Slack has been gain popularity over past few months and has been valued at a whopping $2.8 billion by its investors. The hack was noticed by the Slack security team who made a post on their website announcing the same. Though the hack occurred in February, it took more than a month for Slack to announce the hack. It also announced that it had enabled 2 factor authentication after the hack attack....
Popular Hacking Distro BlackArch Linux 2017-03-01 Released With Nearly 1700 Ethical Hacking Tools And Kernel 4.9.11Update option for existing BlackArch Linux users The newly released BlackArch Linux 2017-03-01 update comes with over 1700 ethical hacking and pentesting tools pre-installed. It is based on the Arch Linux 2017-03-01 install medium released earlier, which has dropped support for 32-bit installations. The BlackArch devs have released the new BlackArch Linux 2017-03-01 version as separate Live ISOs for both 32-bit and 64-bit computers, as well as a 64-bit OVA image that you can use in either the VirtualBox, QEMU, or VMware virtualization software....
The Xiaomi Mi LED Light is basically a small-size USB LED light without any wires or switches and needs just a USB port to function. It can either be plugged into the USB port of a computer or notebook or through a power bank. It has LED bulbs with a diffuser on top and comes in blue and white color lighting. The LED light is made of flexible plastic that can be curved according so that it can be adjusted into a position that can be convenient as per your needs....
We always hear that this programming language is good or that is better. We get the most popular programming languages list from a variety of sources like Stack Exchange, TIOBE, Github, etc. But do you know which programming languages are actually used in writing popular software like Google’s Chrome or Microsoft’s Office (Excel, Word and Powerpoint)? Contrary to popular perception, most popular software are forks of different coding languages which means that the tech companies use different programming languages to make the software....
Google today said that it is working with the government on a pilot project for providing internet connectivity by using large balloons. Google, under its Project Loon, will be sending big balloons to the skies. The Loon balloons floating at a height of 20-kilometres above Earth surface for transmission of internet services. Project Loon has already been successfully tested in New Zealand, California (the US) and Brazil. “Google approached government to set up the Loon project and drone-based internet transmission....
Thankfully for all the non-tech obsessed website owners out there, the current crop of premium CDNs are getting smarter so site owners don’t have to work harder. Cache-ing in with CDNs CDNs exist to improve website performance, mainly through faster page load times. A CDN can do so because it is a network of proxy cache servers located around the world. When a CDN is in use, a website’s users are automatically redirected to the server closest to them, which is ready to serve up a website’s cacheable content upon request....
This underground cyber-crime network named RAUM was discovered by the U.S. security firm InfoArmor, who said that the RAUM was used in active campaigns to spread malware through torrents. Researchers at InfoArmor discovered that RAUM has been used to essentially “weaponize” torrents to spread a variety of ransomware types including, CryptXXX, CTB-Locker and Cerber, the online-banking Trojan Dridex and password stealing spyware Pony. “RAUM is a special system developed by the owners of the identified underground malicious network, used for two things – analysis of trending torrent files on torrent trackers with high number of downloads, and further repacking of this files with malware for further distribution....
Democratizing the System The Joint Center for Housing Studies recently released its report noting that the spending for remodeling and repairs will grow over 11.3% . With such a healthy forecast in the residential remodeling market, homeowners will need quicker, and more cost efficient ways to address their growing needs. Democratizing the SystemPutting the power of home improvement into the hands of homeowners There has recently been a heated discussion in the market around the newer more technologically advanced companies that offer on-demand services....
Dr. Samer Aldhaher, of the Imperial College London, seems to finally solved the drone’s power source problem by creating a lightweight battery-less drone hovering in place. This drone is powered only by the wireless power transmitter beneath it. Dr.Aldhaher’s demo solves the problem of having batteries aboard a drone and is another wonderful step towards ditching batteries altogether. The wireless power drone technology is still in its nascent stage so don’t expect this particular quadcopter to make a cross-country flight without batteries in tow....
