Asus Zenfone 4 Zenfone 5 And Zenfone 6 To Get Android 5 0 Lollipop Update Within A Week

The update will also come to Indian Asus Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 buyers in a phased manner via an OTA update. Alternatively you can go to the settings of your smartphone and check for software update. Remember to update your smartphone using Wi-Fi as the firmware version update may exhaust your data plan on 2G/3G and 4G/LTE. The Asus Zenfone 2 was launched last week running Android 5....

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 128 words · Demetrius Miller

Attackers Can Crash The Hard Drives Using Sonic Signals

The findings of their study are published in a paper titled [PDF]: ‘Blue Note: How Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in Hard Disk Drives and Operating Systems.” The group presented their research last week in San Francisco at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. “Adversaries without special-purpose equipment can cause errors in the hard disk drive using either audible or ultrasonic acoustic waves. Audible waves vibrate the read/write head and platters; ultrasonic waves alter the output of the HDD’s shock sensor, intentionally causing the head to park,” the researchers state in their paper....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 604 words · Scott Smith

Bandai Namco Confirms Hack And Data At Risk Of Being Leaked

The confirmation of the breach by Bandai Namco comes after the ransomware group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, suggested that it was about to leak information stolen from the Japanese video game company. According to Bandai Namco, they noticed unauthorized access within the company’s internal systems for offices in Asian regions, excluding Japan on July 3, 2022. In response to the unauthorized access, the company blocked access to the affected servers to prevent more damage....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 382 words · Jeffrey Gill

Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Finally Identified Living A Humble Life In California Usa And Annoyed At Being Recognised Techworm

December 18, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Eleanor Green

Business Management App Vcita Acquires Israeli Startup Scene Veteran Wisestamp Techworm

The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, however it is thought that vCita have acquired all of WiseStamp’s intellectual property, assets and employees, including the founders. vCita is a software as a service (Saas) tool that encompasses all aspects of running a small or medium-sized enterprise. There are tools for making bookings, payments, customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing. WiseStamp serves a more narrow purpose. Their software allows users to take their email signature to the next level....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 468 words · Vincent Alvarado

Canvas Juice 2 Smartphone With Latest Android 5 0 Lollipop Os Has Been Launched In India By Micromax For A Price Of Rs 8999

Canvas Juice2 has been provided with 5 inch HD IPS (In-Plane Switching) display with 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. Micromax has provided Canvas Juice 2 with a battery of 3000 mAh battery that can support a talk time of up to 9 hours and up to 435 hours or 18 days of standby time. Canvas Juice2 has dual SIM It has been powered with the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop OS and also has the Cornilla Gorilla Glass 3 Protection Processor: It has 1....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 227 words · Betty Philhower

Capital One Data Breach 100 Million Customers Exposed In Massive Hack

According to the company and the U.S. Department of Justice, the comprised data includes 140,000 Social Security numbers, 80,000 bank account numbers, in addition to the tens of millions of credit card applications stolen. The breach also compromised one million Canadian social insurance numbers — the equivalent of Social Security numbers for Americans, the company said. The information collected for credit card applications came from consumers and small businesses submitted from 2005 through early 2019....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 635 words · Dena Ramage

Chicago Man Shot Dead While Livestreaming On Facebook Techworm

Chicago man being shot dead Livestreamed on FacebookCaution : contains graphic violence About 8:45 p.m., Antonio Perkins was found face down with gunshot wounds to the neck and head in a vacant lot in the 1600 block of South Drake, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Caution : contains graphic violence Perkins was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was declared dead at 9:07 p....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 461 words · Thomas Woods

China Hacked Into Pentagon Contractor Networks 9 Times

Earlier in May, United States had accused five members of the Chinese military of hacking computers for economic espionage purposes. It accused them of hacking into five US nuclear and technology companies’ computer systems and a major steel workers union’s system, conducting economic espionage and stealing confidential business information, sensitive trade secrets and internal communications for competitive advantage. The US-China cyber warfare is now headed for a worse turn after a declassified Senate report says that Chinese military actors successfully hacked into Pentagon contractor networks nine times....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 404 words · Eleanor Ellis

China May Soon Blacklist Us Tech Firms Following Huawei Ban

Following this, China may soon backfire on popular US firms that operate in China. In fact, China has created a blacklist of foreign firms that are considered unreliable by the Chinese government. So here’s everything you need to know about China’s plan to uproot US-based tech firms. ALSO READ: Hongmeng OS: Everything You Need To Know About Huawei’s Android Replacement BONUS VIDEO China Working On Blacklisting US Tech Firms China may soon intensify the trade war that was started by the USA....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 293 words · Barbara Urban

