Xiaomi Mi Notebook available in 12.5-inches and 13.3-inches, Core i5-6200U processor

Xiaomi Mi Notebook available in 12.5-inches and 13.3-inches, Core i5-6200U processor

Chinese producer Xiaomi has formally reported the Mi Notebook Air, the organization's first passage into the portable workstation market which is situated to go up against Apple's MacBook Air.

The Mi Notebook Air is accessible in gold and silver shading alternatives. As its name recommends, it is thin and light. The Xiaomi tablet likewise comes in two display sizes: 12.5" and 13.3".

The Mi Notebook Air looks practically like Apple's MacBook Air. Be that as it may, Xiaomi has chosen to skip on including any logos the outside to give it a perfect look. The Mi logo must be seen once the portable PC is opened. Xiaomi has additionally chosen to run with an aluminum body giving it the premium look and feel.

What genuinely sets the Mi Notebook Air separated from most ultra-slight portable workstations in the business sector is what's within. Xiaomi has put a discrete representation card for the 13.3-inch model rather than an incorporated one, giving it an edge regarding illustrations execution.

The new portable workstation accompanies a Nvidia GeFore 940MX versatile representation card that ought to give clients a chance to play requesting amusements at high edge rates.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said that the discrete illustrations would permit clients to play "DOTA 2" at 85 outlines for every second at full 1080p determination, as per CNET.

It won't not be sufficient to handle high edge rate/full determination gameplay for predominant AAA titles, however it's consideration makes the Mi Notebook Air much all the more engaging buyers.

The 13.3" model, breadth which is weighs 2.82mm and 14.8mm slim pounds, in like manner incorporates a full HD 1080p presentation. In the motor it's energized by an Intel Core i5-6200U processor with paces of up to 2.7GHz. That is joined by 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD stockpiling.

The littler 12.5-inch model skirts the discrete design card, yet it's lighter and more slender at only 12.9 mm and 2.36 pounds. This form likewise has a less intense Intel Core M versatile processor, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD stockpiling.

The one favored position that the 12.5-inch model has over the 13.3-inchi model is that it has a battery life 11.5hours instead of only 9.5hours. Both models similarly have a single USB Type-C port for charging, two USB 3.0 ports and a HDMI yield, accoridng to PC World.

Starting now, Xiaomi will just authoritatively offer the Mi Notebook Air in China beginning on Aug. 2 with costs beginning at 4,999 yuan ($750) - 13.3" model and 3,499 yuan ($525) - 12.5" model.

Evilgrade: Updating a backdoor never gets old

In case you haven’t seen past month advisories, there was a release of multiple vulnerabilities on Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) regarding the safety of updates mechanisms.

Most of the vulnerabilities described on those advisories were ported as a module to evilgrade, and additional modules for non OEM were also included as well.

This vulnerabilities were made public by coresecurity and duo, affecting the following vendors:

Samsung, Lenovo, Intel, Acer, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Asus.

From duo labs’ document Out-of-Box Exploitation: A Security Analysis of OEM Updaters:

• Dell: One high-risk vulnerability involving lack of certificate best practices, known as eDellroot.
• Hewlett Packard: Two high-risk vulnerabilities that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution on affected systems. In addition, five medium-to-low risk vulnerabilities were also identified.
• Asus: One high-risk vulnerability that allow for arbitrary code execution as well as one medium severity local privilege escalation.
• Acer: Two high-risk vulnerabilities that allow for arbitrary code execution.
• Lenovo: One high-risk vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.

From coresecurity’s advisories:

• Samsung: Samsung SW Update Tool is prone to a Man in The Middle attack which could result in integrity corruption of the transferred data, information leak and consequently code execution.
• Lenovo: Lenovo SHAREit for Windows and Android are prone to multiple vulnerabilities which could result in integrity corruption, information leak and security bypasses.
• Intel: Intel Driver Update Utility is prone to a Man in The Middle attack which could result in integrity corruption of the transferred data, information leak and consequently code execution.

Non-OEM Additional modules:

• Keepass: Keepass uses in all versions up to the current 2.33, unencrypted HTTP requests to check for new software versions. An attacker can abuse this automatic update check – if enabled – to “release” a new version and redirect the user to a malicious download page.
• Openbazaar: A man in the middle could intercept the update request and reply with a fake JSON response, forcing the electron updater to download a custom payload and, on platforms where code signing is not enforced by settings, this could lead to a remote code execution.
• Sparkle: All applications that use the Sparkle Updater framework and are connecting over HTTP instead of a secure HTTPS connection are vulnerable. On a side note, a few years ago we reported a prior vulnerability of Sparkle, for an example application like Adium. Despite the way the updates were handled was modified, AppCast, the RSS feed that hosts information about software updates and more, is prone to MITM attacks, resulting in insertion of modified HTML and JavaScript code into a WebView component, finally displaying it to the user. From there, there are interesting things you can do, and one of them was applied to the new Sparkle module.
• Timedoctor: The autoupdate implementation in TimeDoctor Pro 1.4.72.3 on Windows relies on unsigned installer files that are retrieved without use of SSL, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Evilgrade’s latest release (2.0.8 at this moment) includes all the necessary modules to fulfill the exploitation of the mentioned updaters, including one that according to what we know so far hasn’t been published explicitly yet, neither has a CVE, but was mentioned on a blogpost last year, which exploits a firmware update on Lenovo’s mobile devices.

