Mark Zuckerberg Has A Yellow Version Of Facebook On His Phone With Special Features Techworm

The app includes several features that you can’t get on the normal iPhone app, as previously noticed by The Verge. As he opens it, he first refers that this is the “yellow version of the Facebook app, which is our internal build.” You can see it briefly on the screen here: Later, as he exhibits one way to start broadcasting live video, he says “you can tap on the composer at the top,” as he selects the “Whats on your mind?...

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 285 words · Shannon Murdock

Massive Russian Qbot Banking Trojan Botnet Claims 500 000 Victims

Qbot (aka Qakbot) BotnetRussian involvement In what could be the wake up call for both the United States Federal authorities and banking officials, more than half (59 per cent) of sniffed sessions were reportedly from accounts at five of the largest US banks. Russian involvement Proofpoint has traced the infrastructure of QBot all the way to Russia. The researchers said that the there was a Russian speaking cybercrime group behind the scam and it was targeting American as well as European banks around the globe though the primary targets seemed American banks....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Dawn Furrer

Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Plans For A Worldwide Hassle Free Wi Fi Network

Few details of the plan temporarily went live on a Microsoft webpage Tuesday, which VentureBeat captured in a screenshot before the page was wiped clean. “We are evaluating a new service, called Microsoft Wi-Fi that will bring hassle-free Wi-Fi to millions,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to Time while declining to elaborate on any further details from the leaked webpage. Those details are describing a network of 10 million hotspots in 130 countries that will lets subscribers dodge the over-elaborate login routines they’ve come to love and hate at airports, cafes or any other public places....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · James Webb

Microsoft Account Passwords Vpn Credentials Leaked Due To Windows Flaw Techworm

The exploit depends on an attacker inserting a link to an SMB resource (network share) inside an email or a Web page that gets noticed via Outlook. Inside the image tags, the attacker can camouflage the link to his network share. Further, they can put the link to a network share hosted on his own network instead of the proper image link. When a user tries to use the link via Internet Explorer, Edge, or Outlook, their computer even via the Internet will automatically send their login credentials to validate on the criminal’s domain....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 415 words · Jenette Dickens

Microsoft Bungles Again Bug Doesn T Let Windows 10 Users Update Kb4015438 Techworm

According to some reports on Microsoft Community forum, the KB4015438 update issued by Microsoft for Windows PCs and laptops fails to install. However, there is no clarity whether the update gets an error or it just takes forever to complete. To make matters worse, the new patch is also causing problems, which was in fact supposed to address the problems experienced by the previous cumulative update (KB4013429). One user explains, “Previously, the problem was with KB 4013429, but after some days and Four Hours wasted, finally it is replaced by KB4015438....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 221 words · Elyse Owens

Microsoft Going Linux Way Windows 10 Build 14251 Has A Mysterious Linux Sub System Techworm

It seems Microsoft is stealthily embracing Linux! A Windows hacker, Walking Cat has noted that the latest Windows build 14251 aka Redstone has two Linux files called LXCore.sys and LXss.sys. Windows Power User in a blogpost noted that though Microsoft had been using Linux in its Project Astoria for Windows 10 Mobile, this is the first time somebody found Linux files on a proper Windows 10 desktop version. Microsoft had incorporated Android subsystem in Windows 10 Mobile under its Project Astoria which was reportedly shelved....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 241 words · Christopher Schwipps

Microsoft Is Actively Working On Surface Phone Running Andromeda Os Leak Suggests

Thanks to Twitter user WalkingCat, who has discovered files referencing to a new platform codenamed “Andromeda OS,” and a new device codenamed “Factory OS Andromeda Device” in the latest Windows 10 17672 SDK. It is thought that Microsoft is perhaps ready with a final version of the hardware ready to be tested internally. — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) May 23, 2018 As previously reported, the Andromeda OS code refers to is an upcoming modular operating system for mobile version that can be tailored to specific devices the software will be running on, and will allow Microsoft to add or remove features....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · Stella Angarola

Microsoft S Andromeda Os To Turn Windows 10 Into A Modular Platform Techworm

Windows OS is more than 30 years old now and is based on old and demanding code, architecture and features. With the introduction of Andromeda OS, Microsoft is looking to make Windows 10 a universal OS that will allow it to adapt to each specific device without being based on particular, prior product variants. In other words, Andromeda OS will turn Windows 10 into a modular system suitable for different architectures rather than the x86 architecture used by desktops, laptops, and tablets running Intel or AMD chips....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 177 words · Kathleen Wicker

Microsoft S Ai Bot Can Make Phone Calls And Chat With Humans

For those unaware, earlier this month at the Google I/O 2018 demo, the search giant had displayed a similar product called Google’s Duplex, where the AI bot can make a phone call and talk to a real human being in order to complete tasks on behalf of the users, such as dinner reservations and scheduling hair appointments. In other words, the AI pretends to be human and make phone calls....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 425 words · Miguel Baghdasarian

Microsoft S Windows 10 October 2018 Update Is Wiping Off User S Data

Apparently, only those people who manually installed the Windows 10 October 2018 update feature are facing this problem, since Microsoft had not started automatically rolling this latest update. Users took to social media forums such as Twitter, Reddit, and even Microsoft’s own support website to complain that the Windows 10 October 2018 update process deleted their documents, including user profiles, photos and music. Microsoft confirmed the news to suspend the public delivery of Windows 10 October 2018 update on its Windows 10 Update History page....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 354 words · Dorothy Johnson