Coding Mistakes In Wannacry Ransomware May Let You Get Your Files Back Techworm

Patient Research pays off Kaspersky Lab, has come to the conclusions that the ransomware contained mistakes in its code that would allow a user to decrypt/restore their files with publicly available tools or even basic commands. Anton Ivanov, senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab, along with colleagues Fedor Sinitsyn and Orkhan Mamedov, after deeply researching the malware, have detailed 3 critical errors made by the developers of the malware which can allow a sysadmin to restore these files....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 415 words · Chris Eichler

Cryptopay Wants To Radically Change How You Use Your Cryptocurrency Techworm

These new users are not like traditional tech-savvy crypto enthusiasts. They are non technical investors seeking gains from the new asset class. Take, for example, the burgeoning rise in exchange clientele. And these investors are seeking new and better ways to use their Bitcoin. CryptoPay is poised to radically change the way consumers and investors use Bitcoin, whether as currency or as asset. Already Leading CryptoPay is already the industry leader in Bitcoin transactions....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 646 words · Rebecca Goldstein

Cryptowall Ransomware Held Over 600K Computers Hostage Encrypted 5 Billion Files Techworm

vssadmin.exe Delete Shadows /All /Quiet HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionSystemRestore => DisableSR

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 9 words · Jewel Crowden

Digital Rat Brain Built By Ibm Could Power Smartphones In Future

According to Dharmendra Modha, the lead researcher on the project recently speaking to Quartz recently said that he foresees the future of computing to be made out of two types of computers, traditional logical computers and synaptic brain computer. These would together function like a kind of left brain-right brain interaction to create systems that were not imaginable in the past. “Existing computers as really fast calculators,” Modha said. Even though the current chips are extremely good in examining details in a logical order, the new “neuromorphic” types of chips that are being worked upon by Modha’s team are more appropriate in finding patterns, for example, like the right side of the brain....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 616 words · Thomas Hayes

Disney S Linux Powered Led Bulbs Brings Li Fi Connectivity To Your Homes

Disney launches Linux based “Linux Light Bulb” for a interconnected home networkAdditional References The working idea behind this innovation was developed by Disney in collaboration with a Swiss University,ETH(located at Zurich).The system uses a linux coded chip embedded into LED to make it suitable for communicating with devices holding similar capabilities.Suitable candidates may be toys, wearables, phones, computers, cars, and other Internet of Things gizmos. This system uses VLC (Visible Light Communication) technology, which is highly emerging today and has been in a stage of evolution from recent years....

December 18, 2022 · 5 min · 872 words · James Berry

Donald Trump Want To Shut Down The Internet In America Techworm

Trump made this controversial statement only hours after another ‘trumpian gem’ suggesting United States should ban Muslims from entering United States. Trump mocked anyone who would object that his plan might violate the freedom of speech, saying “these are foolish people, we have a lot of foolish people.” He seems to have faith in Microsoft CEO, Bill Gates in his mission of closing the Internet. “We have to go see Bill Gates,” Trump said, to better understand the Internet and then possibly “close it up....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 578 words · Lydia Tappan

Dragonfly Hack Attack More Than 1000 Energy Companies In North America And Europe Affected Techworm

December 18, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Patricia Morganfield

Dridex Botnet Hacked To Infect Victims With Antivirus Software Techworm

For the uninitiated, Dridex is a deadly banking malware that leverages macros in Microsoft Office to infect systems. Once a computer has been infected, Dridex attackers steals banking credentials and other personal information on the system to gain access to the financial records of a user. Dridex operates by first arriving on a user’s computer as a malicious spam e-mail with a Microsoft Word document attached to the message. If the victim opens the document, a macro embedded in the document surreptitiously triggers a download of the Dridex banking malware, enabling it to first steal banking credentials and then attempt to generate fraudulent financial transactions....

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 213 words · Tina Howell

Driver Nabbed In For Hit And Run After Her Own Vehicle S Emergency System Called Police Dispatch Techworm

The incident happened on a Monday afternoon in Florida, USA. The Florida police responded to a hit-and-run in the 500 block of Northwest Prima Vista Boulevard when the victim, Anna Preston, said she was struck from behind by a black vehicle that took off. Preston was taken to the hospital with back injuries. Around the same time, police dispatch got an automated call from a vehicle emergency system stating the owner of a Ford vehicle was involved in a crash and to press zero to speak with the occupants of the vehicle....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 285 words · Marcia Hays

Dropbox Dropping The Ball Or Just Stealing It

The Dropbox shell extension that’s most likely triggering these events as described in @razvanh’s Medium explanation. the application routinely communicates with its sync infrastructure at Dropbox and AWS (AWS CloudFormation) endpoints. By this logic the provided evidence doesn’t show that the application is reading or transmitting any files outside your Dropbox folder; but it doesn’t disprove it either. Is it possible to test this hypothesis, yes. Dropbox only sent a few hundred KB after “accessing” the target file....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 249 words · Jose Johnson