NATO, European Union and European Government websites compromisedTeam SandwormThe AttackRussian LinkOther attacks using Sandworm The cyber criminals are thought to be of Russian origin because of the various signatures seen on the malware affecting the systems. Team Sandworm This security loophole was uncovered by cyber-intelligence firm iSight Partners. They dubbed this group of cyber criminals as Sandworm due to the constant reference of “Frank Herbert’s Dune” in their code. The espionage was perpetrated since August and is still on....

The company has also said that its newly announced storage paraphernalia is 25 percent lighter than the previous generation of mobile hard drives. Seagate suggested that the drive should be targeted to both desktop and notebook owners, which is why its form factor was made sleek in the first place. In the process, this product will be able to attract a larger crowd. While the hard drive has more than enough space for you to store a multitude of different files, it is the speed category where we will have to see if the company pooled in its resources or not....

For those unaware, Musical.ly was a Chinese video social network app for video creation and live broadcasting. This app allowed users to be creative and let them create and share short singing and dancing videos by lip syncing to their favorite songs and audio clips. Users could create 15-second to 1-minute videos through the app and select sound tracks to accompany them, use different speed options (time-lapse, fast, normal, slow motion, and epic) and add pre-set filters and effects....

Silent Attack : Mediaserver vulnerability in Android smartphones running on Jelly Bean to Lollipop renders them lifeless (Updated)The Silent AttackProof Of Concept The Trend MicroLabs website says that this vulnerability is present in all Android smartphones and tablets from version Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Trend has not clarified whether the the current Android M version is susceptible to the attack. The versions Android 4.3 to Android 5....

For those unfamiliar, Slack (Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge) is a cloud-based set of team collaboration tools that offers a variety of features including group chats, private messaging, and chat rooms (called channels). In an update hidden on its Help page, Slack writes: “Workspace Owners can request access to a self-service export tool to download all data from their workspace. This includes content from public and private channels and direct messages....

On examination of the black box data, it was confirmed that while the code was correct, the way it had been configured was faulty. The test crew who were assessing the quality of the turboprop aircraft before purchase were killed in the crash. Airbus had already told A400M operators – Britain, Germany, France and Turkey – to check the planes’ Engine Control Unit. The Royal Malaysian Air Force also has an A400M, delivered in March....

Sony said that the beta service will be commercially available to the users in New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia, before a nationwide release in United States by end of 2015. It also said that PlayStation Vue will run only on Sony’s PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles as of now. Sony had announced plans for its cloud-based TV service called PlayStation Vue in November 2014. PlayStation Vue will offer subscribers popular TV channels like CBS, FOX, NBC, Comedy Central, FX, Discovery, and many more through their PlayStations....

The device that is being discussed here is the most astonishingly thin 4K TV sets that was showcased at CES 2015. It was only 4.9 mm at its thinnest point, which is pretty much most of the panel. To witness such a thinness in a person is truly bizarre. Just to put it in the frame of reference, majority of the modern smartphones cannot be made that thin. The only one smartphone that comes close to being thin as this TV is the Oppo R5....

Based in the Netherlands, Olivier Beg discovered 20 separate security flaws within United Airlines’ computer systems. As a reward, the airlines offered million United MileagePlus miles — a $25,000 value – for revealing 20 bugs to United’s program, as part of a challenge to help the company fix security flaws on its website. The bug bounty scheme was introduced by the airlines in May 2015 calling it an extension of its commitment to protecting customers’ privacy and the personal data they share with the airline....

The website was defaced with a picture of pm, with abusive words mentioned as “I’m a slutty moron”, “I know that I am the worst Prime Minister ever in Thailand history!!!”. The defacement sign showed that it was defaced by “Unlimited Hack Team”. who was previously able to hack Culture Ministry, TV Channel 3 and some other thai websites too. “Unlimited Hack Team” announced on its Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon that it did not break into the website of the PM’s Office....

Love was first arrested in October 2013 over allegations of hacking into US agencies including NASA, the US army and the Federal Reserve. On Wednesday, UK’s Metropolitan Police Service rearrested Love at his home in Stradishall, Suffolk, this time sporting an extradition warrant issued by the districts of Virginia, New Jersey and New York. According to the indictment (PDF) filed in New Jersey, Love and others hacked into thousands of computers in the US and elsewhere, collecting personal data from 104,000 people along the way....

Israeli start-ups are hard at work cultivating 5G technology and compatible systems for maximum bandwidth and minimal latency. The 5G revolution will increase capacity by a factor of at least 50 X what’s currently available on 4G, with much lower latencies. Cloud computing technology, Internet connectivity, AI tech, and 5G apps will be operational at ultra-high-speed, allowing for augmented reality applications, autonomous vehicles, and new frequency ranges upwards of 39 GHz....

The suspect was dressed as an Apple employee with a blue shirt and the similar Apple logo on the front. Unsuspected of being a stranger amongst the employees, the thief took the phones right out of a drawer in the store’s repair room. He then passed all the 19 iPhones to his accomplice who reportedly hid the phones under his shirt, and the pair walked out of the store. The store location on the Upper West Side was known as a training location for workers so new faces wouldn’t raise questions....

You can call it an irony of sorts but Yahoo is responsible for its own demise. After making several attempts to reinvent itself since it lost relevance, Yahoo has finally announced that it is selling most of its core services to US telecommunications giant Verizon. Yahoo was one of the companies that defined Internet. In fact, in some ways, Yahoo was the harbinger of the famous Dot.com era when it was valued at over $100 billion....

You can now keep your Facebook clean, secure and private with these 6 simple tips1. Secure your account2. Review your privacy settings3. Make enemies…..or at least unfriend some4. Watch those apps5. Control your data6. Plan ahead As we are in the new year, it is a good time now to do some digital cleanup and get rid of the unwanted games, apps, etc. that you no longer use. Also, it is a good time to review your security and privacy settings to ensure that your casual acquaintances are not receiving intimate details of your life....

Kim has made his USB Killer by combining camera flash parts with AA battery and made it such that the USB pendrive will deliver 300 volts when plugged into an unsuspecting computer. It’s effectively the same as a power surge, but the difference is that most power supplies have protection against those. The inbuilt USB buses in computer/laptop don’t offer the same kind of resistance, and consequently relay the energy to the rest of the computer, instantly killing it....

A hacker has managed to merge two of the most popular games together to bring you a great combo. Super Mario World needs no intro however Flappy Bird may need some introduction. Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile game, developed by Vietnam-based developer Nguy?n Hà ?ông. The game became immensely popular within a short time so much so that the developer was raking in $50,000 per day from in-App purchases....

During his 20-minute-long commencement speech, Cook shared his personal experiences on meeting Governor George Wallace and President Jimmy Carter while he was teenager living in Alabama, reading history books that did not pay attention to slavery’s role in the Civil Ward, and his first meeting with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in the late 1990s. Before Cook joined Apple, he had shared a view in 1997 which said that many view work as boring, hopeless drudgery....