Internet Explorer: New vulnerabilities - Mouse tracking via JavaScript

Internet Explorer has a security vulnerability that allows cybercriminals to spy the mouse movements of users. According to spider.io, a web service provider, who had already pointed out Microsoft’s security vulnerability in October, hackers could also intercept this on the screen keyboard. For example, PIN or TAN numbers could hack into the hands of hackers. The so-called mouse tracking is possible via JavaScript and works with any version of the Internet Explorer.


Apparently, Microsoft has ignored the problem to this day. On the blog, Internet Explorer developer Dean Hachamovitch announced on the 14th of December 2012 to fix the gap as soon as possible with a patch. It is still unknown when the corresponding update appears. The authors of spider.io claim that at least two companies are already exploiting the security gap for targeted advertising. As long as no update for Internet Explorer appears, we suggest alternative browsers such as Chrome, Firefox or Opera.


SceneLights LB-2500.mini in the test

The SceneLights LB 2500 mini


The LB-2500.mini is a practical as well as flexible LED mini-camcorder for the jacket pocket, which is ready for use immediately thanks to the optional battery. It provides a resolution of 320x180 pixels and a brightness of 60 lumens. The beamer plays videos and displays pictures that are played via USB or a microSD card. As a canvas serves any light surface, a wall or the back of the aircraft seat in the row in front of you. The LED has an operating time of 20,000 hours, the power is supplied either by an optionally available battery or also directly from the socket.


The Beamer, which costs 49.90 euros at Pearl, weighs only 250 grams and is 118x84x44 millimeters small. It is delivered inclusive power supply, remote control, AV cable and American manual and produces a picture diagonal of up to 107 centimeters. The contrast ratio of the tiny is 500: 1


Password security in companies: Interview Sebastian Koye WEB.DE GMX

Bizzwire: What is the meaning of the right data protection and secure passwords for companies? Where are the greatest security risks?


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Sebastian Koye: In companies there are many departments with different data-sensitivity. A file server, on which instructions for its own products lie, is less sensitive than e.g. An accounting server on which the billing or personnel data are located. This is about core information that affects the entire company, which should be especially protected. Access to sensitive data requires special protection, and proper selection of authorized employees should be done.


It is also possible to create additional network protection. If you get anywhere from any computer in a business, more damage can occur than with severed network segments.


With regard to passwords, for example, the possibility of guessing this in the context of colleagues and employees is easier. One knows one another and who would not know the first name of the wife or the name of the dog of his citizenship? The password must also be written down in any case.


If private surfing on the Internet is not permitted in a company, this has security-relevant reasons, as the risk of interfering with other malicious software is significantly reduced.


How often should companies change the passwords of their employees?


A now common frequency for changing the password is three months. This can also be set up with today's operating and network systems in such a way that every employee is obliged to do so.


Particular attention should be paid to areas accessible from the outside. These include e.g. The web access for e-mail access or externally used computers with a VPN access.


Corresponding password settings can help to ensure that certain elements such as special characters, numbers, small and upper-case letters are integrated into the password and thus a password can not be guessed.


Our colleagues from the PC magazine present tips on password security


Are there alternatives to secure password? What technical tools are suitable for companies to better protect accounts?


There are sensible additions. The multi-factor authentication offers the possibility to additionally secure a password. For particularly sensitive areas, e.g. With rolling tokens on a key hanger, fingerprint sensors or even smartphone applications, additional hurdles can be created that increase both internal and external data security.


We already use the multiple authentication system for De-Mail, which enables small and medium-sized businesses to communicate on the Internet in a secure way, thus saving costs for franking and enveloping the paper mail.


Thank you for the interview.


Open Office from Apache: Tips for Free Office Alternatives from Microsoft

OpenOffice is the free alternative for Microsoft’s Office package. The software package provides many features that are also available at Microsoft. Here are some helpful tips and tricks.


Writer: Insert Special Character


On a normal American keyboard you will not find all the special characters, such as © 3/4 ae c n ö o ¢. If you need such character "exotics", place the cursor in your document where the special character is to be inserted. Afterwards, select "Special characters" in the "Insert" main menu. The "Special characters" dialog box opens. Use the "Fonts" and "Area" fonts in the main window to navigate to the desired special character and select the character you want to insert with the mouse.


