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So, how about a solution that lets the battery lasts while holding most of its charge in general? Well, Samsung and MIT might have an answer to this. Samsung and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on figuring out a way to make batteries last ‘indefinitely’. So, how does this work? Batteries normally use a liquid as the electrolyte, the solution through which electricity is conducted. However, Samsung and MIT are of the opinion that replacing the existing liquid substance found inside most batteries with a solid material could instead increase the life of a battery rapidly....

The lawsuit, filed on February 2, 2016 states that consumers have lost significant amount of data and were left with broken hardware, as Seagate’s hard drives routinely failed at exceptionally high rates, violating federal consumer laws and Seagate’s own warranties after delivering faulty replacement hard drives. The lawsuit specifically relates to Seagate’s 3TB hard drive models: the Barracuda 3TB Hard Disk Drive, or the Backup Plus 3TB External Hard Disk Drive....

It seems the law keepers in America cannot distinguish between cyber criminals and genuine security researchers who take it upon themselves to report flaws to companies/authorities for greater good. The house of Justin Shafer, 36, of Texas, a dental computer technician and software security researcher, was raided by over a dozen FBI agents who in the past had reported security issues in the software and server infrastructure of a U....

This new method will ask you to hold up your smartphone and basically take a selfie as this is far easier than remembering yet another password. The “modernization” will allow 500 pilot users to take a photo instead of punching in PINs. Ajay Bhalla, MasterCard chief product security officer, says that this move will be very popular with youth and they will embrace it. Bhalla told CNN that the payment company will start experimenting with this new type of biometric security in the autumn....

Sheriff’s Office forced to pay $500 bitcoin RANSOM to unlock encrypted 72,000 case filesCryptoWall Detective Jeff McCliss said that a Ransomware malware on a computer locked the agency’s case files, which included autopsy reports, witness statements and crime scene photos. He stated that the malware, called “CryptoWall,” doesn’t tamper with files on a computer, but keeps them locked until a ransom is paid. After consulting with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the FBI, McCliss said the agency determined that the only way to get their files back was to pay the asking price: the $500 in bitcoins in ransom....

Similarly, some Silicon Valley investors are calling for California to secede from the U.S. Venture capitalist and Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar took to Twitter posting a series of tweets announcing plans to fund “a legitimate campaign for California to become its own nation.” The potential movement has been dubbed ‘Calexit’, ‘Califrexit’ and ‘Caleavefornia’ on Twitter. Pishevar told CNBC that he is serious about the campaign, adding that the proposed independent nation would be called “New California....

A few days ago this technologically advanced space research center sent an email to all employees. This email informed the employees’ about the recent data breach through which hackers gained access to employees’ private information. So here’s everything you need to know about this security issue. ALSO READ: Uber and NASA collaborate for the flying taxi project Someone Hacked NASA: The Issue Someone Hacked NASA: The IssueSomeone Hacked NASA: The Aftermath...

The targeted torrent sites include Masquetorrent.com, Isohunt.to, Limetorrents.cc, Torlock.com, Torrentfunk.com, Extratorrent.cd and the most popular, 1337x.to. The local anti-piracy group, AGEDI, had submitted a lawsuit that led to the enforcement of the blocking measures on the aforementioned torrent sites. For those unaware, AGEDI (Association for the Management of Intellectual Property) is a non-profit association constituted by music producers to collectively manage the rights that the Intellectual Property Law (text recast of April 12, 1996) grants to producers of phonograms....

According to his LinkedIn page, Doll worked at Apple during the period 2003 to 2009. Apple and Google during this period were blamed for working together so as to not steal each other’s employees. As a result of a lawsuit based on those charges, these two companies along with other tech firms, agreed to a $415 million settlement with employees. When Doll received his check from that settlement, he tweeted that his check came out to approximately $1,000 a year for the time he worked at Apple....

The study shows that innocent looking apps were more prone to malware infections or hidden connections to remote servers that allow attackers to extract sensitive information from your phone. While on the other hand, the study found that gambling apps were not so dangerous other than having a bad social effect. Proofpoint says that it expected to find gambling apps targeted by cyber-criminals, it was more surprising when it detected similar spyware-like behavior in harmless flashlight apps and even religious applications that did nothing more than serve Bible, Quran, or Torah verses The researchers also tested 5,600 (Android) flashlight apps, finding that 26 contained known malicious code, while another 36 were deemed as “high risk....

Chase Arthur Hughes, 19, is charged on three counts of computer trespassing, computer invasion of privacy and computer forgery. Hughes turned himself in to the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. Crimes relating to computer privacy can result in a fine up to $50,000 or jail time of up to 15 years in the state of Georgia. Kennesaw State police began an investigation in May after receiving reports of the hacking....

In their paper uploaded to the preprint server arXiv, Marijn Heule with the University of Texas, Oliver Kullmann with Swansea University and Victor Marek with the University of Kentucky have named the math problem as Boolean Pythagorean Triples problem. It was first proposed back in the 1980’s by mathematician Ronald Graham. He also offered a prize of US$100 for anyone who could solve it. Earlier this month, he duly presented the cheque to one of the three computer scientists, Marijn Heule....

Tessa88 was relatively unknown until April 2016 when she first claimed in two different hacker forums that she had a huge database for sale. She claimed to be in possession of millions of usernames and passwords to log in to sites like MySpace, DropBox, Instagram, VK (the Russian counterpart to Facebook), as well as a number of others. Tessa88 was willing to sell the huge data chest for a few hundred dollars....

Your Facebook Messenger chats can be read by anyone including potential hackers thanks to a critical vulnerability. A security researcher from BugSec and Cynet, Ysrael Gurt has discovered a critical bug in the Facebook Messenger which allows a potential hacker to read all your private conversation. To understand the enormity of this bug, you should know that Facebook Messenger is used by a billion+ users from the world over including businesses....

Hiroyuki Inoue said he was able to remotely open and close car windows, freeze a car’s accelerator and display an incorrect speedometer reading. However, the cars that are currently on the market are not directly affected by it, as their computers have no access to the internet, he said. But cars that are privately altered and equipped with internet devices could be hacked cautions Inoue. Internet-linked technologies such as self-driving vehicles are also being developed by Japanese manufacturers....

This method does work although it may not be the most elegant of solutions. In order to make it work, all you need is an active internet connection on the second phone. It also works without a SIM card. Type web.whatsapp.com on the mobile browser of the second phone that you want to also use WhatsApp on. It will automatically redirect you to the WhatsApp home page. Select “Request desktop site” (this could differ from browser to browser) from the browser options....

For those unaware, TikTok, the immensely popular 15-second video-sharing app, which is owned by China’s Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., officially took over Musical.ly in August 2018 to enter the U.S. market and has since then has been growing substantially. Since the merger, TikTok’s installation base has increased by 30%. The result of the merger and growth has also helped TikTok to beat popular apps like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube in monthly installations....

Here are two must-have free tools that every hacker must know and haveMetasploitOWASP Zed “Hacker” was a term used to denote a skilled programmer who had competency in machine code and operating systems. Such individuals were proficient in solving unsatisfactory problems and often interpreted competitors’ code to work as intelligence agents for small software companies. Many young enthusiasts want to learn hacking and take up hacking and security research as a career choice....

TP-Link has actually “forgotten” to renew two domains that are used to access the administrative panels of Wi-Fi routers and extenders. Although users can access their router administration panel through local IP address (i.e. 192.168.1.1, most router marketers make it easier for customers by having a easy to remember domain names. TP-Link’s mistake shows how they can lead to problems. Cybermoon CEO Amitay Dan said on Friday that TP-Link lost control of its tplinklogin....