Chameleon' - the computer virus that spreads through wi-fi

Computer viruses now live up to
their name: thanks to British
researchers wi-fi networks can
now infect each other just like a
common cold works.

It is the stuff of cyber
nightmares: an undetectable
virus that moves through the
airwaves. But researchers at the
University of Liverpool have
made it a reality. They have
shown, for the first time, that wi-
fi networks can be infected via
their access points, rather than
computers – living not in the
internet, but in the wi-fi space.
In densely populated areas where
wi-fi hotspots were prevalent,
the "Chameleon" virus – which
was designed by researchers at
the university's school of
computer science and electrical
engineering and electronics –
could spread as quickly as the
common cold.
They proved this by simulating –
in a laboratory environment –
attacks on London and Belfast.
Densely populated areas had
more access points in close
proximity, and so the virus
spread more quickly. Their
research was published in the
European Association for Signal
Processing's Journal on
Information Security.
"When 'Chameleon' attacked an
access point, it didn't affect how
it worked, but was able to collect
and report the credentials of all
other wi-fi users who connected
to it," said Alan Marshall,
professor of network security at
the university. "The virus then
sought out other wi-fi access
points that it could connect to and
infect."
Professor Basie von Solms,
director of the Centre for Cyber
Security at the University of
Johannesburg, said that what
makes "Chameleon" novel is that
it "lives" in the wi-fi cyberspace,
and attacks via access points.
"They have proved now, in a
controlled environment, that such
a virus can spread very quickly
via wi-fi, which was not so clear
before.
"Also, because it 'lives' in the 'wi-
fi cyber space', it is not detected
because it never really infects a
computer directly."
Open access
"While many access points are
sufficiently encrypted and
password protected, the virus
simply moved on to find those
which weren't strongly
protected, including open access
wi-fi points common in locations
such as coffee shops and
airports," the University of
Liverpool said.
Current virus detection
programmes look for viruses
present on computers or the
internet, not on the wi-fi
network itself.
However, Von Solms said it
remains theoretical because "if
such a virus is used for malicious
purposes … it will have some
kind of payload which will infect
computers and other devices,
because that is where the desired
data and information reside".
Von Solms said this research
showed that cyberspace is
constantly evolving and urged
caution for all users.

Synovate Research: UhuRuto RATED worst, as HALF of Central Kenya REGRET VOTING JUBILEE

