For those unaware, earlier, on Sunday morning, the LAPSUS$ gang had posted a file holding nearly 37GB of data stolen from Microsoft’s Azure DevOps Server and claimed that it contained partial source code for Bing, Cortana, and other projects. “No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities. Our investigation has found a single account had been compromised, granting limited access. Our cybersecurity response teams quickly engaged to remediate the compromised account and prevent further activity,” explained Microsoft in a blog post....

As spotted by Reddit user Leopeva64-2, the experimental feature is currently in Edge Canary but only for select Edge Insiders as part of a controlled rollout. The new Workspaces feature in Edge allows users to create a new workspace, rename Windows, assign colors to them for easy identification, or delete it. It can be accessed from a new W button in the regular tab strip, regardless of whether the workspace is horizontal or vertical....

In September last year, the Redmond giant had also introduced a free 44-part Python course for beginners called Python for Beginners on YouTube. The 51-part video course on JavaScript is aimed to help burgeoning developer curious about writing JavaScript for Node.js. It teaches building JavaScript-based applications using software development kits (SDKs) and frameworks such as Google’s Angular. “Our goal is to help show you enough JavaScript to give you the background needed to begin working through quick starts and tutorials focused on frameworks and SDKs using JavaScript,” Microsoft says on its GitHub page for the JavaScript course....

You may never again use your favorite painting tool as Microsoft is killing MS Paint in future Windows 10 updatesRIP MS Paint – 1985 to 2017End of an EraOther Apps which will undergo the Microsoft axe!!! Microsoft has just released this sad news through a list which will be covered in its upcoming Windows 10 Fall creators update. This list contains the features that Microsoft will either remove or deprecate in the update and if the user feedback is positive than Microsoft will remove some or all the programs marked on the list permanently....

“With COVID-19 and the cancellation of in-person events and face-to-face engagements, most developers are now at home and looking to online learning and training resources. Microsoft wants to continue to bring developers relevant information they need, whether they are learning and advancing their skills or reskilling,” said Microsoft. For those unaware, Microsoft Learn is the company’s free online training platform where it is easy to learn products and services through task-based, interactive learning with over 80 hours of free content, localized into 23 different languages, covering Azure, Dynamics, Power Apps, Flow, with more coming in the future....

New Patent This report comes on the basis of a new patent filed by Microsoft that could potentially allow it to block content being shared without the copyright holder’s permission. If true, this action could snip the problem of unauthorized content sharing right at the root. Microsoft’s patent relies on fingerprint recognition to identify the source of these illegal files and block them. Along with blocking these files, users who frequently share files without authorization could end up being singled out and punished....

As per Capossela they will continue to have Internet Explorer along with a new browser internally coded as Spartan based on its research Project Spartan; Microsoft is still working to get a name for this new browser. Hence whether the new name will be “Microsoft Spartan” or “Spartan” is not yet confirmed however the Internet Explorer will be totally killed, this is confirmed by The Verge report. (Please note we have used “Microsoft Spartan” name just as a reference to the new explorer)....

Comey said he understands that these companies are trying to provide users with what the market demands Recent revelations of the NSA’s capabilities made by Edward Snowden and the recent hacks in big websites and service habe played their part in users seeking end to end encryption of their data. FBI said that it is not looking for a backdoor or vulnerability to carry on the lawful surveillance, so in defence to the decryption needs, they point out that, with sophisticated encryption they won’t be able to track the criminals....

According to the mobile carrier company, none of the customers’ financial info, social security numbers, and passwords were compromised in the data breach. “We want to let you know about an incident that we recently identified and quickly corrected that impacted some of your personal information,” T-Mobile said in a statement to customers posted on its website. “Our Cybersecurity team discovered and shut down malicious, unauthorized access to some information related to your T-Mobile prepaid wireless account....

According to the researchers at Symantec, the custom-built software is nicknamed “Ifwatch” and it is spreading quickly. “We have not seen any malicious activity whatsoever,” said Symantec threat intelligence officer Val Saengphaibul. “However, in the legal sense, this is illegal activity. It’s accessing computers on a network without the owner’s permission.” Ifwatch software is a mysterious piece of “malware” that infects routers through Telnet ports, which are often weakly secured with default security credentials that could be open to malicious attack....

According to Forcepoint’s 2016 Global Threat Report, Jaku (Star Wars reference alert — Jakku) has claimed 19,000 victims across 134 countries so far. Most of its victims are from countries such as Japan and South Korea, which comprise 73 percent of all infections. A six month investigation by Forcepoint’s Special Investigations (SI) team revealed that “Jaku herds victims en masse and conducts highly targeted attacks on specific victims through the execution of concurrent operational campaigns....

Upon being inquired about the battery life of OnePlus 2, the company replied by saying that the capacity of the battery is increased by almost 10%. The OnePlus 2 smartphone will have a 3,300mAh battery in comparison to OnePlus One that has a 3,100mAh battery. Talking about the camera, it said: “Camera-wise, we have a bunch of things that we believe will set the OnePlus 2 apart, but we’ll leave the details for the launch....

Each earbud is equipped with an advanced 10mm dynamic driver to provide richer vocals and deeper bass. This, according to OnePlus, works in collaboration with bass boosting technology and dynamic 3D stereo powered by Dolby Atmos in order to deliver a richer audio experience. It also supports Dirac Audio Tuner digital technology, and panoramic sound fidelity to assist 3D stereo. The weight of each OnePlus Buds Z earbud is 4....

As with all OnePlus smartphones, the 16GB Silky White One model will also be exclusively available via invites. To get an invite, OnePlus customer need to answer a question and fill in an online form. The winners will be chosen at random and will receive their invites on February 23. About the OnePlus One 16GB For starters the 16GB version looks a bad buy considering that adding only Rs.3000.00, a OnePlus fan can get the 64GB variant which carries a price tag of Rs....

Parrot Security OS for Pentesting, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Cloud pentesting, Privacy/Anonimity and CryptographyFeatures According to its developers, Parrot Security OS is a security oriented operating system designed for Penetration Testing, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Privacy/Anonymity and Cryptography. Instead of installing the OS then painstakingly assembling your collection of security tools (and package dependencies), using something like Parrot Security OS takes care of all that for you It is based on Debian and developed by Frozenbox network....

The police at the airport stopped the man this morning after spotting the black realistic case. They carried out a further search and inspection of the realistic looking gun iPhone case. Officers took to Twitter to highlight the idiocy of the man’s actions and also tweeted that they could charge the man under a section 5 Public Order offence. They also warned that anyone else who might want to walk into an airport carrying a gun-shaped anything that this “makes it much less likely you’ll catch your plan....

News of the data breach comes just three weeks before the country’s national election on March 2. The security flaw was found on the mobile-based application, Elector designed by the Israeli software company Feed-b. This app is being used by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party for campaign management and to offer news and information on the upcoming election to voters. According to Haaretz, the breach discovered by a programmer in the Elector’s system could have potentially exposed the names, addresses, ID numbers, polling stations of eligible Israeli voters along with their phone numbers in many cases, gender and whether they were potential Likud voters....

According to researchers, Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura, the printed fake fingerprints were tested on a wide range of devices and they were able to achieve roughly an 80% success rate on average. There are three main types of fingerprint sensors: capacitive, optical and ultrasonic. Each of these sensors operates slightly differently depending upon the material and collection methods used in the mould. The most common type is capacitive, which uses the body’s natural electrical current to read the fingerprints, while optical sensors use light to scan and create an image of a finger....

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