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How To Make Incognito Mode the Default Browsing Mode In Chrome?

Today privacy is the greatest concern in our world dictated by our online presence. Those who are aware of the consequences of privacy breaches, use different ways to protect themselves. Recently, to keep your search history private, Google enabled the option of download and delete the search history. But they didn’t promise that it’ll be […]

How To Become An Ethical Hacker? [Infographic]

Cyber-security is one of the major concerns of online users these days and hackers are an inevitable part of this discussion. Every part of our cyber world is influenced by hackers and they exploit the vulnerabilities of systems to gain unauthorized access. While numerous people are confused between the terms hackers and cyber-criminals, many of […]

New Firefox Features Will Only Support Secure Websites

In a recent blog post, Mozilla has showed its intent to phase out the non-secure websites i.e. the HTTP. Earlier this week, Mozilla announced its plan to favor the websites who have HTTPS enabled. If this happens, the web will be divided in two parts: the HTTPS websites with full functionality and the other HTTP […]

Male Characters in The Sims 4 Are Getting Pregnant Due to a Bug

Last month released expansion pack “Get To Work” for The Sims 4 gave players the chance to actively control created characters if they joined up to one of the new career paths. But who would have thought this $40 expansion will make bring much fuss. Now do you want to know what is this whole fuss […]

Hacker Controls the Cellphones in GTA V With His Own Cellphone

If you are into gaming, then you would be well aware of the GTA V and how advanced it is in comparison to the previous versions of the game. All the three characters in the game have advanced smartphones and in the game, the virtual smartphones serve many functions like calling, messaging, photography and more. […]

Now Run Your Arduino Using Windows 10, Know How To Do It

A great news for Makers and Arduino lovers: Microsoft announced a new partnership with Arduino to make their Windows as First ever Arduino certified operating system. Now you can enjoy Arduino hardware with Windows software as an open-source library. In Build Developer Conference 2015, Microsoft started a new venture with Arduino to use Arduino as […]

How to Hack a Military Drone Manual is Already Online

The information needed to hack a sophisticated military drone is already available on internet and hackers could use this how-to guide for hijacking military drones, an Israeli defense manufacturer said. This news comes in the wake of the increasing warnings of drone hacking. Drones are the new warfare tools as they are cost and life-saving […]

How This Facebook Glitch Gave Me a Massive Heart Attack

It happened about two hours ago. Facebook nearly gave me and my friend Arpit, the co-founders of fossBytes, a massive heart-attack. Yes, this happened with us. Keep reading. It’s a true story. It was a usual day at work and we were finished with today’s work. As it was the second day of Microsoft’s Developer […]

5 Most Dangerous Hackers of All Time

Do you know the difference between a “hacker” and a “cyber criminal”? Many of us often use these two terms without knowing the real meaning. Here I am going to share a video of one of the most dangerous hackers of all time. These hackers are infamous for their hacking skills and expertise. If you […]

How a Hacker Hacked PayPal by Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Today even the big financial players like PayPal, who are expected to deliver secured services to its users, aren’t safe from the hacking attacks and vulnerabilities. Actually they are the one who are constantly targeted by hackers. Here I am going to tell you about a critical remote code execution vulnerability that has been reported […]

China Attacks on Facebook Using The Great Cannon

For the past few days, we have been hearing about the Great Cannon. This Great firewall system developed by China is terrorizing the whole internet world by its potential to hijack anything and everything. Now the terror has started to spread its wings and taken it’s first attack on none other than Facebook. It should be […]

Yahoo’s Bodyprint Can Unlock Your Smartphone Using Your Ear

You will not need your fingerprints or the face-detection feature of your phone very soon to ensure that your tablet or smartphone is safe and secure. Now, Yahoo researchers have come up with a new concept called Bodyprint, which claims to be a lot more reliable and all it requires is that you’re using a […]

How to Stop Google From Tracking You in Few Simple Steps

Privacy is one of the biggest concern to everyone these days, and to respect your privacy, few days ago Google enabled the option to download and delete your search history. And here again, they came up with one more thing, now you can stop google from tracking you. Yeah, you heard it right, you can stop […]

How to Detect NSA’s Complex “Quantum Insert” Attacks

In the past, whistleblower Edward Snowden has exposed numerous hacking operations run by the US intelligence agency NSA. Out of all these methods, there’s this one particular method that stood above the other. The Quantum Insert, the man-on-the-side hacking technique, is now known for its complexity and furtiveness. Along with NSA, its British counterpart GCHQ […]

Russian Hackers Read Barack Obama’s Emails: Report

American President Barack Obama’s emails were accessed by Russian hackers last October in a White House security breach, according to the NYT report. The emails that were read during this computer system breach were of unclassified nature. Earlier this month, officials admitted that White House security system was hacked by Russian hackers. According to the […]

Government Agencies Attacked Tor based Darknet Email Service SIGAINT

What is the news? The popular Darknet email service, SIGAINT, has warned its users that its email service has become a target of a government attack. SIGAINT was targeted by an attacker who tried to hack the email service my utilizing 70 bad Tor exit nodes about a week ago. SIGAINT is an email service that […]

MP3 Download Website MP3Skull Being Sued Over Mass Piracy

MP3Skull is one of the most popular websites being used by people to download music illegally. TF reports that in a combined effort, a group of music label giants- Universal Music Group, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records – have filed a lawsuit against the owners of the mp3 download website MP3Skull. The lawsuit […]

How New Zealand and NSA Plotted Hack on China

China’s foreign ministry has expressed serious concerns over the reports of hacking attacks on China planned by New Zealand and NSA in recent past. The U.S. intelligence agency tried to hack into a data link between the government buildings of China located in Auckland. A secret report named “NSA activities in progress 2013” has an item […]

Hijack Hack: Airplane WiFi Could be Used to Hack Planes

According to a new report, hundreds of commercial planes are vulnerable to hacking due to their very own airplane WiFi network for passengers. The Government Accountability Office has issued a warning that hackers sitting thousand feet below on the ground can gain access of the onboard system computers using plane’s WiFi entertainment system for passengers. It […]

Chrome 42 Sends Notifications from Web Pages You Have Closed, Download Now

Today Google has launched Chrome 42 for Windows, Linux and Mac. This release can come bundled with new developer tools that will allow developers to create more immersive application for web. Google Chrome is one of the most widely used web browser and in addition, it a big platform that developers need to look at. […]

NSA’s Privacy Breach: We Are Coming From Your Front Door This Time

The head of NSA, Admiral Michael S. Rogers, addressing at Princeton University said: “I don’t want a back door. I want a front door. And I want the front door to have multiple locks. Big locks.” Rogers suggested that NSA won’t be given the sole access to the encrypted communications happening at Google or Apple, […]