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RiskIQ said that one out of every three of the sites contained malware in a sampling done of 800 sites dedicated to distributing stolen TV shows and movies. “It’s clear that the criminals who exploit stolen content have diversified to make more money by baiting consumers to view videos and songs and then stealing their IDs and financial information,” Tom Galvin, the executive director of Digital Citizens Alliance, said in a statement....

In a report published by CyberArk Labs, experts have pointed out that anti-malware solutions that are supposed to protect the user may unintentionally assist malware in increasing privileges on the system. Anti-malware products seem to be a lot more vulnerable to exploitation because of their high privileges, which could be abused to gain elevated permissions via file manipulation attacks. Multiple anti-malware products that are vulnerable to the bugs include those from Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec, Fortinet, Check Point, Trend Micro, Avira, and Microsoft Defender....

Nintendo has announced that it will be airing a new Nintendo Direct on April 1st, The Fools Day.This is no April Fools prank, Nintendo Says. — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 31, 2015 While Nintendo has recently delayed Legend of Zelda for Wii U into 2016. the company also confirmed it major plans to enter in smartphone gaming market and revealed its next platform, codenamed “NX.” Any guesses what’s coming during the Nintendo Direct tomorrow!...

The developer Intelligent Systems has offered significant improvements in the graphics, soundtracks, and dialogues department. Prior to the official launch of Paper Mario: The Origami King, videos of the game being played on PC surfaced on the internet. At the time of writing this article, the gameplay YouTube videos have been removed due to copyright claims from Nintendo of America Inc. Unreleased Nintendo Title Gameplay Footage Leaked Prior To Launch Over the years, the emulation technology has developed drastically....

After we spotted the Nokia D1C Android smartphone renders, Nokia came out with an official statement that it will be coming with not one but three Android smartphones and the same will be available to buyers only in early 2017. Now we are into the first week of December so we can expect the Nokia Android smartphones by March 2017. This was confirmed by HMD Global, the firm that now owns the Nokia license, which stated that it will hold a press conference at MWC in February....

The website was hacked by hackers named Màh Di & ROJO XI & MR.CHARFE of FALLAGA TEAM and they left a defaced page carrying following message : The Notepad++ website was apparently hacked for publishing a special Je Suis Charlie edition on its website, the image of which is given below : Hi NOTEPAD++, Today is your turn. So you are “CHARLIE” ! Because the last notepad++ version (6.7.4) named “JE SUIS CHARLIE” !...

The US Senate had failed to reach any deal to reform or re-authorise the program after it expires on 31st May, 2015. Though the matter is still not resolved and the lawmakers vowed to revisit the issue. The NSA’s phone tracking program is so massive that administration officials said they had to start the lengthy procedure of winding down the counter-terrorism program in anticipation of Congress failing to act. “That process has begun,” an administration official said Saturday....

Given below is the explanation provided by Evan concerning the GPU bug: Later on, Andersen wrote a program that would scan GPU memory for non-zero pixels and output the results. In doing this, he allowed the program to create a pixel-perfect image of a Reddit page that had been browsed on a separate account. The scary thing is that the bug was submitted two years, but neither Google nor NVIDIA has been able to come up with a fix, which now sets our sights towards Apple....

We reported about the world’s popular Anime/Hentai torrent download website, NYAA being shut down. The NYAA admin has confirmed our worst fears! They said that they had shut down the website in response to certain court proceedings which could have hurt them. They have clarified that the shutdown of NYAA was their own decision and not a result of some form of internal subversion or engagement by government or legal entities....

Now that the Oculus Rift headset is officially released to users, it seems that Facebook is indeed using the VR headset to further its advertising strategy. masses and laid bare for scrutiny, it appears those apprehensions may have a bit more credence. A Reddit user, Woofington found out that an “always on” background service in Oculus Rift software sends information from the virtual reality headset back to Facebook’s servers. Woofington writes on a reddit thread that after installing the Oculus Home software on the device, a process with full system permissions called OVRServer_x64....

