However, this has been changed. Thanks to the smart yet crafty folks at Arduino, who have come up with a new concept that allows your device to accumulate data from around the globe and send out its own analytics, etc. Called the ESLOV IoT Invention Kit, it is a central Arduino product that adds Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to your hardware products. In other words, you can build any hardware you want to know and connect it to the internet using the ESLOV IoT Invention Kit....

In November 2014, during the wait for a grand jury’s decision whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown, the KKK reportedly threatened to attack Ferguson protesters. Anonymous then commandeered a KKK-linked Twitter account and exposed social media accounts it said belonged to KKK members. The hacktivist group leaked the details of around 1000 KKK member on Pastebin including links to the personal Facebook and Google+ pages of the Klan’s supporters....

The malicious threat was first detected by Kaspersky six months ago when one of the affected banks shared the malware with Kaspersky security researchers. According to security experts at Kaspersky Lab, the malware includes two files, the exe.exe file (injector module: 3fddbf20b41e335b6b1615536b8e1292), and the dll.dll file (module to be injected: dc42ed8e1de55185c9240f33863a6aa4). In order to install the ATMii on ATMs, the attacker needs direct access to the target ATM (either over the network or physically)....

Jumpshot, a subsidiary of Avast, is responsible for selling data, accessing user data from Avast Antivirus’ free browser extension. It has access to data from over 100 million devices, including PCs and mobile devices. The study that relied on leaked user data and other company documents accessed from Jumpshot found that “the sale of this data is both highly sensitive and is, in many cases, supposed to remain confidential between the company selling the data and the clients purchasing it....

Gates’ interview with CNBC comes just days after he launched his new book, “How To Avoid A Climate Disaster”, which warns about the economic damage caused by climate change. He particularly pointed to sectors like steel and cement that could be disturbed due to global warming. For those unaware, Musk’s contributions to climate change include pushing the whole auto industry to adapt to greener technologies with electric cars and developing reusable rockets....

This can be done unknown to the millions of BitTorrent client users and can result in a significant DoS attacks on targets. While BitTorrent swarms are relatively harmless, a new paper published by City University London researcher Florian Adamsky reveals that there’s potential for abuse. A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users using outside resources. A DoS attack can lead to temporary or indefinite interruption or suspension of services of a host connected to the Internet....

Both the sites noticed a serious DDoS attack carried out against their server infrastructure earlier this morning. The two then received emails from a man named Jon after three hours of the attack, who claimed to own a Botnet that he planned to use for the DDoS attacks. Currently, using only 20% of the botnet’s capabilities against the two sites, Jon asked for a 2 Bitcoin ransom, which if unpaid, would become 3 Bitcoin by tomorrow....

The research was published in Nature Nanotechnology by three MIT professors namely Marin Solja?i?, professor of physics; John Joannopoulos, the Francis Wright Davis Professor of physics; and Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor in Power Engineering, as well as MIT principal research scientist Ivan Celanovic, postdoc Ognjen Ilic, and Purdue physics professor (and MIT alumnus) Peter Bermel. Commercially developed by Thomas Alva Edison, the incandescent light bulb and its familiar glow is till date one of the most influential discoveries ever made....

The intrusion was detected and the Council’s IT system was “isolated” to ensure no other Government operated departments are compromised. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was in Beijing and was scheduled to hold a press conference. but it was canceled most probably due to above incident. In response to CBC questions, spokesman Rick Roth from Baird’s office said that Canada did not cancel any events as they were guests in China....

A team of engineers at the University of Austin, led by Goodenough, has developed the world’s first low-cost all-solid-state battery that holds three times more energy than Li-ion battery. The research has been published in the journal of Energy & Environmental Science. The solid state battery is not only safe but also has a long cycle life, a high volumetric energy density and fast rates of charge and discharge. In Li-ion battery, liquid electrolytes are used to transport the ions between positive and negative sides of the battery....

“I hold consequentialist approach during the hack, meaning that I only care about the public shock among Russians as a result of the hack, and to show the irony that Russians can defend against Hitler but cannot defend against hacker [sic].” The ill fated Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was reportedly shot down by a Russian ‘Buk’ missile. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was on a trip from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed on 17 July 2014 after being shot down....

Vulnerabilities with Cybersecurity and Online Communication Today With the increase in online communication comes greater user vulnerability. Since there are more users sharing data on the web through various outlets (networks, applications, devices etc.), consequently there are greater opportunities that can lead to unwanted data sharing and privacy exposure. Currently, many cyber security initiatives are in place to try and protect users communicating online, as seen with the implementation of chatroom end-to-end encryption adopted by Viber and WhatsApp....

Find out how and why it is necessary to know if your Android smartphone has a LCD or AMOLED displayMethod 1: An all-black image displayed on an AMOLED screen shouldn’t release any light at allMethod 2: Check the Spec Sheet However, bigger manufacturers like Samsung, LG and HTC are now going for AMOLED screens as the technology matures and becomes cheaper and more consistent in recent years. The benefit of an AMOLED display is that each pixel produces its own light, which means a separate backlight is not needed....

During the encryption process the Widevine DRM technology saves the premium subscriber only videos in an unprotected area of the computer’s memory. The team of researchers created an application that extracts this data and then saves it to disk without having to worry about digital rights. Google has acknowledge the bug with Chrome and said that it is not specific to Chrome, but to the entire Chromium project, meaning other browsers which used Chromium are affected as well....

An insider source has revealed that Internet companies are following the DOT(Department of Telecommunication) compliance order issued by the authorities. The search engine is not working for alot of broadband users, including with Jio broadband, also confirmed by several twitter users. The site appears to be “unreachable” for a lot of users, across different Internet networks. Several users reported getting a message on the screen. It clearly states that the site has been blocked under the order of DOT (Department of Telecommunications) of India....

The question of privacy is the issue. The EU has some of the strictest rules on privacy, and companies operating inside the 28-member bloc are forbidden from sending personal information outside its borders without certain guarantees of protection. The “Safe Harbor” principles is a system devised by the U.S. to help companies comply with the European Commission’s (E.C) Directive on Data Protection, which came into effect in 1998. The directive essentially prohibits the transfer of personal data outside the European Union (E....

While many companies have attempted to convert an ordinary face mask into a smart mask that can offer health benefits, engineers at Northwestern University have developed a new smart sensor platform for face masks that they are calling a “Fitbit for the face”. Dubbed “FaceBit,” this monitoring device for health is a lightweight, quarter-sized sensor, which uses a tiny magnet to attach to any N95, cloth, or surgical face mask....

In a blog post published on Friday, Facebook addressed a “hard question”: “Is spending time on social media bad for us?” The company referring to both internal and academic research said “in general, when people spend a lot of time passively consuming information — reading but not interacting with people — they report feeling worse afterward.” Simultaneously, engaging and interacting with people more on Facebook “is linked to improvements in well-being,” the company said....

For those unaware, Facebook had halted its own solar-powered internet drone project, Aquila last June after years of development. Back then, the company had said that it would no longer build the drones. However, it added that it was still committed to the original goal of bringing more people online and for that it would instead depend on other companies to build aircraft. According to the documents obtained by Netzpolitik under the Australian Freedom of Information Act, show that both the companies plan to test the solar-powered drones in Australian territory....