Built In Pdf Reader In Windows Can Leak Edge Browser Users Data Techworm

The Windows Runtime (WinRT) PDF Renderer library, or just WinRT PDF, is one of the powerful components built into the recent releases of Windows OS that allows the developers to integrate PDF viewing functionality in their own apps. It’s used by many apps including the default PDF Reader, third-party apps and even the Microsoft Edge Browser. The library is used for many apps distributed via the Windows Store, the default Reader App is included in Windows 8 and 8....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 330 words · Brant Ripp

Bytedance In Talks With India S Reliance For Investment In Tiktok Report

The report states that the two companies began conversations late last month but are yet to reach a deal. TikTok’s business in India “is being valued at more than $3 billion”, the report added. In a separate report by the Economic Times, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer had contacted top RIL officials to see if there was any investment interest. Nor ByteDance or TikTok have commented on the matter. However, the Mukesh Ambani-owned company, said the news was just a speculation, reports ET....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 362 words · Rolf Jackson

Can Microsoft S Lumia 950 Survive A Hammer Blow Techworm

Unlike Android which has multiple forums and dedicated fan pages who make the drop test and other videos, Lumia 950 has been on a backfoot so far. But thanks to a video posted on YouTube by Battery Super Saver, we can finally find out whether the Lumia 950 can withstand a severe hit with a hammer or not. While we’re not going to give you any spoilers because the video is really worth watching....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 149 words · Frank Ashmen

Chargeberry The Best Battery Saving App Ever Techworm

Having been released recently, Chargeberry has already gained a plenty of positive comments and feedbacks on AppStore throughout the world. So, let’s figure out what caused that? The first thing people like about Chargeberry is that it has got is free of charge use. The app is completely free and easy to install, so you can easily and quickly get it anytime. Great and stylish design with user-friendly interface make Chargeberry perfectly fits any Macbook (you can see this on your own experience)....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 459 words · Eric Tuggle

China Based Hackers Suspected In Data Breach Affecting 4 Millions U S Federal Employees

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Interior Department had been compromised. “The FBI is conducting an investigation to identify how and why this occurred,” the statement said. According the Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican senator, the hackers are based in China. Collins said that the breach was “yet another indication of a foreign power probing successfully and focusing on what appears to be data that would identify people with security clearances....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 381 words · Elvira Russell

Chinese Hackers Breached Teamviewer S Systems In 2016 Reveals Report

However, the company said that TeamViewer chose not to publish a security breach notification to notify the users of the incident at the time, as their systems had detected the suspicious activities “in time” to “prevent any major damage.” “Like many technology leaders, TeamViewer is frequently confronted with attacks by cybercriminals. For this reason, we continuously invest in the advancement of our IT security and cooperate closely with globally renowned institutions in this field,” TeamViewer said in a statement....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 347 words · Pamela Honaker

Chinese Sponsored Hackers Targeting Governments In Asia With Apt 30 For Last 10 Years

FireEye Inc. pointed out that the attacks have been designed to collect information, likely from classified government networks and other sources, belonging to political and military issues such as disputes over the South China Sea. Satellite images released recently indicate a major expansion in China’s construction of artificial islands on disputed reefs, thereby increasing concerns about Beijing’s territorial ambitions. Beijing claims in the disputed South China Sea overlap with those of Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan and the Philippines—a U....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 789 words · Cynthia Hampton

Cloudflare Refutes Anonymous Claims Of Helping Isis To Mask Their Websites Techworm

CloudFlare is a service that helps websites stay online in the face of overwhelming traffic. It acts as an intermediary or filter and is a vital protection against DDoS attacks wherein the attacker sends huge amounts of unwanted traffic to a website to throttle it and take it down. Due to this reason, Anonymous alleges it cant bring down certain IS websites. Anonymous member have openly accused CloudFlare of protecting ISIS run propaganda website despite their terror affiliations....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 311 words · Megan Jordan

Computer Solves 120 Year Old Biological Regeneration Mystery Without The Help Of Humans

Computer solves 120 year old planarian regeneration puzzle without human helpArtificial Intelligence system proved that it is capable of independently solving a mind boggling Planarian regeneration mystery which had puzzled biologists for over a century As per a recent research article published in the science journal, PLOS Computational Biology, two biologists from the Tufts University, Michael Levin and Daniel Lobo were able to give a solution to the Planarian regeneration mystery with the help of a computer which they had programmed in such a way that it could develop scientific theories independently without taking any help from humans....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 737 words · Robert Thompson