Impress: The two fastest ways to insert a new slide


The marked character is shown again enlarged on the bottom left behind "characters:" including its number code. When you confirm the "OK" button, the character then moves to the cursor position in your text. When selecting the special character, you should know that different fonts also contain different special characters. If your preferred font does not contain the desired special character, you should search for other fonts.


Writer: Insert Comment


Impress does not have a keyboard shortcut to insert a new slide. Nevertheless, two clicks are sufficient to attach a blank slide. Click "Insert" in the menu at the top of the window. There the first entry is "Slide". This will insert a new slide into the presentation. Option 2: An overview bar is displayed on the left-hand side of the screen. Click with the right mouse button on the free area under the slides. The "New slide" option appears.


CALC: Add certain values ​​of a selected data range


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Tip: To change the order of the slides, you can move them in the left column of option 2 with the mouse. You can also drag the newly inserted slide to a different location.


If several people work on a document, it makes sense to work with comments in the text. For example, it is immediately clear to everyone, where there are, for example, criticisms or changes. To insert a comment, place the cursor at the appropriate point in the text, and click "Comment" on the "Insert" menu (the "Note" option should be selected in older OpenOffice versions.)


An input window appears at the edge of the document. The window automatically displays the name of the current user as well as the date and time at the bottom. In this input box write your comment. When you save the document, the comment will continue to exist, including the date and time, until it is deleted.


If you only want to add certain values ​​from a data specification, use the Calc formula "SUMMWAY". In the standard version of the function, the value check refers to the cells themselves to be added.


In our table, the expression = SUMWAY (B3: B14; 3) adds the contents of all cells in the range "B3" to "B14" that contain the value "3". In addition to an exact value, however, operators such as "greater than" and / or "smaller than" can also be used, e.g. = SUMWAY (C3: C14;> 50 ") Adds numbers greater than" 50 "


The formula construct = SUMWAY (D3: D14; " 130") adds all values ​​of the respective range except the value "130". If you want to add all the numbers that range from 100 to 999, write: = SUMTWAY (E3: E14; "...") The three points represent a three-digit number. For four-digit numbers you set four points, etc. And here is another formula. If you select [SUM] (E3: E14; "[12] .."), all 3-digit numbers beginning with a 1 or 2, ie all numbers from 100 to 299 are added.


Make Taxation Online: Control Software in Test

In the following article, we have tested five control programs that make online tax assessment easier and provide you with ways to save more money and thus have more money.


Pre-filled tax declaration from 2017


Elster and some commercial online programs know the answer to almost every tax issue and support you in completing the annual tax return. The advantage of these online helpers is that they do not have to buy and install software, so they can be sure to always use the latest version.


Elster - the official financial management portal


The downside: sometimes the performance of the online control programs hurts, so you wait a while until the pages are loaded or the data is stored. In addition, the data on the Internet servers of the respective providers end up, thus avoiding your control. However, the services tested provide SSL for secure transfer from and to the private computer.


Wage tax-compact.com


From 2017, by the way, it will be even easier to settle his tax declaration online. As of the beginning of 2017, the financial administration wants to offer the "pre-filled tax return" (VaSt). Many data such as name and date of birth, address and religious affiliation are already entered into the tax form. Furthermore, the financial administration has many stored data from third parties, for example the health insurance, the pension insurance or your employer. All these data can be imported via the ElsterOnline portal, the ElsterFormular as well as the services of commercial providers.


WiSo Internet Sparbuch


In order to retrieve your own data stored in the financial administration, you must register and authenticate as a taxpayer at Elster. For registration in the ElsterOnline portal, you need your identification number or tax number, an e-mail address and optionally your new ID card. You enter your data and receive an activation ID for your Elster account by e-mail. You will receive an activation code by post. First, both together generate an electronic certificate, which is checked for each transaction. In the sense of the law, you can use your electronic signature to completely clear your tax declaration, since the certificate replaces your personal signature.


