New York City hit with DDoS attacks, government email service knocked out

Some agencies such as the Department of Transportation set up temporary Gmail accounts to send and receive emails. DDoS or Hack? He however said that this was a big attack but downplayed its impact on New York City government services. It is a big deal but….its like a lot of mosquitoes buzzing around you, said Albano. Its designed to slow down email. On the scale of cyber incidences its kind of low....

February 25, 2015 · 1 min · 74 words · Robert Ellis

Rapper Griminal’s Twitter hacked; hackers post suicidal tweets

The last pure me is on YouTube when I was 16/17. I sold my soul after then. I f****d up. Devil has my soul. Im scared how Ill die, but f**k it. When I go, I go init. Think Im shook of death I dont care. What I’m reading about Griminal is sad. He was one of my fav grime artists growing up#PrayForGriminal?? We’re losing too many men to depression and suicide!...

February 25, 2015 · 1 min · 128 words · Melissa Mason PhD

Top 10 Free Wireless Network hacking/monitoring tools for ethical hackers and businesses

Most of the times people prefer to use wireless web link LAN which is much easier and cost effective. Vulnerability in the wireless LAN is majorly due to poor configuration and poor encryption. This tool manufacturers also provides tutorial for installation of the tool and its usage for cracking the password. It also helps to recover the wireless online grid keys by analyzing routine protocols. Can be downloaded from :https://www.inssider.com/...

February 25, 2015 · 1 min · 166 words · Kelsey Ferguson

Chromeo; Pebble’s first colour smartwatch to come this year

The new watch is going to be thinner than the current generation ofPebblesmartwatch. It looks a tad square than the current range and is wider. It is also supposed to feature a microphone enabling voice control. The current Pebble smartwatch retails for $99, while the steel model sets you back by $199. Chromeo is hoped to be in that range. source: www.techworm.net

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 62 words · Mr. Edward Velazquez DDS

Darpa’s CwC Program to remove communication barrier between humans and computers

Darpas CwC program to remove the communications gap between humans and machines Communication is a complex process. So many factors go into getting two people to really understand one another. Many companies are working on it to provide an effective communication for greater efficiency and teamwork. Sometimes people can talk with their pets, which really needs an effective communication. Unlike pets and plants, computers might one day respond and communicate so so thinks DARPA engineers....

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 153 words · Mark Wood

Google bans blogger blog containing explicit content

Blogger is free blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google servers at a subdomain of blogspot.com. A user can have up to 100 blogs per account. Google wont index and make them available in Google Search. Google said it may however remove the blogs created after 23 March 2015. Google cited artistic, educational, documentary or scientific reasons for exceptions. source: www.techworm.net

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 70 words · Austin Pham

Google teams up with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to combat Apple Pay

Softcard will help Google by providing some major mobile payment technology and patents. source: www.techworm.net

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 15 words · Michael Long

Hackers successfully hacked Burning Man’s ticketing system to cut a 80000 queue

It is a week long event held around end of August, in Black Rock city of Nevada. People who visit the festival are known as Burners. So if you are a Burner it adds to your value in the social circle. This happened last Wednesday when the officials of Burning Man opened its online ticket sale through Ticketfly website. Its obvious that the hackers would not reveal their act openly on the social media....

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 101 words · Kenneth Saunders

James Bond flick, Spectre moves to Rome for shoot after Sony hack while Hollywood stars await payment

Till then, however they will continue to give headaches for Sony top honchos. source: www.techworm.net

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 15 words · Joe Peterson

Siri/Cortana listening posts for Apple/Microsoft and their marketeers

I started a new job today with Walk NTalk Technologies. Soon, I realized that I was hearing peoples commands given to their mobile devices. Though it may be innocent stuff like Siri, do you like me? I heard everything from kiddos asking innocent things like Siri, do you like me? to some guy asking Galaxy to lick his bxxxxxe. I wish I was kidding, FallenMyst states. Can Apple/Microsoft guarantee that such personal communications are not used by it/breached by hackers and used against the user....

February 24, 2015 · 1 min · 175 words · Luis Schmidt

Flaws in Telegram, the secure messaging App expose Secret Chat messages

Researchers from security firm Zimperium have discovered that Telegram can be hacked by cyber criminals in two ways. EFF in itsDecember secure messaging Apps audit and reviewhad given maximum score to the Telegrams Secret Chat feature. Telegrams so-called powerful encryption is not protecting users any better than any other page or app that uses SSL. EFF score for Secret Chat We highly recommended adding additional protection to your mobile unit that can detect unit-level cyberattacks....

February 23, 2015 · 1 min · 94 words · Deborah Eaton

Google Vietnam hacked and defaced by Lizard Squad

@LizardCircleWHO THE HELL ARE YOU? WTF YOU DOING IN@google? Red s (@MoOn20543)February 23, 2015 @LizardCircleYou HACK my search. Whereas normal users and mobile users could still access google.com.vn. The matter is under investigation and you could view the web cache version of the hacked Google.com.vnhere. source: www.techworm.net

February 23, 2015 · 1 min · 47 words · Derek Hobbs

HTC seems to have leaked out the pictures and specs of its flagship “One M9”

Well this was enough to create the required curiosity among the smartphone lovers. Other accessories includes Boom sound speakers, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, 300 Mbps LTE connectivity. As of now for One M9 Plus it seems that this would have a 5.2-inch Quad HD screen. MWC 2015 already seems like a place to be, with so many new launches and announcements. source: www.techworm.net

February 23, 2015 · 1 min · 62 words · Donna Hayes