Unlike earlier Zeus variants, GameOver has a decentralized, peer-to-peer command and control infrastructure rather than centralized points of origin, which means that instructions to the infected computers can come from any of the infected computers, making a takedown of the botnet more difficult because even though the main server is shut down the ancillary botnets can be used assume control and send the commands.Officials said that in addition to the filing a criminal case, the U....

It’s raining DMCAs as Google is getting stricter with torrent movie download links as well as movie streaming websites. One such casualty of Google DMCAs is the popular movie streaming site GoMovies (123movies). However, the admin of GoMoviews has decided to play smart and change the URL as well as the domain to evade further action by Google. GoMovies which was earlier known as 123movies had changed its URL to GoMovies after a similar copyright related issue....

Jurczyk while performing some analysis found three different vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-8680, CVE-2017-8684, and CVE-2017-8685, which only affected Windows 7 and 8.1 and not Windows 10. He was able to find these because Microsoft patched it on the newest OS, but not on older versions. Jurczyk used a technique called ‘binary diffing’ where he found examples of patches that had been applied to Windows 10, but not to Windows 7 or 8....

The settlement, which was led by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever in the U.S., states the announcement published by DoJ. The U.S. attorneys general opened the Google investigation following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed the search giant violated state consumer protection laws by misleading users and tracking their locations since at least 2014 even when they chose privacy settings claiming to prevent the company from doing so....

Ruling in the case, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected infringement claims from the Authors Guild and several individual writers, and found that the project provides a public service without violating intellectual property law. The group of authors had sued Google in 2005, a year after Google’s book scanning project. Google counter argued that its book scanning project would actually increase book sales by making it easier for readers to find works, while introducing them to books they might not otherwise have seen....

Clang is a well-known open source compiler that is often used alongside GCC on Linux. It can be used to compile many C family programming languages, including C, C ++, Objective C, and Objective C ++. According to Google, the major advantage of Clang is that it is compatible with parts of Microsoft Visual C ++ (MSVC). Microsoft’s Visual C++ compiler is the most widely used and best supported compiler for Windows and is most compatible with debugging and diagnostic tools for the operating system....

Called the COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund, this initiative is intended to support journalistic efforts to effectively fact-check misinformation about the COVID-19 immunization process that specifically seek to support audiences that are underserved by fact-checking or targeted by misinformation. “The uncertainty and developing nature of the coronavirus pandemic continues to generate related misinformation. The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is exacerbating a perennial problem of misinformation about immunization,” Alexios Mantzarlis, News and Information Credibility Lead at Google News Lab wrote in a blog post....

Dubbed as ‘Tangi’, the video app name is inspired by the words TeAch aNd GIve and “tangible” – things you can make, according to the Google blog. With a home screen that looks strangely similar to Pinterest, the app will allow users to record and upload short video content with a maximum duration of 60 seconds. “It’s an experimental social video sharing app with quick DIY videos that help people learn new things every day....

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) November 9, 2015 The engine has been used by the Google to improve speech recognition in the official Google app as well as forming the image search now available in Google Photos. The Google Blog explains, The engine is available as a standalone library and associated tools, tutorials, as well as examples are under Apache 2.0 license. For more information on TensorFlow, kindly check out the official website....

Since Google hasn’t updated this application for the past two years it was presumed that Snapseed is dead. Luckily, Google has recently updated this application and the latest version of Snapseed is 2.19.1. So here’s everything you need to know about the new update of Snapseed. Snapseed Update Version 2.19.1 As mentioned above, after a long-overdue Google has finally updated Snapseed. You can easily install this update from the Google Playstore....

White hat hackers and security researchers can earn these rewards if they are able to completely compromise a Tesla Model 3. In March last year, a security research team named Fluoroacetate won a Tesla Model 3 and $35,000 for hacking Tesla’s infotainment system (Chromium) via its browser. During the hacking competition, Fluoroacetate’s Amat Cama and Richard Zhu had successfully managed to display a message on the car’s web browser by exploiting JIT bug in the browser renderer process....

Well-known Apple iOS hacker “iH8snow” published a new YouTube video as seen above depicting the first untethered jailbreak for for an iPhone 5 that was running the as-of-yet-unreleased GM build of iOS 9, which will be released to the public on Wednesday. iH8show also claimed that this method works with iOS 9.1 beta, too. https://youtu.be/BtBqkj7RsFo With iOS 9.1 beta introducing new emojis and improved performance, both of which will certainly be a big draw for many users, jailbreak developers may want to hold off on releasing anything until that update is released as well....

For those unaware, Wishbone, a social networking app launched in 2015 that describes itself as “the go-to for comparing anything your heart desires” allows users to compare two or more items in a simple voting poll. This iOS and Android app covers everything from fashion, celebrities, humor, music, and more and is particularly targeted at teenagers. The renowned hacker known as “ShinyHunters” has taken the credit for posting the database to RaidForums, claiming that, “since people are starting to resell wishbone we’ve decided to leak it for free....

Denuvo, is an anti-tamper technology developed by the Austrian company Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH. Denuvo is the copyright protection of choice for the gaming industry as it is designed to work by protecting existing DRM solutions, such as Origin Online Access and the Steam license management system. Denuvo Anti-Tamper “continuously encrypts and decrypts itself, making it impossible to crack any Denuvo protected game according to the company. “3DM will soon announce that we have a solution to the latest Denuvo encryption used on games including ‘FIFA 16’, ‘Just Cause 3’, and ‘Tomb Raider: The Rise’[Rise of the Tomb Raider],” says 3DM leader Bird Sister according to Torrentfreak....

In a Statement on CyberGuerrilla the hackers said, “Taken into consideration recent Russian Government dillusional attempts to start WWIII, WE – Free from Putin – people of Russian Federation – Free computer renegades and outlaws from IT Security – have decided to initiate a true domestic CyberWAr on Russian Military Enterprises and Eventually we shall deliver critical infrastructure companies on which Russian Putin’s Empire (foked in da head) stands on....

The employee, who spoke to Business Insider on the condition we kept their anonymity, said there are a lot of people trying to get hold of Apple’s inside information. “You’d be surprised how many people get on to us, just random Apple employees,” the source told BI. “You get emails offering you thousands [of euros] to get a password to get access to Apple. “I could sell my Apple ID login information online for €20,000 (£15,000 / $23,000) tomorrow....

One such chap who wanted to have fun on his job created a code to do the office work for him so that he could enjoy the spare time playing CounterStrike and surfing Internet. He did that for six years before being found out and fired. Too bad, he was sacked when the company found out but rather sad part was that he had forgotten how to code during those six years of fun....

Seems like those of you who have put off their mobile purchases for the Nokia launch did the right thing! The leaked images of Nokia flagship D1 suggest it will be blockbuster Android smartphone that they had hoped for. There have been several Nokia smartphone leaks which suggest at various Android smartphone designs that Nokia is working on. The latest leaked images of Nokia D1 show how the Nokia’s comeback Android smartphone will look like....