12/30/2012

IT security in 2030 – only humans will be the same


IT security in 2030 – only humans will be the same

Twenty-three years ago one of the major hacker attacks in the history of the US was widely reported in the media. In this context, Clifford Stoll published his book The Cuckoo’s Egg, which has gone on to become a classic of IT literature. In the same year Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, Intel launched its brand new 486 processor with 25 MHz, and the Berlin Wall fell. Back then, though, computing was the preserve of small communities of much-ridiculed geeks, so 1989 remained in the collective memory as the year the Wall came down. Everything else was immediately forgotten.
More than two decades later, computers have not only become socially acceptable but, thanks to Apple, they are even status symbols. These days anyone going to a library for information, transferring money at a bank counter, or exchanging traditional “snail mail” business letters, normally does so as a private individual: in our professional environment it is almost impossible to avoid the use of search engines, online banking and email.
What long-term impact will this development have on our lives? It is clear that any attempt to predict the IT security landscape in 2030 will have to be a forecast of security and society in general. IT is now almost everywhere, and its scope will only increase in the future.

Taking great steps towards the future

Future generations will pinpoint 2012 as the year where the hegemony of the traditional personal computer was ended – ironically by the very company that was once inseparably connected with it – Microsoft. Like Apple and Google, the Windows giant is also now opting for a multiple-device approach: cell phones, tablets and increasingly television sets with a built-in operating system are all steadily challenging the PC’s traditional dominance. Online cloud storage instead of a hard drive in the desktop computer, applications from the App Store instead of downloads from dubious websites – times are changing, just as surely as analogue cameras have been superseded by digital devices. Gradually, more sophisticated camera phones are in turn replacing these. There is no doubt that analogue films, digicams and PCs will still exist in ten years’ time, but their heyday is past. Against this background, it would hardly be surprising if smartphones lost their current cachet as the must-have techie toy within the next five years, because augmented reality glasses are now the up and coming thing.
These are special optical aids – including a built-in camera, display and computer. The special feature of augmented reality is that for the wearer reality and computer-generated images merge together. Thanks to a continuously activated camera and the face recognition function, a poor memory for names won’t be a problem any longer as the name, age and profession of the person we are talking to will be automatically displayed next to his or her face. On holiday, foreign-language menus will simply be replaced by a translated version. And if you get lost, you can use the pedestrian navigation system to virtually project your path onto the pavement in front of you. Additionally, a multimedia diary based on the continuous data flow of the camera, the microphone and GPS will automatically be created. No need to be impatient: in 2013, Google plans to deliver its Google Glasses to developers, and other manufacturers will follow. This fusion of the real and the virtual world will change so many things in the coming years that we simply cannot overestimate the importance of this development.
But when it comes to technology, there is always a dark side: if millions of people walk around with cameras permanently activated, nothing outside their own houses will remain private. Society will monitor itself and it remains to be seen if and how a balance between technology and privacy can be maintained. Automatic deactivation of cameras at particular places is an option for which Apple has already filed a patent.
Another problem: even the sharpest minds can only use the information at their disposal. Seeing is believing, as the saying goes. Just imagine an activated augmented reality feature tricking you into thinking that the restaurant you were going to visit was infested with cockroaches – you’re going to go to the establishment across the street instead, aren’t you? We’ve already seen how these “opinions” can be manipulated by paid “customers” in relation to hotel ratings on the Internet – but we still get tricked. So the advertising industry itself will be particularly interested in “optimizing” our reality to suit its agenda. It really would be dangerous if the system as a whole were hacked without the person concerned realizing that he or she is living in a dream world which has nothing to do with reality.
Of course, the future involves much more than just augmented reality. But even when putting aside fascinating future topics such as nanotechnology, genetic research or food-producing 3D printers, you certainly won’t be bored: the much-heralded Artificial Intelligence is closer than ever to becoming reality. In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue defeated the Russian Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 (the chess world champion had managed to win the previous match played the year before) – but its success was based on enormous processing power rather than true intelligence. Nevertheless, in 2001, IBM launched the amazing Watson computer that managed to trump a 74 times Jeopardy winner in a quiz game. This victory was due to the language processing technology that has been perfected over the years and to algorithms capable of independently gaining new findings on the basis of existing data. In the same year, Apple presented Siri, an imperfect but nonetheless trend-setting digital assistant. As expected, Google has joined the scramble to develop the smartest computer system. In parallel, a number of other projects have been initiated – partly supported by EU funds – whose objective is to emulate a complete human brain in a computer. Whether they are creating digital assistants or artificial brains, researchers have the will and the financial backing to complete this long journey.
Ultimately, we are looking at nothing less than the complete autonomization of our environment: cleaning robots, cars, even houses. We’ve already seen the Google Car obtain a license in the state of Nevada this year, making it the first ever motor vehicle to be recognized as capable of driving itself without human input. There have also been great advances in the field of robotics research: recently, the US agency DARPA demonstrated a robot known as the Cheetah, which runs at 45 km/h, i.e. faster than any human being. When these robots can be animated by genuine artificial intelligence, those visions we’ve seen in sci-fi films could start to become reality. Whether you look forward to all this or it just makes you shudder is up to you!

