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Feds Seize Silk Road 2 in Major Dark Web Drug BustA silky originThe StoryThe Fall from grace A silky origin Silk Road was founded in February 2011. The name “Silk Road” comes from a historical network of trade routes, started during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), between Europe, India, China, and many other countries on the Afro-Eurasian landmass. Silk Road was operated by “Dread Pirate Roberts” (named after the fictional character from The Princess Bride), who was known for espousing libertarian ideals and criticizing regulation....

Drew Dwyer, a Marine veteran and former CIA operative, has seen his fair share of travel around the world and knows this better than most, which includes some not-so-safe places for travelers. In the event, you plan to travel around the world and desire to stay safe, Dwyer’s nine-step tally is a great reference for everyone from frequent business travelers to families traveling in a group. You can get Dwyer’s full list of travel safety checklist at SOFREP....

Well, George Clooney and his spouse were not taking any chances with their wedding photos or images in private moments leaked either through accident or by a guest present at wedding. Particularly when he and Amal Alamuddin had reportedly sold the rights to wedding photographs to American Vogue, in return for the fashion magazine making a contribution to a charity of his choice. In order to avoid any pilferage, Clooney gave each one of his guest a “burner phone”, the Sunday Telegraph reported....

However, just a couple of days after its release, Google has paused the rollout of Chrome 79 after users started complaining of data loss. Apparently, Chrome 79 Android bug is deleting data of a specific set of apps using its WebView. Which is only those apps that are using Chrome’s web rendering component, i.e. WebView, as their primary or only interface is affected by the bug. WebView is a system component for the Android OS that allows Android apps to display internet content from simple web pages to full-blown web apps....

Following in the footsteps of Apple after taking a dig at it last year for ditching the headphone jack, the search giant introduced its first pair of wireless headphones featuring real time language translation from Google Translate during an event on Wednesday morning in California. The event also saw the launch of the next generation of the company’s Pixel phone, Google Home smart speaker line, and a new Chromebook laptop....

This could be seen at the company’s annual developers’ conference, next week, Google I/O. The blog also shows the pair of images, which shows how the new maps will look like. From the pictures, it is visible that what is shown in the sidebar of the maps as of know, will be shown on top of the map after the launch of a new interface. some new coloured icons are also visible....

Google on a back to back App launching spreeGoogle releases Devices and Activity App for enhanced security and frees Zix EncryptionDevices and ActivityUser has to set up the Devices and Activity panel in dashboardSecurity keyZix Encryption Devices and Activity This dashboard will show a list of every device and location that was used to access the account in the past 4 weeks giving the user the exact idea of who is accessing what Google account through which device and from where....

Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point discovered a new variant of the Joker Dropper and Premium Dialer spyware inside legitimate apps on the Play Store. Joker-infested apps with the latest variant are estimated to have been downloaded around 500,000 times before they were removed by Google. How Does This Malware Work? According to the researchers, the new updated Joker malware can download additional malware on unsuspecting users’ device, which in turn makes them subscribe to premium services and siphon off their money without permission....

Discovered by security researchers at Dr. Web, these stealer trojans were found using a special mechanism to trick users into disclosing their Facebook login details by offering them photo editing and app lock features as well as disable in-app advertisements. The nine Android malicious apps were Processing Photo, App Lock Keep, Rubbish Cleaner, Horoscope Daily, Horoscope Pi, App Lock Manager, Lockit Master, Inwell Fitness, and PIP Photo, which approximately had 5....

Another ex-employee from Google, David Gudeman, who is a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit is supporting Damore’s cause. The lawsuit seeks non-monetary, monetary, and punitive compensations. Damore was fired after writing a 10-page memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber: How bias clouds our thinking about diversity and inclusion” that questioned company’s diversity policies. Even though it was circulated internally initially in July, it gained attention in August when Motherboard published the memo, saying the “anti-diversity memo” had gone “internally viral” at the Mountain View, Calif....

Graphene lens is the latest technology that could allow future computers to start processing data at the speed of lightGraphene is 300 times thinner than a sheet of paper and lighter too, so its advantages are evident Optical computers require devices called photonic chips, which store information as photons rather than electrons, and allow that information to move at light speed. NASA has already taken advantage of the technology, and thanks to several research and implementations, this technology is getting better and impressive by the day....

The botnet named “Cereals” was first spotted in 2012 and reached its peak in 2015 when it collected more than 10,000 bots connected to online websites for downloading anime videos. The researchers named the botnet ‘Cereals’ after the naming convention of its subnets. A detailed report explaining the working of Cereals botnet has been published by Forcepoint. Despite its size, the botnet went mostly undetected for 8 years from most cyber-security firms because it exploited just one vulnerability in NAS and NVR devices....

With the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), it is possible to run almost any Android app on Windows 11 using APK files; however, apps using Google services will not be able to function to the lack of Google Play Services. Now, a Windows hacker named @ADeltaXForce has successfully managed to install the Google Play Store on the WSA to address this problem. He has written a WSAGAScript, which is available on GitHub, that allows users to use Google Play Services, including the Store on the WSA....

Why the comparison to vampires you ask ? There’s no connection between the two you say ? Let me elaborate. The entire vampire season really took off when Twilight series became a box office hit. Hollywood started milking the Twilight books, even though that was no where close to the intentions of the author. It also started a whole era of spin offs, TV series, books, etc. picking up on the lone vampire who was more bothered about hanging out with teenage girls than drinking blood....

Researchers at the security firm, Cisco Talos have reported that CCleaner, a system-optimization tool distributed by anti-virus firm Avast, was hacked to distribute malware directly to its users through a hidden backdoor. The malware allows hackers to potentially get access to the user’s computer, and other connected systems, to steal personal data or credentials. CCleaner is a popular utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files (including temporary internet files, where malicious programs and code tend to reside) and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer....

Now the hackers have hacked a prominent Republican super PAC website promoting President Trump’s Cabinet nominees, according to a new report by CNN. The hackers vandalized several pages of the 45 Committee’s homepage, a group funded by GOP mega-donors Todd Ricketts and Sheldon Adelson. Several titles were altered on the website’s menu bar. For instance, one read, “MAKE AMERICAN S****Y AGAIN,” while another was changed to read “FAKE NEWS.”...

Only two days have passed since the gruesome terrorist attack on French satirist magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office. The attack which was carried out by two Islamist gunmen who massacred 12 people in cold blood, has left the French people stunned. Known for their liberal values, the French people have taken this gruesome massacre as a attack on their freedom of speech and have been trending #JeSuisCharlie ever since the attack happened....

The news coming on the back of the now famous WannaCry ransomware attack indicated that ransom is the new mantra for cyber criminals. According to a report by Deadline, a group of hackers has illegally obtained a copy of Disney’s upcoming Pirates of The Caribbean movie and is now demanding ransom. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth and latest installment in the popular medieval pirate fantasy and is expected to hit theaters later this month....

Hotpatching vulnerability has not been reported of being exploited in wild as of today despite being revealed a a decade ago. This is the first time any company has acknowledged the exploit being used in the wild. Microsoft blog said that PLATINUM used the Windows Server 2003’s own update system against it, it bypassed most common security scanners. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 introduced support for hot patching certain core system services....