If you prevent access to your computer with just a password, you are missing out on an alternate (and more secure) way to lock down your computer. Predator, a free Windows program, turns your USB drive into a key that locks your computer when it’s removed. To unlock your computer, you’ll have to plug the […]
Powerup and French drone-maker firm Parrot collaborated together to create a revolutionary new gadget that easily converts something as insignificant like a paper airplane into a virtual-reality, electronically controlled device. The developers attached remote controlled engines and a camera to the paper plane in order to transform it into a powerful drone, explained PowerUp. To offer […]
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is known for collecting personal data of its users, but who thought the firm will be forcefully displaying ads on your desktop? Online ads emerging from nowhere on your desktop is a regular sighting. It is probably part and parcel of internet usage and we all have grown accustomed to it. However, […]
A Kosovan man named Ardit Ferizi has been arrested in Malaysia for suspected hacking of US military databases comprising of personal information of 1,351 officers and government employees. Ferizi is also accused of handing over this sensitive information to the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group. According to the US Department of Justice, the 20-year old Ferizi was […]
Dow Jones Hacked by Russians for Obtaining Trading Tips — No one knows how much money the made. A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal and several other news publications, and stole information to trade on before it became public, according to four […]
Industry looking to improve access controls and authentication, but decisions still governed by security requirements, use cases, hacker disruption. Yahoo this week became the latest to pass out the torches and pitchforks on the march to kill the password as a way to repair authentication for consumers and enterprises. The ongoing deathwatch is a popular […]
A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal and several other news publications, and stole information to trade on before it became public, according to four people familiar with the matter. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission […]
Developers have been quick to fix the problem. An important security issue on Ubuntu phone that has been revealed this morning has been fixed by the Canonical team. This is the first major issue revealed on Ubuntu Touch, and the developers have been quick to repair it. Earlier today, a user from the Ubuntu community noticed […]
TeslaCrypt doesn’t mean anything to many PC users, but there are thousands of people who have somehow contracted this infectious malware program that imprisons personal files on a computer until a monetary reward is paid. There already are tools that can deal with certain versions of this dangerous ransomware program, but Microsoft decided to step in, creating […]
Short Bytes: The FCC is on the receiving end over its proposed rules to alter WiFi routers to make them secure as the experts are telling a different story. In an open letter, Vint Cerf – the co-inventor of the Internet – along with 260 other experts, has outlined some changes in the proposal. When […]
Facebook is a great platform for those who are looking for new friends, finding old ones or to promote their business. In fact, Facebook drives more traffic on websites than Google but did you know using Facebook can also create a lot of problems at work or invade your privacy and let’s not forget stalkers keeping track of things you […]
UltraDNS, a web content delivery service, went down Thursday afternoon, taking with it a number of popular websites, including Netflix and Expedia. The cause of the 90-minute failure was an internal issue in a server on the East Coast and was not the result of an attack by hackers, said Lara Wyss, an UltraDNS spokeswoman. […]
Short Bytes: In 2015, the infamous spyware FinFisher is spread in 32 countries to perform advanced citizen surveillance. Citizen Lab, a security watchdog, has uncovered the nearly untraceable IP addresses and servers of the spyware. Read more and find out how it works and if it’s used by your government. The preying eyes of your government […]
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) was designed to help secure websites (those using HTTPS) by declaring to web browsers that they should communicate only via HTTPS with the server to protect connections against downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. Mozilla implemented support for HTST in its current form in Firefox in 2014 and it has been […]
Short Byte: In a bizarre incident, Facebook users are reportedly seeing increasing friend suggestions of the people they have dated before through Tinder. Is it six-degree separation or mere intrusion? In the 21st century, striving for privacy is a mind-numbing struggle. As much as fossBytes along with several international privacy and security-concerned platforms has stressed […]
Short Bytes: Flying cars dream would soon change into a reality. So, get ready and pick your ride in advance. Good luck ? Most of us, in fact, all of us have dreamt about owning a flying car at one point of time (not everyone can buy a private jet or chopper, right?) and fly […]
Developers at Automattic, the parent company behind the blogging platform WordPress, fixed a nasty stored cross-site scripting error this week in Akismet, an anti-spam plugin that figures into millions of websites. The bug was fixed Tuesday in an update, 3.1.5, according to Christopher Finke, an engineer at Automattic that works on Akismet. Akismet filters spam […]
A banking trojan, detected by ESET as Win32/Brolux.A, is targeting Japanese internet banking users and spreading through at least two vulnerabilities: a Flash vulnerability leaked in the Hacking Team hack and the so-called unicorn bug, a vulnerability in Internet Explorer discovered in late 2014. Both exploits are (still) distributed through an adult website and try […]
Researchers show how mass decryption is well within the NSA’s $11 billion budget. For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from the US National Security Agency and other state-sponsored spies. Now, researchers are […]
Hacking SIRI and Google Now silently from 16feet away now possible via Headphones, claim ANSSI Researchers. French researchers at the government’s information security agency ANSSI have surpassed everyone else in the field of technology.. or so it seems… since they have managed to hack Apples personal assistant SIRI without even speaking a word. Not to […]
Extremely secretive spy vehicles equipped with X-ray facility, Z Backscatter, will now be seen patrolling the city streets — NYPD hasn’t disclosed anything yet regarding why and how these vehicles will be used. It is understood that these vehicles will be capable of monitoring the contents of your car’s interior and also of your homes. […]