Help with control questions on the web


In addition to the great tools described in the article, there are a number of other resources on the web around tax.


The mother of all online tax programs is Elster, the official tax program of the tax offices. And no matter what software solution you capture your control data, they are always sent via the Elster interface of your control software.


Elster offers employees, retirees and retirees as well as entrepreneurs the possibility to create their tax declaration on the PC and to transmit it electronically to the tax office. There are two possibilities: You can download a software on your computer under the ElsterFormular menu item, fill the forms locally and send them to the tax office via the Internet. ElsterOnline, the service portal for financial management, offers the possibility to register and submit various tax returns and notifications online with an Internet browser.


If you are unsure when you are finished, a help will show you which data is required in the respective field. The help texts have become somewhat more comprehensible over the years, but they are not always sufficient for the tax-advisory auxiliaries of commercial products. Practical: The Elster software accepts various calculations when entering. If an error occurs, the plausibility check warns. However, the information you are supposed to clarify about the nature of the error is often very cryptic. Overall, Elster is mainly used for the transmission of tax data - it is not designed as a tool that reveals a thousand legal tax breaks. If the financial authority has generated the notification, you can also view it electronically via Elster and compare it with the explanatory data for deviations.


Lesetipp: Tips for your online tax return


Lohnsteuer-kompakt.de is the right software if you would like to state your income as an employee (investment N), from capital assets, retirement income or other income (investment SO - without private sales). As a married couple, you can choose whether you want to be assessed together or separately. You can also register income from self-employment or a business enterprise. However, freelancers can not create and transfer revenue receipts (EUR). Furthermore, no income from agriculture or forestry or foreign income can be registered.


It is recommended to start with the free version. The software explains in a concise and comprehensible manner - and sometimes also amusingly, what information is to be made. If you are unsure, click on the help button next to each field. The Pump: On the basis of your data, Lohnsteuer-kompakt.de provides tips on tax savings. Similar to a tax consultant, the software taps your life for further savings. Then you can have your tax savings calculated. You must then send the data to the tax office. In the basic version, the one-time costs 14.99 euros. Anyone who decides for the Deluxe version for 24.99 euros can later have his tax assessment checked for errors by the tax authorities.


Taxpayers'


The WiSo Internet Sparbuch is the online version of the WiSo tax booklet. It helps with income, turnover and trade tax, but also offers fields for income from agriculture and forestry or foreign income. In addition, the software supports the revenue surplus account that self-employed persons who earn more than 17,500 euros a year. In short, all types of revenue are the WiSo software. Thus the Wiso Internet Sparbuch offers much more options than wohnsteuer-kompakt.de. However, the long list threatens to slay the user. Here, the interview mode provides remedy. A question is used to determine which information is entered into the field, in addition, the software explains in a comprehen- sive manner which points are to be taken into account.


Once the interview is finished, you can view the results and search for other options. A calculator calculates the income tax so that you know with pay increases already times, which is to you. When data is transferred, various sources are accepted: in addition to WiSo products such as WiSo My money or the WiSo budget book, data can be imported via T-Online Banking or via StarMoney. In addition, the Internet scarf can read csv and xml files.


SmartSteuer.de


If you want to transfer the data to the tax office, the sum of 29.95 euros for dispatching the final tax declaration via the Internet is a plus. Overall, the WiSo Internet Sparbuch is a very powerful tool, but because of the many functions is confusing. The interview mode slightly reduces this.


The online tool from Steuerfuchs looks extremely sober, but the input masks are clearly structured. Via the interview mode, the software guides all important input fields, which must be filled in the tax declaration. The software processes the employee's salary and income, income as self-employed person or as a trader, income from leasing and leasing as well as income from retirement. In the case of data on agriculture and forestry or on foreign investments, Steuerfuchs.de must be appropriate. Also, the VAT declaration and the EUR investment for self-employed persons can not be created.