Everything changes

Discontinued model

Solution for the future

Television, PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphonesAugmented reality glasses and displays available everywhere – from watches to monitor walls
Software, movies, music bought ‘in a box’ Cloud-based content, charge according to frequency of use
Video game consoles Virtual play worlds which can be entered from any computer system
Manually controlled cars Fully automated transport systems
Cash Digital payment systems
School Individualized teaching by intelligent systems, perfectly tailored to students’ individual skills
WorkersRobots

The world in 2030

So, what will life in the future look like? Augmented reality devices will mostly replace today’s ultra-popular smartphones. Overwhelming progress in directly connecting computer chips and optical nerves will enable blind people to access augmented reality. And the most popular videos in the YouTube of the future will be self-made 3D movies – including unlimited viewing angles and freely focusable depth range. Traditional game consoles will disappear. Instead, virtual universes will be computed by huge computer systems distributed across numerous cities – partly located down in the basements of big apartment buildings to keep transmissions paths as short as possible. It’s a great opportunity, if you can create play worlds which are interesting enough to persuade other players to join up and pay a subscription or joining fee.
Extremely powerful computers are required for all this. The rule of thumb is: the smaller the transistors in a processor the better the speed. With every further step towards miniaturization, Intel and co. are approaching the limits of what is physically feasible. In the past, though, processor developers have repeatedly demonstrated their creativity, and a massive increase of the core number on every chip could also be an option. At present, the processing performance of computers is expected to double every 18 months, while the price remains the same. This would mean that in 18 years’ time, computers would be four thousand times faster than those of the machines available today. In theory, home computers could be more powerful than that IBM Watson supercomputer (for the techies: 2880 Power7-cores featuring 3.55 GHz each), at a cost comparable to an ordinary laptop today. It would be possible to create the first Toy Story film on a home desktop, in real time and at cinema resolution, and the first-ever complete computer simulation of the simplest known genome Mycoplasma Genitalium, celebrated just a few months ago as a scientific milestone, would be a standard experiment conducted in school classrooms.
The quantum computer technology we hear so much about is also expected to have matured by 2030. Considering the present state of knowledge, it won’t be possible to solve every typical computer problem using a handful of quantum bits, but the cracking of strong RSA encryption (applied for instance to provide security for emails and online-banking transactions) could have become reality twenty years from now.
It seems certain, however, that rootkits, Trojans and phishing attacks will continue to be serious problems over the coming years, with attackers concentrating more on servers than on devices. This is because more vulnerabilities appear in complex environments and it is reasonable to assume that the operating systems of tablets and smartphones will be “purged” within the next few years and that the bulk of the coding will be shifted into the cloud – and thus onto the server side.
It is, of course, not just the financial implications of the computer viruses of the future that are serious. The detection of the sabotage worm known as Stuxnet in 2010 confirmed suspicions that malware could also have a political context. The continuous militarization of cyberspace will produce legions of professional malware authors as the creation of Trojans and the carrying out of web attacks is legitimized and even supported by some states.

