Apart from these, other most impersonated legitimate apps by hackers and other cybercriminals by icons include 7-Zip, TeamViewer, CCleaner, Microsoft Edge, Steam, Zoom, and WhatsApp. “One of the simplest social engineering tricks we’ve seen involves making a malware sample seem a legitimate program,” VirusTotal said in a Tuesday blog post. “The icon of these programs is a critical feature used to convince victims that these programs are legitimate.” In their study of malware, VirusTotal researchers discovered that cybercriminals use numerous approaches to trick unwitting users into downloading and running seemingly harmless executables....

Known as the Turkish Crime Family, the hackers have threatened to make use of the data to access customers’ accounts and wipe their Apple devices in case the company fails to pay the ransom until April 7, reports Motherboard. The hackers have demanded $75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum cryptocurrency or $100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards in exchange for deleting the alleged cache of data. Once their demands are met, they have assured to delete the cache....

Almost a week ago, now suspended Reddit user HOTDleaks shared a post titled: ‘Leaked plot summary for every episode of House of the Dragon’. As the post title suggests, the post contained detailed information about every episode of House of the Dragon. While some Reddit users said the post and plot summary made sense, many thought the post lacked credibility. After the suspension of HOTDleaks, a new account HOTDleak2 was created....

However, these are early iterations of the technology. While they may offer business benefits such as reducing product shrinkage, customized permissioned ledgers have some disadvantages. They are private blockchains, meaning they miss the benefits of trustlessness provided by a genuinely decentralized blockchain ecosystem. Furthermore, from a consumer standpoint, there is almost no benefit. Companies using private blockchains can still cover their supply chain tracks in the event of a safety scandal such as the recently reported Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder asbestos cover-up....

One of the major issues with Windows 10 is unreliable updates. In addition to improving the performance, these updates generally cause one or other issue. A recent Windows 10 update has caused issues with Microsoft’s own web browsers Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. Well, if you see the message “Hmm… cannot reach this page” and after opening details it shows “The DNS server might be having problems. Error Code: INET E RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND” then this article might help you....

But we already published an article on How to Login into Belkin Router 192.168.2.1?. Which helped a lot of people in getting into the dashboard of the Belkin router by using a default gateway IP, 192.168.2.1. In this article, we are also providing you the best way of resetting the default settings of Belkin router. Now, the question arises what is the need of resetting a router? Well, there might be a case where a user forgets the wifi password, or the router is not working properly or maybe acting strangely....

macOS is a feature-rich computer OS and it outperforms Windows in multiple aspects. A majority of Windows 10 apps and software come with an uninstaller. That said, the process of uninstalling apps in macOS is as simple as dragging the app to the trash. That said, some stubborn Mac software can be fairly difficult to delete. So here’s how you can uninstall an app in macOS. Uninstall App Using Trash Uninstall App Using TrashDelete Apps From LaunchPadHow to Remove Left Behind Files...

Following the simple steps shared in this article, you can make your avatar perform amazing emoticon actions. Here in this article, we have shared the simplest method on how to use Emotes In Roblox on PC and Mobile Phones. How To Get The Emotes In Roblox Games? Before sharing the actual instructions on how to equip emotes in Roblox, it’s first important to know how to get Emotes in Roblox games....

HP claims that the batteries shipped with the aforementioned laptops “have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers.” Also, the batteries were also sold as spare batteries and as separate accessories, and may have been given to consumers as replacement batteries via HP’s support. In order to keep its customers safe, HP says it is proactively notifying its customers about potential burn and fire risks that could result from overheating....

“As we navigate an increasingly complex world of cyber threats, it’s paramount that industry leaders leverage every resource possible to deliver trusted, resilient security from the firmware up,” said Shivaun Albright, HP Chief Technologist of Print Security on Tuesday. “HP is committed to engineering the most secure printers in the world.” HP will carry out the bug hunt in collaboration with crowdsourcing security platform, Bugcrowd, that manages bug bounties, vulnerability disclosures, and more....

