The Malware with one of its feature to act like a bot first invites viewers to participate in a weekly raffle for a chance to win things such as “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” items, and other game products. On following the given link, users are asked to provide the participant’s name, e-mail address and permission to publish winner’s name. Once installed, the malware which contains a java program then hijacks the victim’s account....
The whistleblower, Peiter Zatko, also known as “Mudge,” filed complaints, totaling more than 200 pages, last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Justice Department, which was obtained by CNN and the Washington Post. In its disclosure, Zatko said the security vulnerabilities pose a major threat to Twitter’s users’ personal data, national security, and democracy. He also accused Twitter of deceiving the company’s shareholders and violating an agreement it made with the FTC regarding upholding certain security standards....
Jane Manchun Wong, an app security researcher, took to Twitter to reveal some details about the new subscription service, which will be called “Twitter Blue.” This service will apparently offer features such as “Undo Tweets” and “Collections”. “Twitter is calling their upcoming Subscription Service “Twitter Blue”, priced at $2.99/month for now, including paid features,” Wong said in a tweet on Saturday. “Twitter is working on Bookmark Collections, aka the ‘folders in bookmark’ that lots of folks have asked for....
For those unaware, a gang of hackers using the DarkSide ransomware variant had hacked into the computer system of Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline on May 7th causing days of fuel shortages across the U.S. East coast, increase in gasoline prices, panic buying, and chaos at airlines. At the time of the hack, DarkSide had acknowledged the incident in a public statement. “Our goal is to make money and not creating problems for society,” DarkSide wrote on its website....
The indictment, was secured by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged Russian election meddling in the November 2016 vote and whether any members of Trump’s campaign team conspired with Moscow. The 11 count, 29-page indictment, accuses all the 12 Russian military intelligence agency known as the GRU for carrying out “large-scale cyber operations” to steal Clinton campaign and Democratic Party documents and emails, as part of a Russian government effort to interfere with the election....
Kamkar on Thursday unveiled a new tool, known as OpenSesame, which he says can open any garage door that makes use of an insecure “fixed code” system for its wireless communication with a remote. He says that it the duration to guess the fixed code for a garage door from several minutes down to less than 10 seconds. Most garage door openers that are commercially available have a set of 12 dip switches, which are binary, and provide a total of 4,096 possible code combinations....
Now, Sky Sports F1 teams up with Tobii – a company at the front of eye-tracking technology – and Sahara Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg to create a video to show what an F1 driver sees. To find out, Sky Sports put a pair of Tobii eye-tracking glasses on Sahara Force India driver Hülkenberg to see what he focuses on, for how long and how he uses his near-superhuman reaction speeds to cut milliseconds off his lap time....
Professor Geraint Lewis, from the University of Sydney, believes that the concept of possibility of ‘warp speed space travel’ is actually a part of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. But right now we need to find the appropriate materials required to build such a warp drive. In an interview given to ‘ABC News‘, prior to his presentation, Lewis said: “If you look at the equation that Einstein gave us, it shows you can bend and warp space so you can travel at any speed you like in the Universe....
What is GLONASS: The Russian GPS alternativeCreation story Creation story The development of GLONASS was started in 1976 by the then Soviet Union. Today, its a part of the Russian Space Agency, claiming over a third of its annual budget in 2010. The system was primarily used for weather positioning, velocity measuring, and timing till the collapse of the Soviet Union. Paired with the short life span of the satellites used by the system- approximately 3 years – meant that very few believed that the system would be a success....
What is NFC? How does NFC work? What is NFC for? Does my smartphone have NFC? Uses of NFC, Near Field Communication explainedHow do I know if my Android smartphone has NFC?How does NFC work on Android?1. Connecting with NFC tags2. View Public Transit Card Details3. Send Files, Photos, & More with Android Beam4. Ditch Your Wallet with Android Pay5. Share Wi-Fi Passwords with Friends6. Tap Your Wallet To Check Your Bank Account Balance7....