Singularity

As suddenly as this trend has emerged, its end may not be far off – humans working to create new security threats could be superseded by machines fighting against machines. This is where the progress of artificial intelligence could be crucial. The magic word is “singularity”, used in future studies to describe the point in time when computers will be sufficiently intelligent to develop independently without human support. It sounds incredible and there is still huge controversy among scientists about when – or indeed if – we will reach this point. I don’t want to bore you and duck the question: my guess is that it will arrive in 10-15 years.
Even today it is difficult for us to keep pace with the breathtaking speed of new developments. But when singularity is achieved, the pace will accelerate significantly yet again: it’s as if prehistoric man had discovered fire at breakfast, had been catapulted into the Middle Ages by lunch time, witnessed the industrial revolution in the afternoon and then arrived in the computer age by the evening!
Our minds, as well as our senses, developed over millions of years by the gentle hand of evolution, will be suddenly exposed in one blink of history’s eye to technologies that are generations ahead of our biological development.
Now, there’s nothing bad about technical aids, though our ancestors certainly took advantage of the illiterate once written language had been invented. In recent years, search engines and services like Wikipedia have pushed information processing forward. But one thing still applies: it is man who holds the ropes, while the computer lends its technical horsepower to the task at hand. If, though, we allow our lives to be entirely optimized through digital assistance systems, that balance of power will be reversed. Every attempt to return control to the human mind will inevitably cause efficiency losses.
After a certain point, intelligent systems could become so superior to us that we would no longer be able to grasp the mechanisms and reasons underlying the advice they gave us. We would resemble infants who trust their mothers blindly because they have no other option. The difference, though, is that a child grows and will, as an adult, finally be able to stand on his or her own feet. Humanity could be dependent on the assistance of computers for the rest of our lives.
Even if the next few years are relatively calm, we need to start thinking now about how to deal with these developments. How should researchers react to a breakthrough in artificial intelligence? When all is said and done, a highly intelligent system could be abused as a weapon. Developing nuclear devices is forbidden to the average citizen by international treaties – but building an all-powerful intelligence at home will present the creators with no legal problems at all and regulating them will probably be impossible. Let’s just hope that the lucky creator of the first genuine artificial intelligence will not immediately decide to go for world supremacy!
Another challenge is how to deal with the truth: we expect computers to be absolutely objective. If a head of state was just told that he is wrong in front of his people and asked if he would kindly resign – would he accept? Or will we force computers to adopt our “truths” against “their” better judgment? In such a world, we would not need antivirus software but psychologists as the compulsory processing of contradictory information can only lead to digital psychosis – remember the film 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Common sense

The future holds exciting opportunities, but there are also lots of risks and our own weaknesses, in particular, will play a major role. In the 1950s, scientists Peter Milner and James Olds experimented on rats with electrodes implanted in their brains’ “pleasure centers” – if these animals were offered the chance to stimulate themselves at the push of a button they continued doing that until they died of complete exhaustion. On a computer-controlled planet, neither clocking in nor job centers would exist. Everybody would be free to realize his or her own dreams and talents. Depending on our self-discipline, a world full of artists, athletes and writers might emerge – or, on the contrary, a sad little heap of lethargic couch potatoes!
When I am asked in interviews how people can best protect themselves against Internet threats, I always emphasize – apart from technical solutions – the importance of common sense. And if common sense ever fails, we can only hope at least that the computers will keep cool heads!

The biggest opportunities and dangers of our digital future

Technology

Utopia

Dystopia

Singularity Living in paradise – everybody does what he likes – machines handle the rest. The last world war could have been won by a laptop that only “acted under orders” – or which classified humanity as a whole as a risk to security.
Intelligent infrastructures Traffic flows, logistics – everything is perfectly coordinated, thus preserving resources and also the environment. In case of a malicious attack, cities could be cut off from food supplies, citizens held hostage in their houses, and the doors of prisons opened.
Digital life coaches Personal all-around advice: never again forgetting appointments or wasting time with paperwork. Complete technology dependence and thus the associated risk of leading heteronomous lives because of manipulated data.
Medical robots Cheaper operations, reduced risks of medical malpractice and wrong diagnosis, no waiting times at the doctor’s surgery. Loss of expert knowledge as medical education will be financially less attractive. Cases of death resulting from hacked systems.
Military robots The advantages are obvious – for those who have the more powerful robots.If, in the event of war, you have no fear of human losses on your own side, then the threshold for starting an aggressive war will be lower.
Augmented Reality We extend our perceptive abilities and gain new insights into ourselves by continuous life logging.Total loss of privacy and dependence on computerized prostheses in the long run.
Cashless payment solutions Shopping becomes more convenient. Tax fraud becomes impossible so the tax burden is distributed fairly and equitably.Abandoning cash entirely means, in the event of a computer breakdown, no standardized medium of exchange would be available.
Quantum computers The opening of amazing perspectives, especially in the field of science, e.g. in the simulation of chemical elements. Quantum computing could pose a serious threat to some encryption technologies such as RSA.

The German version of this article was originally published on the 10th of December 2012 in the book “Vision 2030” (GABAL publishing house)

Source: Securelist

12/28/2012

12/24/2012

BUKKA WHITE - PROMISE TRUE AND GRAND - 1930

Born on a farm near Houston, Mississippi, November 12, 1909, and named for the famed black educator, Bukka White was interested in music from an early age. His father taught him guitar at the age of nine, and a chance meeting with Charley Patton convinced the young White to "come to be a great man like Charley Patton." The son of a railroad worker, White was exposed to the sound of trains from an early age and was not afraid to hobo a train. He rode the rails from the Mississippi Delta to St. Louis, where he played poolrooms, barrelhouses, and parties for food and tips during the 1910s and 1920s.

