Apple Will Skip Iphone 8 And Iphone 9 Will Launch Iphone 10 In 2017 Say Analysts Techworm

There are already rumours doing the rounds about the iPhone 8 to be launched on the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone next year with some major updates and improvements. However, analysts say Apple will skip the number ‘8’, and instead will launch iPhone 10 next year to celebrate a decade in the market. iPhone 7’s successor, which may be called as “iPhone 10” would bring huge sales for Apple, predict the analysts....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 236 words · Christopher Benigni

Are Ea Gaming Servers Ddosed Ea Fifa 15 Fut Battlefield Servers Down For Past Several Hours

Though no hack is suspected because EA had been having issues with the servers two days ago but a tweet from a Twitter handle KEEMSTARx raises certain eyebrows since this handle tweets the latest news of Lizard Squad. The Lizard Squad official twitter handles have been suspended by Twitter after the Taylor Swift hacking incident. https://twitter.com/KEEMSTARx/status/564311273270419456 Users and gamers are using the hashtag #EADown to make their displeasure known at not being able to play FIFA 15 and FUT online....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 249 words · Dorine Benavides

Beware Popular Kickasstorrents Mirror Kat Am Is A Scam Techworm

Once such website was a KickassTorrents mirror having a domain Kat.am. The people behind KAT.am were among the first to claim that they were a replacement for the dead and buried Kat.cr. Even though it misleadingly claimed to have a copy of KAT’s database, the torrent community, and world media made Kat.am popular. However, the MPAA moved against the domain and had it suspended for featuring pirated content. After being under suspension for a week or so, now the site is back again but in a scammy avatar....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 234 words · Melinda Michaud

Blacknurse Attack Turns A Single Laptop Into A Big Server Killer Machine Techworm

Security researchers from Denmark-based TDC Security Operations Center have dubbed the new attack technique BlackNurse. BlackNurse attack uses very limited resources to knock large servers offline when they’re protected by certain firewalls made by Cisco Systems and other manufacturers. The BlackNurse attack makes it easier for cyber criminals to mount a simple denial-of-service attack against a website using as little as 15 megabits, or about 40,000 packets per second, to sever the Internet connection of vulnerable servers....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 511 words · Patrick Beard

Bungling Armed Robber Jailed After Boasting About His Crime On Facebook

Exactly fifteen minutes after posting the comment on FB he went into a branch of Tesco at King’s Lynn with a knife and demanded cash. After stealing around £410 ($600), he also used the knife point to steal a car from a retired couple who had come to Tesco to use the ATM. Police tracked Hennells down to a nearby pub where he still had the knife, as well as £410 he had stolen....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 173 words · Eve Premo

Canada Deports Alleged Anonymous Member To United States

This was confirmed by his father, DeHart Sr. who told the Star that his son was transferred from an Ontario prison to the U.S. on Sunday morning, a few weeks after the family’s request for asylum in Canada was rejected. “He assured me that he was safe. He felt confident that God would protect him,” explained Paul, who said he spoke to his son for five minutes on Sunday from Niagara County jail in Lockport, N....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 324 words · Shirley Malsam

Canadian Police Wants Law To Know Your Passwords Techworm

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) passed the resolution at an annual meeting in Ottawa, calling for the legal measure to unlock digital evidence citing that criminals are increasingly using encryption to keep their illegal activities a secret. In a statement, the CACP said it “urges the government of Canada, for the purpose of community safety, to identify a legislative means for public safety agencies inclusive of law enforcement, through judicial authorization, to compel the holder of an encryption key or password to reveal it to law enforcement....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 435 words · Jennifer Morris

Chinese Police Now Wear Smart Glasses With Facial Recognition Technology Techworm

Liu Tianyi, at LLVision, the firm that developed the GLXSS Pro smart glasses, says the glasses are so light that the police officers can wear them all day. The special glasses are currently being used by four officers patrolling a crowded train station in Zhengzhou, Henan province during Chinese New Year, the busiest time for the country’s transport system. More than 389 million train trips are likely to be made between the peak period of February 1 and March 12, which is when people return home for holidays The glasses have a small camera attached to a smartphone-like device that allows the officers to take photos of suspicious individuals and run the headshot in their database....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 373 words · Elisa Sander

Chromium Hack Special 13 Character Can Crash Chrome Browser Tab On A Mac Pc

The code is a 13 character special string which appears to be written in Assyrian script and is given below : This code works only on Mac and that too only on Google Chrome. You can find the bug report about the same here. If you are a Mac user and using Chrome kindly do not click on the link. Matt C has reported the bug to Google, who have marked the report as duplicate....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 367 words · Richard Richey

