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Unlike earlier Zeus variants, GameOver has a decentralized, peer-to-peer command and control infrastructure rather than centralized points of origin, which means that instructions to the infected computers can come from any of the infected computers, making a takedown of the botnet more difficult because even though the main server is shut down the ancillary botnets can be used assume control and send the commands.Officials said that in addition to the filing a criminal case, the U....

Though there are many kinds of hugely promising battery innovations around that involves things like hydrogen, aluminum, and solar power sources, they are not of much use for the users with devices that run on current-generation lithium-ion batteries. So, what can be done to get that little extra juice out of your smartphone? Is there any tool? Yes, there is. A new tool for the Android users have been developed by the researchers at Purdue University in the U....

Now, a similar kind of accusation has been made against the search giant, Google for allowing third-party app developers access to user’s private messages in Gmail, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Google “continues to let hundreds of outside software developers scan the inboxes of millions of Gmail users who signed up for email-based services offering shopping price comparisons, automated travel-itinerary planners or other tools,” the report said late Monday....

The Nik Collection is a suite of seven desktop plug-ins for photography and is popular among professional photographers. The Nik Collection which used to cost $149 for download has been made free by Google starting today. The Nik Collection was developed by a German developer also named Nik and retailed for $499.95. Google had acquired Nik’s tools for its mobile editing app Snapseed and reduced the price from $499.95 to $149 then....

“Many people choose to save their payment information and passwords for their favorite websites to their Google Account for easy access. Until recently, it was not always easy to access them in Chrome,” Google explains in its Chromium blogpost. “This changed last year, when we made it easier to access the payment methods in your Google Account. Since then, we’ve been working hard to bring the same signed-in experience to more features and users — making it simpler and more intuitive to access your Google Account info in Chrome....

In April 2020, Google Meet was made available to all users in lieu of Enterprise or Education customers to help users working/studying from home due to COVID-19 and compete with rivals like Zoom and Skype who were offering many benefits to users. The video calling service had also lifted the 60-minute time limit on calls and made it limitless for any number of participants. Back then, Google said that it wouldn’t enforce a 60-minute time limit on calls and the calls could run all day long until September 30th....

A few of Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are experiencing battery and overheating issues after installing the February 2018 Android security update earlier this month. Pointed out first by 9to5Google, Pixel 2 and the Pixel 2 XL users have taken to Reddit and Google’s Pixel User Community website, to complain that their devices are running warm in standby mode and are experiencing reduction in battery life than usual....

Now, a new change in Android’s Geritt source code has apparently confirmed that the upcoming Fuchsia OS will support Android apps, which will run in a specially designed version of the Android Runtime (ART), reports 9to5Google. For those unaware, ART is the environment used to run Android apps. This version of ART will not only be compatible with any Fuchsia OS devices, but also be installable with the help of a ....

“Stadia is not shutting down. Rest assured we’re always working on bringing more great games to the platform and Stadia Pro. Let us know if you have other questions,” the official Stadia Twitter account responded when asked if the closure was imminent. — Stadia ??? (@GoogleStadia) July 29, 2022 The whole chaos started after a prominent Twitter account Killed by Google, which keeps an eye on the services Google pulls the plug on, tweeted about a rumor by someone who claimed to be a friend and ex co-worker of the company about the possible shutdown of Stadia....

The lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday in Midland County District Court, accuses Google of indiscriminate collection of millions of Texans’ biometric data, including voice prints and records of face geometry through their home products like Google Photos, Google Nest, and Google Assistant. It says that Google has violated the state’s biometric privacy act (aka the Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act) introduced in 2009 that regulates “biometric identifiers,” which is defined as a “retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry....

The Google’s news trust based system or ‘Trust API’ is a part of larger ‘Project Abacus’ which Google engineers have been working on and was recently unveiled at I/O 2016. Google is said to be tying up with large banks to test out the Trust API. The system is designed to be used on smartphones, and works by constantly checking for a number of personal indicators which can grant access to accounts or the phone itself....

For those unaware, Google Nest, previously named Google Home, is a line of smart speakers developed by Google under the Google Nest brand. Nest Audio is the successor to the mid-range Google Home smart speaker that was launched in 2016. The newly introduced Nest Audio focuses on music quality and has “top-of-the-range sound quality”, claims Google. In comparison to the original Google Home, the smart speaker produces 50% more bass and 75% more volume....

In the early hours of Thursday, the game developer Polyphony Digital had pushed out an update to address a bug that was preventing Gran Turismo 7 from starting properly on PS5 and PS4. However, it turned out to be a botched update and the game was taken offline for emergency maintenance. While the server maintenance was originally scheduled to take place on March 17th, with two hours of downtime between 6 am and 8 am UTC, it extended to almost 30 hours forcing the fans of the game to resort to social media to express their anger and disappointment....

The Guild War developers, ArenaNet decided to to something unusual to punish a player found to be cheating and hacking his way to victory in the MMO’s player versus player (PVP) mode. User DarkSide had been accused of using multiple hacked accounts in Guild War 2, that allowed him to teleport around the game’s world, dish out huge damage to other players and then escape unhurt. This was near about impossible to achieve in normal gameplay of the Guild War 2, without an hack....

“It was kind of an impulse. I had been looking into printers for a while prior to this, about a few months before. I saw multiple articles about printers, and it invoked my curiosity again, and yeah, it went from there,” the hacker told The Register. The hacker printed a warning for the internet-connected users who were using their printing devices without any firewall protection. This is the main reason why almost any hacker can exploit them, said the hacker....

Well-known Apple iOS hacker “iH8snow” published a new YouTube video as seen above depicting the first untethered jailbreak for for an iPhone 5 that was running the as-of-yet-unreleased GM build of iOS 9, which will be released to the public on Wednesday. iH8show also claimed that this method works with iOS 9.1 beta, too. https://youtu.be/BtBqkj7RsFo With iOS 9.1 beta introducing new emojis and improved performance, both of which will certainly be a big draw for many users, jailbreak developers may want to hold off on releasing anything until that update is released as well....

For those unaware, “Find my iPhone” is an app and service from Apple, which lets you locate, lock down or wipe your lost iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Macbook and requires a password to continue. Apple had introduced this feature in 2013 to safeguard people’s information stored on their iPhones. In order to keep iPhones secure and make it less valuable targets to would-be thieves, iPhones can be associated only to one iCloud account at a time....

The bug was discovered by University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers. Funnily, Garcia and his team commenced their research in 2013 but had to stop their research midway due to a lawsuit. After the judge ruled in their favor, the team re-commenced their Volkswagen keyless entry bug research. They have now found that the vast majority of the 100 million vehicles from VW Group sold in that time are vulnerable to a key-cloning attack that leaves the ignition and keyless entry system exposed to tampering....

We had already reported how the Samsung Smart TV’s may be spying on you. Samsung had at that time agreed that its smart TV’s could indeed listen to your conversation and at one point had urged its smart TV buyers not to discuss personal and confidential things while watching its TV’s. Now comes even worse news. Samsung smart TVs could spy on your conversation but the conversation could be misused only by third-party service, viz....