During a 1930 stay in Memphis, White recorded fourteen songs, including three gospel numbers with Memphis Minnie supplying background vocals. Two 78s were released from the session, one containing two gospel sides and the other containing two blues numbers. Neither met with commercial success, but during this session White received the designation "Bukka" from a white record producer who had never heard of his famous namesake Booker T. Washington. He continued to travel during the 1930s, working as a professional boxer in Chicago and as a Negro League pitcher with the Birmingham Black Cats. During the summer of 1937, White shot an assailant in the thigh and was sentenced to Parchman Farm. Before beginning his sentence, he recorded two blues for the Vocalion label, including "Shake 'Em On Down," which sold in excess of 16,000 copies. Bluesman Big Bill Broonzy recorded "New Shake 'Em On Down," and scored another hit on that theme while White toiled at Parchman. Making the best of a bad situation, he recorded for folklorist Alan Lomax in 1939, while the latter was at the notorious prison recording for the Library of Congress.

Upon his release from prison in 1940, White traveled to Chicago for a follow-up session to "Shake 'Em On Down." The resulting twelve songs transcend blues as music, becoming powerful ruminations on imprisonment, isolation, loneliness, Jim Crow justice, and the freedom of the rails. White's post-Parchman success was short-lived, however, as a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II curtailed his playing. During the 1940s, he occasionally played juke joints with Memphis legend Frank Stokes after the latter had moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. White later settled in Memphis, playing occasional gigs and influencing his young guitar-playing cousin B.B. King. Like Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, and Son House, White was rediscovered during the 1960s "blues revival," and was once again celebrated for his slide guitar, throaty holler, and inspired compositions.

Bukka White died in Memphis, Tennessee, February 26, 1977. He is buried in Memphis.




12/23/2012

Bukka White - Poor Boy Long Way from Home



Born on a farm near Houston, Mississippi, November 12, 1909, and named for the famed black educator, Bukka White was interested in music from an early age. His father taught him guitar at the age of nine, and a chance meeting with Charley Patton convinced the young White to "come to be a great man like Charley Patton." The son of a railroad worker, White was exposed to the sound of trains from an early age and was not afraid to hobo a train. He rode the rails from the Mississippi Delta to St. Louis, where he played poolrooms, barrelhouses, and parties for food and tips during the 1910s and 1920s.



During a 1930 stay in Memphis, White recorded fourteen songs, including three gospel numbers with Memphis Minnie supplying background vocals. Two 78s were released from the session, one containing two gospel sides and the other containing two blues numbers. Neither met with commercial success, but during this session White received the designation "Bukka" from a white record producer who had never heard of his famous namesake Booker T. Washington. He continued to travel during the 1930s, working as a professional boxer in Chicago and as a Negro League pitcher with the Birmingham Black Cats. During the summer of 1937, White shot an assailant in the thigh and was sentenced to Parchman Farm. Before beginning his sentence, he recorded two blues for the Vocalion label, including "Shake 'Em On Down," which sold in excess of 16,000 copies. Bluesman Big Bill Broonzy recorded "New Shake 'Em On Down," and scored another hit on that theme while White toiled at Parchman. Making the best of a bad situation, he recorded for folklorist Alan Lomax in 1939, while the latter was at the notorious prison recording for the Library of Congress.



Upon his release from prison in 1940, White traveled to Chicago for a follow-up session to "Shake 'Em On Down." The resulting twelve songs transcend blues as music, becoming powerful ruminations on imprisonment, isolation, loneliness, Jim Crow justice, and the freedom of the rails. White's post-Parchman success was short-lived, however, as a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II curtailed his playing. During the 1940s, he occasionally played juke joints with Memphis legend Frank Stokes after the latter had moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. White later settled in Memphis, playing occasional gigs and influencing his young guitar-playing cousin B.B. King. Like Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, and Son House, White was rediscovered during the 1960s "blues revival," and was once again celebrated for his slide guitar, throaty holler, and inspired compositions.



Bukka White died in Memphis, Tennessee, February 26, 1977. He is buried in Memphis.





12/19/2012

Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues



Born on a farm near Houston, Mississippi, November 12, 1909, and named for the famed black educator, Bukka White was interested in music from an early age. His father taught him guitar at the age of nine, and a chance meeting with Charley Patton convinced the young White to "come to be a great man like Charley Patton." The son of a railroad worker, White was exposed to the sound of trains from an early age and was not afraid to hobo a train. He rode the rails from the Mississippi Delta to St. Louis, where he played poolrooms, barrelhouses, and parties for food and tips during the 1910s and 1920s.



