Android phones and gooligan malware -Don't Panic

Gooligan malware and android phones.

A couple of days ago it was in announced that Google has suffered a massive malware infection affecting over one million android users across the globe.

A security firm named Check Point Technologies was the one the found this malware and announced it. There is a website they have posted where users can enter the email account they use for  google (usually is a gmail account) and it will let the users know if the account has been compromised.  Below is the link.

Gooligan Check Point

Tips for today:

DON'T PANIC

1) If your phone or tablet is running androig 6.0 (marshmallow) or newer, then it is not affected.
2) Moreover if you only install apps on your phone from the google play store and don't install apps from third party places then more likely your account hasn't been compromised.

WHO REALLY NEEDS TO WORRY?

If you own an old phone (running android 4.0 kitkat or 5.0 lollipop ) and are the kind of user that likes to jail brake the phones or install apps from third party app stores (other than amazon) in order the get free apps that are supposed to be paid. Then you might be infected.


I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2017.

See you soon with more tips :)

Is it really about costumers? ....Apple vs FBI

What the FBI is really asking vs Apple marketing campaign

I had to put my two cents in this matter since it really aggravates me the amount of miss interpretation it could come from all this tweets from Apple vs. FBI. 

Apple vs FBI

In a nut shell what the FBI is asking to Apple is to allow them inside one single iPhone. The one used by terrorists in the San Bernadino attack. The phone apparently is locked and the FBI is asking Apple help to unlock the phone. 

Now Apple has started a big anti-FBI campaign and included all their costumers on it. Of course in the mean time they are using all this to market their phones as so secure  that not the FBI can access it. I am not so sure about the so claimed security since the iCloud has been hacked before.

What it bothers me the most is this that this is a matter of national security and Apple is basically using it to gain costumers (IMO). 

We are all entitled to believe whatever we want but I just wish people would be more informed.