Anonymous hack Thailand’s premier telecommunications website and expose data

The CAT website was taken off the internet for several hours late Thursday. CATs home page, cattelecom.com, was back online early Friday. News of the proposal for a single gateway emerged last month in a leaked cabinet document. source: www.techworm.net

October 23, 2015 · 1 min · 40 words · Nancy Cruz

Now, anyone can search for your public Facebook posts

The move follows an update last year that made all individual posts searchable for friends and followers. The new features, called Search FYI, are designed to make it easier to find information on Facebook. The search results will display links from news organisations, posts from friends and popular public statuses from non-friends. source: www.techworm.net

October 23, 2015 · 1 min · 54 words · Cody Grant

This Raspberry Pi powered voice controlled smart mirror is mind blowing

He had seen smart mirrors controlled by gestures, but wanted to build one that was voice-controlled. source: www.techworm.net

October 23, 2015 · 1 min · 18 words · Carlos Flynn

‘Russia-based Islamic jihadists’ claim responsibility for hacking telecom provider “TalkTalk”

TalkTalk, which suffered third major data breach, blamed a significant and sustained cyber attack on its website. The data breach was announced on Thursday by TalkTalk CEO, Dido Harding. She said that they had informed law enforcement authorities and had started notifying affected clients. The claims made by the unknown persons are unverified as of now. The Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit are investigating the security incident alongside TalkTalks tech staff....

October 23, 2015 · 1 min · 88 words · Mary Hernandez

Apple shuts the doors on Pangu Jailbreak tool in iOS 9.1

However, Apple has acknowledged the Pangu team for discovering two vulnerabilities in iOS operating system. Ina security document posted on Apples website, the Cupertino giant credited Pangu with discovering two vulnerabilities. The team has not said yet if it has a 9.1 hack in the works. Do remember that thefirst malware to hit iPhones was spread through jailbroken phones. source: www.techworm.net

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 61 words · Elizabeth Anderson

Australia to allow Facebook photos to be used in national surveillance database

Australian privacy advocates and civil rights groups have been critical of this move. That would be a choice for the users of the system, the Guardian reported. As of now it is unclear as to who will use the database or for what crimes. source: www.techworm.net

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 46 words · Eric Charles

Beware Facebook can now spy even on your clipboard

A feature of Apples new operating system for the iPhone tracks what users copy and paste. Facebook Messenger for iOS takes advantage of that feature, suggesting that users share a URL they copy. She says that she had copied the link onto the clipboard for sharing it with her friends and relatives. Many iOS apps can get into the clipboard and do something similar to what youre describing. For instance, Flipboard, Doesnt sound untoward to me....

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 93 words · Allen Washington

Google’s Project Flux Time Traveling Plans are “Leaked” by Google

Googles plan to work on time travel. It is very detailed as well. Google claims they have already performed extensive testing with Project Flux and have logged over 3,306 years to date. No wonder they have managed to stay ahead of the curve all these years! Present observers were positioned to evaluate any changes and abort travel if necessary. source: www.techworm.net

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 61 words · Richard Foster

Hackers can access your PC with this 10 second Fitbit hack

In fact they are the most popular devices among people who like to track their steps and exercise. Fortinet researcher, Axelle Apvrille discovered vulnerability in Fitbit unit that opens it up simple malware attacks. According to Apvrille, Fitbit can be easily hacked over Bluetooth and needs just 10 seconds to be delivered. Apvrille informed Fitbit about the exploit in March 2015. Apvrille will offer a proof-of-concept demonstration video at theHack.Lu conferencein Luxembourg....

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 161 words · Kenneth Campbell

London Police mystified by ‘crashed UFO’ in road that turns out to be a pizza oven

This was witnessed on Friday night when a unknown article was found to be lying on the road. If youre wondering whoor whatcrawled out of this spaceship, youre not alone. Turns out that the UFO was a pizza oven. Officers from Emergency Response Team A were dispatched along with the London Fire Brigade. When the arrived on scene they couldnt believe their eyes! The officers that arrived on scene described the item as looking like a crash landed UFO!...

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 81 words · Felicia Ramirez

Nike Unveils “Back To The Future” Self-Lacing Shoes, Michael J Fox Is First To Try

@realmikefoxsee you tomorrow. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research. Additional details will be released in the spring, Nike said. The letter I received from Tinker today. Thanks@Nikepic.twitter.com/UIolXrkUVC Michael J. Here is the original Marty McFly giving a give a shot to Nikes Back To The Future shoes Read More source: www.techworm.net

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 50 words · David Li

NTP Flaw in Linux, Mac, and BSD OS distros can be used to compromise encryption

In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in current use. NTP was originally designed by David L. Mills of the University of Delaware, who still oversees its development. source: www.techworm.net

October 22, 2015 · 1 min · 36 words · Christopher Jensen

Apple tells Judge it is ‘Impossible’ to Unlock New iPhones

Apples iOS 8 and above offer end to end encryption to the smartphone buyers. The law enforcement agencies in United States however feel otherwise. But it urged the judge to not require it to comply with the Justice Departments request. source: www.techworm.net

October 21, 2015 · 1 min · 42 words · Bryan Weber