Security Director Used A Rootkit To Hack The Lottery And Steal Millions Techworm

According to the fresh development on the case, Tipton’s hacking activities will now be expanded to include a number of other states. Until now, lottery officials from Colorado, Wisconsin and Oklahoma have indicated that Tipton may have also gamed lottery jackpots in their respective states. While working as a security director for Multi-State Lottery Association since 2003, Tipton allegedly installed a rootkit onto his company’s computer system that influenced the manner in which ‘random’ numbers were generated....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 322 words · Robert Friedrichs

Security Firm Demonstrates How Spyware Taps In Onto Your Smartphone

Without the knowledge of the phone owner, the tool allows the spies to record conversations with the microphone and take pictures with a phone’s camera secretly. Recently, the hackers stole the Hacking Team’s software from the company and published it on the web. It is very interesting to know how much this tool can do by it accessing nearly any data on a phone, tablet or PC. Joe Greenwood, of cybersecurity firm 4Armed, could not hold himself back from experimenting the source code for the programme that was dumped online by hackers....

November 23, 2022 · 4 min · 776 words · Jenny Eike

Security Guards Deployed At Cctv Panel Stalk Women In Shopping Complex In Australia

This shocking news was reported by a Australian current affairs TV Show NineMSN. The shows reported how a group of up to five security guards posted at the CCTV panel to monitor the activities in mall were using surveillance cameras to follow attractive women in the mall, zoom in on them and capture pretty unsavoury images which the security guards saved in the computers. The show also reported that the security guards had saved the images in a separate folder with a NSFW name and contained more than 1,500 pictures of women shoppers neatly categorised by their characteristics like blonde, Asian etc....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 331 words · Joanna Neal

Security Vs Utility Talking About Regulation Techworm

Utility tokens are used for granting access to a company’s products or services or entitle their holders to be a part of an ecosystem where this token acts as a native currency. Utility tokens are not designed for investments and this leads to a lack of security regulations. Security tokens derive their value from an external, tradable asset and share specific characteristics with regular financial instruments which are subject to security regulations....

November 23, 2022 · 5 min · 896 words · Dusty Shimer

Self Driving Cars Vulnerable To Hack Attack With A Laser Pen

According to security research, hackers can easily fool self-driving cars by exploiting its laser navigation systems and sensors and making it to think that another car, a person or an obstacle is in front of them and force it to take evasive action. The Lidar 3D imaging systems, which the self-driving vehicles use to navigate and build a picture of their surroundings, are tricked by the hackers by using a cheap low-power laser making them to think that there is something in front of them forcing them to slow, stop or take evasive action....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 523 words · Raymond Sills

Several Website S Of Ak Parti Turkey Hacked And Defaced By Redhack Techworm

AKP is a leading party in turkey, with maximum number of members in parliament. The websites Hacked are from different provinces of turkey. List of hacked websites Hacked can be seen below: akpartiedirne.com akpartihavsa.com akpartikesan.com akpartiipsala.com akpartimeric.com akpartisuloglu.com akpartiuzunkopru.com akpartilalapasa.com akpartienez.com

November 23, 2022 · 1 min · 41 words · Zachary Russo

Smartphones Can Be Tracked Via Bluetooth Signals

The research team found that Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals, which are constantly emitted by mobile devices generate a unique fingerprint. This is then exploited by attackers to track individuals’ movements. Devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, and fitness trackers, constantly transmit signals, known as Bluetooth beacons, at the rate of roughly 500 beacons per minute. These beacons enable features like Apple’s “Find My” lost device tracking service; COVID-19 tracing apps; AirTag, and connect smartphones to other devices such as wireless earphones....

November 23, 2022 · 4 min · 680 words · Jessica Cooley

Stephen Wilhite Creator Of Gifs Expired At The Age Of 74 Due To Covid

Stephen died at the age of 74 according to Kathaleen Wilhite, his wife. The obituary reads that Stephen was with his family members when he passed away is a good and humble man even after accomplishing a lot. GIF inventor expired at 74 Stephen invented GIF, which is pronounced as ‘Jif’ is an abbreviation for Graphics Interchange Format. It was developed for CompuServe in 1987 when the organization was looking to display color weather maps....

November 23, 2022 · 1 min · 213 words · Kelly Obrien

Strange Bug Sending Undeletable Ghost Mails From 1969 70 To Iphone Users Techworm

The bug was reported by Reddit users on this thread. ConduciveMammal noted that an error with the mail server not downloading the headers correctly appears to be causing some iPhone owners to receive undeletable ‘null’ emails dated back to December 31, 1969 or January 1, 1970. Another commenter on thread explained that the issue probably stems from the way iOS handles UNIX time, or Epoch time as it’s also called....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 229 words · Michele Giles

