Hotel pays Bitcoin ransom after virus locks guests out of rooms

Neither police nor insurance help you in this case. The hotel decided it was cheaper and faster to cough up the ransom. This is not the first time that the hotel has been targeted. The restoration of our system after the first attack in summer has cost us several thousand Euros. Every euro that is paid to blackmailers hurts us. We know that other colleagues have been attacked, who have done similarly....

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 102 words · Ariel Fox

Mind reading device reveals that deeply paralyzed patients want to live despite their disabilities

It paralyzes your body and leaves in a zombie like state requiring 247 nursing. You would have thought that most such deeply paralyzed patients would have lost their will to live. Actually, they want to live. In response to the statement I love to live three of the four patients replied yes. They also said yes when asked Are you happy? The answers relayed through the system were consistent about 70 percent of the time, substantially better than chance....

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 106 words · Sarah Smith

PlayStation Portable ISO and Xbox 360 forums hack exposes credentials of 2.5 million gamers

Hackers had also stolen users email ids and IP addresses along with passwords. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the hack. Every website should be treated as unique and require different passwords with a mix of usernames if possible. Many times, people have reused their passwords and other accounts are consequently compromised. Security experts warned gamers to be extra cautious when entering personal information into such websites. They are also urging gamers to review their security options and change passwords on all their accounts....

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 134 words · Marilyn Faulkner

Spanish Police Claim to Have Arrested Phineas Fisher (HackBack), Reports Indicate Otherwise

Has Phineas Fisher (HackBack) really been arrested by Spanish Police? Reports indicate that the Robinhood of hacking is still at large! He also published a video explaining how he hacked into theHacking Team computersas a tutorial for wannabe hackers. The suspects are from Barcelona and Salamanca. While the above two news reports indicate that the person arrested by Spanish police may indeed be Phineas Fisher. Motherboard Vice has a different opinion....

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 139 words · Luke Evans

The Pirate Bay, KickAssTorrents And ExtraTorrent Users Receiving Warning Letters From ISPs In UK

And as your broadband provider, we have to let you know when this happens. The notice then suggests where people can obtain tips to ensure that the unlawful sharing doesnt happen again. Approximately, 6.7 million people have downloaded illegally shared files and this only count to a single content. However, no matter how many a user receives, the warnings will have no real consequence. No punishments will be given nor will any users be in danger of being disconnected by their ISPs....

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 84 words · Shirley Ortiz

WhatsApp may soon allow you to track your friends in real-time, edit-revoke messages

The Facebook-owned messaging app is also planning to add a new edit and revoke feature. The feature has been spotted for a beta version and may soon be available to all. When clicked on the option, it would recall the sent message. Currently, both the features are disabled by default. Also, there is no news when these would arrive on other platforms. source: www.techworm.net

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 64 words · Emily Murray

ZTE’s Blade V8 Pro delivers pro photos on a budget

Such technology is helpful as the unit is also adept at handling high-quality media without suffering performance issues. source: www.techworm.net

February 1, 2017 · 1 min · 20 words · Teresa Martinez

Anonymous hacktivists post guide on how to hack Donald Trump’s Smartphone

How Stagefright works To execute the malicious plan, you need the victims phone number. Once available, one can easily gain complete access on smartphones running Android versions older than Android 5.0.1. MMS files are automatically downloaded when an Android gadget is connected to the internet. The hacker can then delete the MMS without the victim even finding it out. Anonymous has constantly tweeted against Trump and warned that it will be targeting him....

January 30, 2017 · 1 min · 96 words · Nicholas Miller

Now Facebook has a “security key” feature to protect you from hackers

Facebookhas announced a new feature which allows FB users to add a hack proof security key. This new feature will make it that much more harder for hackers to crack your Facebook account. The new security key will be a part of the 2-factor authentication system for logging on to Facebook. Facebooks security team announced the launch of the newsecurity keyfeature in ablog post. It also announced that it would be supporting FIDO U2F Security Key to protect accounts from hackers....

January 30, 2017 · 1 min · 97 words · Melissa Rhodes

The “Game Mode” Finally Arrives With Windows 10 Insider Build 15019

The final version of theWindows 10 Game Modeis expected to ship with Windows 10 Redstone 2 in April. Insider Build 15019, the Game Bar has been updated with Beam game streaming functionality. It can be accessed by pressing Windows+G shortcut combination. The new Game Mode enhancement features can be found in the Windows 10 tweaks. It allows your Windows 10 PC prefer your video game over other processes running at the same time....

January 30, 2017 · 1 min · 102 words · Rebecca Galloway

Ex-Mozilla engineer warns users against using third-party antivirus software on their PCs

This is what an ex-engineer with Mozilla foundation says. He has made a detailedblog poston why installing third-party antivirus solutions are really bad for your rig. You misunderstand your own ignorance. AV is my single biggest impediment to shipping a secure net surf tool. He said that due to AV products effect, users tend to believe that browsers are bad. The AV products also block important security updates which can put the users computers to risk....

January 29, 2017 · 1 min · 139 words · Matthew Richards

KickassTorrents fails to enthuse torrent community, The Pirate Bay, ExtraTorrent, 1337x and Rarbg continue growing

And on 16th December, katcr.co was launched with much fanfare. source: www.techworm.net

January 29, 2017 · 1 min · 12 words · Tara Webster

Scientists Create Human-Pig Hybrid In The Lab

To put things in perspective, every day around 22 people can be saved with organ transplants. The research team led by the Salk Institute have published their findings in the journalCell. The team created whats known scientifically as a chimera: an organism that contains cells from two different species. There are two ways to make a chimera. The international research team used the second method. But convincing those cells to grow into the right kinds of tissues and organs is difficult....

January 29, 2017 · 1 min · 102 words · Timothy Smith