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Unfortunately, it looks like the method is still in effect. Philip Neustrom, the co-founder of Shotwell Labs, lately found two demo websites that would pass account details if you visited from a mobile connection. By simply inserting a zip code and clicking a button, the site would spit out the full name, current location, and […]
This has been a story drifting around the internet the last few days. The victim was Elitoohey.He refined on the situation in a Reddit post, saying the bank begun by asking him questions about recent bitcoin purchases. The banker required to know why he was buying bitcoin. The bank appeared to be concerned about him buying and keeping […]
Security researchers have discovered a new privilege-escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel that could allow a local attacker to execute code on the affected systems with elevated privileges. Discovered by Venustech ADLab (Active-Defense Lab) researchers, the Linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2017-15265) is due to a use-after-free memory error in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) sequencer interface […]
To comply with the law, the DPA states that Microsoft requires getting valid user consent this indicates the company must be open about what data is gathered and how that data is treated. The governor also complains that the Windows 10 Creators Update doesn’t perpetually respect previously chosen perspectives about data collection. In the Creators Update, Microsoft […]
A convention in Athens, Greece, Munro detailed some of the appalling security lapses Pen Test Partners found while investigating naval ships that had things exposed online. His study focused on using basic tools, known by all intelligent security researchers, but also threat actors alike. Just by using Shodan, a search engine that recognizes anything connected […]
The Bitcoin rose by higher than 8% to $5,243 having begun the year at $966. Bitcoin has risen by more than 750% in the past year and is meriting four times as much as an ounce of gold. But the rate has been volatile. The digital currency fell below $3,000 in mid-September after the Chinese […]
What if I told you that there is a method will let you execute commands on Microsoft Word without any Macros, or memory corruption?! This Macro-less code execution in Microsoft Word technique has been described in detail by two security researchers from Sensepost, the technique leverages a built-in option of Microsoft Office, named Dynamic Data […]
Security researchers from AccessNow have discovered a new Facebook phishing scam that can also fool a professional technical user into falling victim to this scam and helping attackers to get access to your Facebook account. The new scam is using a Facebook account recovery feature called “Trusted Contact”— which sends secret codes to some of […]
Google lists just over 1,300 people on its research website, not all of whom specialize in AI. It has many thousands more software engineers. Google parent Alphabet has 27,169 employees engaged in research and development, according to its most recent annual financial filing. Google declined to make anyone available to discuss AutoML. Researchers outside the […]
Smart Home Systems like the Google Home Mini is intended to only listen for a specific wake word, in this case, it’s “Hey Google” or “Ok Google.” Only then do their receivers record what you’re saying it, transmit it to the cloud, and try to solve your question. But there is normally a way to […]
Israel told the NSA, where frightened officials quickly began a hunt for the gap, according to users familiar with the subject, who said an inquiry by the agency revealed that the tools were in the territory of the Russian government. Israeli spies had discovered the hacking stuff on the network of Kaspersky Lab, the global […]
There is terrible news for all OnePlus lovers. Your OnePlus handset, running OxygenOS—the company’s custom version of the Android operating system, is collecting way more data on its users than it requires. A recent blog post published today by security researcher Christopher Moore on his website detailed the data collection practice by the Shenzhen-based Chinese […]
The Qatar administration also told internet users that they would be reviewing the issue though no decision or official comment on the blocks themselves have reported. For a while, users were uncertain whether Skype or the ISPs at the direction of the government were the sources of the block though it is immediately 100% crystal […]
Joe Belfiore continued that he had also shifted to Android himself. Windows 10 Mobile attempted to attract users by making them run the same “universal apps” on both their PCs and handsets, but the thought failed to catch on. The OS accounted for just 0.03% of the global market based on smartphone purchases between April […]
Microsoft today announced built-in support for Cortana—an artificial intelligence-powered smart assistant—in Skype messenger on Android as well as iOS devices. What purpose does it serve? Microsoft wants its AI-based smart assistance to understand your conversations and help you with quick suggestions, ideas and information right inside your chat window. “Cortana can also help you organize […]
If you’re one of the users Facebook has decided to participate in the test, you’ll see this small button in the upper right-hand corner above an article’s title. If you tap this button, you’ll be able to find extra contextual data about the journalist that is “pulled from across Facebook and other experts, such as […]
Last week, it was reported that the TV portion of Google Fiber is being dropped from future rollouts of the service. In a blog post, Google revealed that in its newest markets, Louisville and San Antonio, it will not be giving optional TV service. “More and more users are moving away from conventional methods of […]
However, one investigator has made the shock forecast that the end is coming soon for the Surface.Steve Brazier thinks that when 2019 comes along, Microsoft will choose to scrap the Surface product line. Mr. Brazier, the chief executive of analyst firm Canalys, made the forecast at the new Canalys Channels Forum in Venice. He said that Microsoft […]
It’s a pretty simple trade model, actually. They assume as much data about you from lenders, aggregate it, and sell it back to them,” said Brett Horn, an enterprise analyst with Morningstar. Equifax had more than $3.1 billion in income last year, largely from selling data to other organizations. Experian’s income came to $4.34 billion, […]
A British teenager has admitted trying to hack into the computers of senior US government officials, including the director of the CIA and the deputy director of the FBI. Kane Gamble, 18, pleaded guilty on Friday to 10 charges at Leicester crown court. Besides John Brennan, the then director of the CIA, and Mark Giuliano, […]
Pirate Bay got this the hard way when users on Reddit lately complained regarding the site’s use of such miners. The website eventually backed away from the practice, but not after giving a fair deal. “As you may have seen we are testing a Monero javascript miner,” said the site’s administrators. “This is simply a […]