If you do not know if you are filling out one or the other field, the software provides help and calculates, for example, the mileage or the sum of the annual depreciation. It is confusing, however, that the interview overview disappears as soon as you click on the form fields. And the help information does not appear in a popup, but catapults the user to another level in the program - which initially irritates a bit. But whoever has become accustomed to the structure gets a useful result when the tax declarations are not too complex. The transfer of the data to the tax office is worth 14.95 euros.


Conclusion


You can try Smartsteuer.de with an anonymous user account. A tidy and clear interface leads in the interview mode through the tax identification. The explanations, which appear on the right margin, however, are quite technocratic. Schön: At the end of the interview, the software analyzes where taxpayer options might be hidden and makes targeted suggestions where savings could be made. If you want to transfer your tax return to the tax office, you will pay € 14.95.


With all online control programs you can quickly enter your data, the programs point to gaps that promise additional tax savings potential. Transmission takes place within seconds, and when the tax refusal is unsuccessful, sample letters help.


Philips 55PUS7101 in the test

Philips 55PUS7101.


Multifunctional


Noticeable on the Philips 55PUS7101 are the curved, sanded feet. They stand out from the current - usually dull-acting - base-unit-paste. Another great thing is the thick broadband loudspeaker on the back of the TV. Together with the hidden main speakers, they gave a very pleasant sound in the test - although the maximum loudness was comparatively low.


Conclusion


As an obligatory in the 7000er series is already already the back-lit Ambilight, which the TV picture in color on the wall behind it projects and thus seemingly enlarged. With the Android TV operating system, many services are preinstalled. Thus, all major streaming providers are on board. The comprehensive gaming portal Gamestree ensures for a while. But also practical applications such as the Teamviewer or a dropbox client are included. Thus, media files can be exchanged and viewed over the Internet. So that the additional downloaded apps no place lack, the device memory of 16 gigabytes via USB hard disk can be extended. On the docked USB memory, the TV also records the current TV program. With just a simple tuner, the receiver can not be changed while the recording is running, but all other ways are open like the app of an online video store.


The user can use the handy keyboard on the back of the remote control to make long-lasting text input. Alternatively, the 7100er can also command the successful smartphone and tablet app. It also provides a comprehensive view of the current TV program and recordings on the recording disk.


The wide-color gamut panel impressed the lab with a very wide color space, which is missing only one thousandth, to represent the usual color space REC.709 for HD. Even the larger DCI-P3 color space he still represented 95 percent. Only in the range of the brightness convinced the Philips not quite. Lights - like the reflections on water drops - did not sparkle as brilliantly as in the competition. With HDR sources one expects simply a fireworks. TV, however, the Philips presented very clear and sharp. Perfect Natural Motion caused for buttery pans and eradicated Ruckler effectively from film material. Although artifacts could be found here and there, their overall performance was still within the scope.


Cheap HDR-Android, which is also back-lit and works with quad-core processor quickly.


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Windows 10: Disable P2P upload for Windows updates

In March the P2P technology for Windows updates in Windows 10 had indicated, the confirmation comes with the release of the free update. With peer-to-peer technology, the main servers are relieved by the fact that the clients function practically as a server network and, in addition to Microsoft’s sources, can supply themselves with the necessary files to be downloaded. In Windows Update, the function – which is activated by default – can be disabled, as Carsten Knobloch, founder of Caschy’s blog, describes.


To do this, simply go to the PC settings in Windows 10 and open the "Update and Security" section. In "Windows Update", click on the "Advanced Options". There you will find the point "Delivery of updates". There one can disable the function completely or adjust so that the P2P principle only in the own home network or additionally also online access. Simply move the slider to the left, or leave it in the default setting, and click the desired option by clicking.


With the rollout of large Windows updates, such a function from Microsoft's point of view is useful, so that there will not be bottlenecks or even failures. Because Microsoft is not always able to allocate up to 40 Terabits per second of bandwidth to distribute updates.


Lesetipp: Windows 10 or Windows 7?


It is less useful to activate the function in the default setting and not to inform the user about it. An active upload restricts the bandwidth for the user. If it is not informed, reduced speed when using cloud services or social networks can quickly lead to unnecessary short-circuit reactions. In addition, there are still users of Internet volumes. Especially these will not welcome additional traffic.