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Top 10 hacking tools for AndroidHackodeAndroratAPKInspectorDroidBoxBurp SuitezANTIDroid SheepdSploitAppUse – Android Pentest Platform Unified Standalone EnvironmentConnectBot Apart from the normal mobile user, tech guys also like its flexible features that allow them to do various new tasks. But its security issues are also the main concern. Recently there were many cyber attacks targeting Android users which were reported. So here is some the tools that are meant for the security testers, ethical hackers and pentesting....

The latest repo to shut down last week was Supremacy Kodi add-on. The popular Supremacy repo was mysteriously closed down without warning or explanation on the same day a 40-year-old man in the north of England was arrested by the UK police on suspicion of developing and maintaining a Kodi add-on that supplied illegal online streams. “The scale of the offending was significant and affected broadcasters and rights owners in the UK and worldwide....

Twitter made the announcement yesterday, with a tweet which said, “Now, everyone can use #Stickers on photos! Celebrate with us tomorrow as we #StickTogether.” The microblogging site had announced the feature late last month that lets users apply custom made stickers and cartoons in order to customize photos before you finally post them. Twitter has been lagging behind its fast growing rivals like Facebook Messenger and Snapchat. Twitter is now rolling out new Snapchat-like stickers for iOS and Android....

U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, said that Briana Jackson has accepted her criminal activities and had agreed to plead guilty to a single charge of unauthorized access to a University of Alabama computer and was also ready pay $9,598 that she had stolen electronically. As per the plea agreement, since 15th April 2011, Jackson started running her phishing scam wherein she created an email address for example [email protected] which seemed to be connected to the University’s Housing Department and started sending it to some 60 other students of the U....

The lawsuit revolves around LinkedIn’s Add Connections feature, which would send out connection requests to people in a user’s contact list who did not already have a LinkedIn account. Users had to agree to send out that first connection request, but LinkedIn would then follow up with up to two more “reminder emails” if there was no response. The lawsuit alleges that users did not consent to LinkedIn sending those additional emails, nor give LinkedIn permission to use their names and images in them....

The notice was drafted and sent with assistance from the digital rights group, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY). In its letter, VideoLAN highlighted that before the ban, VLC was being used by 80 million users in India, and saw an average of 25 million downloads per year since its release. It asserts that the URL (uniform resource locator) to access VideoLan and the VLC website to download the open-source media player has been blocked by ISPs in India since February 2022 without any prior notice....

According to a recent report published by the cybersecurity firm SophosLabs, the malware dubbed as “vigilante” instead of stealing passwords or extorting a computer’s owner for ransom prevents victims from accessing pirated software platforms. “This malware blocks infected users’ computers from being able to visit a large number of websites dedicated to software piracy by modifying the HOSTS file on the infected system,” explains SophosLabs Principal Researcher Andrew Brandt in the report....

“Our customers’ privacy is of the utmost importance,” the company stated. “We immediately launched an investigation and will be contacting customers who may be impacted.” While the company says it does believe that Walmart.com, Walmart.ca, or in-store purchases have not been compromised, however, it does suggest that all Walmart Canada Online Photocentre customers check their card accounts cautiously and notify their financial institution of any charges that are not authorized....

However, this saviour was arrested this Wednesday at the Black Hat and Def Con cyber-security conference as part of an FBI investigation for his alleged involvement in an unrelated malware attack much before his WannaCry heroics, as first reported by Motherboard. Apparently, Hutchins is involved in creating and distributing malicious software ‘Kronos’, a Russian banking Trojan, through emails with malicious attachments to steal user’s money using credentials such as internet banking passwords, the U....

When it comes to the amount of storage present inside drives, mechanical hard drives have led from the front. However, this year, while the 14TB raises the bar for normal hard drives, it is the Seagate 60TB SSD that has eclipsed all forms of storages in terms of the total amount of data you can store in a single enclosure. The 14TB hard drive will be targeted to data centers at first, so it will be released for consumers later one....

According to BackBlaze, the company has as studied how its data center’s hard drives have failed during the course of 12 months and has stated that Western Digital is culpable for more hard drive failures than any other brand on the planet. These important statistics will definitely be useful for consumers because Backblaze uses off-the-shelf hard drives for its data centers (the same products that regular consumers use). The analysis carried out by the company states that during 2015, it used 56,224 HDDs organized in 1,249 storage pods, growing from 39,690 HDDs which it had at the start of year....

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have developed software that uses variations in Wi-Fi signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls. The researchers have built a device called RF-Capture for this purpose. RF-Capture works by transmitting wireless signals and then analyzing the reflections of those signals to piece together a human form, according to a study published this morning. The research team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have been researching the use of wireless signals to see what’s happening on the other side of a wall....

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4503327 causing black screen issues after installing the latest patchesHow to fix the Black screen triggered by Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4503327- According to Microsoft, a small number of devices are likely to start up with a black screen during the first login after installing the latest updates for the system. Thankfully, the company has provided a quick workaround for those facing black screen issues for temporarily fixing the issue....

Turris Omnia WiFi Router, the world’s first hack-proof router with open source firmware launched yesterday at the CES Unveiled Show in Prague, Czech Republic. WiFi Routers are the gateway for every home and business Internet network. Though they are the mainstay behind your Internet connection so little has been done or thought about their security. In most of the cases, the only security feature enabled on your WiFi router is its default password....

“If you’re a member or want to become a member, simply go to xbox.com/play on Microsoft Edge, Chrome, or Safari on your PC or mobile device to start playing hundreds of games from the Xbox Game Pass library,” Catherine Gluckstein, Vice President & Head of Product, Xbox Cloud Gaming wrote in a blog post. “With billions of active Windows 10 PCs, iOS devices and Android phones, we want you to have new opportunities to play the deepest, most immersive games whenever and wherever you choose....

Xiaomi has started taking registrations for the Mi Band through its Mi.com site to carry out its first flash sale. The sale will begin at 2 p.m. on May 5. As an introductory offer, the Chinese company is set to give its first 1,000 units of Mi Band to customers for Re.1. However, the Mi Band will be available in the country with a price tag of Rs. 999. What is worth noting is that prior registration is compulsory for ordering the band on May 5....

You Can Cast ‘Harry Potter’ Spells Using Your Android Phone As Your Wand With Google’s Voice CommandHow to cast Harry Potter spells using Android Smartphone? Google in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures, is offering you a chance to cast Harry Potter spells using your Android smartphone. Using your Android smartphone as a wand and Google Voice, you can cast some awesome spells. How to cast Harry Potter spells using Android Smartphone?...

The study found out that it’s possible to transmit computer viruses via sound, confirming a controversial suspicion reported earlier this year. However the shocking news is that the malware was mutating into strange, unexpected new forms. Three years ago Dragos Ruiu, a computer security expert,discovered that several of his computers were infected with some kind of virus – and, even weirder, they were managing to talk to each other even when their Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections were turned off....