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YouTube full of tutorials on RAT malware designed to spy on you through webcamAdam Benson uncovered thousands of YouTube videos which are providing online tutorials to wannabe hackers on how to easily gain access to victim’s webcams and computers. The Digital Citizens Alliance, a United States non-profit organization that focuses on the Internet safety issues, has discovered thousands of videos on the YouTube which teach the future hackers on how to gain access to the webcams and computers of victims....

Tech enthusiast & famous YouTuber Jonathan Morrison who produces high-quality tech videos has been testing Apple’s Mac Pro from the past two months. Up until now, he has produced five different videos on the Mac Pro. In one of the videos, he tested out the video editing performance of this pro-level computer by creating a full pro-res 16K video file. Later using this 16K video file he ran a Multi-Cam view on Final Cut Pro, playing 16 videos simultaneously....

Julius Kivimaki, 17, also known as “zeekill” online, was let off with a slap on the wrist despite being a part of the Lizard Squad network, which has publicly acknowledged for major hacking attacks over the last few years. A court in Finland has given him a two-year suspended sentence because he is a minor and has been ordered to fight cybercrime as part of his rehabilitation. One of Kivimaki’s victims said he was harassed by him for three years and is “absolutely disgusted” that the hacker had avoided jail, as told to the Daily Dot....

While Anonymous has always been looking for a social Network which can be called as the paradise of privacy, it does not seem that Minds is the one.My First Impression of Minds.comMinds in MediaMinds in AnonymousAnonymous on testing Mind’s SecurityInterview with William Ottman Co-Creater of Minds ‘Minds.com’ the social Network that promises its users with a completely secure, private and unrestricted platform has been in news lately. My First Impression of Minds....

PriceWaterhouseCoopers devises a new game to make corporates, retailers and employees aware of cyber securityGame of Threats Game of Threats game is a hacking simulator developed by management consulting firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers to convince all concerned to take cyber security and hacking very seriously. The strategy game is somewhat a mixture of Chess with turned based card game like “Magic: The Gathering.” Game of Threats PwC says that the “Game of Threats” is a unique computer game which makes all those who play it aware of the threats of hacking, phishing and other cybersecurity issues....

The firm Elisa, a mobile carrier provider in Finland, in collaboration with the Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei has broken the record for the fastest speeds reached over a 4G network. The two companies were able to achieve a 1.9 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) speed on a test network —said to be the fastest speed ever recorded on a commercial device. “This new speed record is a step towards the 5G network and also an excellent indication of all the opportunities the 4G network still has to offer....

Roblox is possibly the most preferred free multi-player gaming platform for adults, young gamers and it has a humungous collection of kid-friendly games. In fact, Roblox Games are played by people of all ages because it allows designing, building, and sharing of games across its platform. Thousands of action, simulations, scary, adventures, Racing, shooters, social hangouts Roblox games have already been created and shared by its users. You can easily choose a game to play according to your mood or choice like making pizza inside the game, a battle between animes, scuba diving, driving vehicles, or a fight between police and robbers, it’s all there....

Unfortunately, a 16-year-old boy from Neemuch town of Madhya Pradesh died of cardiac arrest while playing PUBG. So here’s everything you need to know about this tragic accident. ALSO READ: 8 more people arrested and 2 hit by train while playing PUBG in India 16 Year Old Boy Died While Playing PUBG Furqan Qureshi, a 16-year-old boy and a student of class 12 died due to cardiac arrest while playing PUBG continuously for 6 hours....

Evil Geniuses which comprises of five gamers including Pakistani born 16-Year-Old Sumail, bagged and pocketed the winning sum of $6.6 million. With a guaranteed million in his pockets, Sumail became the youngest millionaire in e-sports following his team’s achievement. The best-of-five Grand Finals series ended 3-1, with Evil Geniuses beating the dark horse, CDEC from China. CDEC which was a surprise winner from the qualifier stage took on the American favorite Evil Geniuses in the Grand Finals best-of-five series....

