Cisco researchers find backdoor installed on 12 million PCs

Security researchers fromCiscodiscovered a piece of software that installed backdoors on 12 million computers around the world. The string also showed up in some of the domains the samples had been communicating with. Cisco researchers were able to detect the backdoor on 12 million devices. At minimum it is a potentially unwanted program (PUP). source: www.techworm.net

April 28, 2016 · 1 min · 56 words · Tara Williamson

Ex Tor Developer helped FBI by creating malware to unmask anonymous Tor users

Edman developed a killer malware called Torsploit, which is being used by the FBI to unmask Tor users. Edman was only with Tor on the Vidalia project only for a year. The malware is also known as Torsploit. The malware targeted the Flash inside the Tor web client. According to court documents, Cornhusker is no longer in use. source: www.techworm.net

April 28, 2016 · 1 min · 60 words · Brian Davis

ICIJ to leak a even bigger ‘Panama Papers’ dump on May 9

One of the first casualties of the massive Panama leak was Sigmundur Gunnlaugss, prime minister of Iceland. ThePanama Papersare documents leaked from a hack on a Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. The massive data trove of nearly 2.6TB of data was leaked by the hackers to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. This week, three people go on trial in Luxembourg on Tuesday over the so-called Panama Papers scandal. source: www.techworm.net

April 28, 2016 · 1 min · 69 words · Eric Hunt

Live TV Broadcast interrupted by Microsoft Windows 10 upgrade message

Microsoft recommends upgrade to Windows 10, what should I do? a surprised Slater asked. As always the annoying window offered two choices Upgrade now, or Start download, upgrade later. Slater wisely chose neither option and switched to another video source instead. source: www.techworm.net

April 28, 2016 · 1 min · 43 words · Autumn Shaffer

Top Ten Programmers of All Time

Programming is not easy. And it never was. And the scenario was even worse before that time. Javascript, Perl etc) is the result of that trend. 2.Tim Beners-Lee Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist and one of the greatest programmers. HTML, URL, HTTP. Linus Torvalds The man who created Linux Kernel. Richard Stallman He founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection(GCC). Richard Stallman is the prophet of the free software movement....

April 28, 2016 · 2 min · 214 words · Steven Taylor

$4,000 custom build PC trounces a $4000 iMac in a photography showdown

RESULTS: CUSTOM PC approx. RESULTS: CUSTOM PC approx. 26 percent quicker than Apple iMac Lightroom Develop Module Image To Image Time All catalogs/previews deleted. Images re-imported without any form of previews. RESULTS: Custom PC approx. source: www.techworm.net

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 37 words · Wesley Sloan

Apple sees first-ever drop in second quarterly iPhone sales

The results saw Apples earnings reach $50.6 billion with a quarterly net profit of $10.5 billion. Also, the iPad and Mac saw lower sales. Overall, Apple sold 16 percent fewer iPhones in the quarter compared with the same quarter last year. The number of customers purchasing their first Mac has also seen a successful quarter. source: www.techworm.net

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 57 words · Amanda Bryant

Chromium OS for Raspberry Pi 3 officially released and here’s everything you should know

Coming to this experience, it has improved significantly, and offers fixes for the Kiosk Mode. source: www.techworm.net

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 17 words · Ashley Leonard

Hacking Group PLATINUM Used Microsoft Patches for Windows to Siphon Data

This is the first time any company has acknowledged the exploit being used in the wild. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 introduced support for hot patching certain core system services. Microsoft released ten different updates for the operating system that used this capability. Both regular programs and the kernel can be patched in this way. source: www.techworm.net

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 58 words · John Nelson

Nokia to buy digital health firm Withings for $191 million

In a blog post, Withings CEO Cedric Hutchings addressed how perfectly aligned the company goals are. Nokia, at one time was the biggest mobile maker in the world. source: www.techworm.net

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 30 words · Candice Martinez

Qatar National Bank Hacked, Hackers Leak 1.4GB Database

In one instance, a file marked wife, opens a photo showing a woman and two children. There are roughly a dozen of these intelligence dossiers included in the Qatar data dump. It is unclear if the data is legit or who was behind the hack/leak or what was their motive. QNB is further investigating this matter in coordination with all concerned parties, the banks website read. source: www.techworm.net

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 68 words · Joseph Stephens

This Foldable Hover Camera Will Follow You Around To Take Selfies

That custom AI work is implemented through Qualcomms Snapdragon Flight platform. It can shoot 4K videos or 360-degree panoramic shots. Even though the camera doesnt have OIS, it does use electronic image stabilization to keep video less shaky. All the controls are done via a companion app that can also be used to transfer photos and video. It can hover at a maximum altitude of 164 feet. On the other hand, the Hover camera also has its limitations....

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 128 words · Jennifer Barnett

Android ransomware on the loose, asks for iTunes gift card as ransom

This binary uses the Android exploit known as Towelroot to get root privileges on the unit. The name of this ransomware trojan is Dogspectus or Cyber.Police and was first detected back in December 2014. Compared to desktop-based ransomware that encrypts files, this utility does not encrypt user files. The ransomware doesnt threaten to (or actually) encrypt the victims data. source: www.techworm.net

April 26, 2016 · 1 min · 61 words · Eric Morales