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee hits low
marks in survey
National approval of the Jubilee Government
appears to be plummeting, with the latest
opinion poll revealing that most Kenyans think
the country is heading in the wrong direction.
And the media remains the most trusted
institution at 68 per cent, higher even than
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s approval rating of 53
per cent, in the same opinion poll released
yesterday by Ipsos Synovate.
The study has come at a time Uhuru’s
administration continues to battle rising
perception that it is unfriendly to the media and
non-governmental organisations and is doing too
little to stem the growing cost of living and
insecurity.
The survey reveals that as many as six out of 10
Kenyans (or 64 per cent) believe the Jubilee
Government is taking Kenya the wrong way.
That is a whole two-thirds of the people sampled
in the survey. Only a minority (29 per cent) said
things are going in the right direction. Among
issues seen to be sinking the approval ratings of
the eight-month old Jubilee regime are its failure
to address the high cost of living, corruption in
government, greed among elected leaders and
the increased incidences of insecurity.
participants
in the
survey were
asked what
they liked
least about
the Jubilee
regime,
three out of
10 (35 per
cent) said
the Uhuru
and Ruto-
led team
has failed to address the high cost of living, while
17 per cent pointed to alleged corruption in
government. INSECURITY CHALLENGE Twelve
per cent of participants in the survey saw the
insecurity challenge as an unsolved issue.
It is only in Central Kenya where the President
enjoys support, with most respondents (54 per
cent) polled saying the country is heading in the
right direction. But a significant minority (37 per
cent) in the same region said things are not so
rosy.
Surprisingly, some of the strongest disapprovals
are from Rift Valley, the backyard of Deputy
President Ruto, with half the people polled (52
per cent) saying the country is heading in the
wrong direction. Ruto’s United Republican Party
( URP) is in the ruling Jubilee coalition that
included Uhuru’s The National Alliance party.
Some in URP are said to be unhappy with the
manner in which jobs in government are being
dished out, saying Rift Valley has gotten a raw
deal despite URP being a key player in Jubilee.
Not surprisingly, the strongest disapproval came
from Nyanza, the home ground of former Prime
Minister and Uhuru’s main political rival, Raila
Odinga, with an overwhelming 89 per cent
respondents stating the country is going in the
wrong direction. Other areas where Jubilee
received the strongest disapproval ratings
include Coast (85 per cent) and Western (78 per
cent), both strongholds of CORD as
well as Nairobi (72 per cent) and North Eastern
(68 per cent). Most people (62 per cent) in
Eastern also believe things are heading in the
wrong direction. Even worse, more than half of
those polled in the survey (52 per cent) believe
the Jubilee government has done “nothing”
during the time it has been office. That figure is
significantly higher than those who believe that
free maternal healthcare is a key achievement
(30 per cent) of the Jubilee regime. COST OF
LIVING Asked about the most serious problems
facing the country currently, Kenyans surveyed
cited high cost of living, lack of employment
opportunities, crime or insecurity and corruption
in that order.
“As the rate of inflation has continued to creep
up since June this year, the big increase in
concern with this issue is seen between
November 2012 and November 2013,” said
Synovate’s Research Analyst Tom Wolf while
releasing the results yesterday.
Kenyans also cited leadership wrangles in Jubilee
due to cases in the International Criminal Court
as being as serious as tribalism in the country,
followed by the threat of terrorism. Among the
things that some Kenyans like about the Jubilee
government is the free maternal healthcare in
which expectant mothers don’t pay delivery fees
in public health facilities.
They also like the youthful or energetic
leadership of President Kenyatta and his Deputy
William Ruto as well as other elected leaders The
opinion poll was done on the first nine days of
November through face-to-face interviews of
2060 Kenyans across the country.
The margin-of-error attributed to sampling and
other random effect of this poll’s sample size is
+/- 2.2 with a 95 per cent confidence level. When
participants were also asked to rate 23 public
institutions and officials in terms of how much
trust they have in them. Nine out of 23 of those
obtained higher scores in terms of distrust
compared to trust.
Among the best performing institutions in the
trust index is the media (68 per cent) followed
by a distant second by the Kenya Defence Forces
(32 per cent), whose credibility took a serious
beating after they faced claims of mishandling
the security operation against the attackers of
the Westgate Shopping Mall in September this
year.

FACEBOOK to PULL OUT of Uganda over Museveni Anti-Gay Law!

The Western world continued with varied
reactions to Uganda’s signing of anti-gay bill that
effectively sends LBGT offenders to a life in
prison.
Joining the fray are multi-national social media
companies Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
which have threatened to suspend Operations In
Uganda due to the Anti-gay law.
Facebook’s chief operations officer, Sheryl Kara
Sandberg, has issued a statement that they are
reviewing their engagement in Uganda after
President Museveni yesterday signed the Anti
Gay Bill into law.
“When we launched Facebook, we thought it as
a platform to advance people’s rights and
liberties of self expression in all form. We were
equally shocked to learn that Uganda as a country
had gone ahead to sign the Anti Homosexuality
bill into a law” reads Facebook’s statement.
“Facebook is currently reviewing its engagement
to Uganda, as we seek to come up with a voice to
express our dissatisfaction. And of course,
suspending our operations in Uganda is one of
the options we are considering. In the event that
we suspend operations in Uganda, our platforms
of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp will be off
for a time we shall deem necessary,” continues
the statement.
“We
strongly
condemn
the act of
the
Ugandan
Government
to overstep
the rights of
a
minority. All humans are created equal and
deserve a right to freedom and happiness”.
In July last year, Facebook, a staunch supporter of
the LGBTQ community in America, had its 700
workers employees, including Mark Zuckerberg,
as well as former Super Bowl champion Brendon
Ayanbadejo, march in the San Francisco Pride
Parade to show their support for the LGBTQ
community.

