They announced the most popular Android smartphones

An unconditional leader is the Korean giant Samsung. A new rating of the most popular Android-powered smartphones in different countries around the world has emerged. The ranking was made by the analyst firm AppBrain.

Overall, the Samsung dominate rating. This is typical of the market in Bulgaria, where the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) heads the Top 10 with a share of 3.3%. The Korean manufacturer has a total of 6 devices in the top ten, followed by Huawei and Lenovo with two smartphones.

For comparison, in the US the most popular is the Samsung Galaxy S7, where its market share is about 6.3%. Second and third places are also in the hands of the Korean manufacturer, as four other devices of the same brand are in the Top 10.

Samsung Galaxy S8 - intelligent smartphone rimless

The new flagship has an impressive 5.8-inch or 6.2-inch display, clean seamless design, the new interface without buttons and smooth rounded shapes The compact design of Galaxy S8 allows convenient one-hand operation Galaxy S8, announced today by Samsung, offering users new ways of interacting with smartphones, more features and amenities, impressive display and a range of services and applications. "Galaxy S8 is our request to regain consumer confidence by changing the perception of security capabilities and marks a new stage in the history of Samsung smartphone", said the day of the premiere DJ Koch, president of the mobile division of Samsung.

The smartphone comes with a 5.8-inch or 6.2-inch Infinity display with resolution of 2960 × 1440 pixels and clean seamless design with no buttons and a smooth rounded shapes. The compact design of Galaxy S8 allows convenient one-hand operation, while the protective Corning Gorilla Glass coating 5 on the front and back of the device provides protection and durability, and high-quality finish.

Galaxy S8 is equipped with improved 8 megapixel F1.7 front camera with autofocus and smart 12MP F1.7 Dual Pixel basic, for good images in low light, zoom and images without fogging. For greater performance and connectivity, Galaxy S8 has the industry's first 10-nm chip - quad-core, 64-bit, the clock frequency 2,3GHz and 1,7GHz, supplemented by 4GB RAM LPDDR4 and 64GB-volatile memory (UFS 2.1) . The device supports Gigabit LTE and Gigabit Wi-Fi connectivity to 1 Gbps.

Galaxy S8 is the first mobile device, certified by Uhd Aliansa as Mobile HDR Premium, which means it supports bright colors and contrasts. In addition, Galaxy S8 offers a gaming experience next level with amazing graphics technology, as well as a package of games that includes popular titles, some of which are supported by Vulkan API.

In terms of security, Galaxy S8 comes with Samsung Knox platform, a wide range of biometric technologies, incl. fingerprint scanners, iris and face recognition so that users have a choice of different methods of identification. In addition, Galaxy S8 is IP68 certified for resistance to water and dust, supports MicroSD cards of up to 256GB, Always ON function display and faster wireless charging. The intelligent interface Bixby helps users make the most of the device. The new Bixby button provides easy access and navigation between services and applications with simple commands activated by voice, touch, text or image.

Initially voice function of Bixby will integrate several standard applications and functionalities of Samsung, incl. Camera, Contacts, Gallery, Messages and Settings, in the near future capabilities will be expanded with more applications of the company and external developers. Opportunities for contextual understandings allow Bixby offer customized assistance based on what interface learns about your interests, condition and location. Users can also shop around to look for images and receive details about the places around them using the technology to recognize images of Bixby. With the expansion of its ecosystem, Bixby will be able to connect to various devices, applications and services as a universal interface.

Galaxy S8 is compatible with the new helmet Virtual Reality Gear VR controller, developed jointly with Oculus. The controller offers easy operation and navigation with one hand and better interaction during movement when accessing interactive VR content. Galaxy S8 will be associated with the new camera Gear 360 and create 4K 360-degree video and 15 megapixel photos. The unique solution DeX Samsung turns the smartphone into a desktop PC offers a desktop experience. It gives users access and edit data directly from the smartphone.

Samsung Connect technology facilitates the management of smart devices. Thanks to this, users can activate IoT devices via quick three-step process of configuration and manage all connected devices via an integrated application.  New headphones from AKG by Harman with uncompromising sound quality offered as accessory kit. The headphones have a comfortable hybrid form that fits better in the ear and effectively reduces noise and are made of a special material that prevents tangling. Sales of the Galaxy S8 in Europe, including Bulgaria, will start on April 28. Starting today and running period for pre-order, which will last until April 19, incl. Each pre-order will receive its Galaxy S8 to eight days before the official start of sales. The device will be available in two basic colors - Midnight Black and Orchid Gray.

Operation Fine Dining: some of the most popular programs used by the CIA, according to documents on WikiLeaks

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and many other companies quickly responded to the expiration of documents by the CIA, with detailed descriptions of hacker tools and dozens 0 day vulnerabilities in some of the most popular programs and devices. One of the first reported last night that they have fixed up the bug mentioned in the package of documents Vault 7 WikiLeaks, were the creators of the hugely popular text editor Notepad ++, which is used by the CIA by replacing the DLL. This editor colored syntax of programming languages ​​can check spelling in several languages ​​simultaneously and is very popular among developers and users. The documents Vault 7 describes the replacement DLL in Notepad ++. More precisely, one of the founders or exploit testers complained about the small problem in the work already finished exploit.

