Entwicklerpreis, Games)

Es soll ein "hochprofessioneller Angriff mit fortgeschrittenem Social Engineering" gewesen sein: Der Handelsplattform Nicehash wurden Bitcoin im Wert von knapp 64 Millionen US-Dollar gestohlen. Nutzer sollen ihre Passwörter ändern. (Bitcoin, Internet)

Ein Elektroauto entwickelt Porsche schon. Als Nächstes soll auch der Porsche 911 einen neuen Antrieb erhalten: Die kommende Generation wird es auch als Hybridfahrzeug geben. (Porsche, Technologie)

Apple hat High Sierra alias MacOS 10.13 auf eine neue Version aktualisiert, einige Fehler behoben und Verbesserungen hinzugefügt. Zudem beseitigt Apple in der Vorversion von MacOS sowie dem letzten OS X zahlreiche sicherheitsrelevante Fehler. (MacOS 10.13 High Sierra, Apple)

Vodafone ordnet mit der Analogabschaltung alle Senderplätze neu. Danach soll mit Docsis 3.1 1 GBit pro Sekunde angeboten werden. Der Prozess beginnt im kommenden Monat. (Vodafone, Telekommunikation)

As movie and TV show piracy has migrated from the desktop towards mobile and living room-based devices, copyright holders have found the need to adapt to a new enemy.

Dealing with streaming services is now high on the agenda, with third-party Kodi addons and various Android apps posing the biggest challenge. Alongside is the much less prevalent but rapidly growing pay IPTV market, in which thousands of premium channels are delivered to homes for a relatively small fee.

In Australia, copyright holders are treating these services in much the same way as torrent sites. They feel that if they can force ISPs to block them, the problem can be mitigated. Most recently, movie and TV show giants Village Roadshow, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox, and Paramount filed an application targeting HDSubs+, a pirate IPTV operation servicing thousands of Australians.

Filed in October, the application for the injunction targets Australia’s largest ISPs including Telstra, Optus, TPG, and Vocus, plus their subsidiaries. The movie and TV show companies want them to quickly block HDSubs+, to prevent it from reaching its audience.

HDSubs+ IPTV packageHowever, blocking isn’t particularly straightforward. Due to the way IPTV services are setup a number of domains need to be blocked, including their sales platforms, EPG (electronic program guide), software (such as an Android app), updates, and sundry other services. In HDSubs+ case around ten domains need to be restricted but in court today, Village Roadshow revealed that probably won’t deal with the problem.

HDSubs+ appears to be undergoing some kind of transformation, possibly to mitigate efforts to block it in Australia. ComputerWorld reports that it is now directing subscribers to update to a new version that works in a more evasive manner.

If they agree, HDSubs+ customers are being migrated over to a service called PressPlayPlus. It works in the same way as the old system but no longer uses the domain names cited in Village Roadshow’s injunction application. This means that DNS blocks, the usual weapon of choice for local ISPs, will prove futile.

Village Roadshow says that with this in mind it may be forced to seek enhanced IP address blocking, unless it is granted a speedy hearing for its application. This, in turn, may result in the normally cooperative ISPs returning to court to argue their case.

“If that’s what you want to do, then you’ll have to amend the orders and let the parties know,” Judge John Nicholas said.

“It’s only the former [DNS blocking] that carriage service providers have agreed to in the past.”

As things stand, Village Roadshow will return to court on December 15 for a case management hearing but in the meantime, the Federal Court must deal with another IPTV-related blocking request.

In common with its Australian and US-based counterparts, Hong Kong-based broadcaster Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) has launched a similar case asking local ISPs to block another IPTV service.

“Television Broadcasts Limited can confirm that we have commenced legal action in Australia to protect our copyright,” a TVB spokesperson told Computerworld.

TVB wants ISPs including Telstra, Optus, Vocus, and TPG plus their subsidiaries to block access to seven Android-based services named as A1, BlueTV, EVPAD, FunTV, MoonBox, Unblock, and hTV5.

Court documents list 21 URLs maintaining the services. They will all need to be blocked by DNS or other means, if the former proves futile. Online reports suggest that there are similarities among the IPTV products listed above. A demo for the FunTV IPTV service is shown below.

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Wer 2018 ein Oberklasse-Smartphone kauft, wird darin oft einen Snapdragon 845 finden. Qualcomm hat den Chip so optimiert, dass er viele Neuerungen integriert, ohne größer zu werden. Zu verdanken ist das der Architektur, denn die Fertigung ist fast gleich. Ein Bericht von Marc Sauter (Snapdragon, Smartphone)

Disney is suing movie kiosk operator Redbox over what the Hollywood studio considers "blatant disregard" of the re-sale policy in regards to digital movie codes.

Like most Blu-ray movies sold in recent times, Disney releases usually come with a print-out featuring a code that users can use to claim a free digital copy of the movie. Redbox has been accused by Disney of selling these print-outs, usually at lower prices than what the same digital copy would attract at outlets like iTunes.

Redbox has distribution deals with other studios, for example Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, that sees the kiosk movie rental company receive copies of films for distribution a certain time period after these movies are released on home video. Redbox has no such deal with Disney, which has led to the company to buy retail copies of Disney releases for use in their kiosks. It's through this action that Redbox managed to obtain digital movie code print-outs.

According to Disney's lawsuit, it is clearly stated on these print-outs that the codes are "not for sale or transfer", and that Redbox has clearly violated the terms of use for these codes and infringed on Disney's copyright as a result.

Redbox's argument is that what it is doing is good for the consumer, allowing them to access lower prices for the same content. The discounts for consumers are often significant, with a digital copy of Disney's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' costing $19.99 on iTunes, but only $7.99 by buying a print-out at a Redbox kiosk.

Disney is seeking damages in the region of $150,000 per title infringed.

[via The Verge]

Der Saab 9-3 ist zurück: Der chinesische Nachfolger National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) hat die bis 2014 gebaute Mittelklasselimousine als Elektroauto neu aufgelegt. (Elektroauto, Technologie)