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The author of the Mirai DDoS trojan, which was used to attack Brian Krebs’ website these past weeks, has published the source code of his malware following intense pressure from security researchers. The Mirai DDoS was first spotted in September 2016 by a security researcher named MalwareMustDie! It was found to be improved and sophisticated version of another DDoS trojan known under different names such as Bashlite, GayFgt, LizKebab, Torlus, Bash0day, and Bashdoor....

Private messages that you send through your Facebook Messenger can be read by potential hackers using a hacking backdoor in the app. This backdoor vulnerability was found by the security researchers from Check Point, who will demo it at the Infosecurity Conference to be held today afternoon. The security hole if unpatched could put 900 million people who use Facebook Messenger, at risk. The vulnerability was found by Check Point security researcher Roman Zaikan....

The researchers stated that as of now only those smartphones which have fingerprint scanners are vulnerable. So as of now only premium category and flagship smartphones from likes of Samsung, Huawei, and HTC are vulnerable. The real fear is when the fingerprint scanner technology moves from premium segment to mid range and low budget smartphone segment which is assumed to happen in late 2018. Of the four attacks outlined by the researchers, one in particular — dubbed the “fingerprint sensor spying attack” — can “remotely harvest fingerprints in a large scale,” Zhang told ZDNet by email....

Tesla, the electric car manufacturer based in Palo Alto, California, is the latest victim of crypto-mining malware that allowed the hackers to covertly mine cryptocurrency – an attack known as ‘crypto-jacking’. “We weren’t the first to get to it,” Varun Badhwar, CEO and co-founder of RedLock, told Fortune in a phone conversation. “Clearly, someone else had launched instances that were already mining cryptocurrency in this particular Tesla environment.” The CGI researchers said they are not certain of the type and the value of currency mined using the stolen power....

Follow these easy methods to quickly retrieve your forgotten Wi-Fi passwordsWi-Fi Password DecryptorSterJo Wireless PasswordsWirelessKeyView Hence, it is very important to recover those keys, if you still have access to these Wi-Fi networks and have plans to reinstall Windows or if you just want to give Internet access to a friend. Not everybody is aware how to go through the Windows settings to do this, but that should not be a deterrent for you to follow the complex instructions....

The description of Skeletor is given by the hacker as follows : Below are the few Tweets made by #Skeletor through Honda Twitter handle You can head over to Honda’s Twitter handle here to check the hackers hilarious tweets. Update: It seems that this was part of a promotional campaign that Honda in undertaking in the United States!!! Proof that Honda owned the internet yesterday. This was the tweet that Honda made after revealing that it was a promo campaign...

However, blockchain isn’t necessarily a panacea. It offers great value in various use cases, but in some circumstances, its features may be limited. Blockchain works best in situations where multiple parties would benefit from a means of automating transactions, where the transactions are recorded permanently and transparently in a shared ledger. Because the ledger is stored across multiple nodes on a network, it also offers more security against attacks than data stored on a centralized server....

Well, after a long overdue Call of Duty Mobile is now finally available for Android smartphones. This game is launched by the popular developers of PUBG Mobile i.e. Tencent Games. The game is still in its beta stage but you can still download and play it on any Android smartphone. So here’s a simple guide on how to download, install, and run Call of Duty Mobile on any Android phone....

Nokia today announced the availability of Nokia Snake game on Facebook Messenger and here is how you can play it. It’s simple enough to play if you follow the steps below, making sure you’ve updated to the latest version in your app store first. How to play games on Facebook Messenger Remember you have to update your FB messenger App to the latest version to get the game. Indian’s don’t have access to Facebook Messenger Instant Games so they can’t play Nokia Snake....

When computers crash can cause serious health problems and much more if you suffer from the heart, not now seriously data loss can cause many problems for people who work with computers and some reasons why computers are hanging. They are the following. You’re running out of space on your hard drive. You do not have enough memory. You have many programs running. You have compatibility problems. Your computer is vulnerable and has some malware....

Speaking of power, VLC has so many options that some of the more interesting features have slipped through the crack. Recently, Redditor Tynach discovered one of these options, which actually allows you to turn any video into a live jigsaw puzzle that you can solve with your mouse. It’s loads of fun, so if you’re interested, I’ll show you how to do it below. If you don’t have VLC media player right now on your system , then Download VLC Media Player from here....

True to HTC’s penchant for making good and luxurious phones, One M9 follows the lineage of HTC One series. Not much has changed and at a glance the One M9 and its preceding One M8 would look same; however One M9 is lighter and smaller than One M8. Sadly the phone is neither dust proof nor is it waterproof however HTC is planning to release IP69 water-protective case for the device soon among the other accessories it is planning to release Dot view case as well....

Xiaomi Mi Band: A fitness tracker that comes cheap at Rs. 999What is the function of Mi Band along with Mi Fit? The pocket-friendly Xiaomi Mi Band will be the first such smartband for many Indians. This might give the much necessary push to the entire wearables market in India. Tech savvy consumers have shown their interest in smartbands, however, not all of that has translated into sales. The Rs 999 Mi Band has changed this thinking....

Internet Explorer ‘Unicorn’ bug being exploited in the wildAttack DetailedBelow is the code file for the page Attack Detailed The poof pf concept of this vulnerability was made public some time last week. Since the flaw is in Internet Explorer, an attacker only needs a website to target potential victims. ESET said that, “Scouring our data, we found several blocked exploitation attempts while our users were browsing a major Bulgarian website....

Hacker group going with the handle “The Islamic Cyber Resistance Group” have leaked the sensitive data from The official Government website of Israel’s aviation agency, under #OpIsrael The leaked data which contains “the flight management plans” and information regarding domestic and international flight maps. The group said in a statement published on its website, “The Islamic Cyber Resistance Group is proud to add another one to its line of success and announces access to the LAN of Israeli aviation organization, in a move to render the fake legend of Israel’s security and invincibility obsolete,” “By the grace of God, we could gain access to iaa....

Catching hold of criminals hiding behind walls has been made easy by the passive radar which can read the Doppler shifts in ambient radio signals which are emitted by Wi-Fi or mobile communications towers. Gone are the days when criminals could easily shoot out the lights and try hiding in dark when congregated by police authorities. Already the creation of night vision goggles was helping the army and police authorities to catch hold of the criminals and now the hooligans have to worry about one more creation by the researchers and that is the passive radars which can catch hold of them on the basis of soft radio glow of wireless routers or mobile communication towers....

The new Android Kitkat smartphone Lenovo A3900 was launched in China priced at $80 (~Rs. 5100). The dual SIM phone comes in two color variants, black and pearl white. It features a 5 inch screen display with 480 x 854 resolution (196 ppi). The A3900 specs consists of 512 MB RAM and runs on the Lenovo Vibe user interface. It has a 4 GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 32GB via microSD support....

Just recently, HP announced its Z840 workstation, which allows you to put in two 22-core processors (equaling 44 cores and 88 threads) to create the ultimate VR creating machine (you might have to modify HP’s casing because while it can support two server processors, it is the cooling of the entire system that will become an issue). Not only this, but the newly announced desktop workstation also features two Quadro M6000 24GB graphics cards, which can be configured in an SLI setup....