The first “pre-computers” were powered by steam In 1801, a French weaver and merchant, Joseph Marie Jacquard, invented a power loom that could base the design of a fabric upon punched wooden cards. Fast forward to the 1830s, and the world marvelled at a device large as a house and powered by six steam engines. It was invented by Charles Babbage, the father of computing – and he called it the Analytic Engine....
According to the researchers, Russian hackers have used a sophisticated malware called “VPNFilter” to infect over 500,000 routers and network devices in at least 54 countries. The malware can be used for spying, “intelligence gathering, theft of valuable information, destructive or disruptive attacks, and the misattribution of such activities.” The company’s cyber intelligence unit said it has “high confidence” the Russian government is behind the software “VPN Filter,” as the latest hack shares some of the code used in previous Russian cyberattacks....
The researchers in a blog post on Monday said that the malware is “persistent,” and is “difficult or even impossible to remove manually.” Viking Horde conducts ad fraud, but can also be used for other attack purposes such as DDoS attacks, spam messages, and more. At least five apps uploaded to the Google Play store, named Viking Jump, Parrot Copter, Wi-Fi Plus, Memory Booster, and Simple 2048 was detected with Viking Horde....
According to a letter sent by Acer to the California Attorney General’s office, the hack happened over a year ago. Customers that accessed the site between May 12 2015 and April 28 2016 may have had their data compromised. This includes names, mailing addresses, credit card numbers, expiry dates, and even the card’s CCV security codes. Acer said that preliminary investigations indicate hackers have not stolen usernames or passwords but the company refused to divulge hackers managed to access its U....
After leaking the script of GoT S07E04 “Spoils of War” the hackers today released the entire episode of the same on a Google Drive and a small video streaming website. While HBO has been running helterskelter to contain the aftermath of the hack attack which apparently took place last week, the hacker(s) are making merry by leaking scripts and episodes. We had reported yesterday that the hackers uploaded the GoT Season 7 Episode 4 “Spoils of War” on their website and which was later carried by many websites....
Alcatel seems to have realised that and is planning a ‘superphone’ to take on the premium iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Alcatel seems to have realised that churning out run of the mill smartphones with Windows 10 wont do the job and will bring a high-end Windows 10 Mobile. Steve Cistulli, senior vice president of the North America region calls such smartphone a “superphone.” While the superphone still seems to be on the Alcatel drawing boards, Cistulli told CNET at the CES 2016 show in Las Vegas that he wants his company to compete against flagship devices built by Samsung and Apple....
You may be an Android expert but there are some handy tricks you dont know about Android smartphone which could help you troubleshoot ticklish problems like Camera or GPS now working. This happened to me when my Android smartphone’s Wi-Fi was stuck at ‘obtaining IP address.” Searching on the Internet got me the answer but I noticed that the Android secret dialler codes were not organised in one sheet on any of the websites....
For those unaware, Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which marks the unofficial beginning of the Christmas shopping season. All retailers in the country, big and small, offer various sales including limited amounts of doorbuster/doorcrasher/doorsmasher items to entice potential shoppers. The net worth of Bezos had seen a jump of $32.6 billion this year up until last Thursday, with the additional $2.4 billion landing in his pocket....
The announcement was made by American game studio Innersloth with a trailer during Sony’s State of Play April 2021 on Thursday. Innersloth also announced that they have collaborated with Insomniac Games to bring an exclusive Ratchet & Clank-themed costume for PlayStation consoles. The costume includes skin, a special hat inspired by the ears of Ratchet, and a Clank pet. The PS4 and PS5 versions will feature crossplay, which means users will be able to play with non-PS gamers....
Android 5.0 Lollipop teething problems, users report Nexus 7 being unusable after updateTeething Problems!Temporary Fix for Nexus 7 users Teething Problems! The Google Product Forum thread for Nexus users was filled with angry retorts, warnings and suggestions regarding the update of the OS to Android 5.0 lollipop. An user going by the handle of viraniac posted that In reply to viraniac’s query, a Google expert by the handle of John Paul has suggested that the user may revert back to Android 4....
— ~#GhostSquadHackers (@GhostSquadHack) May 31, 2016 The operation will be run similarly to #OpIcarus, a month-long series of attacks by Anonymous against banks, that took place in the month of May .” The nine-hacker group briefly took down the websites for the centrals banks of countries like Greece, Mexico and Bosnia under #OpIcarus. #OpSilence is an operation which targets mainstream media for their ignorance on the genocide that has been going on in Palestine, and what is truly happening in Syria and all over the world,” Sc0rp10n Gh0s7, leader of Ghost Squad Hackers said....
— Anonymous (@AnonyOpNews) November 26, 2015 “You may be wondering why we are ‘trolling’ Isis and planning all these demonstrations against Isis,” the spokesperson for Anonymous says. “They thrive off of fear, they hope that by their actions they can silence all of us and get us to just lay low and hide in fear. But what many forget, and even they do, is that there are many more people in the world against them than for them....
We think our smartphones are secure but, how many times have you used a public Wi-Fi hotspot to do these chores? There are many dangers with using public Wi-Fi, with these networks the most common places to suffer from hacking and attacks. You don’t know who else is in the same coffee shop as you while you make bank payments after all. Why You Need A VPN A VPN is a fantastic bit of kit if you’re someone who potentially has a lot of personal data stored on your device....
On Apple’s support website, the company has not highlighted the problem, suggesting that the company might not be as aware as it is leading us to believe. So if you have encountered Error 53, the only thing left for you to do is to reach out to Apple in order to get a replacement. However, if you purchased an iPhone and there is no Apple support center in your region, then you will be fresh out of luck....
According to 9to5Mac the iOS 9 will be the supporting older iPhones including iPhone 4s and this may be the first time that old iPhone users can enjoy the features of a new OS. Apple for this iOS version also wanted to improve the stability and optimize the performance of its mobile operating system before introducing new features. The report states that Apple has developed a whole new security system called Rootless that is called a ‘huge’ kernel-level feature for OS X as well as iOS....
The next-gen. iPad will reportedly feature a 12.9-inch screen with a 2732 x 2048 resolution with a pixel density of 264 ppi. While Sharp will be mainly responsible to supply displays, the Korean giant Samsung will be used as a support, in the event things don’t turn out the way they are meant to be. Additionally, Sharp is anticipated to begin supply of display panels by September as the report mentions, which means that the monster tab will likely debut in late Q3 or early Q4 this year....
At first Apple refused to pay off this company for the ideas their employees spent years innovating but unfortunately Apple has been left with no choice but to take this fight up through the U.S. Patent court system. Which in the end sided with Smartflash LLC. Despite Apple and its legal savvy attorneys that battled with the likes of the mega corporation of Samsung for violating its patents One has to wonder how the hell Apple lost to the likes of an 8th grade dropout who created a trollish company called Smartflash LLC....
“With revenue up 7 percent year-over-year, we’re happy to report our third consecutive quarter of accelerating growth and an all-time quarterly record for Services revenue,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We hosted an incredibly successful Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and we’re very excited about the advances in iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS coming this fall.” It was no surprise as Apple’s iPhone sales of 41 million units accounted for 54....
It is well known that NSA has been conducting surveillance on huge volumes of Internet traffic passing through the United States, however this is the first time AT&T has been found collaborating with them. NYT reports that AT&T provided technical assistance to the NSA in carrying out a secret court order allowing wiretapping of all Internet communications at the headquarters of the United Nations. United Nations is an AT&T customer....
