Vulnerability in Blu-Ray Players can allow hackers to infiltrate into network

The flaws was discovered by British hacker Stephen Tomkinson who presented the vulnerability onNCC Blog. The malicious disc can execute arbitrary codes automatically and also bypass the auto-run prevention mechanism in Windows. To show his vulnerability, Tomkinson used the popular Cyberlinks PowerDVD software. Tomkinson says that Cyberlinks PowerDVD supports Blu-ray since 2009 but has hardly updated security mechanisms since then. As such, an execute function is available and it could be used to run a command....

March 2, 2015 · 1 min · 78 words · Caleb Graham

Facebook dispute results in a 14 year old girl being shot dead

The fistfight between the girls was to be recorded for posting online according to th police. Those who knew Rice say they never dreamed something like this would happen to her. They say she was loving and would lend a helping hand to anyone. Image:CNN Her classmate, Diamond Davis said,, She was a good person. She, she never had any trouble. She was never in anything. She was a good person....

March 1, 2015 · 1 min · 93 words · Alyssa Jones DDS

India bans third party email services like Gmail, Yahoo, Live in government departments

Table Of Contents Third party email services like Gmail, Yahoo! The immediate cause for the governments actions were the 5 million Gmail username and password leak that happened inSeptember. Misuse of these resources can result in unwanted risk and liabilities for the government, the policy says. The notifications lay down the standard operating procedure (SOP) for online presence of a government employee. An exception has been made for organizations dealing with national security who have their independent mail servers....

March 1, 2015 · 1 min · 96 words · Antonio Bryant

Mobile calling rates to become cheaper as TRAI proposes 35 % cut in roaming charges

Also prior to this IUC i.e. interconnect usage charges were slashed by 30%. Now TRAI is targeting the National roaming service tariffs. In all, the service providers do not seem to be happy with this amendment. source: www.techworm.net

March 1, 2015 · 1 min · 38 words · Donna Clark

User suffers third degree burns after an iPhone explodes in his pocket

The man claims he cannot work after he suffered burns from his iPhone when it burst into flames. Speaking the CBS News reporter, Sophia Hall, Johnson said that he was still in pain. The injuries were severe therefore Johnson was taken to a hospital. The hospital said that Johnson had suffered third-degree burns on his leg. Johnson had to spent 10 days in the hospital recuperating. You dont expect something like this to happen, never, he said....

March 1, 2015 · 1 min · 102 words · David Smith

16 year old teen hacks Department of Educations websites and alters his grade

May be in future his services can used by U.S. authorities for doing some better good civil society. source: www.techworm.net

February 28, 2015 · 1 min · 20 words · Thomas Rice

Apple ordered to pay $532.9 million to a 8th-grade dropout patent troll

Apple was ordered by the courts to pay Smartflash LLC for willful infringement of three U.S. Which in the end sided with Smartflash LLC. Brad Caldwell, a Dallas-based patent infringement specialist who represented Smartflash stated. Was the infringement willful? Apples attorneys paraded witness after witness through courtroom who couldnt be bothered to read the patents. Apples lawyers asked him, according to Caldwell: Did you invent the Internet? Did you invent touch screen technology?...

February 28, 2015 · 1 min · 102 words · Timothy Olson

Facebook employees can access your FB account without password

Facebook says that this is being done for greater good, but is it really? We have a zero tolerance approach to abuse, and improper behavior results in termination. This question will never be answered! source: www.techworm.net

February 28, 2015 · 1 min · 36 words · Jennifer Payne

Facebook tops in worst storage, battery and data consuming Android Apps

It is joined by Spotify and Instagram to be overall performance hoggers on Android. Although, there arent many Samsung apps this time in this category. Other big battery drains come from apps that constantly sync with the internet. Also there are certain similar faces when it comes to eating up message space and hampering handsets performance. The Amazon AppStore has also leapt into the top 5 this year. Firstly, turn off unnecessary notifications and notification apps....

February 28, 2015 · 1 min · 135 words · Joel Gutierrez

Leading Western Technology brands like Apple, Intel,McAfee shunned from China’s approved Tech listing

however the most affected brand is Cisco Systems. Recent news published by Reuters analysis shows a drastic change in Chinas list of approved technology products. The number of local brands has increased from former 2000 to now 5000. The Snowden incident, its become a real concern, especially for top leaders. source: www.techworm.net

February 28, 2015 · 1 min · 52 words · Kenneth Jones

More stable, Tor Browser 4.0.4 released

Tor, The Onion routing Anonymity internet tool which is the first love for every online privacy advocates has released its latest version, Tor internet tool 4.0.4. The latest release, Tor surfing app 4.0.4 is based on Firefox ESR 31.5.0, which features important security updates to Firefox. Additionally, it contains updates to NoScript, HTTPS-Everywhere, and OpenSSL Here are the Updates which Tor net net app 4.0.4 is carrying, Bugs and Flaws patched in latest Tor 4....

February 27, 2015 · 1 min · 120 words · Daniel Anderson

Top 10 free Computer Software/Tools everyone should have

Certain excellent Computer system tools available for free of cost can add value to your PC. Some Computer software recommended for every PC which is absolutely free of cost. So by downloading some of these software user can make their PC truly a customized one. source: www.techworm.net

February 27, 2015 · 1 min · 47 words · Elizabeth Ray

Tor Browser 4.0.4 released and being flagged by AVG and Panda Antivirus as malware

The net web client which can be downloaded for free fromhereand also with TorProjectDistribution Directory. you might find its fingerprint on the Signing Keys page. To install Tor, you have to just deactivate the antivirus prior to installation. Once installed you’re able to initiate the av again and continue normally. The Tor also seems to have some bugs related to exit nodes. He also noted that he was unable to reopen the crashed Tor so he reinstalled it....

February 27, 2015 · 1 min · 105 words · Adrian Chandler