The tool is sold to cybercrime gangs, which take advantage from Angler’s exploits mostly for browsers and browser plugins. It’s targeted at anyone with crimeware, such as ransomware or banking credential stealers, who do not have the time or skill to develop and maintain their own database of software exploits. Researchers noticed that the large percentage of infected users were connecting to servers belonging to hosting provider Limestone Networks. After digging out more, they estimated that a single hacker or a group of hackers is targeting up to 90,000 end users a day....

Now, conspiracy theorists have come up with fresh fears that the world will end as early as April 23, as a giant mysterious death star “Nibiru” also known as Planet X, is set to cause destruction across the Earth. Nibiru is supposed to be a large object that is on a collision course with Earth. David Meade, a Christian numerologist and who writes for Planet X News told the Daily Express newspaper that the occurrence of an apocalypse on April 23 will ultimately destroy our Earth....

Those who have accounts, there are three setting groups in order to control your accounts. The first one is “sign-in & security” card wherein you can manage to sign in and control devices and apps that use Google accounts. There is the security setup wizard where you can see and modify your passwords and two-step security controls where you can verify all your phones, computers and tablets. The second step is “Privacy Control“....

Lance Ealy had been charged by the Federal Grand jury for 46 counts of fraudulent activity which included filing false tax returns and also buying the stolen identities. Ealy was also involved in buying stolen Social Security Numbers and Personal information from an online fraud site Superget.info which was later known as findget.me. The online fraud site was run by a Vietnamese national Hieu Minh Ngo who had already pleaded guilty to the Secret service who had been successful in luring him out from Vietnam, he had accepted that he was responsible for running the ID theft service....

Now, a maker who goes by the name ‘Node’ has built a homemade project called the ‘Zero Terminal’, wherein he has converted the Pi Zero W into a phone-sized computer with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen display. The aim to build this project is to develop a small, all-in-one computer that is both portable, and usable. The basis of the Zero Terminal is the Pi Zero W, and an iPhone 5 sliding keyboard case....

In a order to overcome these challenges, DARPA has awarded prime contracts for Phase 1 its Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces (HAPTIX) program. DARPA’s interest and assistance to HAPTIX to revive full and healthy functionality is because of scores of military personnel being wounded and maimed in battles and counter insurgency operations. The DARPA initiative is also a part of the White House programme for rehabilitation of Army veterans. However the military usage is often passed to common man as has happened with Internet and many modern technological innovations....

Most users are getting the below error that reads: “Critical Error – Start menu and Cortana aren’t working. We’ll try to fix it the next time you sign in.” Microsoft has already provided a method to overcome the problem by suggesting the users to reboot to Safe Mode and then normally start their computers. However, despite this somewhat basic fix, it turns out that the problem still persists on many of the PCs....

Detekt tool to scan your system for Government SpywareGovernment funded spyware marketThe SolutionNot 100% effective yet Government funded spyware market FinSpy, maintained by German developer FinFisher, is one of the most publicized examples. It has been used to monitor the communications of human rights lawyers and democracy protesters in Bahrain, Pakistan and many countries. Services from the company could amount to millions of dollars to the buyer nation. Another company developing such a product is the Italian Hacking Team, offering Remote Control System (RCS), a spying tool that can be adapted to any platform, to different government entities....

The unknown hacker decided to boost Donald Trump’s visibility in the nominations race by breaking into a road sign and changing its default message in support of Donald Trump. The defaced road sign was first spotted and filled by filmed by Nikki Worden who immediately posted it on Facebook to draw attention of the authorities. https://www.facebook.com/nikki.milesworden/videos/10153785573133431/ The road sign is located on northbound 15 Freeway at Ontario Avenue in Corona, California and is operated by Caltrans....

Drupal 7 vulnerable to SQL InjectionCVE-2014-3704 vulnerability in Drupal 7Details CVE-2014-3704 vulnerability in Drupal 7 The CVE-2014-3704 vulnerability in Drupal 7 has, unsurprisingly, been classified as “highly critical” by SektionEins GmbH. As per their blog, the users of Drupal have to do the patching sooner than later because the easy-to-exploit vulnerability hands over total control. Once the vulnerability is exploited they can inject malware payload and further their sinister designs to other users visiting the users Drupal site....

