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So here’s good news for those concerned about camera and microphone spying! MacKeeper developers came up with a must-have solution: Camera Protection and Microphone Protection. They are small but useful widgets are designed to notify the user when an app attempts to access the Mac’s camera or microphone. These features are included in the new version of MacKeeper. Camera Protection and Microphone Protection quickly detect any access to your Mac’s camera or microphone....

A Senior Cyber Security Expert states that Mozilla Firefox and Chrome are the two most important and popular web browsers among Indian consumers. this vulnerability is discovered recently and this vulnerability is caused due to improper access restrictions to “about:home” buttons by script on pages in Mozilla Firefox. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a website successful exploitation could cause sensitive data theft. Similar vulnerabilities is reported in Google Chrome browser....

Once downloaded and unzipped the file opens ‘IMG_xxxx’.jar file which on executing downloads the malware from a remote dropbox Account and infects the system. The Victim’s Account is hijacked and used to spread the trojan to his friends using the Facebook messenger which follows the same chain and sequence for the next victim.The Malware has not been identified yet but what seems from its code is that its a variant of Banking trojan and was developed by someone who speaks Greek....

According to Hinch, the Dell was causing problems in the recent months and gave him a blue screen of death which turned out to be the final time on that unfortunate evening. However, it is still not clear as to which version of Windows was the computer running before it met its tragic end. According to the local police blotter, Colorado Springs police reacted to the sound of the gunshots and charged Hinch for using his gun within city limits, which is a criminal offense....

Wahle could not have implanted the chip by a doctor considering the many types of body modification. As a result, he had an “unlicensed amateur” inject it with a special syringe. Wahle resides in Florida, which has strict body modification limitations. However, in most other places you can get a professional piercer who will do implants of various types. The chip in Wahle’s hand lets him send a web page to any Android phone with an NFC chip, and this page is the key to his misuse....

Masque Attack : Your iPhone Apps may actually be malwaresHow does Masque work?All Apple iOS devices affectedPrecautions against Masque attack In July, the FireEye mobile security team discovered that an iOS app installed using enterprise or ad-hoc provisioning could replace another genuine app installed through the App Store if both applications used the same bundle identifier. The vulnerability exists because iOS doesn’t enforce matching certificates for apps with the same bundle identifier, according to the firm....

MasterCard’s Credit Cards to come with Fingerprint ScannerMasterCardTest launch in United KingdomVideo demonstrating the Zwipe MasterCard MasterCard MasterCard which has remained a top card issuer all over the world for some time now is not new to the contactless payment Cards. It had issued a credit card which allowed users to tap a card at checkout (and bypass the PIN code process) but that never took off commercially. The latest innovation of the Fingerprint scanner based credit card will undoubtedly depend on the commercial success in gets in United Kingdom....

Micromax is offering the Micromax Canvas Tab P690, the slate is priced at Rs 8,999, and will be available via major brick-and-mortar stores and on e-commerce websites starting June 7th. The Canvas Tab P690 with 8-inch HD (1280 x 800 pixels) display , runs on a 1.8 Ghz quad-core 4th gen Intel Atom processor with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM with support for up to 32GB microSD cards. The device runs Android 4....

Microsoft has announced a new lineup of what it calls portable chargers to ensure that you have enough battery even when you are traveling. These external batteries do not require a wall socket to recharge your phones. Available in three versions, the Portable Dual Chargers comes in 5200 mAh, 9000 mAh, and 12000 mAh batteries along with different weights and sizes. The last option of 12000 mAh is the best for those who want to recharge a Surface tablet while traveling or for those who charge their phones several times in a day....

The Windows 10 May 2019 Update introduces a Windows Sandbox feature, a new light theme for Windows 10, Kaomoji support, improved Focus Assist, and the separation of Cortana and Windows search. However, the update still has Neowin in total, with three listed as ‘investigating’ and nine listed as ‘mitigated’ and with no issues listed as resolved. Given below are issues that are listed as ‘investigating’: Display brightness may not respond to adjustments Microsoft and Intel have identified a driver compatibility issue on devices configured with certain Intel drivers....

