This is the first time that the CIA is making its database known as CREST or CIA Records Search Tool online. Back in 1995, the CIA was ordered by then-President Bill Clinton to declassify secret government documents at least 25 years old that were also of “historical value.” But the CIA didn’t make the archives searchable until 2000. However, in 2000, the CIA abided by setting up the computers at the National Archives....
For the unversed, UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware is tasked with booting up Windows computers, including the loading of the operating system, even before any security measures of the system. As a result, malware that has been placed in the UEFI firmware image is particularly hard to detect which makes it difficult to remove it by performing a clean reinstall of the operating system or even by replacing the storage drive....
This week, a startling chart and pictograph by The New York Times gave credence to the desperate scope of the problem. Although the economy is roaring once again, the housing market continues to struggle. New home construction is at its lowest level in decades, and first-time home buyers are finding it exceedingly difficult to attain affordable housing in the tight market. The Wall Street Journal is calling it “the next housing crisis,” and it’s undoubtedly garnering a lot of attention from pundits, politicians, and ordinary people....
For those unaware, cryptojacking is malware that infects computers to use them to mine cryptocurrencies usually without users’ knowledge. Gaming PCs are the perfect targets for crypto mining these days, as they are powerful and have a lot of computing power. The malware in question, dubbed as “Crackonosh” by researchers at Avast, seems to have originated from the Czech Republic. This malware infects computers through illegal and cracked copies of popular software, often found via various torrent sites and forums as well as “warez” websites....
DareDevil PoS Malware, Infects Ticket Machines and Electronic KiosksVeiled ThreatAttacksSecurity found wanting Veiled Threat The malware has been disguised as a legitimate process, making it difficult to track. It can disguise itself as a Google Chrome or as PGTerm.exe, which appears to belong to Pay&Go client product, a payment software solution. It can also be disguised as “hkcmd.exe,” a process that regularly facilitates hot key interception on systems equipped with Intel graphics....
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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....
Applications and files are eating up your Android phone storage space? Transferring data from your phone to computer takes you too much time? Finding a specific file costs you 30 minutes or even one hour? If you are an Android device user, you must be familiar with these situations because they happen to all Android users and annoy them for a long time. Therefore, users are eager to get a kind of serviceable software to let them escape from all these troubles....
Edman developed a killer malware called Torsploit, which is being used by the FBI to unmask Tor users. According to reports, FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies used the malware in several high profile cases to unmask the Tor users. The Tor Project has announced that it came to its attention that Matt Edman, who worked with the Tor Project until 2009, subsequently was employed by a defence contractor working for the FBI to develop anti-Tor malware called ‘cornhusker’ aka torsploit....
According to Apple’s tweaked guidelines, cloud-game-based apps aren’t allowed to appear on the platform unless cloud gaming operators submit each streaming game to the App Store as an individual app for review. It requires all games for a streaming service to be added to the App Store, or else it must only exist as a web app. As a result, Facebook on Friday released a PWA (Progressive Web App) that will act as a shortcut to its gaming service on iPhone and iPad devices....
“This appears very widespread and growing,” the research team told TechCrunch. “We classified this as an ongoing malicious campaign with the threat actors actively marketing it as ‘Facebook Password Stealer’ or, more innocuously, ‘Facebook Password Recovery.’ “The attackers also seem to be sophisticated marketers who understand there is potentially big demand for the purported service and are distributing the sample via Spam, Ad campaigns, Pop-ups, Bundled Software, Porn sites and also some times as a standalone software....
According to a report in Taipai-based website Digitimes, the social networking giant is planning to enter the global smart speaker market by launching two speakers in July 2018 that are mainly aimed to allow family and friends stay in touch with each other through video chat and other social integrations. Codenamed, Aloha and Fiona, both the speakers are designed by Facebook’s Building 8 R&D center and will have massive 15-inch LG Display touchscreens....
“The anonymous administrators of both services earn substantial sums of advertising money by illegally sharing content made by others,” the Market Court notes, quoted by Helsingin Sanomat. For those unaware, RARBG and YIFY are the most popular torrenting sites in Finland with an estimated 520,000 visits per month. According to recent research, Finns download roughly 12 million movies and 32 million TV-shows from unauthorized sources per year. The court order applies to ISPs such as DNA, Elisa, TeliaSonera Finland, Blue Lake Communications, Kaisanet, Lounea and MPY....
The new Firefox Developer Edition is not only aimed at for the developers but for privacy concerned users too, Mozilla has added various shortcuts and ease of access in this new version. What’s new in the Firefox Developer Edition A very pleasent new dark theme running through the browser which fits in with the darker looking creative app development tools. Previously available tools which were to be installed using addons are now available inbuilt with additional two latest features added “Valence and WebIDE”....
The MWC 2017 saw the launch of three Android powered smartphones, Nokia 6, Nokia 5, and Nokia 3 along with new Nokia 3310 feature phone (2017 revamped version). While the above Android smartphones are already available in China, they are yet to be launched in international markets including India. However, at a recently held media event on May 8, HMD Global showcased its portfolio of new Nokia smartphones in India giving an insight of what the devices have in store....
According to the filmmakers, the users should be aware that the Popcorn Time does not have reasonable legitimate use. Popcorn Time, which went live in 2014, due to its easy to use browsing platform made searching for and accessing copyrighted content a breeze, in comparison to traditional BitTorrent clients. It’s no surprise that in recent months, Popcorn Time has caused a noticeable increase in both TV and movie piracy. Popcorn Time also uses BitTorrent under the hood....
A Turkish phone repair store owner, Celal Goger has invented a secret “invisible” iPhone screen that enables only the user to see the screen, Reuters reported. The display glows white while the iPhone is in use, and you need a special pair of glasses to check the contents on the device. Only the wearer of these glasses can see the screen. These pair of glasses has been built-in with a chip that allows you to navigate your smartphone in private....
Former member of the online hacktivist group, Anonymous was sentenced to 2 year suspended sentence and 200 hours of community service by a Perth court. Adam John Bennett, 42, was given a suspended sentence for six charges including aiding another person to cause the unauthorised impairment of electronic communications (hacking). Five of the offences occurred in November 2012, when members of the group Anonymous hacked into websites around the world....
