At the time of termination of services, devices running BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier software, BlackBerry 10 software, and BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function. These devices will lack the ability to receive over-the-air provisioning updates and as such, this functionality will no longer be expected to reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS, and 9-1-1 functionality....

If you are an security analyst, ethical hacker, academic in field of security or a white hat hacker, you can sign up for the Wickr program. The only condition is that once you submit the vulnerability you cannot disclose it on any public domain for a period of three months. The bounty program is open to all citizens of the world excluding the countries on United States embargo list and depending on your findings about any loop holes in Wickr, the payout will range from $10,000 to $100,000....

The accused, Kane Gamble, now 18, who was then aged 15 and 16 at the time of the offences targeted figures such as the then CIA chief John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, as well as senior FBI figures such as Mark Giuliano between June 2015 and February 2016, when he was arrested. Gamble carried out his hacking operations from his bedroom in Coalville, central England, by mimicking his targets to gain access to highly classified documents concerning US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq Afghanistan including personal information, contacts lists, security details, and passwords....

Though the statement no where accepts that the CMU or its Software Engineering Institute helped FBI to break Tor anonymity network directly, the last para of the statement implies that the University helped FBI in breaking Tor due to a subpoena. However the University trashed the media reports that publicised Tor Project Director Roger Dingledine’s claims that the researchers were paid breaking Tor. The statement says that this claim is “inaccurate....

U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt also issued a $3,000 fine to Andrew Helton, who pleaded guilty in February for stealing 161 nude photos from 13 people, including celebrities. The judge described the scam as a “very serious invasions of privacy,” but also said he considers the sentencing “part of a new beginning.” However, authorities said they do not believe Helton leaked any of the images he stole. As Helton was arrested in 2013 – prior to the Fappening, nude images of Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson and Gabrielle Union and many other female stars that were widely circulated online in August 2014 are believed to have been leaked from another source....

https://twitter.com/heisechanye/status/731115391204786177 The tweets from “shenfenzheng” leaked detailed information about CCP, PLA officials and top tycoons from China including their official ID cards to the residential addresses of prominent people in government, banking, technology and industry. In some cases, shenfenzheng even leaked details of their children. Many of the tweets were swiftly deleted but Bloomberg verified that at least two of the ID numbers posted in that fashion were authentic. That shenfenzheng seems to have access to such classified information in the heavily censored state of China is astonishing....

Chrome is a simple yet a powerful freeware tool to view saved passwords in Google Chrome. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Origin URL, Action URL, User Name Field, Password Field, User Name, Password, and Created Time. You can select one or more items and then save them into text/html/xml file or copy them to the clipboard. There is no installation process or additional DLL files required to use ChromePass....

An update on GitHub suggests that only Chrome 41 is vulnerable to AwSnap! and Google has patched the bug on Chrome v42 and v42 Proof of Concept of the bug Reddit thread by Jblatt seems to confirm that the bug works on any PC listed above Like the earlier Chrome hack reported by Techworm, this bug can also be used by pranksters to cause mischievous harm on thread and website....

To celebrate the first birthday of its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver app, Cloudflare has announced a new free VPN service called Warp for mobile devices. While the aim of 1.1.1.1 DNS service is to provide users’ faster internet connection and offer utmost privacy, Warp is being marketed as “VPN for people who don’t know what V.P.N. stands for.” The company claims that most VPN services are lousy because users are experiencing a slower internet connection....

Developer makes a free online tool for victims to identify with which ransomware they are infectedList of identified ransomware With hundreds of ransomware doing rounds, it is important to identify which ransomware has infected you. This helps because security researchers have been able to decrypt some top ransomware infected files. Now a code, Michael Gillespie has created ID Ransomware, a free online tool for victims to identify with which particular ransomware they’ve been hit....

Chubb Insurance is offering Internet troll coverage, which will accept claims up to £50,000 coverage. The insurance policy that is aimed at wealthy policy holders seems extensive. Chubb introduced the new policy following a survey conducted among its target audience and brokers. Tara Parchment, private clients manager for the UK and Ireland, explained that the troll insurance would aim to help customers re-establish their lives after suffering a cyber incident that has caused physical harm to their home or person....

According to experts’ estimations, more than 54,000 Twitter accounts, which also included their passwords, were posted online last Sunday. Another shocking revelation was that group of hackers were also able to post hacked personal details, which included mobile phone numbers, of the heads of the CIA, the FBI and America’s National Security Agency. Hussain, who has now been killed as a result of a US drone strike, has his legacy living on through thousands of individuals....

The goal of the new DARPA program, called Targeted Neuroplasticity Training, is to stimulate your peripheral nervous system, the network of nerves on the outside of your brain and spinal cord, to facilitate the development of cognitive skills. TNT could become much faster and a cheaper way to train people on various fields like foreign languages, Cryptography, Intelligence Analysis and more. Since DARPA is the first and foremost initiative in the Department of Defense Establishment, U....

The best part about this software is that it is available for the popular Operating systems such as Windows and MacOS. For Mac users, it comes pre-loaded. For Windows, a user needs to download it separately which is why we are here to guide you on how to download and install iTunes for Windows OS like 7, 8 and 10 Specification of iTunes for Windows 10, 8, 7 The specifications we mentioned here are provided by Apple itself....

Twitter had announced in December last year that Vine’s mobile app will become Vine Camera. The public Vines that exist will soon be shifted to an archive mode. While Twitter has assured it will move the existing 6 sec videos to an online archive, it’s not clear how long Twitter will keep those archived Vines online for. However, it did specify that users should download any of their own creations before January 17th....

A customer at an Owensboro, Kentucky convenience store was hospitalized on Saturday after an electronic cigarette battery apparently exploded in his pocket, and it was all caught on surveillance video. Josh Hamilton, the victim, is recovering from severe burns on his right thigh. Hamilton was paying for snacks at the counter at his local Shell gas station when flames shot out from his leg through his clothes. “He was giving me money, he put his hand in his pocket, so suddenly there was fire....

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has launched a new neuroscience company called “Neuralink Corp.”, which seeks to merge computers with human brains, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The ultimate goal to use this technology is to enhance memory function and provide more direct interaction between human and computer interfaces or give humans added artificial intelligence. The new company is focusing on what Musk calls “neural lace” technology, wherein tiny electrodes would be implanted into the brain which in turn would manage functions like memory, with the eventual possibility of uploading and downloading thoughts....

There are valid, serious, military technology developments happening in the Pacific. This is not about that. This is about some dudes who have built a giant robot with paintball cannons piloted by two people that seem to come right out of science fiction and they want it to fight a Japanese-made counterpart in an epic battle. On Wednesday, the video challenge was made by U.S.-based Megabits to Japan-based Suidobashi Heavy Industry to add to the trans-Pacific competition heating up following the USA Women’s National Soccer team beat Germany that same night to face Japan in the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday....

New evidence by Kaspersky researchers suggests that the hacking group could be NSA personnel in disguiseKaspersky reveals that the so called “Equation group” cyber hackers could be NSA personnel in disguise The new report which Kaspersky’s researchers published on Wednesday shows that the term “BACKSNARF” was one of the terms which was used by the Equation Group in one of their codes in their online platform and on the other hand NSA’s cyber warfare unit was using the same term for one of its project....