IP addresses are nothing but the four-number strings like 74.125.224.72 that one sometimes see in the browser’s address bar or in the smartphone’s system settings, or that one may have to type into the cable modem or WiFi router. For example, 74.125.224.72, is the address that should take you to Google. ARIN has now activated its “IPv4 Unmet Requests Policy.” Basically, it said that it was sorry, but if you want all of those requested addresses, you can take a smaller block or wait on ARIN’s waiting list until they somehow become free or buy them on the open market....

UPI’s feed said that the Pope said World War III had begun and the New York Post’s business section Twitter feed mentioned that Bank of America’s CEO was calling for calm after a Federal Reserve decision. Series of Identical tweets were posted to the feeds of the New York Post and United Press International which involved “active combat” between U.S. and Chinese navy vessels in the South China sea. Jenny Tartikoff, a spokeswoman for the NYPost said the hacks are being looked into....

The Washington Post reported on Sunday that the Obama Administration is preparing “unprecedented” economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who benefit from the cyber theft of valuable U.S. trade secrets. The newspaper, citing several unidentified Obama administration officials, said that they will arrive at a final decision on whether to issue the sanctions as early as next two weeks. United States has long been bearing the brunt of cyber attacks against its assets allegedly by Chinese hackers sponsored by the government....

“Home or office break-in – Your home or office has been invaded by burglars looking for valuable personal information in order to steal your identity. They see an innocuous-looking USB drive next to your computer and hope to gain access to its data. However, it’s not an ordinary flash stick. After inserting USB Killer into the computer the USB port is burned out, protecting you and your information.” That is not the only scenario where USB KILLER will save your life....

As for the specs, this phone is a dual SIM smartphone. It comes with a 5-inch screen, which has a IPS panel that displays its visuals in a FWVGA resolution of 480 X 854 pixels. It runs the Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad core processor chipset at its core, which is granted assistance in its operations by 1GB worth of RAM. It also offers 8GB internal storage, which can be expandable up to 32GB via microSD, as the phone offers a hybrid microSD slot....

We know that Google images can provide us with any photo, but we need to write the keyword or the terms associated with it to be able to proceed with the search. While in using a reverse image search tool we will just provide a sample image. It is helpful in locating the source of an image or the content creator, search for the image in terms of popularity, extract details that are related to an image, look for similar images that have higher resolution, locate the web pages where the photo is displayed, and look for manipulated versions of the image....

According to a new report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has added the new pause/resume button on the voice recording bar in place of the stop button on Android devices. This new pause button will be visible to the users when they swipe up after pressing the record button. The same button will be used to unpause and resume the recording. The new pause and resume voice recording feature is particularly helpful where there is a disturbance or interruption in between in case of long recordings....

We have published many tutorials for hackers and security researchers. You may have noticed that most tutorials are based on Linux operating systems. Even the hacking tools out there are based on Linux barring a few which are written for Windows and Mac. The moot question here is that why do hackers prefer Linux over Mac or Windows? Today we look at the reason why hackers always prefer Linux over Mac, Windows, and other operating systems....

As software designers have known for decades, any cognitive task that is repetitive, and algorithmic can be replicated in a computer. The elegance in software and what often makes-or-breaks it in the real word is in the human-computer interface. This discipline involves efficiently offloading repetitive tasks to the computer, and efficiently interpreting the results. As J.C.R. Licklider explained in his groundbreaking 1960 essay Man-Computer Symbiosis, the more seamless this translation task can become, the more likely it is computers will be able to aid us in our cognitive tasks and extend our decision-making capacities....

He has developed a WiFi social engineering tool that is designed to steal credentials from users of secure Wi-Fi networks. The WiFiPhisher software tool works on Kali Linux and requires a wireless interface that is capable of injection. The tool spits de-authorization packets at a legitimate access points jamming it and prompting users to inspect available networks. Users will see the malicious network masquerading as their trusted access point. This nature of this technique is called the Evil twin....

