Abusing ‘HTTP Strict Transport Security’ (HSTS) supercookies for cookieless tracking

When youre visiting a website with a secure connection your web surfing app displays a padlock icon. The icon indicates that your connection to the site is encrypted and cant be interfered with or intercepted. This is a unique value that was generated by JavaScript in this page. Different web browsers dont behave exactly the same way. This is a unique value that was generated by JavaScript in this page....

January 4, 2015 · 2 min · 282 words · Leslie Farmer

Microsoft says Friday’s outage caused by software bug not cyber attack

Even the Microsoft powered Yahoo! search was knocked down for about 20 minutes before being restored. This caused users to speculate that Microsoft was under some kind of high profile hack attack. Microsoft of late has been suffering from the bad code fever repeatedly. The company could not be reached for comment on Saturday Read More source: www.techworm.net

January 4, 2015 · 1 min · 58 words · Patrick Kane

OpAaronSwartz; Hacker takes down subdomains of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The websites have been hacked to mark the death anniversary of political organiser and hacktivist Aaron Swartz. Swartzs work also focused on sociology, civic awareness and political activism. He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 to learn more about effective online activism. He founded the online group Demand Progress for protesting against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison....

January 4, 2015 · 1 min · 111 words · Dawn Medina

Origin users find their accounts being used fraudulently to make purchases

One hack in November distributed personal information from PlayStation online grid, Windows Live, and 2K Games servers. Another hit Amazon, Walmart, and porn site Brazzers. Privacy and security of user account information are of the utmost importance to us. Steam users have also noticed such activities in recent past but their number is smaller compared to Origin users. In addition, many users fail to use two-factor authentication. But even that may prove futile if the hackers have gained control over the email accounts as well....

January 4, 2015 · 1 min · 91 words · David Glover

Run Full Linux Apps Inside A Chrome OS Window

Chrome OS is becoming more polished with new features everyday. Now it has a powerful feature of running full Linux apps thanks to one of Googles bright interns. An announcement that a Google intern has made it possible to run Linux directly in a Chrome OS window. This means users can run any kind of Linux utility (such as Skype, etc.) Focused around the new HTML5 standard. But now setting it up is much steam-lined than before....

January 4, 2015 · 1 min · 114 words · Theresa Peck

The Netflix Mystery and The VPN Proxy Pirates

I attempt to be a good citizen on the Internet. To be brutally honest I was not even aware I was being blocked at first. How did I discover this? The PC machine I happened to be using was running a VPN at the time. I searched through the conventional search box, nothing. I even looked onto my recently watched movies, again nothing. I was annoyed but decided I should go back to work on my research....

January 4, 2015 · 1 min · 201 words · Michael Walsh

4Chan DDoSed by Lizard Squad’s DDoS Rent-A-Tool Lizard Stresser

Lizard Squads rent-a-tool Lizard Stresser in action against 4Chan. 4Chan has been brought down by Lizard Stresser through a DDoS attack and still offline. Apparently Lizard Stresser was taken offline two days ago after somebody doxed the userids on the server. Earlier Login Page The Lizard Squad also offers lifetime packs, prices for which can go upto $500 / 411. The lifetime packs are valid for five years as per Lizard Stresser website....

January 3, 2015 · 1 min · 128 words · Amanda Olson

Hacker claims iDict Tool can hack any iCloud account; released on GitHub

Proxy13 intends to alert Apple of this serious bug therefore he has uploaded the tool on GitHub. The tool actually works by using brute-force method to hack the iCloud password. The tool hasnt been independently tested but several Twitter and Reddit users confirmed that the tool was indeed working. Gizmodo has stated that iDict are limited by the size of the dictionary it uses to guess your password. So youre really only in danger if your password is on the 500-word-long list included with the hacker tool....

January 2, 2015 · 1 min · 119 words · Lisa Estrada

iOS 8 Shrinks Storage on 16GB iPhone and iPad; Users Sue Apple

But these litigants dont seem to be satisfied by this explanation. Rather ironically, Apple touts iOS 8 as The biggest iOS release ever. The lawsuit also accuses Apple of not working with third party vendors to offer other cloud storage options. Users are restricted to only Apple provided services. Neither does Apple offer any support to its customers to offload their data from the cloud storage. Case Files Apple has not made any official comment on this case so far....

January 2, 2015 · 1 min · 89 words · Lauren Miller

NASA’s Mars Rover’s Flash Memory Slowly and Steadily Wearing Out

Flash Memory worn out Its primary mission it began in January 2004. Opportunity utilizes two types of memory to record mission telemetry as it explores the Meridiani Planum region. The two types of memory are known as volatile and non-volatile. However, such memory has a life time i.e. So thats why we call it amnesia it forgets what it has done. Opportunity uses the Mars Odessy satellite to send back data to its handlers on earth....

January 2, 2015 · 2 min · 248 words · Anne Beck

NSA spying in Vienna at Chaos meet

According to Mochel the documents illustrate a robust clandestine NSA operation within the Austrian capital. Mochel reports there are currently three major NSA stations in Vienna. The first one in the US Embassy of Viennas 9th district. The third station called the NSA Villa location in Potzleinsdorf. The core of the operational processing takes place in the second IZD tower. Air-conditioning plants has been recently added to the tower suggesting that additional computers were likely installed....

January 2, 2015 · 1 min · 131 words · Gregory Jones

Sony To Give Free PlayStation Network Membership Extension

The extension will be automatically applied, so no action is necessary to receive the extension. We will post additional information here on PlayStation.Blog when the extension becomes available, it said. The code may come out anytime this month, it said. source: www.techworm.net

January 2, 2015 · 1 min · 42 words · Cynthia Jacobs

The Pirate Bay to start afresh on 1st February, 2015

TPB crew responded by putting up a hashed magnet link on thewebsitefor torrent download. source: www.techworm.net

January 2, 2015 · 1 min · 16 words · Laura Dixon MD