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Ecuadorean President Correa’s computers hacked, blamed on US spy agencies.President Correa on Twitter President Correa on Twitter President Correa took to Twitter to vent his anger with a series of tweets blaming the US government for the hack attacks. — Rafael Correa (@MashiRafael) November 22, 2014 He accused the US of “systematic, high-tech” cyber-attacks on his private internet accounts and computers which according to him were was traced back to American servers....

The new track “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe” posted on Musk’s SoundCloud account is his second single via his label Emo G Records. This track is also available on Spotify. Musk’s first single was ‘RIP Harambe‘ released in 2019 where he paid tribute to the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla in Ohio who was killed to save a three-year-old boy fallen into his enclosure. Before the song’s release, Musk teased his followers on Twitter by hyping his new song....

Future Plans Musk plans to achieve that objective by making his company’s current line of space crafts – the Falcon 9, the Falcon Heavy, and the Dragon spacecraft — obsolete. Musk said that SpaceX will eventually start stocking up these vehicles and then change its entire focus on building the Interplanetary Transport System code named BFR. Musk also announced that they would be scaling down the ITS. Last year, at the same conference, Musk had announced the rocket-cum-spaceship’s design that included 42 main Raptor engines that could send up to 450 metric tons to Mars – which has now been reduced to 31 main engines....

The vulnerability was discovered by UK-based security consultant Jack Whitton who immediately informed Facebook. Facebook engineers quickly took cognizance of the critical flaw and patched it within six hours. The bug bounty hunter told SecurityWeek that he earned $7,500 for responsibly disclosing the issue, an amount confirmed by Facebook representatives. “As these sort of issues become harder to find on sites which have a mature bug bounty programme (Facebook & Google), the rewards increase quite a lot, which means the payouts are really worth your time,” Whitton said via email....

Portal will also feature wide-angle video camera that will take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to “recognize people in the frame and follow them as they move throughout a room”. It will also come with a privacy shutter to suppress the camera for those having privacy concerns when it’s not in use. Apparently, Facebook had plans to launch Portal at its F8 developer conference in May “but the company’s scandals, including the Cambridge Analytica data breach and the bombshell revelation that Russia used the platform to interfere with the 2016 elections, led executives to shelve the announcement at the last minute,” reads the report....

However, the excessively high cost of designing and manufacturing the satellite lead to the abandonment of the plans. The cost, according to conflicting reports are anywhere from US$500m to US$1bn. With such a heavy price tag, it is no surprise that Facebook has lost interest in satellite internet, according to media reports. Facebook is dropping its plans for a geo-stationary satellite over concerns that it will not get return on its investments, according to reports....

Here is a complete list of the Celebrities whose images and videos have been leaked in Fappening 2.0 and the celebrity images we can expect nextComplete list of Fappening 2.0 casualtiesWhose next in Fappening 2.0? If you have been following Techworm’s Celebgate 2014 coverage, the brunt of Fappening 1.0 concentrated on Hollywood stars. The new Fappening 2.0 seems to concentrate more on other celebrities. It all began with private photos of Emma Watson and Amanda Seyfried circulating on the “dark web” and then on 4chan last week before the images made it to Reddit....

The iCloud hackers leaked NSFW images and videos of all the above celebrities on the popular image boarding website, 4Chan and social news aggregator, Reddit. The photos and videos are also available now on the notorious Celeb Jihad website. Our friends at The Hacker News say that more Fappening leaks are supposedly coming: Another commentator on The Hacker News says, Just two days ago NSFW images of Emma Watson, Mischa Barton, Amanda Seyfried and other celebrities were leaked....

For those unaware, Certificate Pinning is designed to ensure the security of data transmission of Facebook users and avoid them from being victims of network-based attacks by automatically rejecting website links that use fake SSL credentials. Since almost all Facebook-owned apps by default use Certificate Pinning, it made it difficult for Whitehat researchers to test Facebook-owned mobile apps for server-side security vulnerabilities. With the introduction of the new option, researchers can now easily bypass Certificate Pinning on the Facebook-owned mobile apps like Facebook’s main app, its Messenger instant messaging client, and the Instagram app by:...