Millions Of Dell Pcs At Risk Due To Vulnerability In Supportassist Tool

According to Dell, the vulnerability, CVE-2019-12280, was discovered in Dell’s SupportAssist application for Business (version 2.0) and Home PCs (version 3.2.1 and prior). For those unaware, SupportAssist is a software which is preinstalled on most Dell PCs to proactively examine the health of the system’s hardware and software. However, the SupportAssist software is not made by Dell but by PC-Doctor, a company that develops hardware-diagnostic software and licenses it to other electronic-device makers....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 416 words · Joseph Waterbury

Moleskine S New Smart Writing Set Digitises Your Notebooks As You Write In Them Techworm

Making a shift from paper towards digitisation and technology, Moleskine announced a new electronic pen and paper notebook combination called the Smart Writing Set. The Smart Writing Set includes a “new generation” of Moleskine Paper Tablet and a Pen+. Using this, artists can promptly view what they sketch or illustrate on the Paper Tablet right on their smartphones, tablets or PCs. To view the sketch on the screen they would have to install a companion Moleskine Notes app....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 383 words · Paula Hill

More Than 300 Websites Defaced Under Opfreesyria By Team Hacking Argentino Techworm

From last few days Anonymous network around the world has been supporting #OpFreeSyria, and does not want U.S to send their troops to attack Syria , many government websites were brought down with DDOS attacks, including some other Popular organisations websites were hacked too.At the time of writing the Article most of the websites were still showing the deface page.

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 60 words · Robert Griffin

Moroccan Hackers Defaces Colombian Government Website Techworm

Hacked website was showing a short message,

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 7 words · Betty Bienkowski

Mozilla S Firefox Emerges As Most Trusted Browser Among Users In A Survey

Following it at a distance is Google Chrome with 21%, followed by Opera with 16%, and Safari with 8%. Interestingly the polls closes mirror last years results. Tor with 6%, Internet Explorer with 3%, Chromium and Microsoft Edge, both with 2% also found places in the list. Firefox more trusted than Firefox The surprise fact of the Sophos survey was that Internet users trusted Firefox more than Tor, the anonymous browser....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 207 words · Helen Toombs

Mylifi A Smart Lamp That Beams Broadband To Your Laptop Techworm

Oledcomm’s ‘MyLifi’, is an industrial-style desktop lamp that provides secure, wireless and radio-wave-free Internet access to any compatible device through the data-transferring power of LEDs. It uses a new technology called Li-Fi or Light Fidelity, which allows devices to connect to each other via LED lights. Considered as an alternative to the traditional Wi-Fi technology, MyLifi connects your device to the internet using invisible LEDs and a special dongle. The data is transferred between the bulb and the dongle via invisible, blinking LEDs, which means the lamp doesn’t even need to be on in order to connect....

December 25, 2022 · 1 min · 164 words · Hayden Mason

Nasa Releases Stunning Images Of Pluto Resembling To Earths Atmosphere With Icy Mountains

These latest photographs only represent 5 percent of the total data, meaning the world can look forward to a wealth of spell-binding pictures to come. Traveling at the speed of light, signals take 4.5 hours to travel 3 billion miles to reach Earth, meaning the spacecraft has an enormous undertaking ahead of it. With data downloading at a rate of approximately 1 to 4 kilobits per second, it’s expected the entire abundance of science from the encounter will take one year to be beamed back to Earth....

December 25, 2022 · 3 min · 557 words · Clint Liebsch

New Blackarch Linux Version Released With1600 Hacking Tools Techworm

Developers of the Arch Linux-based BlackArch Linux operating system have some news for ethical hackers and penetration testers. They have released the new ISO image of the Arch Linux-based operating system for 64-bit and 32-bit deployments, designed especially for ethical hackers and penetration testers. The BlackArch version 2016.12.20 adds more than 100 new tools that can be used for ethical hacking needs and several other improvements. They also ship with a new kernel from the Linux 4....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 246 words · Ray Reynolds

New Iphone Se2 To Have Iphone X Like Features

Since the iPhone SE has been released there have been rumors of Apple working on a new version of SE with modern features. If rumors are to be believed, the new device is expected to boast some big iPhone X features. Apple iPhone SE 2 Specifications, Features, Price And Launch Date Lending weight to these rumors, mobile leaker and renderer Ben Geskin who has a good track record of accurate Apple-related information has claimed that the iPhone SE 2 is “coming soon” and that it will feature wireless charging and a glass back....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 310 words · John Samuel

Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison

His group created and sold devices that host pirated games. The hardware and software solutions offered by Team-Xecuter helped people install pirated games on devices like the Nintendo Switch. Well, for years Nintendo had been trying to shut down the group but hasn’t achieved much success till today. US Attorney Nick Brown stated that the operation is, “estimated to have caused more than $65 million in losses to videogame companies, but the damage goes beyond these businesses, harming videogame developers and the small, creative studios whose products and hard work is essentially stolen when games are pirated....

December 25, 2022 · 2 min · 222 words · Heather Clum