SHOCK: Another Pastor (from the same region) found Dead in a Woman’s bedroom in Buruburu

Pastor Geoffrey Maingi of Redeemed Gospel
Church (New Life Temple) here in Nairobi
collapsed and died yesterday in the house of a
Buruburu woman in what speculators believe is a
case of ‘excessive sexual arousal’ or something
close to that, Holy Mary!
The man of cloth’s body was found in the
woman’s bedroom. Lifeless and cold, the spirit
had apparently left him for a return journey to
heaven before police arrived. This comes days
after another pastor who hails from the same
region was found grazing in another man’s
pasture field.
Maingi, 70, had driven into the compound of the
female worshipper for what the woman termed
as a “prayer session” when he died.
“He has been coming for prayers in my house
and apart from him being my pastor, he is my
friend and that is why he comes for prayer
sessions,” the woman said at the scene.
The woman had separated with her husband last
year over domestic differences. She was
questioned and released as investigations into
the death continue. Buruburu OCPD Charles
Kerich said they were yet to know the cause of
the death.
“We will
know what
caused the
death after
carrying out
a post-
mortem
exercise on
the body.
We cannot
speculate
for now,”
he said.
He added that they carried several samples of
evidence from the house that they will test as
part of efforts to establish the cause of his death.
The death attracted a huge crowd outside the
house amid claims he may have died out of a
heart attack caused by sexual enhancement
tablets. Other followers from the church arrived
at the scene and drove off Maingi’s car to avoid
being filmed by journalists.

Corazon Indomable_ Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart episode
47...
Maricruz shows alejandro her birth
certificate and a photo of guadalupe
her mother dedicated to her.
Alejandro calls her daughter and they
hug. Doctor ortega helps solita to give
birth. Alejandro feels sick and asks
maria alejandra to take him to a
hospital. Solita manages to finally give
birth and doctor ortega tells tobias
that it was a difficult birth but that
solita had a boy. The doctor tells
maricruz that alejandro's condition is
very delicate and that he will not allow
visitors. Raíza tells octavio that maría
alejandra is way out of his league.
Alejandro asks Maricruz to call tobias
because he needs to solve some
things before dying. Raíza tells octavio
that maria alejandra will inherit eighty
per cent of the casino of isla dorada
and a hundred per cent of other
casinos. Tobias calls maricruz and tells
her that solita had a boy and that she
is somewhat delicate. She tells him
that alejandro is in the hospital and
that she told him that she is his
daughter. Maricruz asks the nurse if
alejandro will live and the nurse exits
sad. Alejandro asks maricruz to get
him a notary. The doctor tells
maricruz that he will get the notary.
Aracely tells teobaldo that she will go
to mexico city. Octavio tells eduardo
that he will end up getting married
with aracely. Eusebio gets drunk and
tells josé antonio that he knows many
things that the narvaez did to
maricruz and that he feels attracted to
lucía. Alejandro signs the power of
attorney so that maricruz represents
him in everything. Eduardo asks
serafina to rent him a room for
aracely. The doctor tells maricruz that
there has been a slight improvement
in alejandro's condition. Eusebio
thinks that as miguel and lucia are
having problems he will have a
chance with lucia. Lucia receives an
anonymous telling her that miguel
has another woman.

Old man digs his own grave after he was visited at night by JESUS in Taita Taveta

Tuesday 18th February 2014 - An
octogenarian from a village in
Taita Taveta County has shocked
many after he dug his own grave
in preparation for his death
claiming that Jesus visited him at
night.
Felix Kalema aged 83, a pastor at
the Pentecostal Assembly Church
in Taita Taveta County alleged that
Jesus called him at night and told
him that his time was neigh and
he should be prepared. He
explained that the visit was not
once or twice but thrice proving
that indeed he is about to join
Jesus in heaven.
However, his greatest fear is that
he may never get to finish
building a church he started in
2003, a few metres from his grave.
Kalema said that his only worry
was that he may not be able to
fulfill his dream of building a
church because of his advanced
age.

