Anonymous anoint Gary McKinnon as the greatest hacker of all times

According to the hacktivist, Gary McKinnon is the most dangerous hacker of all times. source: www.techworm.net

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 16 words · Richard Gallagher

Australian woman wins $100,000 against Google for failing to remove her from search

Google fought the case, arguing defences of innocent dissemination, qualified privilege, justification and contextual truth. In his judgment in October, Justice Malcolm Blue struck out several of the defences. The court has reserved its decision on costs. Outside court, she described Wednesdays ruling as vindication. Its been a long battle and its not over, she said. I think that they thought that they could make me go away. I stood up to them and for that Im pleased....

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 109 words · David Jackson

EA Servers down, Phantom Squad claim responsibility

Meanwhile a hacking group called Phantom Squad has claimed responsibility for the downing of EA servers. Reddit users have also reported issues with the smartphone companion app for FIFA 16 in addition to the game. Meanwhile, Phantom Squad have announced the commencement of their attack on Xbox Live servers. If their claims are correct, we should see the Xbox Live gaming servers go down shortly. source: www.techworm.net

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 67 words · Thomas Dominguez

Google planning to ditch SHA-1 certificates much earlier than anticipated

Both Mozilla and Google have made the move much earlier than expected. Unfortunately, SHA-1 certificates are not the only feature that browsers will remove in the near future. This aligns with timelines for Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox. In particular, we recommend that most sites support TLS 1.2 and prioritize the ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM cipher suite. We also encourage site operators to use tools like the SSL Labs server test and Mozillas SSL Configuration Generator....

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 98 words · Regina Mcpherson

How to play your favourite PC games on Android smartphones and tablets

We have brought about some helpful stuff. Remotr includes control presets for popular PC games. Of course, gamers can modify and customize their own controls for each game. Remotr also supports gamepads including XBox 360 and PS4/PS4 Dualshock. Graphics cards with DirectX 10.1 hardware support (all modern GPUs). Download Remotr Streamer App for Window 7 or 10. Install Remotr Streamer in your Window PC select Create new Account and register your account on Remotr website....

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 121 words · Laurie Smith

Iranian hackers have claimed responsibility on the cyber attack on New York dam

Why would Iranian hackers go after a dam of all the places in the world Iranian hackers who are calling themselves SOBH Cyber Jihad have claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that allowed it to gain access to a dam that was situated in New York. According to the hacktivist group, they claimed that they were also responsible for the attack that took place back in 2013, but they decided to stay silent about it since they wanted the public to start feeling insecure and basically did it for the greater good....

December 24, 2015 · 2 min · 359 words · Jacob Velasquez

More than 3,000 prisoners freed by mistake in Washington state due to a software glitch

These were serious errors with serious implications, Mr. Inslee said in a statement. When I learned of this I ordered DOC to fix this, fix it fast and fix it right. The DOC estimates some 3,200 offenders may have been released early over the course of 13 years. However, the officials became aware of the issue only in 2012. The DOC estimates that offenders were released an average of 49 days before their correct release date....

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 114 words · Olivia Copeland

This Christmas Eve You Can Track Santa From Any Device

Heres how you’re free to track Santas 2015 journey. NORAD The North American Aerospace Defense Commands (NORAD) has been tracking Santas progress since 1955. You will also find apps for Windows mobile devices, iOS, and Android. Or you’ve got the option to use Googles Santa Tracking app with Cardboard to get virtual. Chrome users can installGoogles extensionto get timely updates without having to navigate to Googles webpage. Googles also built Santa tracking into its search engine....

December 24, 2015 · 1 min · 100 words · Scott Zimmerman

A hacker has been ruining the life of this Illinois family for years

The thought of all these instances happening can be so horrifying. In many of the posts on his personal blog, Strater also openly annoyed Kivimaki. However, this is more than a one-sided issue. He even attempted to use my credit numerous times. The harassment literally just did not stop. Reportedly, Sony and Microsoft lost over $40,000 every hour their game networks were down. He was given a two-year suspended sentence and asked to forfeit nearly $7,000....

December 23, 2015 · 1 min · 78 words · Thomas Johnson

Bahamian man charged for hacking into celebrities’ emails, stealing scripts, and sex tapes

Unfortunately, these circumstances are all too real. Knowles got caught, after trying to sell some of this data to a New York radio host. This included scripts for the first six episodes of an upcoming season of a very popular television series. The case comes at a time when security is a sensitive subject in Hollywood. Jennifer Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth Winstead have said they were victims of the hack attack....

December 23, 2015 · 1 min · 129 words · Dawn Perez

Beware Steam and Minecraft gamers, SkidNP is out there to bring the servers down

Here is the full interview : TW : Who are you guys and what is the aim of SkidNP? K : Minecraft and Steam. Steam will be a hard target as they are smart unlike Mojang, Xbox and PlayStation. TW : No PSN online grid and Xbox Live? K : I think@LizardLandswill be attacking xbox and PSN enough. One of the exploits of SkidNP is that they hacked Phantom Squads website....

December 23, 2015 · 1 min · 196 words · Christopher Williams

Can Microsoft’s Lumia 950 survive a hammer blow

While were not going to give you any spoilers because the video is really worth watching. Lumia smartphone bears the hallmark of Nokia durability and ruggedness. The older Lumias that Nokia manufactured withstood a number tests without a hitch. After watching the video one can say that the Lumia 950 is a worthy successor. source: www.techworm.net

December 23, 2015 · 1 min · 56 words · Sherri Davis

Google begins testing password-free account login system

It becomes more painful when you end up forgetting your password. Tap Yes and you are allowed to enter. Currently, the password-free sign in process works on both iOS and Android. These issues are handled by Google today through its Password Alert tool. Pizza, password and 123456your days are numbered. Early testers could also turn off the new sign in process at any time. source: www.techworm.net

December 23, 2015 · 1 min · 66 words · Robert Drake