Hacker leaks massive customer dump after failing to get $3 million ransom from a bank

Apparently after failing to get the ransom, Hacker Buba started tweeting the bank customer details. One bank executive confirmed the hack to Farooqui, adding that, This is blackmail. Hacker Buba initially used Twitter handle @investbank_2, though it was quickly deleted. One account contained 4,7174,962.38 dirham, or $12,844,589.77. Those accounts total earnings add up to $110,736,002. Other databases show information for other customers, and include detailed transaction histories. source: www.techworm.net

December 3, 2015 · 1 min · 69 words · Douglas Villarreal

No, Mark Zuckerberg is not donating 99% of Facebook shares to charity

But a very few know that Zuckerbergs plan to give 99% to charity is a shrewd business plan. Further, in doing so he will also safeguard his foundation and Facebook from future estate taxes. Facebook has since confirmed to BuzzFeed that the charity initiative is indeed a LLC. One such profiteering activity is private investment. A Facebook release this afternoon stated as much. Any profits from investments in companies will be used to fund additional work to advance the mission....

December 3, 2015 · 1 min · 121 words · Michael Buchanan

Aurubesh the Star Wars language can now be translated on Google Translate

Google Translates Star Wars easter egg could help you translate Aurubesh After the Google search Easter Egg, Google now has another Star Wars Easter Egg to give us between now and the launch of The Force Awakens on December 17th, and the latest is all about learning a new language. Google has addedAurebesh, the ancient written language used in the Star Wars movies, to Translate so you might brush up on your skills....

November 27, 2015 · 1 min · 166 words · Sherry Smith

Posting a GIF can get you arrested in United States

McNeil allegedly posted the GIF on his pseudonymous Tumblr, which is still online. The account is filled with posts in support of ISIS, as well as Simpsons memes and animal pictures. source: www.techworm.net

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 33 words · Ruth Smith

Google to end support for Chrome on Windows XP, Vista in April 2016

Earlier last year, Microsoft had slashed support for Windows XP in April 2014. That meant the company no longer provides security patches, bug fixes, or other updates to XP users. As such, XP users are more vulnerable to security threats, including ones that target the internet tool. However, Vista has never quite caught on, as it is down to under 2 percent. source: www.techworm.net

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 64 words · Ricky Boyle

Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Secretly Installed On Windows 7, Windows 8

Now the company has admitted that it is in fact doing that. On restart however, the users found that the Windows 10 installation was under way. A screengrab showing some of these attempts can be seen below. The reason given by Microsoft for all this problems is a bug. source: www.techworm.net

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 51 words · Richard Jackson

Tesla owner tries the Autopilot sitting in the backseat (Video)

Ever since it was launched, there have been many videos by Tesla car drivers showcasing Teslas semi-autonomous technology. Needless to say, the video is disturbing is a bit unnerving. Check out the full video below. https://youtu.be/3gax8BnQpuA Such absurd and high risk videos have been noted by Tesla as well. Theres been some fairly crazy videos on YouTube…this is not good, Musk said. source: www.techworm.net

November 9, 2015 · 1 min · 64 words · Zachary Wood

UK’s GCHQ to form a special Task Force to keep a check on the Dark Web

It is used by journalists, political dissenters, activists, privacy loving individuals and many others. The unit brings together officers from the two agencies to focus initially on tackling online child sexual exploitation. According to Motherboard, this special task force has been in the works for some time. At the time,he said thatThe so-called dark-net is increasingly used by paedophiles to view sickening images. At the summit, it was said that GCHQs technical skills would be its contribution to the unit....

November 9, 2015 · 1 min · 98 words · Tiffany Rivera

Gest is the Nintendo Power Glove which will replace keyboard and mouse

Being hands-off usually means relinquishing control. WithGest, its the exact opposite. All in all, Gest if successful will replace both the mouse and keyboard. The company behind Gest is seeking $100,000 in crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The company is also offering the digital toolkit to developers and early adopters until the Kickstarter campaign ends. Gest has one palm strap, plus four finger connectors, each one linked to the strap by wires....

November 1, 2015 · 1 min · 142 words · Paige Smith

New Skype, Cortana Features To Come With Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565

Well, there is some more good news for Windows Insider. In the latest preview build, Microsoft brings a deeper Skype integration than ever before. Microsoft has promised to integrate all the above changes in the future Windows 10 Mobile build. Additionally, the build is the ability to Quick Reply notifications from Action Centre has also been added. Microsoft Edge is also getting a new feature, and thats tab preview mode....

October 13, 2015 · 2 min · 233 words · Victor Wilson

Alibaba’s UC top mobile browser in India, Chrome dominates PC: Report

This was revealed by web analytics and statistics firm, StatCounter report for the 3rd Quarter of 2015. UC online window, the flagship product of UCWeb is one of most popular mobile web browsers. In June, 2014 the company had officially merged into the Chinese largest e-commerce company Alibaba. Googles Chrome is the second net web surfer that is growing in India. However Mozillas Firefox is witnessing a decline in Indian market....

October 10, 2015 · 1 min · 91 words · James Molina

Microsoft Leaks Unique User Account Identifiers in Clear Text

Whats the problem with this? Well, it turns out that the CID can reveal quite a bit about the account owner. (The old UI is still available, though.) These are not the only pieces of information that can be revealed. In addition, when you share a file on OneDrive, you get a URL that contains your CID. (Files on OneDrive are identified by a CID and a sequence number.) So before you share this URL with someone else, think twice....

October 7, 2015 · 1 min · 90 words · Dennis Michael

British spies tapping ‘Smurf’ tech to hack phones claims Snowden

Even if your phone is switched off, because theyve got the other tools for turning it on. Other programs used by GCHQ were nicknamed Tracker Smurf and Dreamy Smurf. Its called an exploit, he said. When it arrives at your phone its hidden from you. You paid for it but whoever controls the software owns the phone, he added. I gave all of my information to American journalists and free society generally....

October 6, 2015 · 1 min · 163 words · Misty Butler