How can you be a good security researcher

So You Want to Be a Security Researcher? Here is how its done! So you want to be a security researcher? Security researchers need a broad set of skills to investigate a constantly-changing threat landscape. But if you broaden your spectrum you may end up being a jack of all trades. Therefore specializing in areas such as reverse engineering or data pipe forensics will boost opportunities for you. They use that information to track adversaries and groups by the attack methods they have deployed....

June 5, 2016 · 2 min · 285 words · Linda Rose

KeePass update check MitM flaw can lead to hackers installing malicious App on your PC

Sometimes money outweighs security. Bogner says that all versions of KeePass, including the latest, are vulnerable. The flaw is considered critical and and has been assigned CVE-2016-5119. The simple implication is that KeePass devs think profit is more important than security of users. KeePass 2s automatic update check uses HTTP to request the current version information, Bogner hasdiscovered. An attacker can modify through for example ARP spoofing or by providing a malicious Wifi Hotspot the server response....

June 5, 2016 · 1 min · 91 words · Rodney Sanchez

Mark Zuckerberg should be held responsible for hateful content on FB says Gawker’s CEO

This comes after the Gawker Media CEO took responsibility for everything that is published on Gawker. This is pot calling the kettle black. Hogan is a twelve-time world champion; a six-time WWF/E World Heavyweight Champion and six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He was the first wrestler to win consecutive Royal Rumbles, in 1990 and 1991. The verdict could see Hulk Hogan richer by $140 million and completely ruin Gawker Media....

June 5, 2016 · 1 min · 96 words · Kyle Kim

New Brain Implant Will Allow You To Control Machines Using Your Thoughts

Just imagine if you are able to control your machines with nothing but your thoughts. The information will then be decoded and deduced into thoughts. I think what were seeing is the start of a whole new field, Dr Oxley says. source: www.techworm.net

June 5, 2016 · 1 min · 43 words · Robert Meyer

This device can detect malaria in 5 seconds

It has an LCD screen, an SD card slot and a plastic disposable cuvette on the outside. Malaria parasites in human blood generate iron crystals that are magnetic in nature. As an engineer, I thought about creating a way to detect these magnetic crystals quickly, said Lewandowski. You take a finger prick of blood and put it into the box through the cuvette. If the malaria parasite is present, the magnets attract the iron crystals horizontally, vertically or diagonally....

June 5, 2016 · 1 min · 201 words · Lisa Reese

Chicago student livestreams a movie premier on Facebook, gets arrested for piracy

Normally hackers use to make camera prints of movies using this technique. These hackers are usually caught by vigilant theater staff or annoyed theatergoers. [The] student was caught red-handed with [the] content, Bluesky said in a statement. Recording and sharing unauthorized video in social media is also a part of cybercrime. Media companies have gotten serious about copyright and piracy issues since the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act was enacted....

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 104 words · Heather Miller

Google pulls down Chrome extension targeting Jews

The extension then starts to place parentheses around the said name on any website the user visits. The use of triple parentheses dates back at least a year. Anti-Semites and white supremacists have been using it as a symbol of their movement online. Before the Chrome plug-in was taken offline, it had been downloaded more than 2,400 times by users. Google has also removed cached files of the website making it completely on Google search....

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 86 words · Pamela Arellano

Historic Nazi Coding Machine Of Hitler Sold On eBay For Just $14

This cipher system was used to create encrypted Nazi messages during WWII. The volunteer very happily paid 10 GBP for the keyboard and went on his way. To crack the code, code-breakers had to figure out the starting position of the rotors. The code was first broken after the Germans made a mistake, sending two messages using the same setting. Only four are known to have survived. The existence of the machines remained a secret until the 70s....

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 99 words · Mr. Daniel Hall

How to listen to, and delete your Google Now voice history

In other words, every time you do a voice search, Google records it. Inadvertently activating voice-powered AI, from Google to Siri to Alexa, is unavoidable. This is particularly true for Android users, who have their phone on them all the time. source: www.techworm.net

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 43 words · Kenneth Wilson

Linux Mint 18 Beta Release Could Launch Next Week

Thank you all for your donations and for your support. Weve received a lot of help in preparation for the next release, said Clement Lefebvre. Linux Mint 18 is just around the corner. I hope youll enjoy it. source: www.techworm.net

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 40 words · Jessica Green

Microsoft Files Lawsuits Against Windows 7 and 8.1 Pirates

Hence, activates them with licenses, which were stolen from Microsofts supply chain claims the software giant. source: www.techworm.net

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 18 words · Nancy Cervantes

NASA Image Shows Alien UFO Guiding Apollo 17 Mission Crew Off The Moon- Conspiracy Theorists

The reason was that NASA was trespassing, according to the alleged hostile aliens. Further, on June 1, 2016, UFO hunters Secureteam10 also uploaded the image to their YouTube channel. Glockner defines the flying alien UFO as sinister and unfriendly looking. you could clearly see the sunlight reflecting off the top of it, he continues. you’ve got the option to see various surface features down below. It looks sinister, just looking at it, it does not look very friendly, he adds....

June 4, 2016 · 1 min · 188 words · Philip Taylor

FBI To Start Tracking And Sorting People By Their Tattoos

However, such a program has raised grave questions about the privacy safeguards in place and research ethics. These projects could be faulty and prejudiced dread the civil liberties advocates. The methodology of theNIST researchprogram also raises ethical questions. Why Tattoos? The 15,000 images of tattoos came from prisoners and arrestees never gave their consent. The researchers only sought permission from supervisors only after they had carried out their initial research....

June 3, 2016 · 1 min · 129 words · Hannah Rodriguez