Moreover, there has been fixes and upgrades to the usage of evilgrade and they will be described briefly below:

• A bug on the current version of ReadLine::Gnu that was affecting mostly Kali users was fixed on our side.
• Extended filtering of requests via user agent was added. An example module can be found here. By setting useragent to true, this allows us to trigger an action when the regular expression fields inside of request: req and useragent match the current request. This also grants us the opportunity to filter a request only by the User-Agent header, as seen in sparkle2 module, where req  field accepts all incoming requests “.*” if and only if the useragent matches “Sparkle”.
• 2 new configuration variables <%URL_FILE%> and <%URL_FILE_EXT%> were added to provide a more realistic approach. An example module can be found here. This variables may be used to handle the victim a file with the same name that was requested, for an example. In the asus module scenario, the updater requests an .ide file, for example MODEL_A123.ide that is not legible, but it also has the possibility to request .idx files which are in plaintext. The variables are used to make the updater believe it is asking for the same file but with a different extension.
• Optimization on matching requests: When a module answers a request, the lookup on the following modules stops. This enables evilgrade to serve responses much faster, and encourages users to develop modules that match accordingly.

We hope you enjoy it, and let us know if you have any questions or comments.
https://github.com/infobyte/evilgrade

2016 Intel Unveils First 10-Core Processor for Consumer

2016 Intel Unveils First 10-Core Processor for Consumer

Intel presented another scope of top of the line processors, featured by the organization's first customer confronting Intel 10-Core CPU, the USD$1,723 Extreme Edition Core i7-6950X (Intel as of now has 10-Core processors in the Xeon family, yet these processors are all the more so intended for servers and workstations). Intended for the force hungriest of force clients, the Core i7-6950X's centers keep running at a base clock rate of 3GHz and can be helped to 3.5GHz.

So why does one need all that power? Intel says the new-high processor is ideal for running CPU undertakings in parallel, which can bring about 35% quicker 3D rendering, 25% speedier video altering, 20% quicker video transcoding when contrasted with the organization's past top-end handle (the Core i7-5960X). Then again, gamers could utilize the new chip to play at 4K resolutions while recording a duplicate of the play session, and spilling online in the meantime.

Other new top of the line Intel processors incorporate the eight-center Core i7-6900K (USD$1,089), and two six-center models - the i7-6850K (USD$617) and i7-6800K (USD$434). The majority of Intel's new CPUs are completely opened and bolster overclocking.

Neighborhood estimating and accessibility for Intel's recently reported processors has yet to be affirmed.

Great Gadget Sale 2015: What you need to know!

The much awaited sale from the biggest brands in tech, gadgets and peripherals is here. The Great Gadget Sale 2015 is 3-day event where gadgets and and people who love gadgets collide!

This year's Great Gadget Sale will cater 20 Brands from computers, monitors, gaming accessories, laptops and even mobile phones.

From November 24 to November 26, 2015, expect that the Auditorium of PSE Ortigas (Philippine Stock Exchange Center) in Tektite Tower, Ortigas Center will be jam packed with people. The Great Gadget Sale 2015 opens at 10AM and closes at 8PM.

Pariticipating brands in the Great Gadgets Sale:

• O+
• ABS CBN TV plus
• ASUS
• Lenovo
• Razer
• ArcMobile
• Hewlett Packard
• Toshiba
• CREATIVE
• Belkin
• JBL
• Harman Kardon
• SanDisk
• Western Digital(WD)
• LG
• Logitech
• Sennheiser
• intel
• Wacom
• ZUK

Better prepare and be the early worm, as last year's event was a mayhem(in a good way) as lots of people swiped the place! We also spotted companies who bought bulk items, and probably raffle them out during their year-end party.

The Great Gadget Sale 2015 will only run for 3 days, we suggest you be there early.

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PLDT HOME unveils new TVolution Stick by Intel

PLDT HOME unveils new TVolution Stick by Intel. A Game-changing computer on a stick with power-packed entertainment bundle. Now you can turn your TV to a Smart TV and get connected to the world!

Turn your TV into a Smart TV with PLDT HOME TVolution Stick, powered by Intel

Another innovation has surfaced under the belt of broadband and digital services leader PLDT HOME, and that is the new TVolution Stick in collaboration with multinational technology company Intel.

