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It is a free, and open-source Linux-based operating system designed for digital forensics, penetration testing, reversing, and security auditing. Kali allows you to download a range of security-related programs such as Metasploit, Nmap, Armitage, Burp, and much more that can be used to test your network for security loops. It can run natively when installing on a computer’s hard disk, can be booted from a live CD or live USB, or it can run on a virtual machine....

For all the above reasons and more, Python as a language has achieved huge success. It features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management and has a massive and complete standard library. It has a vast collection of first and third party libraries. With so many libraries out there, though, it’s no surprise some get crowded out and don’t quite grab the attention they deserve. Plus, programmers who work exclusively in one domain don’t always know about the goodies that may be available to them through libraries created for other kinds of work....

Tor Anonymizer Network falls prey to man-in-the-middle attackHow the attack worksNo SafeguardsIncident Response How the attack works Tor allows users to surf the web anonymously by bouncing their connection between “relay” nodes before it exits back on to the open internet through an “exit” node, of which slightly more than 1,000 exist dotted around the world. Effectively deterring anyone from knowing your true identity and location. But the negative side being that not all of these relays and exit nodes can be verified at all times....

Microsoft’s latest operating system iteration is under fire from all quarters due to its snooping capabilities. Further reports suggest that Microsoft can wipe torrents and pirated software from people’s hard drives with a sort of piracy kill switch. For the uninitiated, torrent tracker is a server that communicates between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. Torrents are typically used to share files and the torrent tracker server keeps track of where these shared files reside on peer machines, which ones are available at time of request, and helps coordinate the sharing of that file....

Trojans targeting banks in South Korea have been using Pinterest as a Command and Control channelTPSY_BANKER,YYSI Some of the banks that have fallen victim to these attacks are Hana Bank, Nonghyup Bank, the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK), Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, Kookmin Bank, and the Consumer Finance Service Center. Once a customer has been infected with malware and is redirected to a phishing site that looks like a legitimate banking website, the criminals are able to steal their banking credentials....

Before it was taken down, excerpts of the “Promotion of alternative social platforms policy” posted on the Twitter Support page was already circulating on the internet. “Twitter is where the public conversation is happening, and where people from all over the globe come to promote their businesses, art, ideas, and more,” Twitter said. “We know that many of our users may be active on other social media platforms; however, going forward, Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms on Twitter....

Apparently, Twitter is looking to revive the microblogging site’s short-form video app, Vine so that it could take on popular Chinese short-video sensation, TikTok reports Axios citing multiple sources. Musk has asked Twitter engineers to work on a rebooted version of Vine so that it could be ready by the end of the year. Vine’s old code base, which hasn’t been changed or updated since the shutdown six years ago, has already been assigned to the engineers to be worked on, states the report....

The new subscription service has been listed as an in-app purchase in the iOS App Store at $2.99 per month, although it does not appear to be live at present. Earlier this month, Jane Manchun Wong, an independent app researcher known for uncovering unreleased app features, had taken to Twitter to disclose details about Twitter Blue. Back then, Wong said that the service will apparently include exclusive features for users such as Undo Tweets and Collections....

The attacks specifically targeted a spy group tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of Iran’s Armed Forces, which was designated a foreign terrorist group by the Trump administration earlier this year. The hack disabled Iranian systems that used to control some of the country’s rocket and missile launchers. Two former intelligence officials who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that the strikes were conducted with approval from Trump....

However, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order late on Monday evening to block Broadcom from its $117 billion takeover bid on Qualcomm, citing danger to national security. “The proposed takeover of Qualcomm by the Purchaser (Broadcom) is prohibited, and any substantially equivalent merger, acquisition, or takeover, whether effected directly or indirectly, is also prohibited,” the executive order said. “All 15 individuals listed as potential candidates on the Form of Blue Proxy Card filed by Broadcom and Broadcom Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2018 (together, the Candidates), are hereby disqualified from standing for election as directors of Qualcomm....

Unity is the default desktop environment for Ubuntu Linux, but since Ubuntu on Windows is designed for command-line use, it’s not enabled by default. While preview versions have been available since April, and Microsoft and Canonical have been working together to bring support for the Bash terminal to Windows 10, it didn’t take long for some users to figure out that they could get some desktop Linux apps to run in Windows....

Claims and counter-claims The reports have specifically mentioned Britain’s Trident nukes has been susceptible to a hack. The nukes are carried by Britain’s Vanguard range of submarines and to make matters worse, the nation’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed that the submarines are “hacker-proof”. The reason behind the MOD’s rejection of these reports is that the submarines are barely in contact with the internet. They are deployed for months at a stretch and during that time, there is absolutely zero contact with the internet or any other external network....

US Senate passes CISA bill while rejecting all CISA amendments designed to protect privacyThe amendments The CISA bill passed the Senate with a 74 – 21 vote (it needed 60). It must now do the same in the House before being either signed into law or vetoed by the President. CISA is the Senate version of the House’s equally-unpopular CISPA bill that passed earlier this year in a 288-127 vote but which the Senate has refused to take up....

North Korea’s Internet Outage Was In Response to Sony Hack Attack Says United StatesOutage a ‘proportional response’ North Korea had already alleged that the outage was the handiwork of United States in not so subtle words and even calling President Obama a monkey during that period. Outage a ‘proportional response’ The North Korean web blackout happened just days after President Obama had stated that there would be a proportional response for the Sony hack attack....

In this latest update, The Facebook-owned instant messaging app has reintroduced Disappearing messages feature, which will allow to automatically delete messages by setting a limit for how long the receiver can see the message before it disappears. As per WABetaInfo, Users can choose to turn off the feature as per their choice or can opt limit ranging from 1 hour to a year. Once the feature is enabled a clock icon will appear in text-bubble, also the users will see a notification specifying the limit set....

The new feature called ‘View Once’ enables WhatsApp users to set photos or videos to disappear from chats after the recipient has opened it and exited the media viewer. As with all the personal messages, photos, and videos sent using this feature have end-to-end encryption so that WhatsApp cannot see them. They will also be clearly marked with a new “one-time” icon to indicate that they will disappear. Once the media content has been viewed, it will display a message as “opened”....

On Thursday, a woman was found taking a pink roller suitcase through the pedestrian crossing from Morocco to the Spanish governed territory,Ceuta, in North Africa. The woman was trying to smuggle the boy from Morocco to Ceuta and hence was a bit nervous while she was waiting for her security check at the land crossing. The securities snooped something was fishy and hence decided to scan her suitcase. When the bag was being scanned by the X ray machine, the guards found something strange in the suitcase which seemed to be a human being....

The triple-SIM smartphone will come with a 5-inch display along with a 2.5D arc suspended capacitive touchscreen display that features HD (720p) resolution. It will run on a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor. The USP of the Bluboo Xfire 2 is that it will be the first ever Android smartphone to carry support for three SIM card slots. According to the Chinese company, the Xfire 2 will support two nano SIM slots and the third one, a micro SIM, can be turned into a microSD slot to extend the smartphone storage....