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For those unaware, Emotet, one of the world’s most infamous botnets, is a network of hijacked computers and devices infected with malware and controlled remotely by cybercriminals. This network is then used to send spam and launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. It can also be rented out to other cybercriminals. This specially crafted time bomb by the European authorities instructed the software to self-destruct on Sunday, April 25, 2021....

The new reaction buttons were in development for more than a year. From now on, instead of using the thumbs up for like, Facebook users will be able to react to friends’ posts with something other than a gesture of pure positivity. Long press on the Like button and you’ll now see “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad,” and “angry,” and posts will now show the mix of reactions they’ve received. While Facebook has given the option of five different reactions, there’s no “dislike” button, as some users have long requested, Facebook says that the new mix of reactions has proven popular with users during testing in Spain and Ireland....

Facebook says the new feature will help Group Admins, who invest their time and energy to maintain their groups, and also help them earn money at the same time. In an announcement made in a blog post, Alex Deve, Facebook’s Product Director of Groups said that, “We hear from group admins that they’re looking for ways to help them earn money to deepen engagement with their members and continue to support their communities....

Biometric data is information about your physical characteristics, and it’s mainly used by tech companies as a form of identification. On Thursday, a federal court in San Francisco ruled that Illinois biometric privacy laws trump California laws, even if users have signed a terms of use agreement that states California laws would apply. The ruling may set a precedent that Illinois strict biometric privacy laws could override other state laws, a possibly significant issue as facial recognition becomes more pervasive in its use by Facebook and other tech titans Facebook filed the motion arguing that the users could not file a complaint under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) as they had agreed in their user agreement that California law would govern their disputes with the company, and that BIPA does not apply to “tag suggestions....

Since the announcement, besides Ireland, the new photo transfer tool has been rolled out to users in countries across Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Facebook has now expanded the availability of the new photo transfer tool to users in the U.S. and Canada also. This new transfer tool is built directly into the Facebook app. You can access the tool in Facebook settings under the “Your Facebook Information” menu on the left....

Two things seem to be making news these days – Game of Thrones Season 7 leaks and Fappening 2.0 explicit leaks. We have already had the leaked NSFW images of about eight celebrities including Danielle Lloyd, Miley Cyrus, Katharine McPhee, Kristen Stewart, Stella Maxwell, Lindsey Vonn, Anne Hathaway and Tiger Woods in past two days and the Fappening hackers promising more. While Danielle has asked her lawyers to take legal action against the website hosting her NSFW images, other celebs like Miley Cyrus, Katharine McPhee, Kristen Stewart, Stella Maxwell are not all that worried about the leaks....

Father of 10 year old impersonates her on Facebook to get a pedophile behind bars.Wayne’s defencePast historyThe verdict But instead, the little child’s father was impersonating her on the Facebook and received the ‘cuddly’ message from Wayne. Further messages only confirmed to the girl’s father that Wayne was trying to groom his little girl for abuse. Inspite of making it clear to Wayne that his daughter was only 10 years old the pedophile persisted....

This could be of help to the Internet user by fetching data in advance but it also poses a potential risk with privacy and security related concerns. Additionally it eats up a lot of data because users tend to hover their mouse around the webpages a lot sending lots of requests. What if a link on which the user hovers on belongs to a malicious website which the user has no intent of visiting....

Authentication Flaw in PayPal mobile APIWhat is the flaw?What is wrong with that?Video demonstration of the flaw : What is the flaw? When a user enters the wrong username and password pair several times, access to the account is restricted on a computer until the answer to a set security question is provided by the PayPal user. However, switching to a mobile device eliminates the security question problem and the account can be accessed with the right credentials....

For the very first time engineered hybrid crystal created for a powerful hyper efficient LEDCreation of Hyper-efficient LED emitting crystals: Suppose, a person has plain oatmeal cookies and a bowl of chocolate chips. Individually, these both have their own identities and taste, however just imagine if these both are combined together, you would definitely get an awesome mixture, isn’t it? Researchers have tried to do the same thing with the two promising solar cell materials to develop a novel Hyper efficient light emitting crystal....

We have the latest news brought to you directly from Foxconn factories. A leak from the Foxconn factories sourced by PriceRaja, shows that the iPhone 7 Plus will have 12MP dual cameras on the back. Remember, the images are directly from Apple’s top supplier and are said to be taken during an in-house symposium at contract manufacturer Foxconn. The image procured by PriceRaja was taken incognito and it doesn’t reveal much but it does show that the iPhone 7 Plus, as the top version of iPhone will be called, will come with a 12MP dual-camera on the back....

Freenode’s IRC server was compromised and passwords were possibly breached by unidentified hackers, Freenode said in a online notice to its users. It has also warned all its users that they should reset their passwords as a precaution. The security breach was identified on Saturday, as a notice by Freenode explains. “Earlier today the freenode infra team noticed an anomaly on a single IRC server. We have since identified that this was indicative of the server being compromised by an unknown third party,” “We immediately started an investigation to map the extent of the problem and located similar issues with several other machines and have taken those offline....

Recent studies show that fewer likes or comments on Facebook posts are landing many social media addicts in mental asylums claim doctors from premier psychiatric institutes across the country. Dr Amool Singh Ranjan, head of department of clinical psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS) says that on an average at least 20 patients across age groups develop schizophrenic symptoms every month due to their overindulge on social media....

Google and Fidelity have invested $1 billion in the SpaceX, a Hawthorne, California company to support the innovation in the areas of space transport, reusability and satellite manufacturing. Both the companies will together own slightly less than 10 percent of the SpaceX. A source close to the deal says Google “has agreed to fund $10 billion to SpaceX for the project.” SpaceX is a privately funded space company, headed up by Tesla CEO Elon Musk....

This new API joins Google’s other pre-trained machine-learning APIs like a Cloud Speech API, that is now also accessible in open beta, a Vision API and a Translate API. Currently, the new Cloud Natural Language API supports texts in English, Japanese and Spanish. Google here is looking to offer a service “that can meet a scale and opening needs of developers and enterprises in an extended operation of industries.” It’s an important move for Google, as public cloud providers are competing to host new applications put together with intelligent capabilities....

For those unaware, Files Go, the default files manager app of Android Go devices, helps users to quickly locate content on their devices in one place, free up space on their devices, show users how much space they have used on their device, find and delete duplicate files, lengthy videos, back up files to the Google Drive, clean cache, uninstall unused applications and more. It also allows users to share files locally without the need for internet connection just like Apple’s AirDrop feature....

GTA Online to get Library City DLC According to the latest set of rumors coming from leakster Matheusvictorbr, Rockstar Games is cooking up a new DLC for GTA Online that will arrive sometime this summer on both Xbox Series X and PS5. The leakster dropped a hint towards Liberty City which is a New York equivalent in the GTA universe. Now that’s why we can call it an impressive DLC pack to arrive....

Android hacker, Marco Chiapetta used a Sony Xperia Z3 to duplicate the feature on Android. The Xperia Z3 doesn’t have such a display, but housed within its waterproof body is a barometer, which Marco skillfully used to make a 3D Touch for Android. Marco discovered that the Xperia Z3 sensor can also be used to measure small changes in the air pressure within the phone itself. The Sony Xperia Z3 is built with a waterproof casing, and pressing down on the touchscreen display produces a measurable difference in the air pressure within the phone....