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Anne Curtis is once again on the cover of Preview Magazine.
Wearing a Michael Cinco gown, this is Anne’s 6th time to cover the best-selling fashion magazine.
Also featured inside this issue is the first Preview Emerging Fashion Talent Awards, the magazine’s way of championing the future pioneers in the Philippine fashion industry.
8:56 AM
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Information Technology experts say they suspect the hackers were probably cooperating with the Iranian government, and hundreds of thousands of private communications between Iranian Internet users and Google were likely monitored in August.
Roel Schouwenberg of Internet security firm Kaspersky said Monday night that the incident could have a larger political impact than Stuxnet — a computer worm discovered in July 2010 which targeted Siemens industrial software and equipment running on Microsoft Windows. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBCUniversal.)
"A government operation is the most plausible scenario" he added.
The latest versions of browsers such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox are now rejecting certificates issued by the firm that was hacked, DigiNotar.
In a statement Monday, the Dutch government released findings that greatly expand the scope of the hacking attack that DigiNotar first acknowledged last week. External IT experts reviewing DigiNotar's computer systems said the hack may have begun in June, not July as DigiNotar had previously asserted.
The experts said it had affected access not only to Google, but included 531 fake certificates for some 344 domains including sites operated by Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, Skype, AOL, Mozilla, TorProject, and WordPress, as well as spy agencies including the CIA, Israel's Mossad and Britain's MI6.
DigiNotar is one of many companies that sell the "SSL" security certificates widely used to authenticate websites and guarantee that communications between a user's browser and a website are secure.
In theory, a fraudulent certificate can be used to trick a user into visiting a fake version of a website, or used to monitor communications with the real sites without users noticing.
But in order to actually pass off a fake certificate, a hacker must be able to steer his target's Internet traffic through a server he controls. That's something that only an Internet service provider can easily do — or a government that commands one.
The external review by Fox-IT — A Dutch company, with offices in Aruba and Great Britain — found that one fake certificate for Google.com was used 300,000 times between its activation Aug. 4 and when it was revoked on Aug. 29. Almost all usage came from Iran.
"The list of domains and the fact that 99 percent of the users are in Iran suggest that the objective of the hackers is to intercept private communications in Iran," it concluded.
The hack of DigiNotar closely resembles one in March of the U.S. security certificate issuer Comodo Inc., which was also attributed to an Iranian hacker. The Fox-IT report said that the hackers erased some evidence of their break-in but purposefully left behind at least one message in one script: "My signature as always, Janam Fadaye Rabhar," which means "I will sacrifice my soul for my leader" in the Farsi language spoken by Iranians.
The same signature line was used by the Comodo hacker, apparently in reference to Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In a blog posting, U.S. security firm Trend Micro described the attack as "massive," writing that according to its data "Internet users in more than 40 different networks of ISPs and universities in Iran were confronted with rogue SSL certificates issued by DigiNotar."
Gervase Markham, a Mozilla developer who has been involved in the response to the DigiNotar failure, warned Iranian Internet users to update their browsers, "log out of and back into every email and social media service you have" and change all passwords.
Ot van Daalen of Dutch online civil liberties group Bits of Freedom said he believed the DigiNotar incident will ultimately lead to a reform of authentication technology.
Although no users in the Netherlands are known to have been victimized directly by the hack, it has caused a major headache for the Dutch government, which relied on DigiNotar for authentication of many of its websites.
Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the safety of websites including the country's social security agency, police and tax authorities could no longer be guaranteed.
The Dutch government took over management of DigiNotar, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Vasco Inc., but kept the websites operating as it scrambles to find replacement security providers.
Donner said Monday he has reached a deal with Microsoft under which it won't block some of the web certificates in the Netherlands for the next week in order to prevent a widespread disruption of government services, which might prove worse than any potential hacking.
"The entire Internet is not a phenomenon that lends itself well to government rules," Donner said at a press conference.
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Kapuso actress/model Lovi Poe is on the cover of FHM Philippines this month.
Lovi is highly visible these days after starring with Marian Rivera and company in the film “Temptation Island,” she now stars in the upcoming sexy drama “My Neighbor’s Wife.” She also stars opposite Rocco Nacino in the television drama “Mistaken Identity.”
As far as magazine covers are concerned, Lovi has been on the cover of a number of fashion magazines already, the latest of which, is the FHM cover as seen above.
11:52 PM
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Dingdong Dantes is on the cover of Garage Magazine’s 3rd year anniversary issue.
That’s the August/September 2011 issue featuring Kapuso host/actor Dingdong Dantes who is also among the the country’s best dressed male celebrities.
See who made their list for this year’s Street Dapper Kings and learn their style secrets. Also, they’ve beefed up this anniversary edition with loads of special features and interesting articles.
And if you missed the previous issue, that’s the June/July edition featuring Azkals’ Mark McMahon, Philippine Volcanoes’ Ned Stephenson and new model Miko Raval.
Plus more athletes/models…
12:03 PM
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Gretchen Barretto is on the cover of Metro Magazine’s August 2011 issue.
She dons pieces from Prada and Miu Miu’s Autumn/Winter 2011 collection, all of which were exclusively flown in for her. Iconic fashion divas and rising style mavens open up their fashion black books for us, while three of today’s hottest young leading ladies took on our challenge of road testing the season’s top trends. We also shine the spotlight on the independent film industry’s movers and shakers, and take you beyond the velvet ropes of the best celebrity hangouts in the city.
Watch out for Metro’s August issue in bookstores and on newsstands for your dose of celebrity style! To get “Metro” on the iPad, just go to the App Store and search for Metro Magazine. For more information log on to http://www.facebook.com/Metro.Magazine
12:32 PM
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After Judy Ann Santos, Marian Rivera, KC Concepcion and Kim Chiu, a male star was chosen to be on the cover of YES! Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful Stars issue.
During the presscon-launching held earlier today, July 28, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, John Lloyd Cruz said that he was intrigued for being chosen to banner this year’s list of the most beautiful stars in the country.
“It’s a very intriguing and interesting recognition but I’m hoping na there’s more to this handsome face and godly body kaya niyo ako pinili,” he said.
He also shattered the rumors that his relationship with Shaina Magdayao is on the rocks saying that his girlfriend is the most beautiful woman in his life.
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