Breaking norms that place undue advantage on good marks and degrees, Malvika Raj Joshi, a 17-year-old teenager from Mumbai, who dropped out of formal schooling at the age of 12 , has secured a placed in the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) purely based on her computer programming talent. Malvika who never passed 10th or 12th has landed an MIT scholarship, as she is pursuing her Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree by virtue of being a three-time medal winner (two silver and a bronze) at International Olympiad of Informatics (IOI) or commonly known as Programming Olympiad....

What is so lucrative about these tech jobs? These tech jobs not only offer good fat salary but also lots of incentives. If you have a rare tech skill and are an expert in the same, you will almost definitely be paid well. However, it may be difficult to get a job that requires that skill. Further, there may be skills that are required everywhere, but the number of people possessing those skills may be more....

Imagine if you were the king or queen of a kingdom. Apart from purchasing the best gaming consoles and an iPhone 7, like I would do, you’ll want to spend your resources elsewhere too. If you were smart, you’d concentrate more on your security and privacy and will try to maintain your anonymity. To do this, you’ll have your army safeguard your capital and your palace and provide you with adequate security elsewhere....

“The vision for the 5G network and its global standardization schedule has been agreed based on our suggestion. This has shown that Korea is leading the world’s mobile communication technology and related policies,” an official from The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said. “We will beef up international cooperation to have the agreement approved without any problems.” The ministry said that the group decided to define 5G as a network that will have to transmit data speeds of up to 20Gbps (Gigabits per second), which is 20 times faster than the 1Gbps specification for 4G....

You will agree with me that job interviews are stressful, difficult, and most importantly, unpredictable. Even if you have a good resume and good recommendation from industry reputed personalities, it is tough to find a job these days. And if that’s not enough, you need to go through the dreadful interviews. Job interviews can be pressure situations not only for fresh graduates but also for experienced campaigners. This because of the fact that your future job may decide completely on how you answer the job interview questions and the unpredictable nature of the interview....

Here are 8 absolute badass hacking tools which were demoed in this year’s Black Hat ConferenceInfection MonkeyProject DeltaAblationKeystone EngineAVLeakSwizzlerDPTraceBLE MITM Proxy This year’s Black Hat is being held in Las Vegas and like every year this year also brought out big vulnerability revelations. Hackers and security researchers are pulling out all the stops yet again, using Black Hat as a platform to explain, release and/or promote a ton of great tools for pen testers and security operations experts....

Now, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall affecting 2.8 million Samsung Electronics Co. washing machines, as more than 700 reports of excessive vibration on the machines or the top detaching and nine reports of injuries including a broken jaw were reported, said the agency on Friday. The recall affects 34 top-loading models sold at various stores starting in 2011. According to a US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announcement, “The washing machine top can unexpectedly detach from the washing machine chassis during use, posing a risk of injury from impact....

A controversial decision this summer by Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp to share data of its users with its parent company — including for advertising purposes has put it at war with civil privacy groups as well as European privacy watchdogs. In a strongly worded blog post information commissioner Elizabeth Denham noted that, “I had concerns that consumers weren’t being properly protected, and it’s fair to say the enquiries my team have made haven’t changed that view....

While the havoc about the telecom companies breaking the laws of the internet is very new to India with last year Airtel trying to introduce differential pricing mechanism for mobile Internet usage where it wanted a differential pricing for VoIP. Airtel tried to have differential pricing, data capping or providing access to any websites or application (their partners) for free. But is it really so that the telecom companies has started breaking the laws governing Internet by past few years!...

Many whistleblowers claim to have worked at many of the underground alien-government research facilities, such as the top-secret Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert. Many of these whistleblowers joined Area 51 as government scientists and engineering contractors. Conspiracy theorists believe that alien UFOs found at crash sites are being stored at top-secret government facilities, such as Area 51 and the Dulce underground facility. In addition, they also believe that besides recovering severely burned alien corpses from the Roswell crash site in 1947, the military authorities also saved alien survivors from inside the same crashed UFO....

Apparently, Android smartphones since the beginning of 2017 have been collecting addresses of nearby cellular towers even when location services are turned off and sending this data back to Google when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi network or has a cellular data enabled. While Google confirmed the practice to Quartz, the search giant said it would end the practice by the end of November and Android smartphones will no longer send cell-tower location data to Google, reports Quartz....