Linux Malware used to target victims with 150 Gigs/second DDoS AttacksMalware removal According to the security researchers the Linux Botnet, which is dubbed as XOR DDoS or Xor.DDoS botnet, targets gaming and education websites with potent DDoS attacks at 150 gigabytes per second of malicious traffic. According to an advisory published by the content delivery network Akamai Technologies, the XOR DDoS botnet has# targeted at least 20 websites each day, nearly 90 percent of the targets are located in Asia....

According to the peripheral maker, both the companies are combining their hardware and software expertise so that gamers can play AAA games when they are away from their console or PC. For this purpose, they are working with the Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce NOW teams. The handheld gaming device will stream video games to consumers that are rendered on a remote server instead of them having to download or install PC or console games....

While Apple is trying its best to calm the situation, it appears that this time another product of there is having battery related problem. The issue which was highlighted by VentureBeat reader Nicholas Antoniou, who claimed that some MacBook laptops promising “up to 30 days standby time” are experiencing higher battery drain. The same has been confirmed in the Apple Support Community and other discussion boards. Even the Apple technicians seem reluctant to conduct thorough testing or fix the problem....

Removing the ads from the website have not worked much for the website admins, visitors still can see the Warning page, while trying to access the website. The surprising thing is that Google Safe Browsing page says that it is unable to identify the malware thus putting 1000s of bloggers through unwanted trauma of loss of visitors + revenue and trust. MadAdsMedia have mailed the effected websites using their ads Network, and have mentioned the steps by which they can remove the warning from their websiteMail Notification: This message is regarding the recent malware notifications that some of our publishers may have experienced....

Imagine the plight of a protestor who turned up to burn the European Union flag with a lighter only to find it did not burn. While it is illegal in most countries to burn flags as a mark of protest some countries including the United States of America and the European Union allow protesters to burn flags. The words in the US Flag Code state that the United States Flag Code states that “the flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display (for example, the flag being faded or torn), should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning....

The total number of those believed to be caught up in the breaches, which included the theft of the Social Security numbers and addresses of more than 21 million former and current government employees, remains the same. OPM and the Department of Defense were reviewing the theft of background investigation records when they identified additional fingerprint data that had been exposed, OPM said in a statement. Breaches involving biometric data like fingerprints are particularly concerning to privacy experts because of their permanence: Unlike passwords and even Social Security numbers, fingerprints cannot be changed....

DNS Provider DDoSed leading to Internet outage in Mid West and East Cost United StatesTwitter, Spotify, Reddit, The New York Times, others unavailable to US visitors The outage occurred after unknown hackers launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Dyn Inc., a significant Domain Name Server provider. “Some customers may experience increased DNS query latency and delayed zone propagation during this time,” Dyn said in a note posted on its website....

Social media platforms – like Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram – make it easy for users to upload video content and share it with their followers. It’s a great way to quickly get a message across, share tips and tricks, let your audience know what you’re working on, or run a marketing ad. In this article, we’ll introduce you to VideoBoost – an easy-to-use video maker app that’s designed for all popular social media platforms....

Before coming to an assumption about this person involved, one should keep in mind that there could be chances that the one involved is a retailer that sells Windows PCs. Hence, activates them with licenses, which were stolen from Microsoft’s supply chain claims the software giant. There are very rare chances of an individual activating so many licenses, as a result of which, it does not Microsoft’s attention. But, whenever someone pirates thousands of copies of Windows and Office, then that is something the company needs to be careful about....

While KB3035583 didn’t actually install Microsoft’s newest OS version, it did bother users who were not interested in Windows 10 when they found out heavy files, preparing their machines for a future Windows 10 update. However, it turns out that Microsoft has rolled out another update that enables KB3035583, which in its turn activates the “Get Windows 10” app and displays upgrade nags on Windows 7 and 8.1 computers. Targeted at both Windows 7 and 8....

The researcher, who claims to be tired of IT security work, seems frustrated with Microsoft’s bug bounty program: The vulnerability found resides in the task manager’s Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) interface, which allows an attacker with local user access privileges to gain access to elevated (SYSTEM) privileges. — SandboxEscaper (@SandboxEscaper) August 27, 2018 Researcher Will Dormann, a vulnerability analyst with the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) confirmed that the exploit code works in a fully patched 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 systems....

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday sentenced all the three men, Paras Jha, Josiah White, and Dalton Norman, all aged in their 20s, to just five years of probation—no prison time. The decision was announced after U.S. prosecutors said that the three men had provided “extensive” and “exceptional” assistance to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in several cybersecurity matters. The trio will also have to serve 2500 hours of community service and need to pay US$127,000 (A$175,000) in restitution each....

All though Angolan Governments Decline, that they have put any Ban over Islam, but it seems they are neither taking any appropriate actions against culprits. From past few months violence have taken over entire Angola, and finally Anonymous Muslim hackers have decided to take revenge from The Angola Government with a Cyber Attack dated on 4th December. Several Muslim Hacker groups have already joined hands in hand for #OpAngola, posts From some of the groups on Facebook states, They Banned ISLAM in Angola is this called ” tolerance” #OpAngola Starts on 4/12/2013 Be Ready !...

Their activities which have gone unnoticed for years apparently dates back to 2011, and may be linked to attacks on the U.S. government’s computer infrastructure originating in 2008. According to Motherboard, the alert that is also available online shows that foreign government hackers are still successfully hacking and stealing data from US government’s servers. APT6 group also known as Advanced Persistent Threat 6, “have compromised and stolen sensitive information from various government and commercial networks” since 2011, the FBI says....

NASA in collaboration with National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as ‘America Makes’ has announced the contest with the main aim of assisting the construction technology which can help to create improved housing solutions on Earth as well as space. As per the contest the best 3D printed designs of habitat on Mars would win a prize money of $2.25 million. The contest is not an easy task as it appears to be....

Over twenty different women, including officers and enlisted soldiers, have had their intimate photos shared on a private group called “Marines United”. The smutty Facebook group, which is made up of nearly 30,000 active duty Marines and veterans, built online profiles on Marine women without their knowledge or consent, listing dozens of women’s names, ranks, social media handles and where they are placed. Those involved stored their photos in Google Drive folders linked to from the Facebook page and encouraged other members to take and share any naked photos of women in their units....

Boss Fight Entertainment, a 130-employee mobiles games developer, is Netflix’s third purchase after it announced its plans to expand into the video game industry last summer. In September last year, the popular video streaming company had bought Night School Studios, the developer behind supernatural mystery adventure titled “Oxenfree” for an undisclosed amount. It also bought Finland’s Next Games for $94 million CAD earlier this month. “Since we launched mobile games to our members around the world just four months ago, we’ve been expanding our games catalog bit by bit as we build out our in-house creative development team....

After being in works for several months, the BlackArch version 2016.04.28 was released today as a replacement for the previous ISO image, version 2016.01.10. The new version adds more than 80 new tools that can be used for penetration testing and security auditing operations. Making the announcement, the devs said in an statement, “Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs along with the new installer. The new ISOs include over 1400 tools....

Nintendo had first added SNES games to Switch Online membership in September 2018, which included famous titles such as Stunt Race FX, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and more. After its initial SNES rollout in 2018, the company released new titles only in December 2019, which featured six games, including Super Punch-Out, Star Fox 2, and Breath of Fire II....