Running Nmap on Windows is not as difficult or problematic as it was in the past. Nmap is supported on Windows 7 and higher with performance close to if not quite as good as Linux based operating systems. The majority of users still do use *nix based systems however a good number of people use […]
WAS, is a simple automatic USB drive malware scanning tool that helps for people who often be in a hurry or absent minded to scan the USB drive before opening files from it. You may have an anti-virus with real time protection, but if it doesn’t able to identify new virus that it will be […]
Attackers looking for vulnerable Drupal 7.x sites. A security flaw patched on July 13 in core modules built into the Drupal CMS are being exploited in live attacks, according to Johannes Ullrich of the SANS Internet Storm Center. Ullrich says that, in the last two months, honeypot servers installed around the Internet, have started catching scans […]
Ever think a social networking site that is currently counted among the world’s top three social media platforms would steep so low just to boost Likes or for other marketing purposes? According to reports, Facebook historically scanned private text messages of its users for identifying links to websites and treated them as Likes. We do know that […]
Yahoo’s developers have open-sourced Gryffin, a security scanner for Web content, specifically designed to cut down the number of false positives and also work at very large scales. Yahoo has a history of releasing weird open-source projects that eventually become industry favorites. You know, projects like YUI!, Pure, and Hadoop, which were at first considered […]
The officials are claiming that foreign spy agencies such as those from China and Russia are verifying hacked databases in order to find undercover U.S intelligence operatives. Foreign spy agencies such as those from China and Russia are verifying hacked databases in order to find undercover U.S intelligence operatives. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/china-cyberattack-campaign-spying/”]China Caught Spying on Tibetan […]
Facebook Privacy Debate: A CIA Funded Company Reportedly Scanning Chats but Facebook Rejects the Claim. A developer has claimed on Hacker News that a third-party agency is continuously scanning private chats on Facebook. The developer observed this feature while testing an application that was set up in a non-published area. As a result, unusual activity was […]
Shopping via mobile devices is about to receive a dual boost this fall, if the latest rumors are correct – with Samsung about to join Apple with a high-end tablet built with fingerprint security built in.
Smartphones such as iPhone 5S rely on buttons to scan fingerprints – but the CEO of biometrics firm CrucialTec says that smartphones with a new hi-tech bezel-free screen which scans fingerprints will go on sale this summer.
A tiny new iris-scanner which plugs into smart devices and PCs could eradicate the need for passwords entirely – and it offers a far higher level of security than fingerprint scanners, with a ‘false positive’ chance of just 1 in 2.25 trillion.
A brainwave scanner could be used as the ultimate biometric “car key” according to researchers at Tottori University – and even prevent carjackings, drunk driving, or accidents caused by drivers falling asleep.
When you become powerful, you slowly begin to forget what is lawful and what isn’t. Same is the case with the current market leader in the world of search engines. It is again in the court over another significant breach of law. Let’s first learn background of law breach. Google is recently found to be scanning email conversations […]
In response to recent reports that malicious apps may have made their way into the official Android Market, Google has responded by announcing a new program to more proactively scan the Market and developer accounts for seemingly malicious apps and highlights and/or remove them before users experience trouble. Traditionally, the barriers of entry for developers