However, till this week the extent of Windows 10’s nefarious spying activities were not known. So a Voat user CheesusCrust decided to research the amount of data that Windows 10 reports back to the Redmond based servers. CheesusCrust’s published his research on Voat under the title of Windows 10 telemetry network traffic analysis, part 1. According to his research, he found that Windows 10 sends data back to Microsoft servers thousands of times per day....

Users complain about Touch ID not working in App Store with the new updateFixes in iOS 8.3WiFi / Bluetooth FixesUI fixesMessaging App fixesFamily SharingIssues with the update The most obvious are additions in Apple iOS 8.3 are emoji and CarPlay. The default keyboard’s emoji selector has been updated with a scrollable list view, categories, and a skin tone picker for each face. A few brand-new emoji resemble Apple’s family of products — the iPhone, iMac, and Apple Watch....

Researchers from the University of Stuttgart, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, achieved a new world record in wireless data transmission by sending the contents of a conventional DVD in under ten seconds using radio waves. In other words, they have set a new record in wireless transmission using millimetre-waves to transmit at a data rate of 6 Gigabit per second over a distance of 37 kilometers, which is 10 times faster than any data transmission method....

Last week, CBC News reported that, in April this year, a German couple had discovered some postcard locked in a bottle which had washed up on the beach of Amrum Island. Retired postal worker, Marianne Winkler, found the bottle on the shores and though most of the times the letters locked in such bottles are known to have some romantic messages, this one however did not have any romance in it....

According the news on Chinese forums, a Xiaomi patent describing a fingerprint recognition technique using the device’s buttons was spotted at China’s State Intellectual Property Office. According to the reports on MIUI forums, the new Xiaomi Mi 5 will sport an optical sensor as well as a bottom fingerprint sensor in the cover glass’s terminal equipment. The latest Xiaomi flagship device will sport a 5.2-inch QHD display screen and it will be powered by a 2....

YouTube Ads lead to exploit kits, YouTube serving ‘malvertising’?What is MalvertisingHow was YouTube used? The blog report states that, TrendMicro has been researching on malvertising trends for past few months and have come to this surprising conclusion. TrendMicro goes on to state that neither Google and YouTube is serving the malicious ads, rather, the hackers seem to be operating from ad campaigns bought from legitimate advertisers. TrendMicros state, What is Malvertising Here is a brief intro into the world of malvertising for your....

Microsoft Edge has been received well by the users especially due to its speed. However Edge still has a long way to go before it can offer a real challenge to the current market leader, Google’s Chrome or Mozilla’s Firefox. Also as of now it only runs of Windows PCs and Laptops hampering Microsoft’s need for a popular all OS browser like Chrome or Firefox. To give the users and developers the taste of Edge’s engine, which is responsible for its speed, Microsoft has created an open source browser that runs as an UWP application, and uses the platform’s WebView control to interact with the EdgeHTML engine....

So, how did the movie get leaked online? Apparently, the Marvel superhero film was released in Japan, Hong Kong, and China over the weekend. The leaked version seems to have originated from China as it contains Chinese subtitles in it. In fact, one leaked version of the Marvel movie had intermittent watermarks and advertisements for 1xBET, a Russia-based online betting company. Fortunately for the makers of the movie, the leaked versions of the film are of low video and audio quality since many of them have been recorded with handheld cameras....

One of the primary reasons why people prefer using Android over much more stable and reliable iOS is the ability to customize their smartphones as per their preference. Well if you have been scouting for some of the best Android launchers to customize your smartphone, then this article might help you. So these are some of the best Android launchers that are worth checking out. Best Android Launchers To Customize Your Phone 1....

Windows 11 has recently been unveiled officially, and there is a new editing toolbar on the Photos app. That will not cut it for many people who are looking for a good photo editing application to go along with it. The majority of photos clicked with smartphones and cameras are not perfect. Everyone prefers to improve the quality of photos and fix the issues associated with them. This is where free photo editing software for Windows 11 come into the picture....