Submarine Network Operator Pacnet Hit By A Major Cyber Attack

Spokesperson for Telstra said that an unauthorised third party had been able to gain access to the Pacnet business management systems through a malicious software installed via a vulnerability on an SQL server. According to Telstra the cyber attack took place just weeks before it concluded the $550mn (approx. £350mn) takeover of Pacnet on 16th April this year. It also said that it was not aware of the hacking attack while signing the takeover deal....

December 22, 2022 · 2 min · 223 words · John Mohammed

Surveillance Vendor Exploited Zero Days Vulnerability In Samsung Phone

The three Samsung phone vulnerabilities disclosed by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) are CVE-2021-25337, CVE-2021-25369, and CVE-2021-25370. When Google found exploit samples in the late 2020s, it immediately reported these vulnerabilities to Samsung, which have all been patched since by the company in its March 2021 release. Further, the vulnerabilities, discovered in Samsung’s custom-built software of the devices, were all used together as part of an exploit chain to target Samsung phones running Android....

December 22, 2022 · 4 min · 655 words · Josephine Richard

Syrian Hacker Defaces Several Government Website Of Argentina Asks World To Help Syria Techworm

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December 22, 2022 · 1 min · 6 words · Roger Alsdon

Teracopy 3 0 Released Download Now Techworm

Popular Windows file transfer utility, TeraCopy 3.0 finally released, download now!!Download TeraCopy 3.0 Now! For years, TeraCopy has been the go-to tool for Windows users for transferring big files. Native file copying or transferring takes hours if not weeks in case of big GB files. TeraCopy could effortlessly do the task in minutes. However, over the years it was noticed that TeraCopy was slow in transferring files on certain computers. TeraCopy 3....

December 22, 2022 · 2 min · 275 words · Darrell Gutierrez

The 10 Best Podcast Apps For Iphone And Ipad

That said, there are plenty of podcast apps on AppStore and choosing the right one can be quiet difficult. Consequently, we have compared some of the feature-rich podcast apps that will enhance your listening experience. So in no particular order, these are the ten best podcast apps for iPhone and iPad. Best Podcast Apps For iPhone 1. Apple Podcasts The first podcast app on the list comes pre-installed on every iOS device....

December 22, 2022 · 7 min · 1479 words · Carmela Salazar

The Pirate Bay Responds To Cdn And Moderation Concerns Says It Is Not A Fbi Honeypot

The Pirate Bay to remove CloudFlare CDN soon after it gets its act straight, says TPB crewTPB Response A thread on Reddit voiced concerns that The Pirate Bay website uses CloudFlare SSL certificate which means that when a user visits TPB, the CloudFlare employees/law enforcement agencies will know you accessed TPB. The redditor goes on to state that Cloudflare could also be coerced to inject malicious code into the responses. Many of the reddit users went on to state that the present TPB is a FBI honeypot....

December 22, 2022 · 2 min · 375 words · Tessa Barham

The World S Largest Air Purifier Pulls In Smog And Turns It Into Jewellery Techworm

According to a recent study by the researchers at UC Berkeley, smog kills about 4,000 people every day in China. On the other hand, in the US about 4 in 10 people live in counties that have unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution, according to the American Lung Association. Daan Roosegaarde has created a 23-foot (7-metre) tall air purifier called the Smog Free Tower that will help address the country’s growing smog problem....

December 22, 2022 · 3 min · 509 words · Della Whitehouse

This Amiga Emulator For Chrome Let S You Relive The 80S Techworm

Stefansen says “The emulator code is based on the Open Source Universal Amiga Emulator which is about 400k lines of C code. He didn’t cook up the code out of altruism: Google offers “Native Client”, billed as “a sandbox for running compiled C and C++ code in the browser efficiently and securely.” The emulator hasn’t been written from scratch but is based on UAE, the Universal Amiga Emulator meaning it’s a full-fledged emulator....

December 22, 2022 · 2 min · 339 words · Chester Faulkner

This Bot Wastes The Spammer S Time By Engaging In Conversations Techworm

His bot dubbed [email protected] Looper, a Ruby-based service running on a Web server, managed to engross the spammers in never-ending and senseless conversations for days and sometimes weeks. Weinreich (@BeWeinreich) has posted such 16 hilarious conversations. “My inbox is a sacred place, and spammers shit all over it,” Weinreich says. “I get in the zone when responding to emails, and it’s tough to jump from an email about our businesses pricing strategy, to reviewing the latest bug reports, to [spam]....

December 22, 2022 · 2 min · 286 words · Ryan Mathias

This Developer Ported A Popular Iphone Game To A Windows Pc In 5 Minutes Techworm

In a blog post, Burela describes Islandwood as a “cool tool” and demonstrates how easy, and quick, it can be as he completes the task in five minutes. “Today I wanted to show you how easy it is to take an iOS game and port it straight to a Windows 10 UWP application,” he wrote in the post. “I’m porting the classic game Canabalt which was originally an online flash game, which they then ported to an iPhone game....

December 22, 2022 · 1 min · 153 words · Jarrod Tim

This Grand Theft Auto 5 Hack Is Causing Chaos On Gaming Consoles

If you have grown tired of the heavy traffic on the streets of Los Santos, you can now have some extra fund thanks to gamer BlackSmoke Billy who has modified the title to add a massive ramp to the front of a truck. The crazy GTA 5 fan then takes a drive the wrong way down a highway, launching cars, vans and people high in the air. Not content with this level of obliteration BlackSmoke Billy then manages to create even bigger ramps causing the ultimate destruction....