Enable WhatsApp calling feature on your smartphone without invite (For Rooted as well as Non Rooted Android Smartphones)Enabling WhatsApp on unrooted Android smartphonesRequirementsMethod 2 for enabling WhatsApp calling feature on Rooted Android SmartphonesRequirementsSteps The non rooted method works for those who have not rooted their Android smartphones but you need to have some basic knowledge of working with Android decompiler. Enabling WhatsApp on unrooted Android smartphones This is the latest method which was posted by Senior XDA member, mohamedrashad and works beautifully....
Earlier this year, the ubiquitous messaging app announced via its blog, that it would be dropping support for a range of mobile operating systems by the end of 2016, before updating the page to say some will be supported until June 30, 2017. The company claim that this move will make the messaging service more secure and keep up with constantly upgrading technology. “Earlier this week WhatsApp turned seven years old....
Whisper users tracked?Whisper The unique thing about Whisper was that it guaranteed anonymity and privacy to its users. However now it seems that the provider of anonymity itself was gathering and disseminating user information to the law enforcement agencies. Whisper The App which was launched amidst much fanfare in March, 2012, claims to deliver message anonymously. Whisper is a iOS and Android mobile app which purports to allow users to send messages anonymously, and to receive replies....
Wi-Fi WPA3 security protocol is finally here!!!WPA3-Personal:WPA3-Enterprise: WPA3 will replace the former security protocol, WPA2, that’s built in to protect almost every wireless devices including phones, laptops, and the Internet of Things (IoT). This new protocol is the first update since 2004, which is when WPA2 was introduced. According to Wi-Fi Alliance, WPA3 adds several new features to enhance WPA2 by making Wi-Fi security simpler, offering more robust authentication, and providing increased cryptographic strength, that will make it difficult for hackers to hack your Wi-Fi or spy on your network....
Well, three major Chinese smartphone manufacturers namely Vivo, Xiaomi, and Oppo have partnered to launch an alternative to Airdrop. So here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming file sharing service by Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Inter Transmission Alliance: Better File Sharing Experience As mentioned above, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Oppo have collaborated to launch a file sharing service. The cross-brand one-click transmission technology will allow smartphone users to effortlessly transfer files with a stable transfer speed of 20mbps....
To help thousands of Nepalese rebuild their life from scratch, you can now use Facebook to make a valuable contribution to the cause. The social network announced that it is rolling out a banner message on news feeds that will allow you to make a donation to International Medical Corps to support its response teams on the ground. For every dollar that you donate, Facebook would match your contribution to the cause (up to $2 million)....
Open the latest version of the Google app on your mobile device, or find your Google Search widget, tap the mic icon and say “what’s this song?” or click the “Search a song” button. Then start humming for 10-15 seconds. Alternatively, you can say “Hey Google, what’s this song?” on Google Assistant, and then hum the tune. Once you have finished humming, Google’s machine learning algorithm helps identify potential song matches....
Assign different shortcuts as you wish to your Android buttons without rooting your smartphoneHow to assign different functions to Android’s buttons But now thanks to ElementalX developer Aaron Segaert, you need not root your Android smartphone/tablet to assign any task to any Android button of your choice. Segaert has developed an App called Button Mapper which does all that a rooted Android smartphone can do for assigning functions to buttons. Once you have installed the App, you’ll be able to assign custom actions to your volume and home buttons, plus it even works with capacitive keys, and it does all of this without requiring root....
Earlier this week, during a visit to the Mall at Millenia Apple Store in Orlando, Florida, Cook met up with a 16-year-old coder, Liam Rosenfeld, one of the 350 scholarship winners attending Apple’s Annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2019 in San Jose, California starting June 3, reported MacRumors. Cook while speaking to TechCrunch said that he was very impressed with Rosenfeld’s coding achievements at such a young age, which is why he believes that coding education should begin in the early grades of school....
