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A cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency. Cryptocurrencies are a subset of alternative currencies, or specifically of digital currencies. Both the researchers presented their paper at the Usenix 2016 security conference, “DDoSCoin: Cryptocurrency with a Malicious Proof-of-Work” that presents a proof-of-work DDoS currency that allows miners to prove their participation in DDoS attacks against target webservers in order to create more virtual money....

The malware was initially called “EvilQuest” but later dubbed to “OSX.ThiefQuest” to avoid confusion with a name used by Chaosoft Games Xbox 360 and PC video game since 2012, Thomas Reed, Malwarebytes Director of Mac and mobile, explained. Malwarebytes has analyzed the ransomware, which was first found hidden in a legitimate-looking software supporting the Little Snitch host-based application firewall for macOS. The malicious installer was found available for download on a Russian forum with torrent links....

NASA funding $200,000 a year research for converting human poop into astronaut’s meal Synthetic Biology for Recycling Human Waste into Food: The U.S. space agency, NASA has sanctioned funds of $200,000 a year for up to three years to the researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina. The major aim of this research would be to discover ways on how to turn human poop into synthetic food! With NASA’s growing interest in the long interplanetary journeys it is becoming very much essential to make provision for food that can sustain astronauts during long journeys such as extended Martian mission or any other long journey missions....

According to the security researchers, the new found OS X malware in the wild is likely a new version of Hacking Team’s old Mac malware. The sample, according to them, is mostly made of the same code as the old Hacking Team malware for Mac OS X, but has new components that help it stay undetected. The researchers also note that the malware installs a copy of the software firm’s Remote Code Systems (RCS) compromise platform, leading them to believe that the infamous, controversial Italian firm is back....

Basically, optimized for capacity and efficiency, Nimbus Data’s DC100 is a 3.5-inch form factor and has a SATA interface used by hard drives, which means it can work as a plug-and-play compatible with hundreds of storage and server platforms. The SSD uses Nimbus’s multi-processor architecture and 3D NAND, which provides enough capacity to store 20 million songs, 20,000 HD movies or 2,000 iPhones of data in a device that is “small enough to fit in your back pocket....

The LED bulbs introduced by Jake Dyson will supposedly last for 37 years, ensuring 160,000 hours of continuous warm and white light against the 25000 hours given by the normal LED bulbs available in the market. Normal LEDs are long-lasting but in some regular lights using them, the LEDs are bot protected from heat which leads to them losing brightness and colour. The new Dyson lights use heat pipe technology which will ensure 160,000 hours of continual use with a warm, white light at all times....

According to the reports that were leaked and pictures that were published at frandroid.com, the device is said to feature a USB Type-C port, a standard 3.5mm headphone jack and 13MP dual-lens camera with laser assisted autofocus. The report reveals that the device will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal memory. As opposed to earlier reports that claimed Nokia 9 would sport a 5....

North Korea’s Internet faces outage after U.S warned of a ‘proportionate response’Proportional ResponseAnonymous link Could this be a response by the U.S against the Sony hack ? Or is another entity involved ? Proportional Response Early reports suggested this might have been a response by the US government against the “Sony Hack. ” It seems more than a mere coincidence that North Korea’s connection to the Internet was essentially inactive Monday just days after the U....

Turkish security bod Utku Sen has published what seems to be the first open source ransomware that anyone can download and spread. The ‘Hidden Tear’ ransomware, available at GitHub, is a working version of the malware the world has come to hate. It uses AES encryption to lock down files and could display a scare warning or ransom message to get users to pay. The Features of Hidden Tear are:...

As per the advisory, the malware dubbed as ‘Drovorub’ is designed to target Linux systems, and is part of cyber espionage operations being carried out by Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) military unit 26165, whose activity is sometimes identified by the private sector as Fancy Bear, Strontium, or APT 28. What Is Drovorub? Drovorub is a Linux malware developed for use by the GTsSS....

CNN had previously reported that the company likes to boast that it is selling its products to the aforementioned clients, which are not small time fish by any means. However, looks like all of that boasting came to bite the company back as a recent blog post published by the company itself stated that the following: This is what will be referred to as a backdoor, and the NSA are being blamed for it....

The very first picture of NVIDIA’s GDDR6-based graphics card indicate that the GPU in the center of the board is missing, which suggest that the board in question is designed to support a next-gen Nvidia GPU. Although the prototype lacks a GPU, it does feature 12GB of VRAMs from Micron, a 384-bit memory bus, three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, a second generation NVLINK connector and a huge VRM setup with four fans....

However, Omegle moved to the court to dismiss all eight claims, holding that each of the claims in the lawsuit was barred under the immunity provision of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”), 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1) (“Section 230”), which was granted by the court. For the unversed, Section 230 is a section of Title 47 of the United States Code enacted as part of the United States Communications Decency Act (CDA) passed in 1996....

The company demonstrated this feature at the very beginning with the very launch of its flagship. However the feature has since been missing in every update. The ‘Ok OnePlus’ feature allows OnePlus One users to give voice commands just like the ‘Ok Google’ on Android smartphones, to the device even when the phone is in standby mode. The OnePlus users who has already updated to the new Cyanogen OS 12 update will have to reupdate their device to get this feature....

Part 3.1 of iCloud hacksCelebrities prepare to sue Google for $100 millionLetter to GoogleDMCA Take Down requests Also Read Celebrity snaps of more than 100 celebrities leaked Celebrities prepare to sue Google for $100 million A report published by the business related website, Business Insider published a report today stating that the Hollywood celebrities are planning to sue the search engine Google for not removing the images as soon as they were reported to Google....

A malware that aims to steal the credentials of STEAM users has cropped up recently. This malware is being spread via the service’s chat feature. It asks users to click on a link which is shortened using the shortening services available on internet. When the user clicks on it, it gets directed to a file stored on Google drive. The file appears to be an image file, complete with an image icon on it....

Basically, an aircraft would be considered hypersonic in case if it travels at about a speed of 3,800 miles per hour which is equivalent to five times the speed of sound and generally referred to as ‘Mach 5’. An aircraft which can manage to run at this speed will be unsafe for travelling of human passengers; however, it can travel across the entire breadth of United States in a time span of half an hour....