Why Is There A Tiny Black Hole Between Your iPhone Camera and Flash?

One such feature concerns the camera on your iPhone. Have you ever noticed a tiny black hole between your iPhone camera and flash? Have you ever wondered why it is there and what does it do? This tiny hole is basically a microphone. Yeah, you read it right. This microphone can eliminate background noises so that the caller on the other end hears only crystal clear voice. Okay, iPhone has three microphones!...

June 17, 2016 · 1 min · 114 words · Edward Green

Android N Developer Preview 4 is now available for testing

Developers have the option of submitting to alpha, beta, and production channels. They can also publish updates that use API 24 to their apps in Google Play. Full OTA images are also available, but not for the Z3. As announced at Developer Preview 3, weve deferred the Launcher Shortcuts feature to a later release of Android. In Developer Preview 4, weve removed the Launcher Shortcuts APIs. Weve changed the BLE Scanning behavior starting in DP4....

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 146 words · Tiffany Garcia

BadTunnel Attack : Hackers can hijack your network traffic on all Windows versions

He adds, The attack can even succeed when there are firewall and NAT devices in between. Firewalls wont stop the attack, because UDP is a connectionless protocol. We are using it to establish a tunnel. That is why it be named BadTunnel, Yu explains. All thats needed is for some simple social engineering. Yu said that he had informed Microsoft, who has patched the exploit. However, PCs running on non supported versions of Windows like Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, etc....

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 137 words · April Horton

Beware, this ransomware is seeking to target your Smart TVs

Amidst ransomware threats making headlines in past few weeks a new key in of threat has emerged. Yes, you have heard it right! According to the report, its author kept rewriting the malware to prevent detection and enhance its routine. Over the past few months, we have seen spikes and drops in the number of iterations released. The latest spike came in mid-April with over 1,200 variants, said the company....

June 16, 2016 · 2 min · 368 words · Billy Lopez

Developer to port Ubuntu Touch onto OnePlus 3

Gripsgard has already put aspecial pageUBports.com website where he has codenamed his upcoming venture as op3. One Plus has recently released its latest flagship iteration, OnePlus 3 smartphone. We will be posting a separate tutorial for the same. source: www.techworm.net

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 40 words · Harold Frey

FBI’s facial recognition system can access 411 million photos including foreigners

It also indicates that the FBI can search these databases at will. The EFFpointed outthat the unprecedented number of photographs isnt the only problem. GAOs report also said that the FBI didnt test its system thoroughly for accuracy. source: www.techworm.net

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 40 words · Terry Bailey

Five myths of learning Programming that every coder should know

Do you think that this career path is only meant for geeks or mathematics experts? No, you are wrong! Ironically, there are many misconceptions and myths that surround the art of programming. Heres the truth behind 5 top common myths about becoming a developer. In reality, developers are just ordinary people who simply have a passion for programming. While it may sound like a good question, it can also be misleading....

June 16, 2016 · 2 min · 272 words · Christopher Collins

Hackers Breach Over 1,100 Websites, Steal 45 Million Passwords

The data includes usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords of people. However, not all records have the details for each user. According to Leakedsource, the hack was executed in February 2016. MD5 is vulnerable to simple collision attacks, and passwords hashed with MD5 are simple to break. The MD5 passwords were also salted. However, LeakedSource tells that it was able to crack 74% of the stolen passwords. To confirm if your data has been compromised, punch thislink, and remove it....

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 95 words · Mary Kirk

Here is how to hack Facebook using SS7 flaw

Now it seems that hackers can exploit theSS7 flaweven to hack into your Facebook. Worryingly, the hackers only need you mobile number tohack your Facebook account. Researchers created a tool (SnoopSnitch) which can warn when certainSS7 attacksoccur against a phone and detect IMSI-catchers. The hacker than has to fool Facebook into believe he is the real owner instead of the victim. One the hacker has access to to the passcode, the victimsFacebook accountis as good as gone....

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 102 words · Annette Calderon

Ubuntu’s SNAPS now available to other Linux Distros

The easy to follow installation instructions have been made available on the dedicatedsnapcraft website. This should be particularly wonderful for operating systems enhanced for mobile and IoT. Snaps sit alongside the native packages of the base Linux operating system. Each distribution has its own mechanisms to provide the base OS and its updates. Another advantage of snaps is that they are much simpler to update. While there are many advantages to snaps, they still do have problems, such as larger file sizes....

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 129 words · April Watson

Windows Phone makes an exit as Android and iOS seek to rule smartphone market

The void left by them is nowhere seemed to be filled by their hardware partners. Therefore, the market share of Windows phone has taken a hit. According toKantars latest report, the market share of Windows phones continues to decline. But she added that with Windows phones exiting the market, this battle will only intensify. source: www.techworm.net

June 16, 2016 · 1 min · 56 words · Alicia Blackwell

Computer crash destroys historical data from US Air Force computers

The database, called the Automated Case Tracking System, was run by defense firm Lockheed Martin. Air Force officials for now dont believe that the crash was caused deliberately. Right now, we dont have any indication of that. The database also includes records of congressional and constituent inquiries. Lockheed refused to provide any explanation to specific questions about the incident. [W]hen the system crashed, all those historical records were lost, Stefanek said....

June 15, 2016 · 1 min · 110 words · Miranda Hull

Facebook Messenger for Android smartphones can now send SMS

Do you miss sending SMS to Android smartphone from Messenger? Well, then there is news that it’s possible for you to rejoice. Facebook Messenger has now reintroduced the support for SMS text messages on Android smartphones from Messenger. Technically, this is not the first time Facebook Messenger gained SMS integration. The feature was removed due to a lack of use in 2013. Facebook says: SMS in Messenger doesnt send, upload or store your conversations on Facebook servers....

June 15, 2016 · 1 min · 169 words · Brooke Kelly