The multitude of ecommerce platforms have a lot to offer. Many of these solutions make it easy enough for novices to master creating professional storefronts, uploading products, establishing checkout processes and and all the other ecommerce ins-and-outs. There are plenty of well-known options for merchants to choose from, such as Shopify, Magento and WooCommerce. Today I will give you the skinny on another one of the most popular solutions on the market: BigCommerce....

Earlier this month, elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization (WHO), which is facing more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks since the coronavirus pandemic began, reports Reuters. According to WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio, the identity of the hackers was unclear, but the effort was unsuccessful. The number of hacking attempts against the agency and its partners has increased amid the coronavirus outbreak, added Flavio....

Emotet, a kind of malware originally designed as a banking Trojan, can steal data such as user credentials stored on the browser, install other types of malware and ransomware, and form botnets. It scans the networks to determine SSIDs, encryption type, and authentication methods. The newly discovered Emotet sample powers a “Wi-Fi spreader” module to scan unsecured Wi-Fi networks, and then attempts to infect devices that are connected to them by taking advantage of weak passwords and other security flaws....

Excel is an amazing tool to record, manage, analyze data. It has many features that help you do advanced data analysis and reporting. Data entry can be a long and arduous task in Excel. But if you know the right tools and techniques, it can speed up your data entry and help ensure error-free work. Here are six data entry tips for Excel that will help get your work done faster: #1 – Use Drop Down Lists to Enter Data Quickly You can use a drop-down list in Excel to enter data from prespecified options....

This new law was set up as a catch-all for hacking has been widely used to prosecute behaviour that bears no resemblance to hacking. This ruling specifically references the case of David Nosal, a former employee of the International research firm Korn/Ferry, who used a co-worker’s password to access a computer after his access was revoked. “[This ruling] threatens to criminalize all sorts of innocuous conduct engaged in daily by ordinary citizens....

Antonio Garcia Martinez, an ex-Facebook employee wants people to know Silicon Valley is way different in reality than it is actually portrayed. “It’s often painted as a very meritocratic sifting of the best and the brightest,” Martinez told CBS. In fact, he says, “It’s all connections, happenstance, sheer luck, fate, etc.” The employees at the social media site’s office have nicknamed Zuckerberg ‘the little emperor’ as he has a KGB-like internal police force called ‘The Sec’ monitoring every move of the staff, according to Martinez....

In a blog post on Thursday, Facebook said that it has scaled its infrastructure significantly covering over 98% of people in the mainland United States and is on track to hit 100% by the fall of this year. The company has started the rollout in Canada and Mexico, and it will reach Western and Central Europe by early 2022. “Over 1.5 million people are playing cloud-streamed games on Facebook Gaming every month....

For those unaware, China’s Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., which owns the company Tik Tok, the immensely popular 15-second video-sharing app, had acquired Musical.ly, Inc. for a reported US $1 billion in November 2017. According to a report from TechCrunch, the social network giant is developing an app called “Lasso” directed at teens, where users can record themselves dancing and lip-syncing to music. “It’s basically TikTok/Musically. It’s full-screen, built for teens, fun and funny, and focused on creation....

Facebook Lite app was unveiled in the month of January in the selected countries for testing purposes and now it is getting officially launched world over. It features all of Facebook’s core experiences like News Feed, status updates, photos, notifications and more. The app is less than 1 MB in size and takes just a few seconds to download. This app is rolling out across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, and it will be available in the play store....

However, the social networking giant was forced to apologise after guns, drugs and sex were found to be for sale on its new “marketplace”. In the first hours of its opening, users succeeded to exploit a “technical issue” in the store to sell illicit goods from animals to weapons. The company apologised after finding out the flaw that allowed some users to post adult and illegal items that violate Facebook’s terms of service....