Strixus Cyber Threat Intelligence Continues To Grow In Demand Techworm

Here are a few reasons why Strixus has been so sought after by international enterprises and other high-level organizations: Combining Multiple Technologies and Approaches for Maximum Reach Strixus has used a combination of various security disciplines and areas of expertise to create the most robust cyber attack prevention system known to man. By incorporating elements of language detection, crypto analysis, and reverse code engineering, the brand has become a go-to source of protection for international enterprises, governments, political figures and parties, and even private entities....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 533 words · Deborah Smith

Superfish Visualdiscover Lenovo Pcs Come With Pre Installed Adware And Mitm Proxy

This was noticed by Lenovo users and posted on Lenovo forums. Another researcher and Lenovo user Marc Rogers has also published a detailed analysis on his blog. He states that, The adware which is called Superfish Visual Discovery software also uses MITM SSL certificates which is only possible by installing a self signed certificate from designated authority, which is Lenovo in this case. Another user, Kenny White tweeted :...

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 336 words · Ricky Simmons

Swish Video App Review Techworm

Easy To Use Templates If you are familiar with website creation programs like WordPress then you are simply going to love the simplicity of the Swish Video App. However, do not be fooled by the simple setup because this is one tool that can do powerful things for your website. That being said it does offer somewhat of a similar setup as WordPress. It already has pre-designed templates that you can use....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 427 words · Larry Gannon

Synaptics To Bring Iphone Like 3D Touch Screen To Android Phones

Today, Synaptics has announced a new display controller called the ClearPad 3700, which the company hopes will make pressure sensitive screens the norm on many many of the 2016 flagship Android devices. Kevin Barber, the senior vice president of Synaptics’ Smart Display Division said “This exciting next step in human interface for smartphones will soon become the norm and highlights Synaptics’ leadership in force. Early adopters of ClearForce include industry leading OEMs and LCMs seeking advanced technology that drives an enhanced and more productive user experienced....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 265 words · Alicia Patterson

Syrian Electronic Army Claims To Have Hacked United States Central Command Centcom Servers While Us Denies It Techworm

November 23, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Harry Kerr

Teamviewer Hacked Server Goes Offline Even As Users Claim Accounts Hijacked Techworm

Several reports indicate that unknown third parties are taking control of PCs and emptying their bank accounts through services like PayPal or eBay. TeamViewer is a remote desktop connection software that allows users to share screens and allow remote access from anywhere in the world. TeamViewer’s website went offline until around 1:00 PM, while a tweet from the company stated they were “experiencing issues in parts of [the] network,” while the separate TeamViewer Support account stated that “we have no security breach....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Todd Henry

The Dual Sim 4G Lte K3 Note Smartphone Is Exclusively Available On Flipkart On July 15 Through Flash Sale At Rs 9 999

Flipkart is all set for the sale of Lenovo K3 Note again on July 15 despite fury during its flash sale yesterday. Both the black and white variants will be available for sale on 12 pm and 3 pm respectively. The e-commerce chief sold all its collections in just 3 seconds yesterday. 47,440 units of the K3 Note were purchased by customers in 5.2 seconds on FLIPKART, Lenovo said in a statement....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 268 words · Justin Mauricio

The Easy Simple Ways To Get Twitter Followers Fast Techworm

In order to take advantage of this platform, one needs to have very many followers. Traffic is the key to unlocking the power of Twitter. With a good number of followers, information could be passed to a large population easily over a very short period of time. Here are a number of tips on how to acquire a good number of followers over a short period of time: Disclose your location To get more followers on any social media platform, disclose your location from time to time....

November 23, 2022 · 4 min · 680 words · Shirley Winstead

The New Raspberry Pi 3 Has A Built In Wi Fi Bluetooth A Faster Processor And Costs Just 35 Techworm

The Raspberry Pi 3 comes with a 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core processor running at 1.2 GHz that is roughly 50 percent faster than its predecessor, according to the foundation. “Our primary goal in moving to A53 from A7 was to get a better 32-bit core,” said Raspberry Pi Foundation CEO Eben Upton. “A53 running in 32-bit mode outperforms A7 at the same clock speed by 20-30 percent.” It also comes with integrated 802....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 354 words · Thomas Echols

The Pirate Bay Founders Ordered To Pay Damages Of 477 000 To Music Labels Techworm

For those unaware, The Pirate Bay is a pirated website that distributes copyrighted material such as movies, music and games. Originally founded in Sweden, The Pirate Bay is still one of the world’s most popular pirated sites in the world. The decision is the result of a case that was filed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in November 2011 against The Pirate Bay with support from Finnish anti-piracy group Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC) at the Helsinki court....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 390 words · Elizabeth Dashiell

The Technology And The Problems Of Employee Monitoring Techworm

Most solutions can log keystrokes typed, application and website usage, detailed file usage, incoming and outgoing chats and e-mails, internet connections, windows interacted with, internet packet data, desktop screenshots, software installations, and much more. The software can present all activities logged in easy-to-read graphical reports. Employers can set specific alerts to notify management when an employee performs a certain action or is perhaps not meeting productivity goals. Keystroke monitoring is perhaps one of the most invasive types of monitoring....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 561 words · John Brooks