Taking off from the country’s first over-the-top (OTT) device TVolution—a small device which turns an ordinary TV into an Internet TV, the TVolution Stick takes it a step further by transforming any HDMI-ready TV or monitor into a fully operational computer. No bigger than a dongle, the TVolution Stick is based on the Intel Compute Stick and runs on Windows OS 8.1, letting users stream movies and videos, search the web, send and receive emails and do other activities that are normally done on a PC. Once again, PLDT HOME introduces another first to the OTT devices category in the country.

Offering integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies, the TVolution Stick sports a powerful quad-core Intel® Atom™ processor and Intel® HD Graphics to ensure smooth performance and vivid picture quality. Its pocket-sized body, designed to be portable and space-efficient, carries 32 GB storage, 2 GB memory, a USB 2.0 port and a Micro SD card slot. Users simply need to plug the TVolution Stick into the TV’s HDMI port to activate the computer on screen, and can easily charge it via DC wall charger or powerbank.

On a limited run only until November 30, new subscribers of DSL Plans 999 and up and all PLDT HOME Fibr plans who apply online (pldthome.com) will get this nifty gadget for free, along with popular content from Fox, iflix and Spinnr.

“We’re very happy to introduce the most advanced TVolution, in collaboration with Intel. Apart from providing our consumers entertainment, it gives them a full suite of PC functionality on their TV screens backed by PLDT HOME’s most trusted broadband services,” PLDT VP and HOME Marketing Head Gary Dujali said.

Intel Philippines Country Manager Calum Chisholm added, “The TVolution Stick collaboration between Intel and PLDT provides a complete computing experience compared to other ordinary streaming sticks. When paired with the strong and reliable broadband connection of PLDT, the TVolution Stick by Intel will serve to augment the home entertainment experience offered by PLDT by also bringing full PC capabilities to the home, so Filipinos can both consume and create thus connecting to their potential with technology.” 

This groundbreaking collaboration with Intel comes at the heels of the breakthrough partnerships with global entertainment company and Asia Pacific’s leading broadcaster Fox International Channels and Southeast Asia’s leading Internet TV service iflix. Apart from these, PLDT HOME partnered with various digital lifestyle applications to complement the needs of its consumers.

PLDT HOME commands a market share of over 70 percent in the first half of the year.  Its robust fixed and wireless networks are supported by the country’s most expansive fiber optic network, spanning more than 100,000 kilometers.

“PLDT HOME’s partnership with Intel in introducing the new TVolution Stick lets Filipino families integrate Fox, iflix, and other digital applications in one small but powerful device enabling a richer and more convenient digital lifestyle as we forge the strongest connections at home,” Dujali concluded.

For more information on the most advanced TVolution Stick, visit pldthome.com.

In case you didn't know, the Intel Stick, can be upgraded to Windows 10 for free!

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Intel highlights dedication to digital inclusion through DigiBayanihan initiative

Digibayanihan is an initiative launched by Intel Philippines back in September 2014, together with Department of Science and Technology(DOST) and Non-Government Organizations(NGOs) to establish nationwide literacy on digital technology and devices while creating positive impact on communities in the Philippines.

"While we see an increased adoption of digital devices in Southeast Asia and in the Philippines, there is still a growing gap in digital skills that needs to be addressed in order to fully take advantage of the benefits of the digital age. We introduced DigiBayanihan to promote digital inclusiveness in the country and empower Filipinos with access to digital skills and training and devices, " said Prakash Mallya, Intel Southeast Asia Managing Director.

Together with this, Intel introduced Digibuy, a device-acquisition platform that gives access to affordable digital devices that can be used by schools and educational institutions. Latest devices that can be leased that can be acquired as well at a later time.

"We know that digital literacy efforts would only go so far. This is why we looked for an opportunity to help beneficiaries take the next step in their digital literacy journey by providing them affordable options to own a device. The Digibuy Ownership Platform will help ensure the sustainability of the digibayanihan program and help bring devices to the hands of every Filipino," said Calum Chisholm, Intel Philippines Country Manager.

Three current Digibayanihan partners were tapped for the initial roll-out of the Digibuy Device ownership Platform:

1. National Confederation of Cooperatives(NATCCO)
2. Philippine Society of IT Educators(PSITE)
3. Technical Vocational Schools and Associations of the Philippines(TEVSAPHIL)

Products and devices can now be availed through the Digibuy page in Lazada PH website starting September 1. Retail outlets will also offer them after.

"The DigiBayanihan movement allows us to tap invidividuals who have limited to no access to digital devices. By introducing Digibuy, these individuals have more opportunities to learn and apply their digial skills in their daily lives," said Sreenivas Narayanan, Founder and Managing Director of ASSIST.

"We at Intel acknowledge the role of education and connectivity in empowering developing countries throughout the world. With Southeast Asis being a relatively young but strong region in terms of digial adoption, introducing programs that help promote and sustain digital literacy will help increase productiviry and lay the foundation for a stronger digital economy,"  concluded Mallya.


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