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Beware of Latest Gmail Hack and How To Prevent That

By on June 3, 2011 in Guide, Tech Review

I just saw a tweet that make me want to write this post and publish it immediately!
There is a serious flaw in Google Gmail service, i believe many of you readers are using that service and probably having a tab open in your browser.

@wenyunchao tweeted a video demonstrated that how the hack work:

The video is in Chinese, but i will briefly explain whats going on.
To check if your account already been infected, go to your gmail account setting, click on the Account tab, and at the Grant access to your account section, check if there is any entry that you are not familiar with. If there is any, please click DELETE immediately.
How the hack work is by using a URL that had been masked, and an email to trick you to click the link.
The hack was demonstrated on Firefox 4.0 and the linked page will load a flash file that will then using the flash Redirect technology to execute a URL parameter.

After you are infected, the hacker will then have access to your account without the need to have your account password.
Im not sure if this hack had been used in places other than China, but apparently, quite a lot of users from China are tricked to click the link due to the email hack link is masked to be the popular weibo (microblogging service) in china.

To prevent this, as usual, DO NOT CLICK any link from any email. Copy and paste. And some suggest that you open the link in a completely different browser.
And also check your gmail setting frequently. Check for unauthorized access and check who you grant the permission to access your inbox.

Till now, there is no report if the hack will work in Google Chrome since chrome suppose to have the sandbox to protect the users, but since this is related to flash, its completely different story.
And many believe this is a flaw by Google, and hopefully Google will patch this and give some sort of notification to the users when this type of important setting had changed.

Until then, Be aware and take care.

joshuatly2011

Disclaimer, Im no security expert, I write this post just to raise awareness. The information given above may be incorrect. If you found any mistake or flaw in the blog post above, please let me know in the comment, I will try to correct it.

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Tap Sonic Coming Soon To US iTunes & Android

By on May 28, 2011 in Android, Games, music, news, Tech Review

Remember my post about Tap Sonic early this year?
Tap Sonic: DJMax on iPhone/iPad

If you are not familiar with it, Tap Sonic is a music game on iOs, similar to Tap Tap but the songs are mostly original songs and its by Pentavision which is the game maker of DJMax which is a music game on PSP and arcade.

Tap Sonic for Android Dated

According to Tap Sonic’s Facebook Page, the Korean version of Tap Sonic will be available by May 2011 which means Android users will get it really soon. I dont know if it will only appear in Korean Android Market or available globally. Reading the official comment on the facebook page suggest that Korean Android users will get it first, and the other country will get after the release of Tap Sonic iOS version outside of Korea.

Tap Sonic for iOS Users in Japan and US

While Tap Sonic is only available in korean itunes appstore, US and Japan iOS users rejoice! The game will be available in US and Japan iTunes Appstore later this year. No specific date is announced yet but I think Neowin wont keep gamers waiting for long.

Korean Songs in Tap Sonic Might Be Available For Gamers Outside of Korean

While Tap Sonic features a lot of K-POP songs, there is no words of if these songs will make it to the global release of the game due to licencing issue. But they are certainly have the plan to include all songs in all the game release and we hope they can figure it out.

More DJ Max Songs will be featured in Tap Sonic soon and no pricing scheme announced yet.

There will be more updates on this blog as they had been announced. I myself really look forward to play this on my Android device!

By the way, you can follow the news on the links below:
Tap Sonic English Facebook Page
Tap Sonic Korean Facebook Page
Play Tap Sonic on Twitter

And dont forget to follow me on twitter @joshuatly

joshuatly2011

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WordConf Asia 2011 Liveblogging

By on May 14, 2011 in Events Coverage, Tech Review

Thanks Colin for the ticket and organizing this awesome event, WordConf Asia 2011. And here I am! Tweet a lot hopefully. But below is the live stream of the event! Enjoy! (Even if you are not here)

OKOK. Links to slides shared by the speakers.
Making WordPress Idiot Bulletproof for Clients by David Wang – Slide
How to Easily Make Your WordPress Site Social with Facebook Social Plugins by Aizat Faiz – Slide & Demo
Me, WordPress and Nginx by Errazudin Ishak – Slide
Do More, Code Less: Enable WordPress with Workflow Apps by Tien Soon – Slide – Blog Post – WordPress Plugin
Getting the most out of WordPress – High Performance WordPress and etc. by Gareth Davies – Slides & Notes – MaxClient Calculation
Geoblogging – How to get your WordPress blog noticed by people with location interest? – Premesh Chandran – Slide – WordPress Plugin

joshuatly2011

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