Cyber Criminals Using Fake Windows 10 Activators To Scam You

Cyber-criminals are using YouTube by posting lots of fake windows 10 “activators” videos. If user activates this fake activator they would be directed to some illicit survey websites which may be a source of generating finance to these criminals. The website might lead users to click unwanted hidden ads and thus make illicit gains for the scam operators. Some of these Windows 10 “activators” can lead the user to download unwanted applications which can lead to PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) and viruses....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 243 words · Minnie Ickes

Dark Web Hackers Retaliate To Fbi S Operation Onymous

Dark Web hackers retaliate to FBI’s ‘Operation Onymous’Notoriety of DoxbinNot as difficult as it seems Notoriety of Doxbin Doxbin attained fame during the trial of Silk Road, the original dark web drug smuggling website which was taken down by the FBI. The judge presiding over the trial had been targeted and threatened by the people behind the Silk Road. During the operation, the FBI only shut down the Silk Road website and did not arrest the owners of the site as they so famously did in the case of Silk Road 2....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 415 words · Troy Greaves

Darpa S Cwc Program To Remove Communication Barrier Between Humans And Computers

Communication is so important that it is not only limited to humans but it’s too important for to pets, the plants and the computers. Sometimes people can talk with their pets, which really needs an effective communication. Unlike pets and plants, computers might one day respond and communicate so so thinks DARPA engineers. DARPA’s new ‘Communicating with Computers’ (CwC) program aims to develop technology to turn computers into good communicators with humans....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 445 words · Stephan Hall

Ddos Attack Took Down A Central Heating System During The Winter In Finland Techworm

The attempt to curb cyberattacks have been in vain, as the system continued to reboot, leaving several hundred without a proper heating system and hot water for more than a week. This is actually a very dangerous time for the heating system to be broken down, especially with a DDoS attack. Apartments and houses comprise up of older aged inhabitants, and the extreme environment without the facility of a heating system could actually result in death....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 173 words · Erica Holmes

Dji Mavic Air 2 Announced With 48Mp Camera Longer Flight Time 8K Hyperlapse More

The original Mavic Air was released in January 2018 immediately gained attention for its unbelievably compact size, quality 4K camera, and portable design. “Mavic Air 2 is another milestone for DJI, demonstrating that our smartest consumer drone does not have to be the largest,” said DJI President Roger Luo. “While the Mavic Air 2 bears all the hallmarks of the Mavic drone family, we had to completely rethink its design and development process....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 704 words · Frieda Brown

Do You Know Why Is The Keyboard Not Arranged In Alphabetical Order Techworm

The reason goes back to the time of manual typewriters. These typewriters in earlier days did have the keys arranged in alphabetical order. However, it was later discovered that the people typed so fast that the mechanical character keys got jammed very easily with this arrangement. To prevent this, the keys were randomly positioned so that the weaker fingers were needed more frequently. This meant that people typed at a speed which the machine could handle....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 352 words · Veronica Viars

Election Commission Of Nepal Hacked And Defaced By Pakistan Haxors Crew Techworm

Election Commission of Nepal is the body responsible for monitoring elections in Nepal as well as registering parties and candidates and reporting Election outcomes in Nepal. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Nepal) The Hacked website was showing a Deface page with short message saying,

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 40 words · Kimberly Mosley

Electrical Engineers Break Power And Distance Barriers For Fiber Optic Communication Leading To Faster Internet

The breakthrough can make the Internet superfast and cheap, by increasing data transmission rates for the fibre optic cables, which serve as the backbone of the Internet, cable and landline networks. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego published in the June 26 issue of the journal Science detailing how they were able to increase the maximum power under which fiber optic signals can be transmitted and accurately decoded....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 670 words · Virgina Lloyd

Elon Musk Challenges Twitter Ceo To A Public Debate About Twitter Bots

“If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms. However, if it turns out that their SEC filings are materially false, then it should not,” Musk tweeted earlier on Saturday. “I hereby challenge @paraga to a public debate about the Twitter bot percentage. Let him prove to the public that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users!...

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 482 words · Frances Maldonado

Error 451 New Http Code To Show That Sites Are Censored Techworm

“This status code indicates that the server is denying access to the resource as a consequence of a legal demand,” said IETF in a statement. The 451 HTTP error code was first proposed in 2012 as a tribute to Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451, and was suggested by former Google engineer Tim Bray, XML specification author. The code 451 can be used by a website such as Facebook or Twitter, and also by network firewalls and even Internet Service Providers (ISPs)....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 505 words · Carol Gott

European Union Research Finds That Shutting Down Torrent Websites Is Ineffective

However they are actually counter-productive says the new research which was initiated by European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. The research actually shows that the effects of such raids and takedowns are short-lived and relatively limited. In a working paper titled “Online Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure” researchers examined clickstream data for a set of 5,000 German Internet users to see how their legal and illegal consumption habits changed in response to the shutdown....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Martha Martinez