This Pakistani man has found the ultimate way to get friends and followers on Facebook

Getting Facebook friends and followers is a big challenge for every FB user. Some even go to the extent of buying fake friends from illegitimate sources. Allahwala put up his photo and details to his Facebook account, asking people to add him. He also stated on the billboard that he wishes to have a million Facebook friends. Not that Allahwala is unknown on the social media. He has a decent number of followers on Twitter, some 25,000 odd people....

December 15, 2015 · 1 min · 92 words · Jeremy Wells

United Kingdom Cops Scare Teen Hackers With House Calls

The campaign aims to warn young people about the dangers of hacking and using online tools for cyber-attacks. The CyberChoices campaign comes after NCA research disclosed the average age of people involved in its investigations was 17. It is not certain how effective the strategy really is. However, there is reason to believe that it should work. Police visits could remind them that theres a potential victim on the other end....

December 15, 2015 · 1 min · 91 words · Jamie Hayes

Can you guess who just got impressed with the latest feat of BitTorrent?

Can you guess who just got impressed with the latest feat of BitTorrent? So how exactly was BitTorrent able to impress a large company such as Netflix? Thanks to a smooth and instant streaming in the surfing app powered by BitTorrents core technology known asWebTorrent. The project was completed thanks to a wunderkind known as Feross Aboukhadijeh. The more people that use a WebTorrent-powered website, the faster and more resilient it becomes....

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 107 words · Brianna Lara

Guess how many Ads BitTorrent and uTorrent serves in a single day?

So much revenue is actually being generated? source: www.techworm.net

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 9 words · Brandon Johnson

Hashcast has gone open source; What does this mean for security?

However, one would be wondering why such a drastic step be taken in making the software open source. Their job is to evaluate the security in given areas including evaluation of password security. Also forensic-examiners use these tools to get to gain access to required evidence. These cases and tasks are often highly sensitive and apply to strict rules. criminal evidence collection for an upcoming lawsuit. The source code forHashcatandoclHashcatis available on GitHub (tap on the links for more information)....

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 82 words · Gerald Burns

Here is the amount Google will have to invest to become a complete clean energy company

Can you fathom the amount that Google is going to invest to become completely clean? In fact, all the top tech companies ranging from Facebook. This project will use a total of 347,000 sun-facing mirrors to produce 392 megawatts of electricity. source: www.techworm.net

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 43 words · Monique Gomez

ISIS hackers leaks military information in response to Anonymous ‘ISIS trolling day’

Social media users were encouraged to spam Twitter accounts belonging to IS sympathisers with images of goats. This is what Isis wants. The more Muslims feel sad, the more Isis feels they can recruit them. (Image Credits: The Cryptosphere) source: www.techworm.net

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 41 words · Teresa Reid

My Talking Tom App dishes out NSFW Ads to kids

Their breasts were exposed and, in one advert, the womans crotch was concealed only by her hand. We concluded that the ads had been irresponsibly placed and breached the [advertising] code. Outfit7 Ltd said it strove to be family friendly and had a number of advertising restrictions in place. source: www.techworm.net

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 51 words · Jeremy Banks

World War III would ruin Mars mission says a worried Elon Musk

He was curiously optimistic. One shouldnt imagine, he said, that technological progress is a given. He sees it as a moral responsibilty of mankind to establish an outpost on another planet. So, is it as easy as backing up your computers hard drive? The answer is a simple NO. But, SpaceX is working day and night to making its quest a reality. However, Mark fears that a global war could set back humanity in many ways....

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 172 words · Nicole Grant

‘Gene drive’ that spreads infertility, in Mosquitoes could eradicate malaria within years

Malaria infects more than 200 million people each year and causes more than 430,000 deaths. Prof Andrea Casanti, said: The field has been trying to tackle malaria for more than 100 years. If successful, this technology has the potential to substantially reduce the transmission of malaria. To be infertile, females must inherit two mutated copies of a fertility gene, one for each chromosome. (In males, possessing the same mutated genes seems to have no effect on fertility....

December 14, 2015 · 1 min · 125 words · Shane Mills

8 Anonymous Campaigns That You May Not Know About

Lets have a look at those operations. Started last year, the group is dedicated to keeping the campaign running this year also. It involves hunting down and exposing pedophile rings and the paedosadism industry. The campaign was started to catalog ISIS members that have committed serious crimes like public executions or mass murders. OpCharitin looks like it’s an evolution from the older Anonymous campaign called #OpYouthCare. Rather than a cyber war, it is more of a social media campaign....

December 13, 2015 · 1 min · 81 words · Debra Brown

Ashley Madison Hack Victim Burns Down Garage, Loses His Wife And Job

He was later charged with arson in connection with the fire. Neither the school district or the board gave comment on Brownes case to local press. He later resigned from his $167,500-a-year job as school boss on October 27. Officials said, It was in the best interest of both parties to end the employment relationship. Monica works as a superintendent in Upper Saddle River. Browne and Monica have two children, a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old....

December 13, 2015 · 1 min · 138 words · Monica Williamson

Company Offers ‘Troll Insurance’ Policy Against Cyberbullying

Chubb Insurance is offering Internet troll coverage, which will accept claims up to 50,000 coverage. The insurance policy that is aimed at wealthy policy holders seems extensive. Chubb introduced the new policy following a survey conducted among its target audience and brokers. For example, if an internet bullying campaign leads to the victim losing their job or their wrongful arrest. Recently a study by Vodafone/YouGov indicated that one in five teenagers had been a victim of cyberbullying....

December 13, 2015 · 1 min · 93 words · Pamela Cook