Lost in infatuation

By Tagawah
Sheila Anyaga loved him. It was the way he made her feel inside when they were together.
She liked the way his eyes gleamed in the sunlight or the way he held her hand as they
walked to their favourite place on earth — a pond near her house.
She loved it when he ran his fingers throughher hair as they gazed at the stars and the
distant moon. She did not care much that he did not like to talk about their future together
but she figured it would all come to pass.
“Let’s not rush in,” he would say, “Tomorrow is not promised to anyone so let’s live for the now.”
They would make love. They always did even after he refused to dream with her. He was sure-footed and he made her feel secure, wanted and loved.
She thought he was cute when they first met outside the principal’s office two weeks into the school year.
“Hi, you must be the new teacher,” she had said to him.
“Yes, I am. How did you know?”
“I’ve never seen you before.”
“And for that you assumed that I was the one?”
She liked the way he said “the one” — confident and poised. He was youthful and charismatic. Almost a boyish charm.
He was kind to everyone he met, from the janitors to the cooks and other staff members. He knew them by name and always stopped to ask how they were doing.
“Daudi, how is your son Amos?” He would ask the school groundsman. “Is he still taking his
medicine? Tell him I say hello and that I hope to see him up on his feet soon.”
Or to loud-mouth Janet, the school nurse who everyone hated for discussing private issues publicly, he would ask, “How was your trip to see your mother? Is she still making those tasty samosas? Tell her I am
still waiting for my dinner invitation.”
He genuinely touched everyone he met with his positive outlook on life, even in the gloomiest moment of anyone’s day. She liked that about him. Who wouldn’t?
He smiled often, an infectious smile that was quickly followed by laughter.
Sheila enjoyed what she called “his vision of the world.” A world of endless possibilities. He encouraged his students to dream big, to re-imagine and re-invent their lives and to never ever be victims of their circumstances.

She overheard him telling a group of students that it was better
to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all.  He told
personal tales of triumph and failure, pain and joy, happiness
and sorrow. He was a teacher but his stories, which he shared
with anyone who would listen, made him much more than that,
they made him one of “us.”
“Did you always want to be a teacher?” Sheila asked him one
day.
He smiled at her and she felt her heart skip a beat.
“Yes.” He did not even hesitate. “I knew that I wanted to become
a teacher, just like Mrs Owuor, my English teacher when I was a
young boy.”
They talked for a while after school that day and many days after that. He captivated her with his travels — the distant places he had been and the books he had read. She lost herself in his world so much so that when one day, after all the students had left, he reached over and kissed her and she found herself opening up to him.
That was how it started.
Ever since that day, Sheila started reading books that he had read, she started talking like he did, flaring her arms this way and that way. She even started wearing her hair down, just like he liked it.
He then asked her to guard their secret carefully, telling her that if anyone found out they would both be suspended and so she kept mostly to herself, it was safer that way.
During her lunch hour, she took walks along the corridors of the school hoping to run into him, to see him, to be around him and when their eyes met, they both smiled knowingly. They looked forward to their evening trysts, and as time went on, Saturday mornings alone.
She was not the only one changing. He had started coming home late to a wife and a daughter who adored him, blaming longer school days for his tardiness. He said the new job was demanding, that the administration was asking too much of him and that was why he was too tired to make love to her.
He started skipping on their date nights, their monthly trips to see in-laws saying that he had to be in
school for a meeting or for collaborative lesson-planning. He promised to make it up to her but days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months.
And then it happened.
His wife followed him to school one Saturday morning, suspecting that he was doing more that planning lessons. She found him in the classroom on top of Sheila.
“Oh my God!” she exclaimed.
“It is not what you think, honey,” He said as he pulled up his pants and ran after her, leaving Sheila on the floor.
Sheila heard him pleading for clemency and all her mercies but his wife had had enough. The only thing she said to him was that she wanted a divorce and she ran off and disappeared in the distance.
He walked back to Sheila with his head bowed, his eyes moistening. She was now straightening out her blouse and after she was done she pulled up her tight blue jeans then put on her sneakers.
“I am so sorry about this, Sheila,” he started, his voice
breaking. “I meant to tell you sooner but I never found the right
time. But it’s ok now, I am going to get a divorce and now we
can be together.”
She looked at him and started walking out.
“Please, Sheila. I have no one but you. Don’t you see? You are
now my only one. She is gone and without you I have nothing.”
He looked old and dejected, the shell of the man she thought she loved. She noticed his receding hairline, his smoke-stained teeth and his big callous hands that had massaged her tender breasts.
“I cannot be with you anymore,” she whispered to him.
He was astounded.
“But why? Haven’t I been nice to you? What do you want me to do? I’ll do whatever you want.”
She looked at him again. She noticed his bulging mid-section that had laid on her as he grunted with pleasure, his hairy chest rubbing against her chin. She felt used and dirty. She felt bad for his wife and what she had done to her and for lying to her parents about evening and weekend tutoring. But most of all, she felt lost and deceived.
“Sheila,” he continued pleading, “Don’t you want to be with me? Don’t you love me?”
She stopped at the door and looked at him, one last time.
“Mr Juma, I am only 16 years old.”
She walked out.