December 22, 2022 · 1 min · 151 words · Courtney Joseph

This Hack Will Let You Control Your Smart Bulbs Using Minecraft Techworm

The hacker, “Giannoug”, says he came up with the idea after stumbling upon a new modification called “OpenComputers”, which allows you to add real-life computers into Minecraft. It also allows to add peripherals such as monitors and keyboards, and the ability to communicate with “the real-life internet” into Minecraft. He produced a computer inside his game by using it in combination with a few other mod programs, and then opened a TCP connection that allows the game to communicate with his “unknown, eBay sourced” smart bulb....

December 22, 2022 · 1 min · 160 words · Rebecca Ng

This Man Had Intentionally Crashed At 632Mph To Pull Max Gs Techworm

Space Men recounts two initiatives – Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior – in which explorers went up as high as 102,800 feet in helium-filled balloons to understand the freezing cold and near zero atmospheric pressure of such altitudes. These missions in some ways laid the platform for Project Mercury, which would come shortly after. This episode shows John Paul Stapp, a physician who entered the Army Air Corps in 1944, as an out-of-his-time man who predicted that one day humans would fly into space....

December 22, 2022 · 4 min · 820 words · William Cooper

This New Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegics To Walk Techworm

Created by the Berkeley-based company SuitX, the Phoenix is a 27-pound, $40,000 robot frame that can allow paraplegic people to walk. The Phoenix is among the lightest and cheapest medical exoskeletons. It also has unique abilities; the suit is modular and adjustable so it can adapt to, say, a relatively tall person who just needs mobility assistance for one knee. Phoenix could act as a replacement for a wheelchair, allowing them to take small but stable steps or even join in a game of soccer....

December 22, 2022 · 3 min · 516 words · Cathy Leetch

This Raspberry Pi Powered Voice Controlled Smart Mirror Is Mind Blowing

Cohen’s mirror operates by turning it on with his voice commands, before getting it to display maps of Seattle and Berkley in California before he gets it to adjust the lights and the colour they emit in his room. “I started this project back in September and have been hacking things together in some of my spare time,” Mr Cohen wrote. Cohen says he first got inspired to build his smart mirror when he saw the work of Hannah Mitt, who built an Android application that powers her mirror....

December 22, 2022 · 1 min · 124 words · Jeremiah Venhorst

This Sys Admin Trashed His Employer S Network And Left A Note Saying He Quit Techworm

The Register reports that way back in December 2011 Thomas completely trashed his employer ClickMotive’s entire network. Not only that, Thomas proceeded to delete ClickMotive’s backups and notification systems for network problems leaving them high and dry. He also cut their VPN access and deleted internal wiki pages, and removed contact details for the organization’s outside tech support. Thomas’ revenge left ClckMotive stranded and without any means to troubleshoot the chaos that Thomas caused....

December 22, 2022 · 3 min · 479 words · Eric Roderiquez

Tiktok Might Soon Get Banned In The Us

TikTok is an insanely popular social media platform with millions of active users. As a matter of fact, around 19 million users had downloaded Tiktok in the US in just the first quarter of 2022. Brendan Carr, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner has now written to Apple and Google, asking them to completely ban Tiktok from their respective app stores. Well, Brendan fears that TikTok is leaking sensitive user data to Beijing....

December 22, 2022 · 2 min · 317 words · Allan Romansky

Tiny Twitch Browser Game S Code Fits In A Single Tweet

— Alex Yoder (@alex_yoder) June 30, 2015 The above tweet contains a code for a browser game. Called the Tiny Twitch and developed by Alex Yoder, Yoder developed the game in response to a challenge from Ben Porter. Porter had 2 days earlier challenged through a tweet to make a game which could fit in a tweet. — Ben Porter (@eigenbom) June 27, 2015 Yoder took it upon himself and developed the Tiny Twitch game and responded to Porter through the above tweet....

December 22, 2022 · 1 min · 141 words · Jerry Broderick

Top 10 Android Most Common Problems With Their Solutions Techworm

In this article, we have picked the most common 10 Android problems along with its simplest and most effective solutions. Battery Drain Battery drain is one of the most common problems in an Android smartphone. This is the price we have to pay for having the smartest devices in the world. While there are many reasons behind the battery drain issue, one of the best ways to solve this issue is to enable battery saving mode and reduce your Android smartphone brightness....

December 22, 2022 · 5 min · 892 words · Toby Rodriguez

Top 5 Cleaner Apps That Help Users To Clean Up The Junk From Android Smartphones And Tablets

Ultimate answer to clean the junk files from Android smartphones and tablets………check the Top 5 Cleaner apps that are mentioned here.CCleanerClean MasterStartup ManagerHistory Eraser CCleaner Piriform has created an excellent cleaner known as CCleaner. CCleaner is the ultimate cleaner application which wipes off the junk files and makes the Windows and Android devices much cleaner and faster. The PiriForm CCleaner application also identifies the Junk data on the device through various scripts and codes and this cleaner will not delete any data without user’s permission or command....

December 22, 2022 · 5 min · 928 words · Connie Henderson