During a 1930 stay in Memphis, White recorded fourteen songs, including three gospel numbers with Memphis Minnie supplying background vocals. Two 78s were released from the session, one containing two gospel sides and the other containing two blues numbers. Neither met with commercial success, but during this session White received the designation "Bukka" from a white record producer who had never heard of his famous namesake Booker T. Washington. He continued to travel during the 1930s, working as a professional boxer in Chicago and as a Negro League pitcher with the Birmingham Black Cats. During the summer of 1937, White shot an assailant in the thigh and was sentenced to Parchman Farm. Before beginning his sentence, he recorded two blues for the Vocalion label, including "Shake 'Em On Down," which sold in excess of 16,000 copies. Bluesman Big Bill Broonzy recorded "New Shake 'Em On Down," and scored another hit on that theme while White toiled at Parchman. Making the best of a bad situation, he recorded for folklorist Alan Lomax in 1939, while the latter was at the notorious prison recording for the Library of Congress.



Upon his release from prison in 1940, White traveled to Chicago for a follow-up session to "Shake 'Em On Down." The resulting twelve songs transcend blues as music, becoming powerful ruminations on imprisonment, isolation, loneliness, Jim Crow justice, and the freedom of the rails. White's post-Parchman success was short-lived, however, as a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II curtailed his playing. During the 1940s, he occasionally played juke joints with Memphis legend Frank Stokes after the latter had moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. White later settled in Memphis, playing occasional gigs and influencing his young guitar-playing cousin B.B. King. Like Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, and Son House, White was rediscovered during the 1960s "blues revival," and was once again celebrated for his slide guitar, throaty holler, and inspired compositions.



Bukka White died in Memphis, Tennessee, February 26, 1977. He is buried in Memphis.






12/17/2012

Poster Corinthians - CAMPEÃO MUNDIAL 2012


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CORINTHIANS 1 X 0 CHELSEA - Fifa Club World Cup Japan 2012





Guerrero marca, Corinthians se impõe e é Bicampeão Mundial





16/12/12 - 8h5 - Futebol

© Daniel Augusto Jr/Ag. Corinthians



O camisa 9 marcou os dois gols do Corinthians na competição
O camisa 9 marcou os dois gols do Corinthians na competição
Doze anos depois, o mundo é do Corinthians de novo! A manhã deste domingo (16) estará para sempre na memória de 30 milhões de loucos do bando. Com gol de Guerrero, o Timão derrotou o Chelsea por 1 a 0, em Yokohama, e sagrou-se Bicampeão Mundial da FIFA.

Após início de jogo bastante truncado, o Chelsea criou a primeira chance. Aos dez minutos, Cássio fez ótima defesa após chute à queima roupa de Cahill. O Alvinegro respondeu aos 18 min, quando Jorge Henrique puxou contra-ataque pelo meio e arriscou de fora da área, mas o goleiro Cech fez a defesa. No minuto seguinte, Paulinho foi quem chutou de fora, mas a bola saiu sobre o gol.

Aos 23 min, o Corinthians se postava melhor em campo, valorizando a posse de bola e apertando a saída de jogo adversária. Aos 28, Emerson recebeu de Guerrero às costas da zaga e bateu colocado, mas a bola saiu por cima.

O Timão voltou a levar perigo aos 33 min, quando Guerrero brigou dentro da área e a bola sobrou para Emerson, que chutou sem ângulo, mas a bola tocou na trave e saiu. Os ingleses responderam aos 37 min com Torres, que recebeu lançamento e chutou para defesa de Cássio.

Minutos depois, o goleiro alvinegro apareceu mais duas vezes, nos chutes de Moses e Mata. Aos 46 min, o árbitro finalizou a primeira etapa.
O mundo é nosso!

A segunda metade da partida começou aberta, com ataques das duas equipes. Aos oito minutos, Cássio fez mais uma defesa ao crescer na frente de Hazard. Depois desse lance, o Corinthians passou a ficar mais com a bola, ocupar o campo de ataque e pressionar o adversário. Paulinho levou perigo aos 18 min, após receber de Guerrero, mas a bola passou à esquerda.

A torcida presente no palco da final cantava alto quando a pressão do Timão deu resultado. Aos 23 min, Danilo cortou a marcação e chutou, a bola desviou na defesa e subiu. Junto com ela, subiu também o peruano Guerrero, que aproveitou o rebote e cabeceou para às redes. Na metade do segundo tempo, o Alvinegrou tinha a vantagem de 1 a 0.

O time inglês sentiu o gol e passou a apostar nos lançamentos, mas o sistema defensivo corinthiano esteve bem postado e não cedeu campo ao adversário. Na chance que o Chelsea criou, aos 40 min, o gigante Cássio operou outro milagre. Após cruzamento, a bola sobrou para Torres, mas o goleiro corinthiano cresceu mais uma vez.

Aos 44 min, a expulsão de Cahill, zagueiro de Seleção Inglesa, mostrou o quanto é difícil jogar uma final de Mundial de Clubes. Pelo equilíbrio e pela entrega do Corinthians, o Alvinegro mereceu o posto de melhor time do mundo. Nos acréscimos, Torres, impedido, fez o gol de empate, mas a jogada foi anulada. O coração dos loucos disparou, mas foi confortado pelo apito final, aos 49 min.