In its latest research published Monday, Security firm Rapid7 said that several Western nations are putting competitiveness and business ahead of security, and that will have “dire consequences” for some of the world’s largest economies, the report said. The researchers pointed to an association between a nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and its internet “presence,” with the exposure of unsafe, plaintext services, which virtually anyone can simply interrupt. Some of the most unprotected countries on the internet today include Australia (ranked fourth), China (ranked fifth), France (13th), the US (14th), Russia (19th) and the UK (23rd)....
In the latest edition of Bloomberg’s “Power On” newsletter, Mark Gurman is forecasting another tech war between Apple and Meta in some product categories such as the AR (augmented reality), smartwatch, and home devices. The war of words between Apple and Meta started last year when the iPhone maker rolled out a software update with iOS 14 operating system that prompts users’ to give apps permission to track their activity across other apps and the web....
Amidst the robot’s most impressive performance is a party trick where it is able to slice a runner bean lengthways. The robot fought against Isao Machii, a renowned Japanese swordsman from whom it learned how to have altercation by motion capturing his moves. According to The Independent, Machii can slice a fried shrimp shot at him at about 130 km per hour. However, when he was pitted against the machine, he lost the swordfight....
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device) is a display technology that offers bright, colorful images with a wide viewing angle, low power, high contrast ratio and fast response time for sports and action movies. This 55-inch mirrored display offers up a typical reflection of someone standing in front of it, but is also able to add augmented imagery overtop, like a necklace around the user’s neck. The transparent display was demonstrated as a billboard ad, with advertising information appearing on a clear panel, and background scenery still visible....
The Galaxy X smartphone is said to come in two different versions, the Galaxy X1 and the X1+ and will have model numbers SM-X9000 & SM-X9050 respectively. As the names suggests, one can deduce that one of the devices will be bigger than the other. The Samsung Galaxy X1 will come with a 5-inch flexible OLED display and will sport a fold-out design along with support for the 4K resolution....
During his iMiD presentation, Park Won-sang, a principal engineer for Samsung Display Co., the company may introduce a, “full-screen display whose display area ratio reaches more than 90 percent next year,” which means very little bezel. The researcher added that Samsung may have devices with 99 percent display to body ratios in future devices, making smartphones all screen with no dead space. This means nearly the whole face of the Galaxy S8 would be a bezel-free display....
Apparently, Facebook is being coerced to remove the CEO and founder, Zuckerberg from the board of directors of the company by a consumer watchdog group SumOfUs, the proposal stated. The online community group works to control the growing power of corporations, whether it relates to pollution or tax evasion or humans rights and climate change. The proposal states: “In our view, shareholder value is enhanced by an independent board chair who can provide a balance of power between the CEO and the board and support strong board leadership....
Single Tweet using ‘Punycode’ url causes Twitter App to crash on iPhone and iPadPunycodeResponse from Twitter — Frederic Jacobs (@FredericJacobs) November 16, 2014 The strange thing about this bug is that if the tweet containing this type of URL even appears on your timeline, your Twitter App will crash even without clicking on the URL. This bug was discovered by a Twitter user going by the handle of @CPVideoMaker whose real name is Alfonso Dingo Torres....
The mobile screen sharing feature was first introduced into beta for Skype Insiders on Android and iOS platforms in April this year but it is now publicly available to all mobile users. “Skype has always been the easiest way to share your screen with others, and now we’re taking one of our most popular features on the go. Starting today, we’re launching screen sharing on Android and iOS—along with multiple improvements to our mobile calling experience,” said the Skype Team in an official post....
The notice sent by Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, targets the unauthorized publication and distribution of Snapchat’s source code. “I am [redacted] at Snap inc., owner of the leaked source code,” the notice sent last week reads. “[I]t was leaked and a user has put it in this Github repo. [T]here is no URL to point to [detailing the original content] because Snap Inc. doesn’t publish it publicly....
A week later FBI stated that North Korea was indeed behind the hack attack only to be discredited by a host of security professionals over the last week, including former federal prosecutor Mark Rasch. So who really is behind the massive hack of Sony Pictures? Norse Corporation researchers believe it to be a inside job or carried out with active insider participation. The Norse Corp researchers are focussing their investigations on six individuals according to a blog report posted by them....
