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Hotpatching vulnerability has not been reported of being exploited in wild as of today despite being revealed a a decade ago. This is the first time any company has acknowledged the exploit being used in the wild. Microsoft blog said that PLATINUM used the Windows Server 2003’s own update system against it, it bypassed most common security scanners. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 introduced support for hot patching certain core system services....

Fluxion script has been available for a while and is most apt for security researchers and pentesters to test their network security by hacking WPA/WPA2 security without brute forcing it. Fluxion is based on another script called linset. Fluxion is not much different from Linset but makes use of certain improvements, bug fixes, and additional features. Fluxion works by using something like a man in the middle attack/ evil twin attack to get WPA password instead of going the bruteforce/dictionary route....

SensePost CTO Dominic White says that the home ADSL routers can be hacked in many ways due to this fact. He demonstrated this by running a “drive-by attack” on a router running DD-WRT third-party firmware. Similar attacks are possible against other router software, while several other types of attacks against home ADSL routers can also be executed. “There was a competition at Defcon last year [2014] called SOHOpelessly Broken, focusing on attacks on these things,” said White....

In the trailer below, besides the ‘Witchcraft and Wizardly’ map, you can see all famous Harry Potter locations, including Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, Weasleys’ home The Burrow, and more. The map supports only up to four players in multiplayer. As seen in the trailer, the Minecraft Harry Potter RPG lets you attend Hogwarts with classes, missions, and what looks like several puzzles to solve to unlock additional locations, and even “secrets and mysteries” to unearth....

In fact, the researchers do put some limits on their enormous database of hypothetical molecules. The core assumption is that any volatile, stable compound can be a potential signature of life and stay there long enough to build up to detectable levels. During the research of Exoplanet Kepler-452bSo, the researchers started compiling a list of all these compounds, algorithmically combining atoms in every possible combination until it came up with all molecules with between 2 and 6 non-hydrogen atoms....

Called the HEIST Attack, this new technique can attack the SSL/TLS and other secure channels purely in the browser to expose encrypted passwords, email addresses, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. Two Belgian security researchers, Mathy Vanhoef and Tom Van Goethem presented their latest work at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. They named as HEIST, which stands for HTTP Encrypted Information can be Stolen through TCP-Windows....

Here’s the hard truth: Improving your lead engagement and sales performance through a reliable, cost-effective, and easy-to-execute strategy can be challenging to pull off. This is where Exceed.ai comes in handy. Exceed.ai is a platform that helps its users automate their lead engagement, nurturing and qualification efforts through robust conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI). The solution can streamline critical parts of your lead engagement and work 24/7, optimizing your process to increase your sales ultimately....

If you have been following either Techworm or Game of Thrones Season 7 leaks, you would have noticed that the GoT S07E04 was leaked not on a torrent website but on Google Drive. And before Google could take action and remove the GoT Episode from their drives, many hackers had already copied it and then leaked it onto the torrent websites With the fall of Extratorrent, KickassTorrents, Torrentz.eu and TorrentHound, the pirating community is looking for ways and means to bypass the strict scrutiny both from authorities as well as media companies....

Internet Explorer versions 10 and 11 You can re-enable Adobe Flash Player by repeating the same process, selecting “Shockwave Flash Object”, and then clicking on the “Enable” button but do remember the risks involved. Owners of older versions of Internet Explorer can use the tutorial available on the Microsoft website. Select the version of Internet Explorer you are using at the top right corner. Firefox You can re-enable Adobe Flash Player by repeating the same process, selecting “Shockwave Flash”, and then clicking on the “Enable” button....

Thanks to the launch of WSL2 and the third quarter update of Kali Linux it is now possible to run a persistent-session GUI of Kali on a Windows 10 computer. In this article, we have shared a detailed guide for using Kali Linux in the WSL2 environment with full integration between system files. Additionally, we have also accompanied a video with this guide. BONUS VIDEO How To Install Kali Linux Win-KeX Desktop On WSL 2 Before moving on to the actual installation part we have to configure Windows 10....