Esta foi a última partida disputada pelo Corinthians no ano de 2012. A temporada, marcada pelo título invicto da Copa Libertadores e agora pelo título mundial, foi uma das mais vitoriosas da história do Timão. O elenco alvinegro ganha férias nesse final de ano e só volta aos gramados no dia 20 de janeiro, quando enfrentará o Paulista de Jundiaí na estreia do Campeonato Paulista 2013.
Gol

Guerrero
Substituições

Martínez (Guerrero) e Wallace (Emerson)
Cartões Amarelos

Jorge Henrique

Reveja os melhores momentos da partida:




Confira a narração do gol que deu o Bicampeonato Mundial ao Timão de algumas das principais emissoras de rádio de São Paulo:


Rádio Transamerica – Narração: Éder Luiz
http://www.transanet.com.br/pagina.aspx?pg=Mundial&codMundo=1&codPraca=1
Radio Coringão - Narração: Ernesto Teixeira
http://www.corinthians.com.br/upload/site/121216_guerrero_23min.mp3
Ficha Técnica Oficial - fifa.com

12/12/2012

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012. The overall statistics for 2012 - Securelist

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012. The overall statistics for 2012 - Securelist: This section of the report forms part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012 and is based on data obtained and processed using Kaspersky Security Network (KSN).

  1. Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012. Malware Evolution
  2. Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012. The overall statistics for 2012
 Source: Securelist


Al Ahly 0 x 1 Corinthians - Mundial de Clubes 2012

Corinthians estreia com vitória e está na final do Mundial de Clubes da FIFA


Foram cinco meses e oito dias de espera para finalmente ver o Corinthians fazer sua estreia no Mundial de Clubes da FIFA 2012. Os corações alvinegros, que quase não descansaram durante a noite, mal conseguiam esperar para ver o relógio marcando 08h30, horário marcado para o ínicio da partida. E toda a ansiedade valeu a pena! No Estádio de Toyota, localizado na cidade que leva o mesmo nome, o Timão derrotou o Al Ahly, do Egito, por 1 a 0. Guerrero balançou as redes ainda no primeiro tempo e carimbou a ida do Coringão para a grande final.

Com toda a confiança adquirida pela boa fase do time, o Alvinegro se impôs desde o início e mostrou sua superioridade logo aos 09 min, quando Guerrero ameaçou o goleiro egípcio pela primeira vez. No contra-ataque, Rabia cabeceou com precisão, mas não trouxe perigo a meta corinthiana.

O Timão administrava a posse de bola e buscava espaço para atacar com eficiência. A partir dos 19 min, a pressão alvinegra começou a fazer efeito. Escanteios, jogadas individuais e ótimos lançamentos trouxeram como recompensa o momento que os 30 milhões de torcedores espalhados pelo mundo mais esperavam. Aos 29 min, Douglas pegou o rebote dado pelo goleiro Ekramy, cruzou na área e o peruano Guerrero subiu mais do que todos para balançar as redes adversárias.

A vantagem aliviou os jogadores do Coringão, que puderam estudar melhor o adversário e os espaços oferecidos para invadir o campo de ataque. O final do primeiro tempo foi calmo, com o Corinthians bem colocado na defesa. Aos 46 min, a primeira etapa foi encerrada.

© Daniel Augusto Jr/Ag. Corinthians

Guerrero marcou de cabeça aos 29 min do primeiro tempo e colocou o Timão na final do Mundial
Destino: Yokohoma

O segundo tempo começou com pressão dos egípcios, que procuravam aproveitar qualquer espaço para assustar a muralha corinthiana. As tentativas aconteceram, mas a defesa bem colocada do Timão não dava chances de finalização. Aos 10 min, o goleiro adversário sentiu uma lesão e a partida foi interrompida por algum tempo. Na volta, a pressão do time do Egito continuou, mas sem se transformar em resultados.

Apesar de pequena, a vantagem deixou o Alvinegro focado em se defender. Na marca dos 20 min, a jogada mais perigosa do Al Ahly acertou o lado de fora da rede de Cássio. Oito minutos depois veio a resposta do Coringão, quando Paulinho recebeu um belo passe de Guerrero e chutou cruzado, porém a defesa adversário conseguiu cortar o lance.

Aos 29 min, Tite fez a sua primeira substituição, colocando o aniversariante Romarinho no lugar do camisa 11, Emerson. Pouco tempo depois, Jorge Henrique substituiu Douglas. As alterações aumentaram o rendimento do time, porém o nervosismo da equipe do Egito em busca do empate se sobressaía e eles tinham mais presença em campo. A terceira substituição do Corinthians, quando Guerrero cedeu seu lugar para Guilherme Andrade, foi um dos últimos lances da partida, que se encerrou aos 50 min.

