Government paid $10m to build census website that got hacked, 2 students made it in just $500

Their project titled Make Census Great Again used serverless architecture by hosting their site on Amazon servers. From the outset we designed the system to scale using cutting-edge serverless architecture, Wilshire said. The technology is new, only two years old. It allowed us to run little snippets of code (called Lambda functions) on Amazons servers. They took care of all the load services and traffic issues you might have, the 18-year-old added....

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 84 words · James Valencia

Hacker steals millions of Steam game keys after breaching gaming site

For those who signed it with their Facebook account, social account access tokens were stolen for them. However, some of them were saved with the robust SHA-1 algorithm. The database in totality had about 9.1 million Steam keys. It is unknown if the codes came from Steam directly. Valve, which owns and operates the Steam platform, have too not commented on the hack. Source:ZDNet Read More source: www.techworm.net

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 68 words · Michelle Sheppard

How to Change Your Default DNS to Google DNS for Fast Internet Speeds

This often creates slow relay speeds and connection issues. This will provide you the maximum bandwidth limit and give you better internet speed. Step 2.And there click onChange adapter tweaks. Now there fill the value of google DNS value that is8.8.8.8OR8.8.4.4and then simply click onOKand then start your connection. you are done, You are now surfing the Internet using Google DNS servers. Note : For Windows 10, the steps are more or less same....

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 103 words · Jared Weaver

How to view lost/forgotten Wi-Fi passwords on Android and iOS devices

It is essential that an Android/iPhone user understands how to recover a Wi-Fi password on your rig. Table Of Contents How to View Wi-Fi Password on Android or iOS equipment? Unfortunately, this information is not available to the naked eye and can be accessed through a process. Step1:confirm you have rooted your Android unit. The best App to do so is ES File Explorer which can effortlessly open any system file on Android....

August 20, 2016 · 2 min · 233 words · Andrew White

Intel’s i7 ‘Kaby Lake’ processors are so powerful that you wont need a graphics card

Why are Kaby Lake processors so different from Sky Lake ? Intels 7th generation processors are said to handle 4K graphics without any glitch. GPUs are used in embedded systems, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations and game consoles. Kaby Lake is Intels codename for the upcoming 14-nanometer successor to the Skylake microarchitecture. It will feature a new graphics architecture to improve performance in 3D graphics and 4K video playback. Intels 7th generation Kaby Lake processors will have two variants....

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 193 words · Douglas Ford

Main ISIS forum promote ‘How To Hack’ Tutorials Online

c’mon gather in the section tonight at 9 p.m., Mecca time, for take a class. Based upon numerous Arabic-language YouTube tutorials, the course has been uploaded by a non-ISIS linked account. Online tutorials based on Kali Linux are abundant and freely available from a selection of online sources. Ayam Fath Baghdad offers advice on the use of the OS to make it supplement the YouTube videos. However, there is no reason to panic immediately....

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 156 words · Kimberly Clements

Mark Zuckerberg sells US$95m in Facebook shares

Currently, Facebook has 1.71 billion monthly active users. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/08/19/mark-zuckerberg-sells-95-million-facebook-shares/89018424/ Read More source: www.techworm.net

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 13 words · Patricia Miller

Microsoft is open sourcing Powershell for Linux and Mac OS X

Ever since Nadella became CEO of Microsoft, it seems to be a different company altogether. But under Nadella, Microsoft seems to be embracing Linux more and more. The latest announcement by Microsoft is a step further in that direction. Powershell is a proprietary Microsoft platform for scripting and automation. The initial Powershell Linux support is for Ubuntu, CentOS and RedHat. Were embedding it into the heart of PowerShell,Jeffrey Snover from Microsoft told The Register....

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 133 words · Jasmine King

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update Has Broken Millions Of Webcams

Windows 10 continues to have the highest customer satisfaction of any version of Windows. We have seen a small number of reports of unexpected behaviors following the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Engineering and customer support are investigating these on a case by case basis and offering trouble-shooting tips as necessary. We dropped the ball on that front, so Id like to offer my apologies to you all. source: www.techworm.net

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 69 words · Alyssa Bell

New BlackArch Linux ISO Released with Over 1,500 Penetration Testing, Hacking Tools

As a result, the new ISOs included over 1400 tools. The announcement reads: Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISOs. The new ISOs include over 1500 tools. We wish to thank all of BlackArchs users, mirrors, and supporters. Thanks for your help. All tools in our repository have been upraded. source: www.techworm.net

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 52 words · Holly Weber

This farmhouse called “Digital Hell” has 600 Million IP Addresses Linked To It

Little did they know that they were living in aDigital Hell. But little did they know that their perfect home was linked with 600 million IP addresses. Maxminds software had erroneously assigned James and Therese Arnolds retirement nest as default to the 600 million IP addresses. MaxMind is a Massachusetts-based digital mapping company that provides location data for IP addresses in the United States. Now the Arnolds have had enough with living in the Digital Hell and are suing Maxmind for their error....

August 20, 2016 · 1 min · 171 words · Virginia Taylor

iPhone’s ‘Live Photos’ can be used to hack bank apps, Claims researcher

Johnson told Business Insider: What you have to do is access using biometrics. We got a picture of me blinking which then was a Live Photo. We pressed down on the Live Photo facing my phone with the facial recognition screen open. After 5 seconds it picked it up and it logged us straight into the app. However, the number is on the rise. For instance, MasterCard is looking to use payment authentication through selfies....

August 19, 2016 · 1 min · 187 words · Christopher Young

Leaked images of LeEco Le 2’s successor rumored to sport 8GB RAM

The Chinese smartphone maker LeEco had released its Le 2 Android smartphone back in April. The handset is also speculated to feature 64GB of on-board storage and a 5.5-inch QHD display. However, it is not yet clear that LeEco will offer a microSD card slot or not. source: www.techworm.net

August 19, 2016 · 1 min · 49 words · Mark Hernandez