WhatsApp messages can be deleted says Indian government after public uproar

2.SSL/TLS encryption products being used in Internet-banking and payment gateways as directed by the Reserve Bank of India. 3.SSL/TLS encryption products being used for e-commerce and password based transactions. The draft also implied that there may be punishment associated with the deletion of WhatsApp communication for 90 days. All vendors of encryption products shall register their products with the designated agency of the government. The draft proposes to introduce the New Encryption Policy under section 84 A of Information Technology Act 2000....

September 22, 2015 · 1 min · 184 words · Roberto Baker

Critical Vulnerabilities In Starbucks Allows Hackers To Steal Credit Card Details

Have you registered yourself on Starbucks website with your credit card details? Payment history of the users are contained in the Starbucks store account. It can also perform remote code execution and phishing attack on users and on Starbucks servers. The hacker can also steal users credit included in victims account, delete account or change victims email address. However, he did not receive any response from the team. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2015 · 1 min · 70 words · Adam Lewis

Hackers claim to have hacked Fidelity Bank for Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Fund

Fidelity on its part said that the hackers had managed to breach some of its websites. The banks websites are hosted by a third-party vendor and hold minimal client information. The hack and blackmail attempt will be turned over to police for investigation. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2015 · 1 min · 45 words · Sarah Miles

Hoax alert : Facebook will not delete posts with 10 DISLIKES

We would like to emphatically state that there is no such proposal by Facebook. Also many websites have articles are saying the above to be true. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2015 · 1 min · 28 words · Amy Booth

iOS 9 Lockscreen can be bypassed to access your photos and contacts- here’s how to stop it

However, this does not expose any other contents of your iPhone outside of Contacts and Photos. Also, the photos cannot be shared or forwarded from your iPhone. Step 3: It will temp-lock the iPhone for a minute, but not before Siri is evoked. Step 4: Ask Siri what time it is. Step 5: Tap the Clock icon to pop pop the Clock app. Step 6: Tap the + icon in the upper right-hand corner....

September 21, 2015 · 2 min · 224 words · Megan Simon

Leaked Images Of new OnePlus smartphone Show Dual Camera Setup

This week alleged leaked renders of the unit have surfaced online. It will likely to have an elegant design. Also, it has a dual-flash functionality, which is supposed to improve image quality in low lighted areas. However, this statement could mean anything because of its vagueness. We will have to wait and watch as to how the new OnePlus model will top this spec sheet. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2015 · 1 min · 67 words · Kenneth Pierce

Richard Dawkins sparks backlash after questioning Ahmed Mohamed’s ‘motives’

He was promptly arrested by the Texas police and later released without any charges. However, his arrest lead to a public outrage with strong support coming in for the teen. He was questioned by five police officers at MacArthur High School in Irvine on Monday. He was then suspended for three days. However, amidst public furor, the charges were dropped. The webmaster for Artvoice.com, Anthony DiPasquale, took upon himself to expose the circuitry behind Ahmeds clock....

September 21, 2015 · 2 min · 329 words · Francis Jefferson

Skype faces global outage, Skype App Down For Users Around The World

We have detected an issue with the status options of Skype. The Microsoft owned company accepted that there was a problem with Skype. @SkypeSupportthanks for the update ! Were working on a fix for this issue and hope to have an update for you soon. just accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused while we get this resolved, the company said. We will keep you updated about the status of Skype....

September 21, 2015 · 1 min · 73 words · Amy Munoz

Vietnam Govt websites brought down by Anonymous to protest against human rights abuse

Anonymous said that the hackings were done to protest against online censorship and human rights violations in the country. In all 8 Vietnamese government websites were defaced by the hacktivist group. At the time of publishing this article, all the hacked websites were still showing the defaced page. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2015 · 1 min · 50 words · Angela Roy

Anti piracy lobby trying to choke The Pirate Bay as 600 advertisers blacklist TPB

Now they have managed to strike at the torrent websites where it hurts most. Around 600 advertising companies have decided to black list The Pirate Bay and other pirate sites. The Pirate Bay seems to be the only mainstream torrent website to figure in the list. source: www.techworm.net

September 20, 2015 · 1 min · 48 words · Maria Rodriguez

AT&T employees were running Malware on their PCs to aid Phone Unlocking Service

Almost all mobile carriers around the globe sell phones together with their mobile plans. This code is usually obtained from AT&T call centers using a special service called Torch. source: www.techworm.net

September 20, 2015 · 1 min · 31 words · Joshua Smith

Chromium Hack : 16 Special Characters can crash Chrome

If you want to try out the bug just punch in out into your net surf tool address bar. However the bug does not affect Chrome on Mac PCs or on Android smartphones. Though some users have noted that the Chrome build on Android smartphones returns the dreadful Aw! The bug is caused to incorrect handling of the parameters in the characters. The bug has been reported to the Google security teamhere....

September 20, 2015 · 1 min · 91 words · Jeffrey Cook

EC-130, the airplane created by US Air Force to hack enemy military networks

And this is what the US Air force seems to be targeting on. The EC-130 airplane is often used by the US Air Force to jam enemy transmissions in war zones. Weve conducted a series of demonstrations. Maj.Gen Wilson also said that the EC-130 could touch even air-gapped networks. Such hacking has been done before by Israeli military earlier. Israeli aircraft used BAEs Suter system reportedly hack into the air gapped Syrian air defenses in 2007sOperation Orchard....

September 20, 2015 · 1 min · 79 words · Richard Butler