A vitória colocou o Corinthians na final do Mundial, que acontecerá neste domingo (16), às 08h30 (horário de Brasília), no Estádio Internacional de Yokohama. O adversário sai da partida entre Chelsea (ING) e Monterrey (MEX), que acontece amanhã (13), às 08h30.

Gol

Guerrero

Substituições

Romarinho (Emerson), Jorge Henrique (Douglas) e Guilherme Andrade (Guerrero)

Reveja o gol que colocou o Timão na final do Mundial:



12/10/2012

Fifa Club World Cup Japan 2012 - Vai Corinthians!

Na contagem regressiva para o início da luta pelo Bi Mundial de Clubes da FIFA, o Corinthians produziu e divulga o seu perfil institucional que será distribuído durante a competição no Japão.

O perfil institucional do Timão foi produzido em três idiomas (português, japonês e inglês). Confira:

Versão em português
Versão em inglês
Versão em japonês


Fonte: Corinthians.com.br

12/09/2012

Bukka White - Jesus Died on the Cross

Born on a farm near Houston, Mississippi, November 12, 1909, and named for the famed black educator, Bukka White was interested in music from an early age. His father taught him guitar at the age of nine, and a chance meeting with Charley Patton convinced the young White to "come to be a great man like Charley Patton." The son of a railroad worker, White was exposed to the sound of trains from an early age and was not afraid to hobo a train. He rode the rails from the Mississippi Delta to St. Louis, where he played poolrooms, barrelhouses, and parties for food and tips during the 1910s and 1920s.

During a 1930 stay in Memphis, White recorded fourteen songs, including three gospel numbers with Memphis Minnie supplying background vocals. Two 78s were released from the session, one containing two gospel sides and the other containing two blues numbers. Neither met with commercial success, but during this session White received the designation "Bukka" from a white record producer who had never heard of his famous namesake Booker T. Washington. He continued to travel during the 1930s, working as a professional boxer in Chicago and as a Negro League pitcher with the Birmingham Black Cats. During the summer of 1937, White shot an assailant in the thigh and was sentenced to Parchman Farm. Before beginning his sentence, he recorded two blues for the Vocalion label, including "Shake 'Em On Down," which sold in excess of 16,000 copies. Bluesman Big Bill Broonzy recorded "New Shake 'Em On Down," and scored another hit on that theme while White toiled at Parchman. Making the best of a bad situation, he recorded for folklorist Alan Lomax in 1939, while the latter was at the notorious prison recording for the Library of Congress.

Upon his release from prison in 1940, White traveled to Chicago for a follow-up session to "Shake 'Em On Down." The resulting twelve songs transcend blues as music, becoming powerful ruminations on imprisonment, isolation, loneliness, Jim Crow justice, and the freedom of the rails. White's post-Parchman success was short-lived, however, as a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II curtailed his playing. During the 1940s, he occasionally played juke joints with Memphis legend Frank Stokes after the latter had moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. White later settled in Memphis, playing occasional gigs and influencing his young guitar-playing cousin B.B. King. Like Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, and Son House, White was rediscovered during the 1960s "blues revival," and was once again celebrated for his slide guitar, throaty holler, and inspired compositions.

Bukka White died in Memphis, Tennessee, February 26, 1977. He is buried in Memphis.




12/05/2012

Dave Brubeck - RIP - Take Five

Dave Brubeck, a pianist and composer whose distinctive mixture of experimentation and accessibility made him one of the most popular jazz musicians of the 1950s and ’60s, died Wednesday morning in Norwalk, Conn. He would have turned 92 on Thursday.

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Source: NYT





My Sweet Lord, Concert For George



From Concert for George

With Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, Tom Petty, George Harrison's son and others.




Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012. Malware Evolution - Securelist

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012. Malware Evolution - Securelist: At the end of last year we published “The Top 10 Security Stories of 2011”, an article that summarized 2011 in one word: “explosive”.

Source: Securelist

12/03/2012

Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues


Born on a farm near Houston, Mississippi, November 12, 1909, and named for the famed black educator, Bukka White was interested in music from an early age. His father taught him guitar at the age of nine, and a chance meeting with Charley Patton convinced the young White to "come to be a great man like Charley Patton." The son of a railroad worker, White was exposed to the sound of trains from an early age and was not afraid to hobo a train. He rode the rails from the Mississippi Delta to St. Louis, where he played poolrooms, barrelhouses, and parties for food and tips during the 1910s and 1920s.

