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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- January 21, 2016

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Chrome Browser to Blaze With Brotli
GM Bug Program Gets Mixed Notices
Zero-Day Flaw Puts Millions of Linux Machines, Android Devices at Risk
Child Laborers Mine for Cobalt Used in Tech Gadgets
SpaceX Finds Silver Lining in Failed Sea Landing
Ukraine Mounts Investigation of Kiev Airport Cyberattack
Reading, Writing and Minecraft?
Phishing Attack Could Net LastPass Credentials

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Chrome Browser to Blaze With Brotli
Google Chrome users will get faster Web access soon through the Brotli
open source compression algorithm, which has been rolled out to the M49
release of Chrome. That's in Canary -- which is designed for devs -- so
it's not clear when Brotli will surface in the browser. It gives 20 to
26 percent higher compression ratios over its Zopfli algorithm and
provides faster page loads, the company said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83012.html

GM Bug Program Gets Mixed Notices
Two white-hat hackers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, made headlines
last year when they demonstrated how they could hijack the control
systems of a moving motor vehicle over the Internet. The move got the
attention of the auto industry, and last week General Motors put in
place a program to encourage more digital dabblers to alert the company
when they find bugs in GM vehicles.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83010.html

Zero-Day Flaw Puts Millions of Linux Machines, Android Devices at Risk
Tens of millions of Linux PCs and servers, as well as 66 percent of all
Android mobile devices, are vulnerable to a zero-day flaw that could
allow users with lower-level privileges to gain root access, according
to Perception Point, which announced its discovery last week. The local
privilege escalation vulnerability, which affects Linux Kernel v3.8 and
higher, has existed since 2012, the firm said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83009.html

Child Laborers Mine for Cobalt Used in Tech Gadgets
Amnesty International and African Resources Watch on Tuesday issued a
report alleging that the supply chains of major electronics companies --
including Apple, Sony and Samsung -- included cobalt mined by child
laborers in Africa. The companies have failed to make basic checks to
halt the practice, the report claims. The report traces the harvesting
and sale of cobalt in the poverty-stricken DRC.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83003.html

SpaceX Finds Silver Lining in Failed Sea Landing
SpaceX this week failed in its third attempt to land a rocket on an
ocean platform. The company has landed a reusable rocket on land
successfully, but it has stepped up its efforts to land at sea. The
latest attempt, though not successful, was a step forward, SpaceX said.
The Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to deliver its payload, then land on a
drone ship out in the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83007.html

Ukraine Mounts Investigation of Kiev Airport Cyberattack
Ukrainian officials earlier this week said they had launched a probe
into the source of a cyberattack that targeted a Kiev Airport. The
attack may be related to the BlackEnergy malware attacks that recently
targeted Ukrainian infrastructure facilities, apparently from Russia.
CERT-UA on Monday warned system administrators to be on the alert for
the presence of BlackEnergy malware.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83005.html

Reading, Writing and Minecraft?
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of MinecraftEDU , one of
the building blocks for its upcoming Minecraft: Education Edition .
MinecraftEDU , developed by Teacher Gaming, launched in 2011 as a
version of Minecraft enhanced for the classroom. Microsoft has used the
lessons learned from MinecraftEDU to expand Minecraft: Education Edition
's feature set, the company said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83001.html

Phishing Attack Could Net LastPass Credentials
LastPass has boosted security for its users after a security researcher
alerted the company of a phishing attack he devised to steal users'
login and two-factor authentication credentials. Sean Cassidy, CTO of
Praesidio, demonstrated the phishing attack, which he calls "LostPass,"
last week at ShmooCon. "We think this is a very serious problem," said
Praesidio CEO Edgardo Nazario.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82999.html

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