The move will see the Redmond giant pledge its valuable and deep portfolio of over 60,000 issued patents open-source and available to other OIN members. Microsoft is positioning its move to show that it has no intention to use patents as a weapon against any free software, beyond just that free software which is part of OIN’s specific list. “We know Microsoft’s decision to join OIN may be viewed as surprising to some; it is no secret that there has been friction in the past between Microsoft and the open source community over the issue of patents,” Erich Andersen, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft wrote in a blog post on Wednesday....

Project Reunion 0.5 is aimed to unify the two app platforms APIs – Win32 (desktop) and UWP (Universal Windows Platform) – by decoupling them from Windows 10 operating system and making them available without waiting for the OS to update with new features. “We aim to grow Project Reunion to provide a modern, simple, and accessible version of much of the power of the Windows Application Platform,” the team explains in its README documentation on GitHub....

For those that do not know, OAuth 2.0 is a standard that lets users verify their logins on third-party apps using Google or Facebook accounts. You will probably recognize this with those annoying pop-ups that show up on your screen and you click on them without giving a second thought, but it looks like you will be more careful with what you click on and do not. When a user logs into any service using OAuth, the apps performs a complete check with the ID provider, such as Google or FaceBook....

The reproducible security threat was first showcased by Pakistan-based developer Ammar Askar on his blog two days before, after waiting for exactly two years for Mojang to respond. Askar first discovered the vulnerability in July 2013 which allowed him to crash the Minecraft game servers. Askar promptly contacted Mojang so the studio could patch it out however Mojang only responded once he had sent a second email but to date till the release of the above patch, the bug remained unfixed....

Majority of the upgrades this time around, are mostly focused on competing in the ever growing competitive marketplace with a larger screen and better camera hardware. Additionally, the company has streamlined the design and the new Moto E features the same build with splash-proof nano-coating we saw on this year’s Moto G. On the specifications front, the Moto E flaunts a 5-inch 720p IPS panel stepping up from 4.5-inches and sports “built-in smudge-resistant screen protector”....

A total of 107,535 sites were affected by the security upgrade, according to security vendor Rapid7. The firm has been collecting and scanning certificates since it kicked off the open source security initiative Project Sonar in September 2013. It loaded 150 scans into a Postgres database, generating over 65 million certificates which it then checked against 20 million indexed websites, the blog post noted. Although 107,535 is a big number , a large number of these certs has already expired and “the rest will do so over the next year,” it continued....

NASA researcher develops JPL/UCLA Wi-Fi reflector chip to extend your smartphone’s battery lifeThe JPL/UCLA Wi-Fi reflector chip. The JPL/UCLA Wi-Fi reflector chip. “The idea is if the wearable device only needs to reflect the Wi-Fi signal from a router or cell tower, instead of generate it, the power consumption can go way down (and the battery life can go way up)”, said Adrian Tang of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California....

Problems with NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity’s flash memory have intensified over recent weeksFlash Memory worn outOldman problemsWorries between Christmas celebrationsSurprised at the longetivityMilestone approachingSoftware Glitch Flash Memory worn out It’s primary mission it began in January 2004. But with its great successes, inevitable age-related issues have surfaced and mission engineers are being challenged by an increasingly troubling bout of rover “amnesia.” Opportunity utilizes two types of memory to record mission telemetry as it explores the Meridiani Planum region....

The primary website of Nato https://www.nato.int/, the website of its cyber defence center https://www.ccdcoe.org/ and the website of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly https://www.nato-pa.int/ were the premier NATO websites that were brought down with a concerted Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack . Nato.int and cccoe.org are still down at the writing of this article. A Ukrainian Hacker group going under the handle of “Cyber Berkut” claimed responsibility of the attack. A statement issued by them on their website read, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu confirmed on Twitter that the NATO websites were indeed down for several hours from what’s known as distributed denial-of-service attacks....

New security features coming in Windows 10Here are some of the new security related features coming baked into Windows 10Multi- Factor AuthenticationSegregation of DataLocking down the machine Though there is always a concern that a new OS will open new areas for hackers to exploit. With Windows 10, it’s clear Microsoft wants to bolster security without opening up any new holes. For the most part, after testing the preview build, it’s clear most of the changes are related to usability and solving that Start menu issue for end-users....