Swift was introduced by Apple during 2014 WDC, until then developers used Apple’s Xcode IDE and Objective-C was used create all Apple apps. Exactly a year down the line, Apple has further opened up its rather closed architecture by open sourcing Swift yesterday. Apple hopes to get developers to contribute to Apple App development through this move. Along with the open source launch, Apple has already published a Swift port for Linux computers....

Star Wars science fiction movies have tremendous fan following who are totally crazy about the lightsaber which are used by the Jedis and the dark forces in the movie. Lightsaber is a fictional energy weapon consisting of a metallic hilt from which energy is emitted in the form of a blade. Only a true Jedi Knight can activate the force of a Lightsaber and this forms a major weapon used in the Star Wars fiction movies....

Since yesterday, Apple Mac users have been hit by a first ever fully functional ransomware called KeRanger. KeRanger spreads through a infected version of the Transmission BitTorrent client for Mac. Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines. The ransomware then asks victims to pay ransom in bitcoins to get an electronic key so they can decrypt the encrypted data. Windows run PCs have normally been the target of ransomware authors but this is the first time that ransomware is targeting the Apple’s closed OS X operating system....

The Magic Mouse hasn’t really been updated since 2009 and the wireless keyboard hasn’t received an update since even before that. So, the FCC filings indicate that Apple is already working on it. While there is no clarity from the filings as to how the external design of these products would be, however, the underside of the device displayed indicates that there is a possibility of some incredible new function or feature that’s lurking on the top....

Basically, the AI technology used by Emotient read the emotions on the faces of people, mainly for advertising and marketing purposes, such as measuring a customer’s response to ads and products. It adds to a growing string of artificial intelligence technology purchases Apple has made over the years. A spokesperson for the Cupertino-based tech giant confirmed the acquisition with the standard statement that Apple “buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we do not discuss our purpose or plans....

In his latest Power On Newsletter, the Bloomberg reporter said that the body-temperature feature won’t be able to give a specific reading to the wearer —like with a forehead or wrist thermometer — but it should “be able to tell if it believes you have a fever.” If the watch believes the wearer is potentially sick, it will recommend them to see a doctor or use a dedicated thermometer for a more accurate reading....

‘Team Hack Argentino’ today hacked and are presently hacking several Government websites under the banner of Operation “#OPFREEARTURO” “#LIBERENAARTURO” to free Arturo. Techworm spoke to one of the members of ‘Team Hack Argentino’ and asked him the reasons behind this hack. The team member said that Arturo the Polar Bear is kept in an extremely poor condition and is not provided with the proper medical attention as required. The Hacktivists are posting a video on the defaced website to support their claim....

Mr Bich, a 23-year-old, who is of Vietnamese heritage, took to Facebook to vent his frustrations about his name in January. He posted it was “highly irritating that nobody seems to believe me when I say that my full legal name is how you see it”. The National Australian Bank worker further said “I’ve been accused of using a false and misleading name… which I find very offensive. Is it because I’m Asian?...

For those unaware, The Pirate Bay, is a BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing site, that allows visitors to search, download and contribute magnet links and torrent files, which facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing among users of the BitTorrent protocol. The popular torrent website has been embroiled in a legal dispute with the anti-piracy outfits and rights holders from several years due to violations of copyright laws. As a result, the website has faced shutdowns and blockades in several countries and imprisonment of its founders....

BadUSB : The unpatchable and unfixable USB malwareWhat is BadUSB?BadUSB on GithubUnpatchable!!! What is BadUSB? The malware which is dubbed BadUSB, reprograms embedded firmware to give USB devices new, covert and most powerful capabilities. In a demo at Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a USB drive was infected and showed its ability to act as a keyboard that surreptitiously types malicious commands into attached computers. Another USB was similarly be reprogrammed to act as a network card that causes connected computers to connect to malicious sites impersonating Google, Facebook or other trusted destinations....

The area, which is a 45-minutes drive from west of Phoenix in an area called the West Valley off I-10 near Tonopah, costs $80 million, said Belmont Partners, a real estate investment group based in Arizona who closed the deal for the plot of land from one of Gates’ investment firms. The proposed community, planned to spread across 25,000 acres, will be called ‘Belmont’, and the goal is to convert the land into its own “smart city,” according to Belmont Partners....

The biohackers illustrated 3 implants operations last Saturday done in Dusseldorf simultaneously. According to Motherboard, “Northstar V1” chip, an LED disc, in terms of size is somewhat similar to the size of a coin making it considerably smaller than its predecessor, the Circadia 1.0 computer chip. The LEDs light up when activated by a magnet. The implants were performed on three people and was carried out by Swedish tattoo artist, Jowan Österlund at the Cyborg Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany....

At the time of termination of services, devices running BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier software, BlackBerry 10 software, and BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function. These devices will lack the ability to receive over-the-air provisioning updates and as such, this functionality will no longer be expected to reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS, and 9-1-1 functionality....

If you are an security analyst, ethical hacker, academic in field of security or a white hat hacker, you can sign up for the Wickr program. The only condition is that once you submit the vulnerability you cannot disclose it on any public domain for a period of three months. The bounty program is open to all citizens of the world excluding the countries on United States embargo list and depending on your findings about any loop holes in Wickr, the payout will range from $10,000 to $100,000....

The accused, Kane Gamble, now 18, who was then aged 15 and 16 at the time of the offences targeted figures such as the then CIA chief John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, as well as senior FBI figures such as Mark Giuliano between June 2015 and February 2016, when he was arrested. Gamble carried out his hacking operations from his bedroom in Coalville, central England, by mimicking his targets to gain access to highly classified documents concerning US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq Afghanistan including personal information, contacts lists, security details, and passwords....

Though the statement no where accepts that the CMU or its Software Engineering Institute helped FBI to break Tor anonymity network directly, the last para of the statement implies that the University helped FBI in breaking Tor due to a subpoena. However the University trashed the media reports that publicised Tor Project Director Roger Dingledine’s claims that the researchers were paid breaking Tor. The statement says that this claim is “inaccurate....

U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt also issued a $3,000 fine to Andrew Helton, who pleaded guilty in February for stealing 161 nude photos from 13 people, including celebrities. The judge described the scam as a “very serious invasions of privacy,” but also said he considers the sentencing “part of a new beginning.” However, authorities said they do not believe Helton leaked any of the images he stole. As Helton was arrested in 2013 – prior to the Fappening, nude images of Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson and Gabrielle Union and many other female stars that were widely circulated online in August 2014 are believed to have been leaked from another source....

https://twitter.com/heisechanye/status/731115391204786177 The tweets from “shenfenzheng” leaked detailed information about CCP, PLA officials and top tycoons from China including their official ID cards to the residential addresses of prominent people in government, banking, technology and industry. In some cases, shenfenzheng even leaked details of their children. Many of the tweets were swiftly deleted but Bloomberg verified that at least two of the ID numbers posted in that fashion were authentic. That shenfenzheng seems to have access to such classified information in the heavily censored state of China is astonishing....

Chrome is a simple yet a powerful freeware tool to view saved passwords in Google Chrome. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Origin URL, Action URL, User Name Field, Password Field, User Name, Password, and Created Time. You can select one or more items and then save them into text/html/xml file or copy them to the clipboard. There is no installation process or additional DLL files required to use ChromePass....