Apple macOS camera, Mic at risk, warns researcher

There is an LED light on a MacBook that indicates when the devices camera is active. According to Wardles analysis, the hardware security for disabling the LED indicator is very strong. The malware can then enter the webcam and start recording the local user. However, there are a few limitations to Wardles attack scenario. There has been a recent uptick in macOS malware that is webcam aware, he said. He added that having the camera as a shared resource can make sense....

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 120 words · Jennifer Davenport

Google releases open source ‘Cartographer’

SLAM algorithms pool data from various sensors (e.g. Currently, Cartographer is heavily focused on LIDAR SLAM. Check out Toyota influencing this open source project with one of its robots in the video below. This data was gathered while the search-giant tested and developed Cartographer, and should be very valuable for developers. Google frequently open-sources software, so does Facebook, Microsoft, and LinkedIn among others. Check out Cartographer on GitHubhere. source: www.techworm.net

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 70 words · Scott Pham

Google waives €100,000 bill that a 12-year-old boy accidentally ran up online

AdWords puts advertising higher up Googles search results and on other websites. However, when Google realised that the boy had made a mistake and decided to waive the bill. It was all a mistake and that he did it without thinking, a Google spokeswoman said on Wednesday. A 12-year-old boy doesnt want to start spending 100,000. Source:The Guardian Read More source: www.techworm.net

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 62 words · Wanda Wheeler

Meet Noto, Google’s beautiful new free font that covers 800+ languages

tofu) that appear when a machine sees a character it doesnt recognize. With Noto, no gear will ever need show these blocks again. Noto offers an elegant and unified look across languages. As new characters are introduced into the Unicode standard, Google will add these into the Noto font family. Google has also made those available through its excellent recently refurbished Web Fonts site. Source:Google Developers Blog Read More source: www....

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 71 words · Heather Ward

Netflix Partners With iPic Entertainment To Release Its Original Movies In Theatres, Online Simultaneously

These are not TV movies. These are people that love watching movies, said Hashemi. They watch them no matter what medium you stream them in. Source:ubergizmo Read More source: www.techworm.net

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 30 words · Taylor Parker

‘Cyber Surgical Strikes’ Pakistani websites hacked by Indian hackers

Indian cyber army known for its prowess has launched cyber surgical strikes of their own. Pakistani techies and webmasters are facing a tough time stopping their counterpart from hacking into their websites. It remains to be seen how the Pakistani hackers counter to these Indian cyber surgical strikes. source: www.techworm.net

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 50 words · Patricia Moreno

Arduino’s new ESLOV IoT Invention Kit makes hardware makes hacking easy

As a result, hardware manufacturers felt protected and believed that no one can make their cold hardware. However, this has been changed. The ESLOV kit will let you add IoT capabilities to almost any hardware you’re able to imagine. This self-described plug-and-play toolkit lets you connect mixed sensors and outputs together to develop several systems. Since, all these modules are controlled via Arduinos online IDE, the percentage of failure is very less....

October 6, 2016 · 1 min · 100 words · Mrs. Leslie York

Details of 1.5 Million “Cheaters” Exposed Due To Misconfigured Dating Site Database

None of C&Zs website listed a visible security alert on its website. The dating site operator responded with an email in which it claimed the database contained only test data. source: www.techworm.net

October 6, 2016 · 1 min · 32 words · Nicole Clark

OurMine Hacking Group Hacks BuzzFeed Website

OurMine hacking group defaces BuzzFeed for publishing fake news Do you remember OurMine hacking group? OurMine posted to the site notifying visitors of the hack after gaining access to the popular entertainment site. Next time it will be public. Image Credit: Getty Images Dont f**k with OurMine again. BuzzFeed also acknowledged that the group altered several posts on their website following BuzzFeed News reporting on the group. source: www.techworm.net

October 6, 2016 · 1 min · 69 words · Edward Martinez

Popular YouTuber Tests With WebTorrent To Beat Censorship

The video-hosting platform is the second most popular site on the Internet behind its owners Google.com. This means evaluating alternatives for some. to make it take control of his content and avoid third-party censorship, he decided to experiment with WebTorrent. To those unfamiliar, WebTorrent brings torrents to the web. At the beginning,WebTorrentcreator Feross Aboukhadijeh recognized people-powered websites as a ground-breaking tool for WebTorrent. Imagine a video site like YouTube, where visitors help to host the sites content....

October 6, 2016 · 2 min · 282 words · Kenneth Stone

Facebook Marketplace already has animals, drugs, and guns for sale

Facebook said it would fix the bug that had stopped its filtering system from working. We apologise for this issue. There are more than 450 million people who visit buy-and-sell groups each month, he said. Thats a quarter of people who visit Facebook. Users can browse goods on Marketplace in the above mentioned places that are in their local area. The social online grid using its algorithm will show users items it thinks they will be interested....

October 5, 2016 · 1 min · 103 words · Michael Kaiser MD

How would you like a Google Chrome minus Google?

Google is no different. Now you have a chance to break the shackles with the help of Google Chrome minus Google. Yes, Eloston, a developer on GitHub, has made a product called the Ungoogled Chromium. What Eloston has done is stripped the Google Chrome to its bare minimum by removing all the Google pansies. Eloston has aptly named his Google less surfing app as Ungoogled Chromium. Like Chrome, the Ungoogled Chromium allows users to apply extension and plugins as they like....

October 5, 2016 · 1 min · 96 words · Michael Johnson

iPhone 8 specs leaked, to be released on Apple’s 10th anniversary

The new iPhone is reportedly set to be called the iPhone 8 and not iPhone 7s. The smartphone might also have a better rear-facing camera. An Apple spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumour or speculation. source: www.techworm.net

October 5, 2016 · 1 min · 40 words · Diane Rodriguez