Recently i got myself a cool new gadget, the Digital Photo Keychain a.k.a the Digital Photo Frame. Whats cool about it is that it enables you to store and display your favorite photos anytime and anywhere you go! This portable, sleek, easy-to-handle gadget is truly worth spending on and i call it the Portable-Digi Photo Album. Now i can share my memorable moments with my family and friends in a cool way! If you are looking for a new gadget to check out or finding the right gift for your loved one, this is something you definitely should not miss.

The Digital Photo Frame Features:

128 x 128 LCD screen
In built application to syncronise the photos
2MB – 5MB memory (Depending on the model you prefer)
Slide Show Mode
Auto off
Adjustable contrast
Adjustable backlight brightness
Digital Clock
Built-in 3.7V lithium battery
USB Port (The USB connecter is provided)
Keychain hook

Pros:

• It’s light,portable,sleek,easy-to-handle
• Works best as a gift
• Easy to use interface
• Quick synchronization of photos
• While uploading the photos from your computer to the device, you don’t need to work on resizing and adjusting the photos according to your the device requirements, instead, the in-built software quickly performs the work for you
• The photos can also be deleted directly from the device

Cons:

• The screen is very delicate when it comes to scratches. Get a scratch guard to avoid the scratch marks on the screen.

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Virus analysts at Kaspersky Lab have intercepted a new variant of Gpcode, a malicious virus that encrypts important files on an infected desktop and demands payment for a key to recover the data.

The biggest change in this variant of the ransomeware is the use of RSA encryption algorithm with a 1024-bit key, making it impossible to crack without without the author’s key.

Here’s the explanation:

We recently started getting reports from infected victims, analysed a sample, and added detection for Gpcode.ak to our antivirus databases yesterday, on June 4th. However, although we detect the virus itself, we can’t currently decrypt files encrypted by Gpcode.ak – the RSA encryption implemented in the malware uses a very strong, 1024 bit key.

The RSA encryption algorithm uses two keys: a public key and a private key. Messages can be encrypted using the public key, but can only be decrypted using the private key. And this is how Gpcode works: it encrypts files on victim machines using the public key which is coded into its body. Once encrypted, files can only be decrypted by someone who has the private key – in this case, the author or the owner of the malicious program.

After Gpcode encrypts files on the victim machine, it adds ._CRYPT to the extension of the encrypted files and places a text file named !_READ_ME_!.txt in the same folder. In the text file the criminal tells the victims that the file has been encrypted and offers to sell them a “decryptor”:

«Your files are encrypted with RSA-1024 algorithm.

To recovery your files you need to buy our decryptor.

To buy decrypting tool contact us at: ********@yahoo.com»

There are three Yahoo e-mail addresses associated with the new version of the ransomware.

For more on this story, see Slashdot, Network World and Viruslist.com.  Here’s background on the earlier version of GPcode.

Source: Zdnet Blogs