News Roundup: Motorola announces phone is "always listening" Syrian Electronic Army aims Reuters and White House, and Apple releases the update t ...

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Motorola announced the phone is "always listening

Motorola has announced a new phone that is said to be" still listening "for any voice command its owner. The company, which is owned by Google, has revealed that the Moto X will constantly listening to the phrase, 'Okay Google Now ... "in order to respond to the instructions of its owner. The phone will be in the United States and customers will be able to customize their device in depth. owned by Google brand makes this new version may cause tensions in the Android market, because at present the vast majority of sales come from Samsung Android phones. Several other manufacturers whose phones run on Google's operating system are struggling to generate enough sales.

Syrian Electronic Army Reuters Twitter account target and emails from the White House

Pro-Assad hackers known as the Syrian Electronic Army has targeted Thompson Reuters Twitter and multiple email accounts used by staff of social media for the white House in order to disseminate pro-Assad messages in support of the Syrian government. Mail accounts from the White House were phished by a collection of emails claiming to come from the BBC and CNN. The attack failed, but a Reuters hack Twitter account was successful. The SEA has used the account to share cartoons and political messages until he was suspended and restored.

Apple releases update to deal with malicious loaders

We have previously reported that a group of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology had put developed a device that could allow hackers to penetrate an iPhone using the charger from the phone only. Apple has now confirmed that it plans to release a software update to try to protect its products from these malicious loaders. The update is still pending at the moment, but warns users to be sure they trust both the shipper and the point of loading prior to plug their device. Malicious chargers and data theft application they are using have been exhibited at the conference Black Hat Hacker, who is being held in Las Vegas.

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