Simone Margaritelli is one of them. Simone works in Zimperium and has little time for nitty gritty of opening an App to brew his coffee. He did what hackers are known for, he hacked his coffee machine finding a way to brew coffee using the command line. Simone says he reverse engineered the app used to control the Smarter AM coffee machine. This means that hackers will now not have to waste time on the Smarter AM coffee machine App veery time they need a coffee....

What we can see is mere 5% of Universe, the remaining 95% is made up of Dark Matter and Dark Energy!Cosmic footprint of Dark Matter and Dark Energy: However, when it comes to understanding the universe, humans are lagging behind! According to physicists, more than 80% of the Universe is made up of “dark stuff”. Surprisingly, the matter which we can see such as the stars, galaxies, trees, plants and all the things which is perceptible and surrounds us makes only 5 percent of the known Universe!...

How Hackers Hack Facebook Accounts and Tips On How To Protect yourself.Here’s, How Hackers Hack Facebook Accounts So, what can you do to prevent your Facebook accounts from being hacked? In this article, we make you aware of all attacks carried out by hackers and also offer security tips to keep your Facebook account safe from hackers. Note: This article is for security purpose only and should not be used as it is illegal....

Here are the top ten ways to move or send large files on the web1. Minus2. GE.TT3. Droplr4. Ypix.Me5. DropCanvas6. WeTransfer7. Adobe SendNow (Paid)8. Box9. DropSend10. SendThisFile Well, now spending money for sending large files online is a thing of the past. Given below are the top 10 ways you can send large files online free of cost without having to worry about losing your data. 1. Minus Minus is very easy to use file-sharing area and also the preferred one with the groups....

Here’s why you should use Linux operating system on your PCsFree and open sourcePerforms well on older computersLots of distributions availableAvailability of all popular software applicationsLess prone to viruses and other malware Linux is still regarded as the OS that mostly “geeks” use. Further, when it comes to servers and mainframe computers, Linux is the dominant OS. Basically, people abstain from using Linux because they consider it’s too complex to work with....

Techworm brings you the top five and most versatile Internet browsers for Android smartphones and tabletsGoogle Chrome web browserFireFox web browserOpera Mini web browserUC Web BrowserDolphin web browser While most Android devices come with default stock Internet browser, it has been known to be vulnerable to SOP exploits therefore, you the user, can try other browsers in the Google Play store of Android devices. Google Chrome web browser Google Chrome is one of the best browsers available for Android devices....

Remember these are just relay nodes. It is view of the hops within the TOR network on a given day. Nearly all of the relay nodes are in Europe. Exit nodes would connect to anywhere in the world, which are not shown. For the uninitiated a little bit of Tor. Tor is a browser for surfing the dark web or the web which is not seen with normal browsers like Chrome, IE, Edge, Firefox etc....

Due to the closed nature of the Apple ecosystem, it becomes quite tricky for Android smartphone users to connect their smartphones with macOS notebooks and desktops. Luckily there are many programs and services like Airdroid, Samsung Smart Switch, Dropbox, and many more that can help you transfer data from Android to macOS with ease. However, a majority of these services have certain limitations, and at times they are exclusively available for a particular smartphone brand....

Aboul-Ela discovered the Twitter has a critical vulnerability in its advertising service. This vulnerability, apparently allowed Aboul-Ea to delete any credit information from ANY Twitter account. As per Aboul-Ela, the vulnerability is very critical and high risk because all what’s needed to delete credit card is to have the credit card identifier which consists only of 6 numbers such as “220152?. Any blackhat hacker having prior knowledge of writing simple python code and using a simple six numbered loop can delete delete all credit cards from all Twitter accounts....

Where cyberwarriors working for Moscow and other regimes are already prodding and jabbing at U.S. networks, this approach by the U.S. comes as a surprise to some. However, in 2015, it was reported that USS Annapolis is one of the Navy’s special submarines that has cyber-offensive capabilities, as part of the 2013 Edward Snowden leaks. According to Adam Weinstein and William Arkin, writing last year for Gawker’s intelligence and national security blog, Phase Zero, the Annapolis is a premier computer network exploitation (CNE) toolkit, a portable hacking platform that snoops on any designated target, be it another country’s infrastructure, military troops, or its underwater communications cables....