Commodore Smartphone That Plays Commodore 64 Games To Be Released Soon

In February, Commodore 64 fans were teased with the possibility of a Commodore smartphone when concept renders surfaced online. Well, now they can get the real deal with the Commodore PET when it launches this week. The soon-to-be-released Commodore PET smartphone runs a custom version of Android 5.0 Lollipop and lets you play both old Amiga and Commodore 64 games with its preinstalled VICE C64 and Uae4All2-SDL Amiga emulators. It will feature a 1....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 241 words · Dolly Mackenzie

Company Behind Oppo Vivo Oneplus And Realme Smartphones Is Same

Are they Same?According to Wikipedia OPPO, VIVO, OnePlus, and Realme share the same parent company mainly known as BBK Electronics Corporation (Headquarters at Dongguan, Guangdong – China). BBK Electronics is also considered as the world’s 2nd-largest phone manufacturer company, (according to a report from 2017) which manufactures some of the fastest growing smartphones brands in Asia. While Vivo and Oppo are wholly owned by BBK, OnePlus and Realme is technically a subsidiary of Oppo....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 274 words · David Bailey

Cyber Criminals Use Botnets To Grab Victim S Computer Usage Videos Dell Secureworks Report Techworm

December 24, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Michael Clark

Cybercriminals Using Coronavirus Campaigns To Spread Malware

“The practice of leveraging worldwide events by basing malicious emails on current important topics has become common among cybercriminals. Such a strategy is able to trick more victims into clicking malicious links or opening malicious files, ultimately increasing the effectiveness of a malware campaign,” IBM Security said in its report. The first major malware campaign was detected by IBM’s X-Force targeted at Japan, mainly the major population centres of Gifu, Osaka and Tottori....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 556 words · John Lewis

Darpa Develops Hacker Proof Computer Code Techworm

In order to protect the devices against hacks, the engineers from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have worked on a new kind of security mechanism— a software system that couldn’t be hijacked. To test out the security mechanism, DARPA allowed “Red Team” hackers six weeks to try and take control of an unmanned military helicopter built by Boeing known as “Little Birds.” Further, they also gave the team additional to its computing network than actually the hackers could ever expect to attain....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 372 words · Maria Venegas

Dodocool Brings You Fascinating Discounts For Amazon Prime Day Techworm

dodocool Hi-Res In-ear Stereo Earphone is a unique product with Remote & Mic. It complies with the High-Resolution Audio standard to give you best sound quality. The earphones feature 9mm nano-titanium driver unit which gives users ultra-fast response and reproduces the original sound. dodocool Hi-Res In-ear Stereo comes with interchangeable earplugs and anti-drop, adjustable and secure ear hooks which give your ear a customized fit and comfort and at the same time block ambient noise while you are enjoying your favorite song....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 284 words · Dolores Walker

Drones Being Used By Criminals To Smuggle Drugs Phones Into Prison Techworm

According to the data obtained through the Freedom of Information (FoI) request, it showed that drones were used as much as 33 times in 2015 to smuggle banned items to prisoners, which saw an increase of 1,550% from just two cases in the year 2014. However, there were no recorded incidents in 2013. Items discovered include just the drones themselves, drugs, mobile phones and chargers, and USB drives. Mike Rolfe, national chairman elect of the Prison Officers Association (POA), said: “The use of drones to smuggle traditional drugs, NPS (legal highs) and mobiles phones into prisons is of serious concern to the POA....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 762 words · Frederick Haggard

Drupal Org Hacked Via Third Party App User Details Passwords Exposed Techworm

They also mentioned the unauthorized access to account information was from a third-party software installed on the Drupal.org server infrastructure, and was not the result of a vulnerability within Drupal itself. Sites running Drupal are not affected and there’s no evidence that credit card numbers have been intercepted. Information exposed includes usernames, email addresses, and country information, as well as hashed passwords. Drupal have resetted all passwords, which can be seen by users when they are trying to login....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 159 words · Casey Allen

Eastern Iowa Airport Data Breach May Compromise Customers Credit Debit Card Details

Airport authorities have not yet commented on the number of customers they think may have been affected by the breach, however they said, ” the breach has already been contained and they are currently working with Republic Parking, the parking operator at the airport and DataPark, the manufacturer of the revenue controls system and also a third party forensic to investigate the breach. The Eastern Iowa Airport have asked their customers who have used the airport parking facilities between the said period, to closely monitor their accounts and to notify the card issuing bank or financial institution in case of any fraudulent attempts....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 103 words · Edward Romanik

Ebola Infects Users With Zeus Trojan Techworm

December 24, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Mary Owens

European Union Research Finds That Shutting Down Torrent Websites Is Ineffective

However they are actually counter-productive says the new research which was initiated by European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. The research actually shows that the effects of such raids and takedowns are short-lived and relatively limited. In a working paper titled “Online Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure” researchers examined clickstream data for a set of 5,000 German Internet users to see how their legal and illegal consumption habits changed in response to the shutdown....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Joseph Soto