Young students offered $10 to pirate latest movies in cinemas

The amount is being deposited into their account the moment they upload the film, an official said. However, piracy is a huge problem in India. This helps them in efficiently decentralizing their operations. For such work, particularly young students with decent mobile phones are targeted. There is no dearth of such candidates in India which now has more than a billion phone users. Even though US$10 may seem like a paltry amount, the offer is significant for many locals....

December 20, 2017 · 1 min · 115 words · Sandra Ayala

“123456” and “password” are the most commonly used worst passwords of 2017

However, kinda looks all these warnings are falling on deaf ears. Apparently, more than five million passwords were leaked by hackers in 2017. The list below contains top 25 passwords and how they have fared compared to last year. Also, there are some new entries that did not appear in last years list. Those are mentioned as New in the below mentioned list. As we mentioned above, films play a major role in users deciding on their passwords....

December 20, 2017 · 1 min · 108 words · Scott Richardson

Creator of Bitcoin is now among the world’s 50 richest people

For those unaware, launched in 2009, Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer payment system. It is the first decentralized virtual currency and has the highest market value than many of its several counterparts. An inventor who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto is believed to be the creator of Bitcoin. However, till date, it is unclear whether Nakamoto is an individual or a group of people. Also, no one is sure if Nakamoto is alive or dead....

December 19, 2017 · 1 min · 112 words · Mark Harris

Kaspersky Lab Sues U.S. Government Over Federal Software Ban

Kaspersky sued the government in federal court yesterday and has asked the court to reverse the ban. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. source: www.techworm.net

December 19, 2017 · 1 min · 33 words · Mrs. Teresa Mullen DVM

New battery research could ‘triple range’ of electric vehicles

This improvement could increase the travel distance of an electric vehicle battery from 200km to 600km, researchers estimate. However, development of this technology had to overcome two challenges. Second, involved a reaction that creates corrosion which could lessen the efficiency of the battery and its longevity. We wanted a simple, scalable way to protect the lithium metal. With this solution, we just add the compound and it works by itself, said Pang....

December 18, 2017 · 1 min · 78 words · Christie Everett

Facebook adds ‘snooze’ button to mute your annoying friends

Seeing too many photos of your uncles new cat? Is your friend tempting you with endless photos of ramen on her Japan trip? It turns out, youre not alone, Shruthi Muraleedharan, Facebook product manager saidin an announcement blog post. The people, Pages, and groups you snooze will not be notified. However, he later retracted the statement. It comes along with the unfollow option. source: www.techworm.net

December 17, 2017 · 1 min · 65 words · Michael Bailey

Facebook Admits Social Media Poses Mental Health Risk

However, Facebook also cited research showing the positive influence of social media. Source:IBT,Spectrum News Read More source: www.techworm.net

December 17, 2017 · 1 min · 18 words · Scott Huerta

Facebook quietly fixed an error that stopped you from blocking Mark Zuckerberg

The users who tried to block Zuckerberg would receive the message: Block error. Sorry, you have a problem blocking the Mark Zuckerberg. like hit it one more time later. At that time, a Facebook spokesperson had revealed, The error isnt specific to any one account. Its generated when a person has been blocked a certain large number of times. The purpose of this system is to protect the experience for people targeted by these campaigns....

December 17, 2017 · 1 min · 108 words · Allison Jenkins

iPhone X is outpacing the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in adoption, shows analytics data

Source:Business Insider Read More source: www.techworm.net

December 17, 2017 · 1 min · 6 words · Pamela Morales

Man steals $1.8 million worth of Ethereum from his kidnapped friend

The incident took place on November 4thwhen Meza had a meeting with his friend at his apartment. Meza called a car service for the friend after the meeting to take him back to his place. We can expect this key in of crime to become increasingly common as cryptocurrency values surge upward. source: www.techworm.net

December 17, 2017 · 1 min · 54 words · Kyle Palmer

Apple refunds Chinese woman after colleague unlocks her iPhone X using Face ID

Its still not clear whether Yan has bought a third iPhone X with the refund money. Apple has yet to comment on the issue. source: www.techworm.net

December 15, 2017 · 1 min · 26 words · Diana Brooks

Mirai Botnet: Three US Men Plead Guilty Connected To 2016 Cyberattacks

If the targets didnt pay a two-Bitcoin ransom, Jha reportedly would knock them offline, federal prosecutors said. Jha also owned a service denial mitigation company called ProTraf Solutions, according to his LinkedIn page. He and his co-conspirators used the botnet to attack business competitors and others against whom they held grudges. They also sought to make money, renting out the malicious internet out for payment. Court documents did not accuse Norman of creating Mirai but said he helped monetize its use....

December 15, 2017 · 1 min · 114 words · Ashlee Koch

1.4 Billion Plain-Text Credentials Leaked On The Dark Web

reads apostpublished by 4iQ on Medium. The data was organized and indexed alphabetically by the collector, and the total amount of credentials is 1,400,553,869. In other words, the passwords and usernames, were new and in plain text. Source:securityaffairs Read More source: www.techworm.net

December 14, 2017 · 1 min · 42 words · Robin Jackson