OpIcarus, an online operation aimed at targeting banking and financial institutes worldwide found another target. In a powerful DDoS attack, a group of hacktivists belonging to Anonymous shut down the official website of Central Bank of Cyprus making it unresponsive for several hours. Operation OpIcarus was launched in January 2016 and restarted in March 2016. The DDoS attack is part of the Anonymous #OpIcarus campaign. The hacktivists behind the group believe that banks and financial giants are involved in corruption and this attempt of theirs is to take on the corrupt global financial architecture....

Anonymous strikes at Klu Klux Klan (KKK) groups with HoodsOff and OpKKKBattle of IdeologyThe Ferguson CaseThe Video Battle of Ideology Anonymous claims that the battle they’re surging isn’t against KKK members, but against their ideology as a whole. Anonymous claims to have unmasked the top leadership of the Klu Klux Klan after the KKK threatened violence against the Ferguson protesters. Protests are expected to erupt pending the results of a Grand Jury decision on Darren Wilson – the accused in the case....

In a video posted to YouTube yesterday, the hackers are seen requesting the mayor to stop the homeless sweeps that have put the lives of many of Denver’s displaced citizens in danger. “Greetings Mayor Michael Hancock, we have been waiting for you to respond for our most recent request, but we find ourselves growing impatient with your foot dragging,” said the person in the Anonymous video. Recently, Mayor Hancock had approved a ban on illegal camping sites across Denver and city workers have been taking down any shacks or places where Denver’s destitute were finding shelter....

Well, the password-less standard is developed by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. This joint effort is clearly a way to make the web more secure and usable for users. In the future, we can expect to see the implementation of passwordless logins in the hardware and software products produced by these companies. As a result, soon you will be able to use your smartphone to sign in to an application or website on a nearby device, regardless of the operating system you’re using....

In a memo sent to authorized service providers and obtained by MacRumors, Apple acknowledges the problem with Studio Display and suggests a temporary fix. “Apple says that customers facing issues should unplug the Studio Display from power, unplug any accessories or devices connected to the display, wait ten seconds, then reconnect the Studio Display to power,” reads the report. Thankfully, the company describes the problem as a software issue, and not a faulty hardware issue....

The Cupertino giant on Wednesday confirmed that it is slowing down older iPhones to prevent them from shutting down and “smooth out” battery usage to meet peak demands. Apple’s statement followed a study by Geekbench developer John Poole which backed up Reddit users claims that Apple curbs the speed of aging iPhones. So, Poole used Geekbench’s benchmarking testing to find out He carried out single-core tests on iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 units running different versions of iOS....

Apple indulged in worst form of censorship and has removed the $1 App which informed iPhone users whether they were ever hacked and if their iPhone was being spied on. The $1 app called System and Security Info which was available iTunes store has since been removed by Apple. The App was developed by a German IT security researcher Stefan Esser after he found that there is no single App which could inform the iPhone owner whether he/she has ever been hacked....

Spotted by 9to5Mac on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database, the new ‘Pro Mode’ is referenced in the latest beta version of macOS Catalina10.15.3 build. According to an image of the EEC approval shared by 9to5Mac, a code string refers to a “Portable Personal Computer Brand Apple” running macOS 10.15 that has a model number of A2289. The code strings found explain that when Pro Mode is enabled, the “apps may run faster, but battery life may decrease and fan noise may increase....

iPhone users sue Apple for causing data leaks in iPhone 5/5s by keeping a flaw hidden from themA group of disgruntled iPhone owners filed a lawsuit against Apple on Thursday for allegedly concealing a defect that caused iPhone 5 and 5s models to switch away from Wi-Fi to cellular data without users’ knowledge, resulting in high cellular bills. According to the class action complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the flaw was first discovered in 2012 shortly after Apple launched iPhone 5 and the iOS 6 mobile operating system....

Now, a new report from Bloomberg claims that the Cupertino giant could launch a new low-cost 5G iPhone along with an updated iPad and potentially a new Mac computer at an event on March 8, 2022. According to reports, the new iPhone SE (2022) will be the first upgrade to the iPhone SE model in two years. The design of the new iPhone SE is most likely to be based on the current iPhone SE (2020) model, which features Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor....

Apple launches replacement program for faulty iPhone 6 Plus camerasCameras of Apple iPhone 6 Plus phones sold between September 2014 and January 2015 are affectedSo, how do you find out if the camera is faulty? Apple has announced an “iSight Camera Replacement Program” for iPhone 6 Plus models sold between the phone’s launch period of September 2014 to January 2015. It was found that many of these devices while using the main camera on the back of the phone produced blurry images....

The problem emerged on July 12, when employees of the Toronto-based company arrived at work, powered up their computers and were greeted with heavy metal music and a threatening message from the hackers, who call themselves “the Impact Team.” Staff Supt. Evans said the message was accompanied by the song Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Three days afterward, the hackers confirmed the breach by sending personal information of two Ashley Madison users, one in Mississauga, Ont....

Abdilo, Australia-based computer hacker, live streams attack on US education sitesAussie Travel Cover Australian website, ABC, had revealed yesterday that Abdilo was responsible for what could be the largest breach of private details in Australian history. Perhaps brazened by his hack exploits and publicity with Aussie Travel Cover hack, Abdilo was back to hacking and this time chose to focus his attention on education websites based in United States. Abdilo chose to live stream his hacking activities for all those who are interested in his exploits by posting them on streaming website, join....

Joshua Neally is a lawyer and Tesla owner from Springfield, Missouri, who often uses the semi-autonomous driving system called Autopilot on his Tesla Model X. One fine day, when Neally was driving his Tesla Model X, he developed a potentially fatal blood vessel blockage in his lung. The disease is called pulmonary embolism and could have taken his life but for Tesla’s autopilot. Neally told Slate that Autopilot drove him 20 miles down a freeway to a hospital....

A few weeks ago, The Next Web noticed something unusual while using Google Analytics. They discovered that there is a fake Google domain which opens up as ?oogle.com, and not Google.com. The domain leads to a secret.Google.com, asking people to ‘Vote for Trump’. However, now the website displays a message that says ‘Trump, you did it.’ The unusual part — the capital G seems smaller than normal, which is about the same size as a lowercase letter....

Business Insider quoted Gates explanation about their dissimilarity as Jobs as the one with a design mind-set, while he had a coder’s mind, focusing more on the architectural built. The apt definition came from a new book on Jobs called, “Becoming Steve Jobs”, co-written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli. Below is the excerpt from the book: “He had an expectation of superlative things in his own work and in the products they would create....

Around 10:20 a.m. ET. The cryptocurrency jumped up to $1,241.30. In the meantime, gold was around $1,241.25 at the time. However, minutes later, Bitcoin fell below the yellow metal, but then bounced back again. As of 10:41 a.m. ET yesterday, Bitcoin had increased by 1.8% at $1,248.10, while gold was down 0.6% at $1,242.15. Get the latest Bitcoin price here.

Patent awarded to Boeing for laser-triggered nuclear fusion powered jet engine, but will Boeing build one?How would the newly patented engine of Boeing work:In technical terms the patent reads: Airplane makers constantly work on making their products efficient, one example is the presence of multiple turbofan engines in the Boeing Dreamliner, which has a series of fans and turbines that are used to compress the air and ignite the fuel to produce the required thrust....

Dubbed as Email Spoofing, it enables the forgery of an e-mail header so that the email appears to have originated from someone else than the actual or original source. An attacker generally needs a working SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server to send email and a mailing software to spoof email addresses. The independent security researcher Yan Zhu, who was the one to discover the flaw said that the bug only works within the regular Gmail Android app....