During a 1930 stay in Memphis, White recorded fourteen songs, including three gospel numbers with Memphis Minnie supplying background vocals. Two 78s were released from the session, one containing two gospel sides and the other containing two blues numbers. Neither met with commercial success, but during this session White received the designation "Bukka" from a white record producer who had never heard of his famous namesake Booker T. Washington. He continued to travel during the 1930s, working as a professional boxer in Chicago and as a Negro League pitcher with the Birmingham Black Cats. During the summer of 1937, White shot an assailant in the thigh and was sentenced to Parchman Farm. Before beginning his sentence, he recorded two blues for the Vocalion label, including "Shake 'Em On Down," which sold in excess of 16,000 copies. Bluesman Big Bill Broonzy recorded "New Shake 'Em On Down," and scored another hit on that theme while White toiled at Parchman. Making the best of a bad situation, he recorded for folklorist Alan Lomax in 1939, while the latter was at the notorious prison recording for the Library of Congress.

Upon his release from prison in 1940, White traveled to Chicago for a follow-up session to "Shake 'Em On Down." The resulting twelve songs transcend blues as music, becoming powerful ruminations on imprisonment, isolation, loneliness, Jim Crow justice, and the freedom of the rails. White's post-Parchman success was short-lived, however, as a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II curtailed his playing. During the 1940s, he occasionally played juke joints with Memphis legend Frank Stokes after the latter had moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. White later settled in Memphis, playing occasional gigs and influencing his young guitar-playing cousin B.B. King. Like Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, and Son House, White was rediscovered during the 1960s "blues revival," and was once again celebrated for his slide guitar, throaty holler, and inspired compositions.

Bukka White died in Memphis, Tennessee, February 26, 1977. He is buried in Memphis.



12/01/2012

Albert King - 1981 - Born Under A Bad Sign


Albert King (born Albert Nelson). April 25th, 1923 - December 21st, 1992. Birthplace: Indianola, Mississippi.

Bluesman Albert King was one of the premier electric guitar stylists of the post-World War II period. By playing left-handed and holding his guitar upside-down (with the strings set for a right-handed player), and by concentrating on tone and intensity more than flash, King fashioned over his long career, a sound that was both distinctive and highly influential. He was a master of the single-string solo and could bend strings to produce a particularly tormented blues sound that set his style apart from his contemporaries. A number of prominent artists,from Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to Mike Bloomfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan, borrowed heavily from King's guitar style.

King was also the first major blues guitarist to cross over into modem soul;his mid- and late 1960s recordings for the Stax label, cut with the same great session musicians who played on the recordings of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave,Eddie Floyd, and others, appealed to his established black audience while broadening his appeal with rock fans. Along with B.B. King (no relation, though at times Albert suggested otherwise) and Muddy Waters, King helped nurture a white interest in blues when the music needed it most to survive.

King was born in Mississippi and taught himself how to play on a homemade guitar. Inspired by Blind Lemon Jefferson, King quit singing in a family gospel group and took up the blues. He worked around Osceola, Arkansas, with a group called the In the Groove Boys before migrating north and ending up in Gary,Indiana, in the early 1950s. For a while, King played drums behind bluesman Jimmy Reed. In 1953, King convinced Parrot label owner Al Benson to record him as a blues singer and guitarist. That year King cut "Bad Luck Blues" and "Be On Your Merry Way" for Parrot. Because King received little in the way of financial remuneration for the record, he left Parrot and eventually moved to St. Louis, where he recorded for the Bobbin and the King labels. In 1959 he had a minor hit on Bobbin with "I'm a Lonely Man." King's biggest release, "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong," made it to number 14 on the R&B charts in 1961.

King didn't become a major blues figure until after he signed with Stax Records in 1966. Working with producer-drummer Al Jackson, Jr., guitarist Steve Cropper, keyboards ace Booker T. Jones, and bass player Donald "Duck"Dunn-aka Booker T. and the MG's, King created a blues sound that was laced with Memphis soul strains. Although the blues were dominant on songs such as"Laundromat Blues" and the classic "Born Under A Bad Sign", the tunes had Memphis soul underpinnings that gave King his crossover appeal. Not only was he the first blues artist to play the legendary San Francisco rock venue the Fillmore West, but he was also on the debut bill, sharing the stage opening night in1968 with Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall. King went on to become a regular at the Fillmore; his album Live Wire/Blues Power was recorded there in 1968.King was also one of the first bluesman to record with a symphony orchestra: in1969 he performed with the St. Louis Symphony, triumphantly bringing together the blues and classical music, if only for a fleeting moment.

During the 1970s King toured extensively, often playing to rock and soul crowds. He left Stax in 1974 to record for independent labels like Tomato and Fantasy. King was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1983.He continued touring throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, playing festivals and concerts, often with B.B. King.

He died of a heart attack in 1992, just prior to starting a major European tour.