Signature Systems Inc. is the point-of-sale vendor which provided point-of-sales logistics and gateways to Jimmy John’s and another 100 independent restaurants across United States. The breach which looks massive from prima facie investigations may have jeopardized credit card numbers of the customers of these eateries. After the Jimmy John breach, Signature Systems released another statement about other breaches which had occurred over past 24 hours. The latest statement contains names of nearly 100 other small eateries and pizza shops....

For those unaware, IBM has a long list of major AI innovations, which also include “Deep Blue,” the IBM system that took on chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, and IBM Watson, which beat the top human champions on Jeopardy! in 2011. The AI system, Miss Debater (formerly known as Project Debater) was pitted against 31-year-old Harish Natarajan, a grand finalist at the 2016 World Debating Championships and 2012 European Debate Champion....

Instagram Users Reporting Strange Hacks Instagram users have been reporting of the bizarre hack since the beginning of August. Users are reporting that they are getting ‘logged out’ of their account, and if they try to log in again, it shows that their username no longer exist. The affected users also found hackers had altered their profile info and changed contact details. Many of them saw their profile pictures typically set to a Disney or Pixar character with the new email addresses switching to a Russian ....

Originally, Instagram began testing multi-account logins on Android last year. However, it appears that the feature is starting to be made available more broadly. “We are always testing new features within our community,” an Instagram spokesperson told Tech Insider. This feature is especially convenient for those users who run a personal account for family and friends as well as a business account for, well, business-type stuff. Without having to log out, the users can login to each account every time they want to browse or post new content....

The security layer dubbed as Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) aims to protect CPUs against common malware attacks that have been a challenge to deal with software alone. “Intel CET delivers CPU-level security capabilities to help protect against common malware attack methods that have been a challenge to mitigate with software alone,” said Tom Garrison, Vice President of the Client Computing Group and General Manager of Security Strategies and Initiatives (SSI) at Intel Corporation, in a Monday post....

Gregory Bryant, the vice president and general manager of Intel’s desktop client’s platform has stated the following regarding Intel’s Iris or Iris Pro, which according to the individual can perform at 80 percent of discrete graphic cards. Sure, the latest integrated chips can definitely render 4K video with three monitors connected simultaneously, but rendering heavy textures in demanding gaming titles is a whole new ball game altogether. They might have picked up substantially where performance compared to their predecessors is concerned, but in our opinion, iGPUs have a very long to go before they can come remotely to the performance of mid-ranged and high-end graphic cards....

Israeli firm uVision is planning just to do that. Its Hero-30 drone such a weapon that may prove to be a disruptive force in military technology, heralding a new type of warfare in which shooting at a target you can see is as rare as using a bayonet. It’s the killer UAV you’ll never see coming. The Hero 30 weighs around 7 pounds and carry a warhead weighing around 1 pound which is enough to destroy a small area....

All the fun began with this tweet from West. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/704873833564659712 If you closely look at the background browser tabs in the image, you can see that prior to watching the video West was possibly downloading a wavetable synthesiser software called Serum. Now, Serum retails at $190/£140 and West is not that rich according to reports. The artist has previously stated that, despite being one of the most successful artists of the last two decades, he’s actually $53 million in debt....

Unfortunately, the laptop was not as resilient as we would have hoped because the powerful waterjet tears right through the chassis of the mobile machine. In case you were wondering, the laptop was a 2007 Toshiba, and notebooks of that particular era were extremely bulky compared to the slim form factor machines that are being sold today. In short, the powerful waterjet would have absolutely no issue tearing through slim notebooks, so it is a definitely a very good idea that your current laptop steers clear from this dangerous contraption....

According to him the malware, which was identified by Ars Technica as, a variant of the Zbot information stealer Trojan, the NSIS downloader Trojan, and two instances of the Cycbot backdoor were planted on his PC and specifically in a folder containing case evidence and privilege information of his client. This bizarre allegation was done by Matthew Campbell according to an affidavit filed in a whistleblower case against the Fort Smith Police Department (Arkansas)....