Windows Phone is the most secure mobile OS says white hat hackerSo, which is the current mobile operating system that is secure? Android is the most insecure mobile platform available on the market, as every month new susceptibilities are discovered by Google. Although these problems are notified to the Android OEMs by the company, only few of them are willing to patch them up and push security updates to phones that are affected....
xDedic original domain (xdedic[.]biz) went down last month on June 15 right after security firm Kaspersky Lab publicly exposed it. The report from Kaspersky Lab explained how xDedic provided a platform for the sale of compromised RDP servers. At the time of report, more than 70,000 hacked servers from governments, businesses and universities had been sold through the site for as little as $6, in the two years it was in operation, and the website was doing brisk business....
According to leaked renders shared by tech publication 91Mobiles, the alleged Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 might feature a 5.5-inch full HD (1080×1920 resolution) display with bezels similar to its predecessor, Redmi Note 4. The renders of the Redmi Note 5 also show a dual-camera setup on the back of the phone, which is expected to be the combination of a 16MP and a 5MP sensor along with dual-tone LED flash....
Developer Alibek Omarev has ported Counter-Strike 1.6 based Android version and you can grab the APK here. The game is a bit cranky to be paid on Android smartphone or tablet as you might expect. Omarev’s APK has the Counter-Strike screen littered with touchscreen controls which are fully customisable. Being a gent, Omarev has explained the entire making of the APK on an Reddit thread. He says that the game is a bit slow when played on the best of Android smartphones so users should bear with him....
There are many different options for running Linux software on Windows. It’s easier than running Windows software on Linux, as anyone can set up a virtual machine with a free Linux distribution — no need for software licenses. Now, Microsoft has come up with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), which will not only provide a lab for the hacking experts who want to see how far they can push the WSL but also an opportunity for the software giant to try and appeal Linux devs into making themselves comfortable in Windows....
Other than the above, the recent policy update which has added a new item to the list of “harmful or dangerous content” page, also bans posting of videos that are ‘extremely dangerous challenges’, ‘dangerous or threatening pranks’, ‘instructions to kill or harm’, ‘hard drug use or creation’, eating disorders’, ‘violent events’ and ‘instructional theft’. If such videos are found, a warning will be sent to the creator of the channel, with no penalty to the channel....
Recently, Chinese smartphone maker ZTE unveiled a 5G enabled smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Known as the “Gigabit Phone”, this is the world’s first smartphone that is capable of achieving download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps), which is 10 times faster than the current first generation of 4G services. “With the new device, the way people stay connected will be changed forever....
Linus Torvalds, creator and principal developer of the Linux kernel, confessed that he doesn’t “trust security people to do sane things”, saying some security professionals are just “fcking morons.” Torvalds ranted on the Linux developers forum that security professionals concentrated on process-killing rather than debugging. This reaction came from Torvalds when Google Pixel security team developer, Kees Cook submitted a pull request for version 4.15 of the Linux Kernel. Cook said, “Please pull these hardened usercopy changes for v4....
While you already have a default media player on Windows 7 but it lacks a lot of features. Choosing a media player is a tough job in its own. With so many options and suggestions its tough to decide which media player to download for your use. However before you decide you will always look for a media player that supports all video formats including AVI, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP3 or MP4, and you no longer need to download additional plugins and codecs....
Want to learn hacking and cybersecurity? Follow these 10 steps to kickstart on your hacking careerQuestion yourself: Why do I want to learn?What is hacking?Why hacking?ResearchChoosing the correct programming languageGetting the right toolsBe a part of a project or sign up for a courseHacking, Learn what to avoid!SpecialiseBe a part of bug lovers communityChoosing it as a career If you leave aside the cyber crime part, hacking is a very respectable field with top dollar being paid to top grade ethical hackers....
Top 10 things that you can find while surfing on the Deep Web1. Drugs2. Government Secrets3. Human Experimentation4. Hitmen5. Weapons6. Match Fixing7. Thieves/Burglars8. Hacking9. Porn10. Credit Cards The deep web can be accessed through TOR browser among other select browsers. Also, click here if you need some other links to the deep web. 1. Drugs The most popular thing about the deep web is that you can get every drug made right from premium quality marijuana to pills and acid, which are very cautiously packed and delivered....
Here’s a look at the top 15 best paying programming languages in 2016JavaPythonRObjective-CSwiftC#JavaScriptPerlC++SQLRuby on RailsCPHPT-SQLRuby Since, it is difficult to learn all those languages, as a programmer, it is very important to keep one’s eyes and ears open to the emerging trends so that one doesn’t lose out on the potential opportunities. As the tech industry continues to evolve and progress, it’s important to know how to select a programming language to learn, what the best way to learn that language is, and how your choice might affect your employment future....
Security researcher Benjamin Caudill had uncovered a privacy device that promised to mask internet users’ physical locations online by putting them up to 2.5 miles away from their router. The new cheap anonymizing device called Proxyham detached the user from the IP address and gave him or her an extra layer of anonymity online. Caudill was expected to release the code for Proxyham, as well as show off a prototype, at the hacking conference Def Con in Las Vegas next month....
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Technical Preview may seem to be a good alternative for current Windows users, But in reality it aint so!!!Windows 10 Technical Preview not the best Microsoft is going to give you in terms of software2. Bugs , Bugs and More Bugs3. Software Issues / Incompatibility 4. If you are a privacy advocate or a privacy lover, you should be knowing that your Windows 10 TP version usage will be closely monitored by Microsoft....
The world is moving forward at an astounding pace. Being in my 20s, I am already afraid to lag behind. Robots taking over factories and children having AI nannies is no news, but 2019 may actually become the year when all these things go on the mass market. An expert from coolessay.net is here to share some insights on the most astonishing tech inventions of 2019. Stay tuned! Crypto Anchors Crypto AnchorsOmron RobotsMyo ArmbandAI MicroscopesEarprint Online Supermarket Crypto anchors are digital footprints which can help companies, as well as ordinary consumers, check the product’s authenticity....
Currently, the software bug, only affects Facebook’s mobile site, and not Facebook for conventional desktop PCs or the company’s official mobile apps. It has been confirmed by Facebook that the software bug is removing the view counts from user posts. Facebook claims to have no future plans to let individual users see view counts. Part of consequence of using the Facebook social network is the understanding that you’re feeding content into a black box, controlled by a mysterious and proprietary software algorithms the user has no control over and is not allowed to understand....
Days after the announcement, Microsoft also released the first Windows 11 Insider Preview build for people to try out new features and share feedback to improve the operating system. Following the release, a common concern that is being shared online on the Feedback Hub is the inability to move the Windows 11 Taskbar to other parts of the screen. For those unaware, the taskbar is always placed on the bottom of the Windows screen by default....
After the Facebook privacy crisis, are you pay more attention to your personal information? In fact, you may freak yourself out if you realize how much of your information stored by Facebook, Google and other apps. For instance, Google stores your location every time you turn on the phone, knows everything you’ve ever searched, and Facebook stores everything from your stickers to login location. Go without saying that, your iPhone must carry lots of important data about you....
