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Search results will now show both multiple prospects and multiple sources, culled of a list of pre-approved data sources, to show Bing users various sides of issues ranging from the benefits and downsides of kale to the pros and cons of controversial political issues. This builds on an advanced feature, announced back in September, in […]
The U.S. federal officials have arrested two hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world’s biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year. According to the federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, Paras Jha and Josiah White were indicted […]
That’s frequently the case with net impartiality: a handful of Republican delegates have joined their voices to those demanding the FCC to delay the vote that would repeal net neutrality, or for legislation that authorizes the principle permanently. The latest to turn is Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), who addressed in a letter today: The Internet […]
Bitfinex (the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange by volume) was forced to shut down its continuous operations after experiencing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Tuesday, December 12th. DDoS attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by flooding it with traffic from various origins. While Bitcoin’s price goes higher and higher, […]
Google’s Project Zero iOS bug hunter Ian Beer has released details about an iOS 11 exploit that could offer up a jailbreak for iOS 11.1.2. Beer last week teased that he had an exploit called ‘tfp0’, which is short for the kernel task port in iOS, and has today followed with an exploit using two […]
Palihapitiya’s judgments were directed not only at Facebook but the broader online ecosystem. “The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback circles we’ve produced are destroying how society works,” he said, leading to online communications driven by “hearts, likes, thumbs-up.” “No civil discourse, no service; misinformation, mistruth. And it’s not an American problem this is not about Russians ads. […]
On December 14, the company will vote to repeal the net neutrality practices it put in place in 2015. With Republicans agents who oppose the rules outnumbering Democrats who support them three to two, the result of the vote isn’t in any doubt. Your objections and #netneutrality tweets will do nothing this is really happening. […]
On Wednesday, Microsoft has released a patch for the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MPE) to fix a critical severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in it. The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2017-11937) has been discovered by UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that could lead to memory corruption and enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code […]
Apple is one of the biggest companies today, but its devices are not free from issues. Recently, it was reported that the company’s HomeKit software used to control smart home devices had certain vulnerabilities that posed great risks as the software was hackable, which would give hackers access to control devices connected to a specific […]
Denis Sinegubko (a security researcher from Sucuri) has discovered a new wave of the known malware wp-vcd that injects malicious WordPress admin users into vulnerable or hacked websites. The researcher said that the wp-vcd malware is preinstalled inside pirated WordPress premium themes published for download for free on some websites, he noticed that the malicious […]
The keylogging code was embedded in the SynTP.sys file, which is a module of the Synaptics Touchpad driver that ships with HP notebook models. “The logging was disabled by default but could be permitted by setting a registry value,” said a security researcher going by the Title of ZwClose, who identified the flaw earlier this […]
The Partnership sounds like something that would result on Facebook or Twitter, which are rife with imprinted content not on a site like Reddit. Well, internet, I’m sorry to tell you that marks may soon be sliding more on Reddit. On Thursday, Reddit shared a significant business announcement full of jargon you force not like. […]
The flaw has been discovered by security researchers from the University of Birmingham, who tested hundreds of various banking applications and discovered that many of them were affected by a security flaw, leaving their clients vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Apps from major financial organizations, including NatWest, Bank of America Health and HSBC, all shared the […]
Bitcoin is breaking every record—after gaining 20% jump last week, Bitcoin price just crossed the $14,800 mark in less than 24 hours—and there can be no better reason for hackers to put all of their efforts to steal skyrocketing cryptocurrency. NiceHash, the largest Bitcoin mining marketplace, has been hacked, which resulted in the theft of […]
In the past few periods, we’ve seen an escalation in the volatility in the state of Bitcoin and a notable increase in the fees to process activities on the Bitcoin network. For instance, transaction fees that are accredited to the customer by the Bitcoin system have skyrocketed this year, excelling out at close to $20 […]
The researchers demanded data left visible entered names, phone numbers, locations and Google queries. The chief of the Israeli company back the app confirmed the breach but said most of the data was not sensitive. Bob Diachenko, from the Kromtech Security Centre, part of contract company Mackeeper, said the number of data required by the […]
It’s the latest movement in a clash between Amazon and Google, which has seen the two businesses hold their products off the rival’s programs and services. It’s not the first time Google has molded Amazon from the traditional video platform. In September, Google dragged YouTube from Echo Show, Amazon’s voice-enabled artificial intelligence product. The business […]
These ME security holes affect millions of computers. ME continues Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT). This is a great tool that allows admins to remotely run machines, even when the device is not booted. Let me repeat that: If your PC has power, even if it’s not going, it can be attacked. If an attacker happily […]
A former National Security Agency hacker has admitted to illegally taking highly classified information from the agency’s headquarters, which was later stolen by Russian hackers. Nghia Pho, 67, a Maryland resident who worked for the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations, the agency’s elite hacking unit, entered a guilty plea on Friday to charges of willful retention […]
After rapidly reinforcing a flaw that acknowledged anyone with access to a High Sierra Mac to take administrative control, Apple still has extra work to do to make its software secure, namely iOS 11, it was demanded this week. Oleg Afonin, a security researcher for password-cracking forensic IT biz Elcomsoft, in an article on Wednesday […]
The group, called Google You Owe Us, said in a declaration Thursday that it was the first case of its sort in the U.K. against a major tech business over the alleged misuse of private data. It says the Alphabet Inc. unit wrongly collected people’s personal data by bypassing the iPhone’s default privacy settings. Richard […]