The deal which was signed in July includes supplying two high-resolution Pleiades-type Falcon Eye military observation satellites, a ground station and training for 20 engineers. These are to be delivered in 2018. The Astrobus-based satellite system is to be supplied by Airbus Defense and Space while the observation and data transmission technology is being arranged by Italian-French joint venture Thales Alenia Space. Pleiades joint civil-military high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite (picture above) which was launched firstly in 2011 and then in 2012 renders similar technology....

Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system and distribution for personal computers, smartphones and network servers. It uses Unity as its default user interface. It is based on free software and named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu (literally, “human-ness”), which often is translated as “humanity towards others” or “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”. The popularity of Ubuntu is such that it is used on International space station and is behind the world’s largest supercomputer....

Stating, “American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back.” linked to a paste on pastebin containing alleged Confidential data from Centcom’s Computer network. Followed by tweets containing alleged stolen data carrying details of US military personnel The twitter and Youtube Account of Centcom has since been suspended. following tweets were tweeted during the hack. “We can confirm that the US Central Command Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised earlier today,” the Pentagon said in a statement....

USB-C connector provided on new MacBook and Chromebook prone to hacking via ‘borrowed charger’, BadUSBBadUSB flawWhat is BadUSB?Type-C port vulnerableAuthentication But with the new port comes with its own set of security issues because the Type-C port is vulnerable to BadUSB flaw. The issue was first reported by Verge which said that USB-C is vulnerable to BadUSB firmware attack or other attacks exploiting the plug’s direct memory access. Verge said that users using the new MacBook and Chromebook Pixel 2 would be prone to a “borrowed charger” attack....

However the hacking has already been done and at the time of writing this article the website of City of San Marcos, Texas as well as that of the San Marcos Police Department is down. Bitcoin Baron, the hacker who took down these sites said that the had targeted the sites to demand a police officer named James Palermo be fired from San Marcos Police Department and imprisoned for injuring Alexis Adelphi....

Virginia Police Have Been Secretively Stockpiling Private Phone RecordsHRTASNLegality of the database As per the Wired report, five cities from southeast Virginia are participating in the program which is called ‘Hampton Roads Telephone Analysis Sharing Network’ (HRTASN). The database, which affects unknown numbers of private citizens and contains phone records that at least five police agencies in southeast Virginia have been collecting since 2012 and sharing with one another with little oversight or questioning....

Pre-installed software in Lenovo, Toshiba and Dell has severe vulnerabilitiesLenovo vulnerability :Dell vulnerabilityToshiba vulnerability The hacker who goes by the handle of slipstream and RoL and writes for LizardHQ, discovered severe vulnerabilities in the Lenovo Solution Center, Toshiba Service Station and Dell System Detect, all of which are support software for respective PCs/laptops. According to slipstream, Lenovo Solution Center has the most serious of the vulnerabilities and if exploited, would allow a potential hacker take over the Lenovo PC/laptop by making the owner visit a specially crafted website....

The vulnerability was discovered by Check Point security researcher Kasif Dekel and can be exploited by simply sending a vCard contact card containing malicious code to a WhatsApp user. As soon as the WhatsApp user opens the innocuous looking vCard on the web extension, WhatsApp Web, the malicious code contained in it can run on the victim’s machine. Check Point says that this vulnerability is so severe that the potential hacker could distribute any malware, including ransomware, bots, and remote access tools (RATs) by exploiting it....

While other researchers are trying out self healing material using mostly liquid compound, this process differs from them. Watch this video to get an idea of how the material self heals after getting shot at. We had earlier reported about a similar research being carried out by a team at the University of Bristol. Lead by Prof.Duncan Wass, the team is working on their own self-healing material. Prof Wass has confirmed that the self-healing products will reach consumers in the “very near future”....

It offers transfer and write speeds of up to 100MB/s and 90MB/s respectively making it capable of transferring a full HD movie in under 45 seconds. Users can record an estimated 14 hours of 4K UHD video on the 256GB card, making it ideal for high-performance drones, action cameras, and 4K-capable smartphones, among other devices. The company also introduced another 256GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition, the first 256GB card enhanced for mainstream Android-based smartphone and tablet users with read speeds of up to 95MB/s....