Other than an Apple backdoor hack, FBI could use 3 other hacks on killer’s iPhoneTHREE HACKSCOURT FIGHTDELAYERINGFBI DOCUMENTS While neither of them are easy, as they are all time consuming and expensive, and at least two of them have the danger of physically damaging the phone and everything on it. However, one is commonly used by companies that reverse-engineer computer chips in search of patent infringements, as they are possible. Julia Elvidge, president of Chipworks, a Canadian company that does patent analytics and forensics said that given the resources “it’s almost always technically possible to reverse-engineer a product....

However since 2001, the content of these letters remained unknown due to the gag order accompanying them and hush hush policies of US government. One such individual was Nicholas Merrill. Nicholas Merrill was president of Calyx Internet Access in New York when in 2004, he received a National Security Letter (NSL) demanding that he turn over certain information regarding a subscriber to his service. For the past 11 years, Merrill has waged war with the federal government over the right to acknowledge that he had been sent an NSL and to divulge its contents....

When the feds arrested ulbricht, and took over the silk road site. they were able to seize all 26000 bitcoins found in the personal wallet of ulbricht. and they tranfered it into their account. but since the bitcoin transiction can be tracked publicly. users finally find the wallet address of FBI. and they took over to transfer the bitcoins to FBI’s wallet by adding comments.as tag to the wallet address as ‘Silkroad Seized Coins’ the comments can be seen from the screenshot below, which comes in block chain of FBI....

While Facebook can be a great way to keep yourself abreast about others life in this fast-paced world, it can at times be annoying too. Sometimes, may come across people on Facebook with whom you may not want to strike a conversation but cannot do so as you may not want to seem rude ignoring them while you are online. That’s because you may want to just have a conversation with your friends without being disturbed by unwanted Facebook friends or strangers....

A small group of University of Michigan engineering researchers have pulled off what with what they call ForcePhone. ForcePhone is an experimental piece of software that doesn’t need any special screen or built-in sensors to enable 3D Touch. In short, any smartphone in the world that features a microphone and speaker will be able to run this software, which pretty much means every single smartphone in the world released so far....

This has led to an increasing demand for “ethical hackers” (also known as white hat hackers or penetration testers) as they protect the computer systems from dangerous intrusions. Businesses and government-related organizations that are serious about their network security hire ethical hackers and penetration testers to help probe and improve their networks, applications, and other computer systems with the ultimate goal of preventing data theft and fraud. Ethical hackers use the same methods as their less-reputable namesakes, but document vulnerabilities instead of exploiting them, preventing potential crises and minimising damage....

Paige Thompson, a Seattle-based software engineer behind the hack, had allegedly posted details about the Capital One data hack on the code-sharing site, GitHub. Now, the law firm Tycko & Zavareei LLP have filed a class-action lawsuit against Capital One and GitHub on behalf of those affected by the breach, alleging that both companies were negligent in safeguarding customers data and privacy. The 28-page lawsuit filed on Thursday in the U....

Google’s own social media platform i.e. Google+ is now shutting down permanently for consumers. ALSO READ: How To Fix Err_cache_miss in Google Chrome Google+: Users Data Exposed According to the Wall Street Journal, data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ social media users were exposed after a software glitch between 2015 and March 2018. Well, this is a major security flaw that brought users personal data to risk. Furthermore, Goole even decided not to disclose this bug to the public as it feared Repercussions....

Google will now start displaying a yellow warning banner on the top of the screen when a user is about to download and open a potentially suspicious or dangerous document, image, or any type of file, in Drive. This feature will help the user protect themselves and their organization from malware, phishing, and ransomware. For instance, if a user tries to open a suspicious file, photo, or document in Google Drive, then the app will carry out a quick scan and display the following message: “The file looks suspicious....

In a memo circulated by top Google officials, the employees were given time until December 3rd to declare their vaccination status and upload documentation showing proof, or to apply for a medical or religious exemption. After December 3rd, the company said that it would start contacting employees whose status wasn’t uploaded or were unvaccinated, and also those employees whose exemption requests weren’t approved. As per the documents, employees who do not comply with the vaccination rules by January 18th will be placed on “paid administrative leave” for 30 days, followed by “unpaid personal leave” for up to six months, and then termination....