Thanks to a less familiar feature of Gmail, by which Android users can get back their contacts. Chat contacts from 24 hours and contacts from 30 days can be recovered. To recover the missing details you’ll need to log on to the web version of Gmail, then in the top left hand corner where you see the word Gmail. A drop down menu will appear, from which you should select Contacts....

Recently, Google took its users by surprise when it announced the removal of “View Image” button in image search results. Lifeline for many…the decision to remove the “View Image” button was met with a lot of anguish and disappointment by Google users. Previously, the View Image feature allowed the users to quickly find the image they are searching for without having to open the source website. With the new change, users will now have to click the “visit” button instead to view the image on the website....

Learn how you can keep your any Android app safe and private with your fingerprintRequirements:Step 2: Installing the AppStep 3: Enable Additional Security Options (Optional)Step 4: Locking Apps that you want to remain privateStep 5: Unlock Apps with Your Fingerprint The bad luck is that your smartphone needs a fingerprint scanner to make full use of this API. Since Google made the Fingerprint API available for Android smartphones, many developers started to implement this facility into their Apps....

So, perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration. Also, GIFs aren’t actually that new, having been around since the early days of the internet. But in recent years, GIFs have taken on a new life and have become an integral part of our meme driven culture. GIFs allow us to communicate a complex idea quickly and easily with a simple, short animated loop. GIFs are the modern, web version of slang. A familiar GIF can add so much to a conversation because we are so immersed in the web conversation....

A Japanese user has found out a unique hack to help you overcome this perennial laptop heating problem with the help of a stack of copper coins and thermodynamics. Akinori Suzuki found that this problem which has plagued almost all laptop owners can be solved by simply stacking copper coins on top of your machine to cool it down, using the power of thermodynamics. — ???? (@akinori_suzuki) November 2, 2015 Suzuki took to twitter to announce his brilliant hack, the one that I am sure many gamers will agree with....

So here’s how Huawei surpassed Apple and became the second largest smartphone vendor. ALSO READ: Huawei is testing Google’s Fuchsia OS on the Honor Play Huawei Might Surpass Apple: Problems Huawei Faced By no means, 2018 was a good year for Huawei. The financial director of this Chinese tech giant was arrested in 2018. In addition to that, Huawei is still facing many issues to sell smartphones in some of the most potentially beneficial markets like Canada, Australia, and the United States....

Imgur is a popular image sharing website which shares huge volumes of images with a count of about 1.5 million images per day to about 60 billion images in a month. Imgur generates its revenue by the ads and its Pro Tools. Standard Imgur subscriber has an upper limit of uploading only 225 images. Imgur Pro is an updated version which would allow the subscribers to upload an unlimited account images at the cost of $24....

Xiaomi smartphones black listedSpying ChargesThe ReportFallout of the reportSo, why did Indian Air Force issue a notification against using Xiaomi phones? Spying Charges In August this year, F-secure released reports that they had found proof that Xiaomi handsets were sending data back to its company servers in China. They weren’t the first to figure it out though, a user named Kenny Li wrote in a Hong Kong forum that his Xiomi RedMi Note was sending pictures and messages to servers in China....

For those unaware, Apple’s Siri is a voice-activated virtual assistant that uses voice queries to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Internet services. The Chesterton Middle School student is believed to have told Siri: “I am going to shoot up a school”. To which, Siri replied by listing the names of multiple schools in the vicinity, according to police investigating the case....

Urgent work like replying to an email, making/receiving a call, Video call, or Facetime from someone will not wait. What if you wish to listen to music, browse the internet, or play games while charging your iPhone? Many of you may be using an old iPhone. It is quite obvious that an old iPhone battery degrades. So, you may be charging your iPhone more than once a day. It is not always possible to put your iPhone on charge and not use it....