OmniRAT is a software that lets you hack into computers running on Windows and Mac OS X in addition to hacking Android smartphones and tablets. OmniRAT can can spy on communications, secretly record conversations, snoop on browsing histories and take complete control of a remote device. And its cheap. OmniRAT is available on the dark web underground forums for $25 compared to another notorious malware, DroidJack which is sold for $210....

It all started in the summer of 2015, when a security bug in Google’s V8 JavaScript engine that affected versions between 3.20 and 4.2, which are widely used in most Android built-in Web browsers. The same engine also underpins Chrome and Opera browsers, as well as apps that call it e.g. Tencent X5 SDK used in WeChat. However, only in August 2016 did the Chinese researchers discover that the V8 issue also affected a whole range of Android-related products where the older V8 engine versions had been deployed, despite this bug being public for more than a year....

Dubbed the OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z, its key selling feature is the Warp Charge technology, which offers 10 hours of music and movies playback with just 10 minutes of charging, according to OnePlus. On the other hand, a full charge provides a very satisfactory 20 hours of battery life on Bullets Wireless Z, which is an upgrade from the Bullets Wireless 2 of 14 hours. The Bullets Wireless Z also supports features, such as Magnetic Control, Quick Pair, and Quick Switch....

Now that this has happened, you might be looking for methods to recover the password of your user account which can be difficult sometimes. But there’s no need to worry, because, with PassFab 4WinKey, you can easily reset the password for your user accounts in Windows operating system. In this post, we’ll talk about how it works. What is PassFab 4WinKey? If you are looking for a professional Windows password recovery solution, then PassFab 4WinKey is your best choice....

Visitors to “thepiratebay.org” are greeted with the message: “This domain name has been suspended. This domain name is pending ICANN verification and has been suspended. If you are the owner of this domain you can reactivate this domain by logging into your account.” ThePirateBay.org is the original domain for The Pirate Bay, though it’s mostly used now for nostalgic purposes or as a redirect to domains that are still working....

The malware campaign dubbed Dofoil (also known as Smoke Loader) was discovered carrying a coin miner payload on infected Windows computers that mine Electroneum digital coins for attackers using victims’ CPUs. The massive malware outbreak took place on last Tuesday, March 6 when the Windows Defender Antivirus (AV) team suddenly detected more than 80,000 instances of several variants of Dofoil. Within the next 12 hours, more than 400,000 instances were recorded....

What most non-programmers fail to realize, is the amount of time and effort that goes behind developing even a small software. Even a small Android application needs servers, web services and hours of designing, coding and debugging before it can even be presentable, making it good enough to be shared with potential customers requires a lot more work. Recently, Zach Zundel was approached to code a project. Like a professional, he examined the project diligently, let the client know how he would recommend the project and what would be needed to get it done and how much it would cost him....

Several users shared the problem on Reddit and social media revealing how the PlayStation Network (PSN) bug can freeze and basically temporarily break the PS4’s internal software. The issue is so severe that it is forcing users to get a factory reset done on their system to make it work again. Even deleting the message from the mobile app on Android and iOS doesn’t work. According to reports, a private message containing special characters are reportedly crashing PS4 consoles....

For those unaware, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India (MeitY) had banned over 260 Chinese apps and websites including the popular online game PUBG Mobile following the India-China border conflict last May. MeitY had banned these under section 69A of the Information Technology Act stating that the apps were engaged in activities “prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order”....

Long Range Iris Scanner technology helps identify the potentially dangerous criminals and terrorists from a safe distanceCarnegie Mellon’s Long Range Iris Scanner can identify a person even from a distance of 40 feet. Iris scanners have been a part of bio metrics because just like finger prints, every individual has an unique iris. However, the iris scanners used presently would need the person to give their consent for the test and moreover the person would have to come near the machine for scanning their iris which is much more risky if the official has to scan the iris of a potentially dangerous suspect....