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The flaw aims users with user mode code integrity (UMCI) and Device Guard enabled, which Windows 10 S has by default, says Project Zero. This vulnerability allows an attacker to run arbitrary code to jailbreak Windows 10 S, which is basically designed for “streamlined for security and superior performance.” For those unfamiliar, Project Zero is a team of security analysts employed by Google to find zero-day vulnerabilities before they are found and exploited by malicious people....

The envisioned devices would listen for a direction or order and interact with homeowners upon a simple vocal command such as switching lights on and off or turn on household appliances. The patent describes as being able to hear for someone, turn a head to make “eye contact,” hear what they say before sending orders to remote computer servers and reply with pre-recorded phrases. BBC News reported that the three-year old patent was recently noticed by the legal technology firm, SmartUp....

For those unaware, RCS is a new online protocol between mobile-telephone carriers and between phone and carrier that aims to replace current texting standard SMS (Short Message Service) messages with a text-message system that is richer and can transmit in-call multimedia. RCS is an upgrade of the SMS text messaging technology that allows users to send and receive better quality photos and videos, chat over Wi-Fi or data, know when their message is read, share reactions, and enjoy more dynamic and engaging group chats....

Google’s findings were published in the Nature partner journal Digital Medicine in May. In one major case study in the research, Google applied its neural networks, a form of AI, on a woman with cancer who had arrived at a city hospital with late-stage breast cancer, fluids already flooding in her lungs. The hospital’s Early Warning System predicted that the woman had a 9.3% chance of dying during her stay, while Google’s AI said the risks of death were higher at 19....

Google’s DNS server serves the queries of 150 billion users a day, Now you can Imagine the amount of traffic which might be redirected within the 22 minutes time.For the time being primary investigations have been initiated but due to the anonymous nature of the attack the questions like why? who? and how the DNS was hijacked is still a mystery.

Google will hide applications that aren’t updated actively Starting November 1st, Google will stop recommending to users apps that the developers have kept outdated for a said duration. This goes in line with the similar policy rolled out by Apple for the their App Store. According to the official blog post, developers are required to keep their apps updated and compatible with the API level within two years of any major Android release....

Developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an action-adventure game that was released in 2002. Despite being two decades old, GTA Vice City is still insanely popular among gamers. Luckily, Grand Theft Auto Vice City can be downloaded and played on all modern computers, smartphones, and gaming consoles. In this article, we have shared different methods to Download Vice City on your preferred hardware....

NSA is selling stolen U.S. Driver’s License information on the Dark Web! No, its not the actual NSA belonging to government of United States but a hacker who has a handle named NSA. A dataset that contains the personal details and driver’s license information of over 290,000 U.S. citizens compromised from a government-linked databases in Louisiana has been put up for sale on the dark web who goes by the name ‘NSA’....

We had already reported how the Samsung Smart TV’s may be spying on you. Samsung had at that time agreed that its smart TV’s could indeed listen to your conversation and at one point had urged its smart TV buyers not to discuss personal and confidential things while watching its TV’s. Now comes even worse news. Samsung smart TVs could spy on your conversation but the conversation could be misused only by third-party service, viz....

Japanese police say that a total of 1.4 billion yen ($12.7 million) in cash has been stolen from some 1,400 automated teller machines in convenience stores across Japan in the space of two hours earlier this month and investigations are underway. The police believe that the ATM robbery was conducted by an international gang making use of the counterfeit credit cards containing account information leaked from a South African bank....

The announcement was made through Twitter, where the hacking group posted on the social network explaining that he did not use a jail vulnerability, but used a FreeBSD kernel exploit instead. Before going through with this process, CTurt had analyzed the security of PS4 more than once and previously explained that Sony’s proprietary Orbis OS is based on FREEBSD. While the following process is difficult, CTurt has also claimed that the hack could also be made to work on newer firmware versions....

In June, the company in June extended its Vulnerability Reward Program to Android, and by year’s end, it paid more than $200,000 to researchers for their work on the mobile platform, including its largest single payment of $37,500 to just one security researcher. It would also have included the $1,337 that went to Zimperium zLabs researcher Joshua Drake, who found the egregious Stagefright vulnerabilities. In a blog post, Google Security’s Eduardo Vela Nava said this move made “a significant and immediate impact”....

Got a spare old smartphone, this is how to use it as a security and monitoring deviceStep 1: Getting a security camera appSecurity camera app for iOSFor Android:Step 2: Choosing a spot to position your cameraStep 3:Mounting and powering up your camera(s) In this article, I am gonna guide on utilising your phone’s camera for monitoring purpose. Whether it be an Android or iOS. Step 1: Getting a security camera app To begin, you will need to choose a security camera app for your phone....

$400 Network A DIY guide for building a network was released at Shmoocon, a Washington, DC-based hacker convention. The network will be based on the 1G network and takes a few old phones and in investment of around $ 400 to make it work. The guide comes from the minds of Brandon Creighton who had previously helped build a GSM based network at DEF CON – a hacker conference based in Las Vegas....

If you use a Windows run computer, you need to have that one master folder which contains all your important files, documents, photographs and videos which wouldn’t want anyone to delete or rename. Normal folders created by users on their Windows run computer can be easily deleted and/or renamed. Most of Windows users are not aware that it is possible to create Undeletable, Unrenamable folder in Windows without any software....

Removing such duplicate files is a big chore in itself. If you try to identify and delete such duplicate files trusting your brains, you are sure to delete important files because of the sheer volume of such duplicate files on a computer. That said, this important task cannot be put off because it eats your precious real estate on your PC. Therefore, we are here to resolve the issue of finding and removing duplicate files on your Windows run PC/laptop....

If you intend to install the ubuntuBSD operating system on your personal computer, first, you’ll need to acquire a new or previously formatted USB flash drive of 1 GB or higher capacity, as well as to download the mini.iso image of ubuntuBSD from the project’s official archives. Then, if you’re currently using a BSD- or Linux kernel-based operating system, you’ll need to flash the mini.iso image to your pre-formatted USB flash drive using either the mkusb or dd (see below) utilities....

These three encryption utilities will help you keep your private stuff private under protection of passwordEasy File EncryptorFortVSFileEncrypt In this article, we are going to show how you can smoothly encrypt files using Easy File Encryptor, Fort and VSFileEncrypt. Read below: Easy File Encryptor Easy File Encryptor uses the AES-256 algorithm and gets incorporated into the Windows Explorer context menu after installation. Right-click any file once the setup is over and click Encrypt (escorted by a yellow locker icon)....

Solution 1: 6. Your password will be located within that file. Solution 2: For Symbian Mobiles: Solution 3: For Micro SD: Put the card in any E series mobile or N95 etc and format it. It will not ask for a password. Solution 3:Solution 4: Solution 4: Go to file manager on your mobile 2. In Settings choose system folders, 3. In the System folder, find a file called mmcstore 4....

iPhone 3/3G iPhone 4 /4s iPhone 5/ 5s iPhone 6/6s /6 Plus/6s Plus iPhone 7/7plus Now that you know that there are several models for apple iPhone device and with each model you have increased performance and enhanced operating system, for such specs, most of the users would upgrade their old iPhone to a newer version. So that is why you need to transfer your content from your old phone to a newer one....