The problem was first reported in late May when a bug was placed in the Debian bug tracker. A binary extension from Google was seen downloaded by Chromium version 43, and there was neither any any source code available for the extension nor the skill to stop this download. The extension, called “Chrome Hotword,” was discovered as the primary cause for giving the browser’s “OK, Google” functionality. Even though it is off by default, both Chrome and Chromium, when put to use Google as their preselected search engine, can forever hear into the microphone and reply immediately to voice queries, with the trigger password used as “OK Google”....

In order to get the remote code execution (RCE) on the smartphone, the team first showed a proof-of-concept exploit which used a zero-day vulnerability. The exploit allowed the intruders to install malicious code on Google’s new own-brand smartphones without any difficulty. Qihoo 360 used the vulnerability to launch the Google Play Store before opening Chrome and displaying a web page with the message “Pwned By 360 Alpha Team”. The team then went on to hack the Adobe Flash with a combination of a decade-old, vulnerability method and won cash prize of $120,000 again....

Google has been on a silent crusade since August 2014 against websites contain unsolicited software or malware (or, as some AV vendors call them, potentially unwanted applications), as defined in this Google policy. Most unwanted software comfoulage their software into posing as a helpful download but ultimately these kind of softwares make changes to the users’ browser and its settings. Such changes that are profitable to the software’s creators but are a nuisance users....

The tattooed bank thief The discovery Ejankowski made, was that if he used a software to transfer notional funds between his current and savings account between midnight and 1 am, the transaction would go through even if he did not have enough money in his account. For those unfamiliar with stock market dealings, Notional funding is a concept whereby an investor is able to leverage their cash investment by taking on additional risk for higher expected returns....

It seems Wheeler is suffering from ‘anxiety’ and feels that owning a $500,000 Ferrari may be the only cure for it. However, Wheeler is not exactly that rich, more so, since he is a fugitive from law in Australia. From a different perspective, 20 year-old Wheeler appears to be thumbing his nose at authorities, asking for donors to contribute to a new Ferrari. “I need a Ferrari because of my anxiety, my doctor has said because of the FBI and police raids I am unable to function properly without a Ferrari,” he writes on the crowdfunding page....

“We can now hack the monitor and you shouldn’t have blind trust in those pixels coming out of your monitor,” Ang Cui, the lead researcher who came up with this creative hack, told Motherboard. Cui, the chief scientist at Red Balloon Security and a recent PhD graduate from Columbia University, along with Jatin Kataria were inquisitive to know how Dell monitors worked. That’s where their curiosity resulted in reverse-engineering on one of the Dell monitors....

Bitfinex, which is one of the largest exchanges for Bitcoin, and known in the digital currency community said it had halted trading, deposits and withdrawals while it probed which users had been affected. Zane Tackett, Director of Community & Product Development for Bitfinex, told Reuters on Wednesday that 119,756 Bitcoins had been stolen from users’ accounts. “The bitcoin was stolen from users’ segregated wallets,” he said. The volume stolen amounts to about 0....

If you have missed on what was announced at Google’s annual event, here’s a quick recap. Daydream DaydreamAlloDuoAndroid NAndroid Instant appsGoogle HomeGoogle AssistantAndroid Wear 2.0 Daydream is Google’s newly introduced mobile VR platform. Google said that Daydream will be incorporated in Android N. Nobody dismisses VR as being the future technology in handheld space but Google is taking it pretty seriously with virtual reality natively incorporated in Android ecosystem. There are three main aspects to Daydream – correct smartphone specifications, correct headsets and the compatible apps....

The social media giant uses a mix of complex science and mathematics to narrow down on your friend’s list Have you ever thought how Facebook exactly predicts your friends, sometimes even those whom you have long forgotten. Last week, a Redditor named easyjet posted a thread on Reddit. He mentioned that he signed up with an email address he never, ever used. He even lied about all of his personal information....

When your organization starts generating data, the onus is on you to maintain the confidentiality of such information. It is here that content protection and security plays a vital role. You can protect your content from unauthorized access or use through encryption and only share the decryption keys with the authorized users. But, what would you do if any authorized user shared his or her secret credentials with someone else?...

Do you trust your VPN provider- A guide to avoiding bad VPN providersStrongVPNMullvad VPNFrootVPNPrivateVPN The reopening of that investigation just a few days before the Election Day was the sole reason for her loss to Donald Trump – despite having won the popular vote by over 3 million votes! On the deep/dark web, hackers sell these for major profits – and buyers use these details to steal your identity and carry out financial transactions online on your behalf....

Workaround for increasing the PS 4 download speeds by 30 timesDisclaimer, this may not work for everyone. A Reddit user, Jordanjac has come up with a brilliant workaround for increasing the download speeds of PS 4. Disclaimer, this may not work for everyone. To increase the download speed, the workaround involved changing the DNS from the default which is normally your gateway to open DNS or another provider. Step Below: PlayStation 4...

In his blog post published today, security researcher Rob Fuller demonstrated and explained how to exploit a USB SoC-based device to turn it into a credential-sniffer. Fuller said that the hack could be used to trick a PC into sending credentials to the device while the PC believes it is installing an Ethernet adapter. Fuller modified the firmware code of USB dongle that spoofed Plug-and-Play adapter turns itself into the systems’ network gateway, a DNS server, and WPAD (Web proxy autodiscovery protocol) server....

Android smartphone has become the greatest boon in today’s life and most of the people would love to own an Android device, this is true for youngsters as well as oldies. Android is an operating system which provides many features to the user and hence it has gained such a vast publicity in a small time span. Now, users also happen to save some important documents or personal videos and images or information in the Android for their convenience....

Hide Files within JPEG Images Can there be a less conspicuous way to hide your sensitive information than within a JPEG file ? With the hundreds of ways available to hide information, who would think to check JPEG files ? Even if you happen to deal with one, as technically knowledgeable, is it even realistically possible to check every single JPEG file ? Prerequisite: The first thing you will need for this, is WinRar or WinZip, both of which are freely available online....

In other words, every time you do a voice search, Google records it. The problem with Voice Search is that even from a long distance, the system is able to catch words “Ok Google” (or words that sound like ‘Ok Google’). Inadvertently activating voice-powered AI, from Google to Siri to Alexa, is unavoidable. However, as Google stores that information and makes it available to users, it’s cool to see just how many conversations stored on the system were recorded unintentionally....

Thankfully, if you don’t want strangers viewing your information such as your date of birth, city you live in, your posts, profile picture etc. You can manually hide all that information from strangers. How to Lock Your Facebook Profile If you don’t want to restrict all that information manually, you can simply lock your Facebook Profile which hides all your personal information from strangers. Here is what locking your Facebook profile does:...

How to make an instant Notepad in your Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge BrowserHow to make an Instant Temporary Notepad within secs with a single click How to make an Instant Temporary Notepad within secs with a single click #1: Click here to open in new tab #2: Drag below icon to your Browsers URL. #1: Click here to open in new tab #2: Drag below icon to your Browsers URL....

AirPods are Apple’s new wireless, cord-free in-ear headphones. While Apple has made it easy to pair AirPods across all of its devices in a matter of seconds, these earphones don’t come cheap. They are expensive at $159, considering that you can get a decent pair of Bluetooth earbuds for around $30. While Airpods work on all Apple products, you can make them work on your Android device too. Here’s how you can pair Apple’s newest creation with your Android device....