The document of WikiLeaks precisely described that Notepad ++ loads Scintilla - component for editing code from the dynamic library SciLexer.dll, used by executable. From this library is exported only one function named Scintilla_DirectFunction. 

The specialist cited open source Notepad ++ to determine prototype exportable function:

sptr_t __stdcall Scintilla_DirectFunction (ScintillaWin * sci, UINT iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam)

The creator of the eavesdropper code complains that he can not call this function, although additional plugins used for direct work with Scintilla. But at the same time it adds that ordinary remote replacement library SciLexer.dll works well and hopes that his colleagues will iron out the problem. The creators of Notepad ++ literally the next day after secret documents presented the latest version Notepad ++ 7.3.3, in which the problem is solved and the original library SciLexer.dll already can not be replaced with the same SciLexer.dll, but by the CIA, which collects table data in the background. The problem is solved cardinal. Version of Notepad ++ 7.3.3 and later, the editor checks the certificate library SciLexer.dll prior to loading. If the certificate is absent or invalid, the editor does not work.Some web portals appeared information that is not a bad idea file SciLexer.dll be taken from version Notepad ++ 7.3.3 and overwrite the older and presumably compromised version of the file in the directory of Notepad. This is handy if for some reason the user prefers to use an older version of Notepad ++. Notepad ++ programmers compare this protection by placing a combination lock on the front door. It can not protect you from people who really want to break into your home, but provides sufficient protection when you are away or busy with something else.

Other popular programs. The editor Notepad ++ is part of the operation Fine Dining, under which the CIA realized exploits for various popular programs. The list of Fine Dining includes exploits or listening modules 24 software products. Most of them use replacement DLL library.

Here is the list itself, which will probably surprise and will continue to surprise many people:

• VLC Player Portable
• irfan View
• chrome Portable
• Opera Portable
• firefox Portable
• ClamWin Portable
• Kaspersky TDSS Killer Portable
• McAfee Stinger Portable
• Sophos Virus Removal
• thunderbird Portable
• Opera Mail
• foxit Reader
• Libre Office Portable
• Prezi
• babel Pad
• notepad ++
• Skype
• Iperius Backup
• Sandisk Secure Access
• U3 Software
• 2048
• LBreakout2
• 7-Zip Portable
• Portable Linux CMD Prompt

Naturally, the CIA has a much more sophisticated exploits. Such as injecting kernel rootkit operating system, infecting the BIOS, etc. But this example shows that the intelligence did not give up more simple and less technological methods, such as replacing a DLL. It is assumed that these very simple exploits created by trainees or by some external demand. All understand that the overall protection of monitoring by the government is not possible - the country has a very large resource. But if it is in their power to obstruct any vulnerability, it is better to do, although it seems useless. Anyway, and other software companies have announced that they have taken measures against published by WikiLeaks used vulnerabilities and specialized hacking tools. Apple said that many of the vulnerabilities listed in the Vault 7 have become obsolete and are not present in the latest version of iOS. Obviously, other vulnerabilities will be pachnati with subsequent updates. Microsoft said Vault 7 as follows: "We saw the documents and currently study them."

Samsung, in which CIA hack smart TVs family F8000 said: "We met with the report and urgently study the matter."

Google expressed confidence that the latest updates on security for Chrome and Android will protect consumers from these vulnerabilities in the document. "Our analysis continues and we take the necessary measures."

A few hours ago has information that Julian Assange has said that large technology companies will gain exclusive access to the exploits of CIA shortly before WikiLeaks to publish them to the general public.

Apple attacks Samsung's own terrain, opening the first store in South Korea

Apple plans to open its first store for end users in South Korea - the country where the host is the largest competitor in the smartphone Samsung. Website of the American company emerged 15 new ads for jobs in Seoul, including manager and store manager. "We are excited about the upcoming opening of our first Apple Store in South Korea," said Apple in a statement. So far, the company refused to disclose where exactly will be the new store, but according to local agency Yonhap News, the construction has already begun in one of the southern districts of Seoul and the project should be completed by the end of November 2017.

Samsung alliance creates some technology with quantum dots

On the market for televisions clash swords two promising technologies at the moment - displays quantum dots Samsung's panels and organic light emitting diode (OLED) of LG. Samsung believes that its technology is superior to OLED and intends to reveal the know-how to other manufacturers. For this purpose, the Korean giant plans to create Alliance for imposing technology with quantum dots, said CDRinfo.com. According to the company, the panels with quantum dots (QD) provide a higher image quality than OLED technology. Samsung expects its other other manufacturers also adopt QD technology and to market TVs in its base.

LG, in turn, highlighted as disadvantages of competing technologies weaker contrast and small viewing angle. Samsung, claiming that the new QLED panels (LED displays based on quantum dots), which will debut at CES 2017 in January in Las Vegas, these drawbacks are removed. Samsung and LG's focus on panels with a resolution of 4K (3840 × 2160 pixels), while Taiwanese and Japanese competitors emphasize the development of TV panels with a resolution of 8K, or 7680 × 4320 pixels.