Rusia Janjikan Balasan atas Sanksi Baru Uni Eropa

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Uni Eropa hari Selasa (29/4) melansir nama 15 orang Rusia yang menjadi target baru sanksi terkait peran mereka dalam krisis Ukraina.
Rusia telah menuduh Uni Eropa sama sekali tidak memahami politik dalam negeri Ukraina, sementara blok itu melansir nama 15 orang Rusia yang menjadi target baru sanksi terkait peran mereka dalam krisis Ukraina.

 Kementerian Luar Negeri Rusia menyatakan sanksi-sanksi Uni Eropa itu merupakan œundangan langsung bagi kelompok Neo-Nazi setempat untuk melanjutkan aksi-aksi mereka yang melanggar hukum di bagian tenggara Ukraina.

 Selain sanksi-sanksi yang diumumkan Uni Eropa pada hari Selasa, Amerika Serikat hari Senin menarget tujuh pejabat Rusia dan 17 perusahaan yang dikenai larangan perjalanan dan pembekuan aset.

 Menanggapi penerapan sanksi terbaru itu, Kremlin menjanjikan respons yang menyakitkan.

 Menteri Keuangan Amerika Jack Lew Selasa (29/4) mengatakan bahwa sanksi-sanksi ekonomi terhadap Rusia telah menyebabkan kerusakan substansial dalam ekonomi Rusia. Ia mengatakan kepada sebuah subkomisi di DPR Amerika bahwa Washington siap mengambil tindakan lanjutkan jika kebijakan Rusia tidak berubah.

 Jepang hari Selasa menyatakan akan menolak permohonan visa bagi 23 warga Rusia sebagai bagian dari sanksi-sanksinya terhadap Moskow karena œmelanggar kedaulatan Ukraina. Jepang tidak menyebutkan jati diri mereka yang terkena sanksi.

Samsung Profit Beats Estimates on Cheaper Galaxy Phones

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Samsung Electronics Co., the world largest maker of smartphones, posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts estimates as demand rose for cheaper Galaxy devices and the soccer World Cup boosted TV sales.

Net income, excluding minority interests, rose 7 percent to 7.48 trillion won ($7.2 billion) in the three months ended March, the Suwon, South Korea-based company said in a filing today. That compares with the 6.75 trillion-won average of 19 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Selling smartphones from less than $150 to more than $900 and expanding its range of tablet computers helped Asia biggest technology company weather slowing growth in the high-end smartphone segment before releasing its marquee Galaxy S5.

Ultra high definition televisions and sets with curved screens are being introduced to revive sales as mobile-phone competition from Chinese manufacturers hits prices at its components unit.

Shares of Samsung fell 1.5 percent to 1,367,000 won as of 10:59 a.m. in Seoul, erasing its gain for this year. The stock dropped 9.9 percent last year, its first annual decline since 2008.

Source : Bloomberg

Presiden Obama Peringatkan Korea Utara Soal Uji Coba Nuklir

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Dalam kunjungan ke Korea Selatan, Presiden Obama juga menegaskan kembali komitmen Amerika kepada Seoul dalam menghadapi provokes dari Korea Utara.

Presiden Amerika Barack Obama berada di Korea Selatan pada persinggahan kedua dalam kunjungan di Asia, dengan memperingatkan Korea Utara agar tidak melakukan uji coba nuklir yang keempat.

Dalam wawancara dengan surat kabar Joong Ang Ilbo, Korea Selatan, yang diterbitkan sebelum kedatangannya hari Jumat (25/4), Obama mengatakan, "Jika Korea Utara akan membuat kesalahan dengan melakukan uji coba nuklir lagi, tindakan itu akan mendapatkan jawaban yang tegas dari masyarakat internasional."

Pada konferensi pers bersama dengan Presiden Korea Selatan, Park Jeun-hye, Jumat (25/4), Obama mengatakan komitmen Amerika untuk Korea Selatan yang tidak akan pernah goyah, dan Amerika Serikat dan Korea Selatan akan berdiri "bahu-membahu" menghadapi  provokasi Korea Utara.

Pemimpin Amerika itu juga menyatakan belasungkawa kepada keluarga ratusan anak-anak yang hilang dalam kecelakaan feri pekan lalu.

Source : VOA

7.5-magnitude earthquake hits Guerrero, Mexico

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NEW YORK -- An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale has occurred near Petatlan, Guerrero, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. News reports said the quake was felt strongly in Mexico City. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says that no tsunami alerts have been issued at this time.


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Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Scanner Hacked With Glue Mould

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The fingerprint sensor on Samsung's Galaxy S5 handset has been hacked less than a week after the device went on sale.

Berlin-based Security Research Labs fooled the equipment using a mould it had previously created to spoof the sensor on Apple's iPhone 5S.

The researchers said they were concerned that thieves could exploit the flaw in Samsung's device to trigger money transfers via PayPal.

The payments firm played down the risk.

"While we take the findings from Security Research Labs [SRL] very seriously, we are still confident that fingerprint authentication offers an easier and more secure way to pay on mobile devices than passwords or credit cards," it said.

It added that even if users were hacked it would cover their losses.

A spokesman for Samsung was unable to comment.

Reject pile

SRL created its hack by lifting a real fingerprint from a smartphone screen and then carrying out a fairly elaborate process to create a mould out of glue and graphite spray. This was then swiped across the sensor that sits in the phone's home button.

"The fingerprint mould was actually one I made for the Apple device back in September," project manager Ben Schlabs told the BBC.

"All I had to do was take it out of the reject pile as it wasn't one of the ones that ended up working on the iPhone 5S for whatever reason.

"It was the first one I tried and it worked immediately on the S5."

Although the fake fingerprint proved easy to use, Mr Schlabs added that he was concerned that Samsung's software would not lock out thieves who had less luck, allowing them to make repeated attempts.

"Samsung could have enforced a password [lock-out] after five failed swipe attempts," he said.

"But the way it works is that if it fails five times and asks for a password, if you just turn the screen off and back on again you can have another try."

This is not true of the iPhone 5S.

Reveal transactions

While Apple currently limits its fingerprint scanner to unlocking the iPhone and verifying purchases in its own online store, Samsung has allowed its sensor to be used by third-party apps that add its Pass API (application program interface) to their code.

PayPal's mobile app is the first to take advantage of this. The software can be used to send and request money and reveal past transactions.

SRL acknowledged that the fingerprint scanner made it simpler to access, but criticised the company for not requiring a second form of authentication, such as a Pin code.

However, PayPal said Galaxy S5 users should not be deterred from using the feature.

"The scan unlocks a secure cryptographic key that serves as a password replacement for the phone," it said.

"We can simply deactivate the key from a lost or stolen device, and you can create a new one.

"PayPal also uses sophisticated fraud and risk management tools to try to prevent fraud before it happens. However, in the rare instances that it does, you are covered by our purchase protection policy."

Tech blog Engadget agreed that users should not be too concerned.

"The odds are low that a street thief will get past your phone's defences, or that a talented hacker will get in before you've had a chance to remotely wipe your content," it reported.

But Mr Schlabs said that did not mean the risk of fingerprint hacks could be ignored.

"If you think into the future, once ATMs have fingerprint scanners and once heads of state start using fingerprint authentication it's going to become a lot more attractive," he said.

"Our method is pretty rudimentary and has been around for at least a decade and it worked on a phone that was only released last week.

"Once people develop better or faster methods, or once there are fingerprint databases of images that get leaked, it's definitely a concern."

Source : BBC