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The contraption is designed by Danish network engineer Stefan Milo and made by wiring a piece of fruit to a Makey Makey board and a Raspberry Pi mounted on acrylic glass. According to Milo, the cost of this contraption is $100 but the fun it provides to guests is immense. The Register notes that this is perhaps the most novel way of accessing Wi-Fi. Milo told The Register that most offices normally have a ticket-based system that physically prints a code unique for each visitor....

As you cannot force the user to change their device completely, it becomes nearly impossible to remove the malware, which end up making matters worse. Researchers at Lookout Security, a mobile security firm have given the term of “trojanized adware” to explain the most recent wave of adware that has been found in the Android ecosystem, an adware that uses various exploits to install itself as root on infected devices....

Best 5 open-source frameworks for AI development1. Tensorflow2. Caffe3. Microsoft CNTK4. Theano5. Keras In this article, we have listed 5 best open source frameworks for AI development that seem particularly promising or interesting: 1. Tensorflow TensorFlow is Google’s open-source software library built for deep learning or artificial neural networks. It was developed by the Google Brain team within Google’s AI organization and released under the Apache 2.0 open source license on November 9, 2015....

Back then, Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk said that he is holding off relaunching Blue Verified until there is high confidence in stopping impersonation. Now, the social media company has announced that it will be relaunching its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday, December 12 but it will cost more for Apple users. The new revamped version of its subscription service will cost $8 per month for desktop users and $11 a month when users subscribe directly through its iOS to get access to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark....

The announcement from Musk comes after the failure of the paid blue verification check system. Under the new system, Musk tweeted that companies will get a gold checkmark, and accounts of government officials will get a grey checkmark, which is somewhat similar to the “official” checkmark that the site is currently trying out with some prominent accounts. He further added that all verified accounts (subscribers who have already paid for the service) will be first “manually authenticated” by the company staff before the check activates....

Suspected State Hacking Campaign Against Europe and Israel Used U.S. Made Commercial SoftwareDifferent ApproachRocket KittenIran as a major suspect Different Approach Criminal attackers have made use of commercially available tools – such as Metasploit – for quite some time now. However, state actors generally stay away from using any commercial software, for fears that it could be traced back to its customer leading to public outcry. Countries tend to use specifically written software for most purposes, to enhance security and independence....

According to a report from Trend Micro, a security research firm, these malware apps are aimed at stealing users’ data, including banking credentials, PIN numbers, passwords, and any other information. These apps could also intercept text messages and infect devices with harmful malware. Apps that carry the malware to steal data and bypass Google’s Play Store security result in a dropper-as-a-service (DaaS) model, called dropper apps. These apps have a payload with malicious malware, which is installed on phones....

Technology arrives fast; gets adopted much later—a veritable reality of today’s construction industry as it prepares to enter a more connected world. Investing in con-tech is a multi-pronged executive decision, one that sparks cyber-privacy concerns while increasing odds for quashing errors. The idea of embracing technology should accompany a vision of future-readiness despite evolving risks across the construction spectrum. Regarded as one of the more traditional industries with a rising baby boomer workforce, the construction sector has invariably grown accustomed to manual methods that nullify a technological shift—an existential limbo shoving them behind the curve....

The data is of different users from United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel.The leaked data contains, the login credentials, and payment details of user, that consist of paypal email id, ip address, country name and much more, the data also includes admin login details. We think, These data can be used to withdraw money from the account of users if someone tries to change the payment details after logging into the account of the user from provided email and password....

UK researchers develop a novel self repairing material that can mend even cracked screen of a smartphone.Mechanism of Self Repair: Thanks to researchers in the UK who have developed a novel technology due to which the broken screen of a smartphone is likely to self repair. Researchers claim that besides smartphone the material has the capacity to integrate almost everything right from the broken smartphone screens to nail varnish. This amazing product would be available in the next five years....

All LG smartphones are vulnerable to privilege escalation flaw which can be exploited to brick the deviceCVE-2016-3117CVE-2016-2035 Two researchers from Check Point’s mobile security division have uncovered two vulnerabilities in LG’s custom modification of the Android OS which enables attackers to take control of the device. The researchers said that the vulnerabilities existed in the way LG customises Android to suit its own UI with a service called LGATCMDService which is available in all LG smartphones....

Lets Suppose a attacker want to DDoS a website targetx.com that have a image or a PDF file on its server, he will just replace the link with the file link and use it multiple times. Thapa Demonstrated his concept over a target using 3 laptop and the only browser he was able to achieve 400+ Mbps outbound traffic for 2-3 hours using a Image file. Think about a situation when multiple users are trying to access the note at a similar time, the amount of Inbound traffic can be extended to a much higher level resulting in a very strong DDoS attack which is strong enough to bring down any average website....

Most of us go by the reviews published on different websites to make an informed choice but it is a fact that most of these reviews are paid for and don’t give the correct picture to the prospective buyer. Sometimes, going by such reviews might land the PC/laptop buyer with a dud/non-performing gadget causing not only monetary loss but data loss as well. So what should such a buyer do in such cases?...

Match 3 Games include an auspicious selection of interactive, fun & friendly games. Foremost among them is Bubble Shooter Classic™. Perhaps it’s the throwback appeal of this online game that resonates at the highest level with players, or perhaps it’s the dazzling ensemble of features, colours and interactive elements? In the case of the aforementioned the game, there are 800+ levels of power ups, boosts, and addictive gameplay for players....

WhatsApp Launches Communities WhatsApp Launches CommunitiesWhatsApp Groups gets new features WhatsApp is building towards being larger than life with its Communities feature. The new feature will allow participants to stay updated with posts coming from within the community they are part of. It will have a grandeur features list than groups where like-minded peoples can gather. It will bring on features like admin privileges such as who can be added and how the announcement posts/messages are made within the community....

The researchers did a forensic examination of popular cross platform messaging service, WhatsApp and found that data that can be collected from the app’s network from its new calling feature: such as phone numbers and phone call duration, and highlights areas for future research and study. The group has detailed its study in a paper published in the scholarly journal, Digital Investigation. The article was co-authored by F. Karpisek of Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic, Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili and Frank Breitinger, co-directors of the Cyber Forensics Research & Education Group at the University of New Haven....

The fine was announced in conclusion to a GDPR investigation the DPC had conducted into WhatsApp Ireland Ltd in 2018. The DPC started its investigation on December 10, 2018, to determine whether WhatsApp had discharged its GDPR transparency obligations with regard to the provision of information and the transparency of that information to both users and non-users of WhatsApp’s service. This included information provided to data subjects about the processing of information between WhatsApp and other Facebook companies....

For those unaware, Winamp is one of the oldest popular MP3 players for Microsoft Windows devices, that supports numerous audio and video formats. Released in 1997, Winamp was originally developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL in 1999 for $80 million. However, in January 2014, Winamp was acquired by Radionomy for an undisclosed sum. The Winamp website displays a notification that says “there’s more coming soon”....