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According to the leaked documents, starting Thursday, the majority of Starbucks’ company-owned stores in the U.S. will become official PokeStops or Gyms for the game. The reason for this is that stores have seen an uptick in traffic and sales in PokeStop stores, so the idea is to replicate that wherever possible. “The world of Pokemon Go is about to expand with new Pokemon and a new Starbucks beverage!” the “Barista need-to-know” promotional memo says....

Security researcher Nils Rodday at the RSA security conference in San Francisco on Wednesday demonstrated how defects in the $35,000 drone’s radio connection allowed him to completely take over the quadcopter with the help of just a laptop and a cheap radio chip connected via USB. Any hacker who’s able to reverse engineer the drone’s flight software can imitate that controller to send navigation commands by taking advantage of the lack of encryption between the drone and its controller module known as a “telemetry box....

The incident has shocked Kermani, and it shocked his BBC colleagues more. Police officers obtained an order from a judge that was served on the BBC and Secunder Kermani, who joined the flagship BBC2 news show early last year and has produced a series of reports on British-born jihadis. The editor of Newsnight, Ian Katz said: “While we would not seek to obstruct any police investigation we are concerned that the use of the Terrorism Act to obtain communication between journalists and sources will make it very difficult for reporters to cover this issue of critical public interest....

LUKS is the standard device for executing Linux hard disk encryption. LUKS is often put into action with Cryptsetup. The problem lies in the Cryptsetup default configuration file, which is a bad one. Known Linux distributions with this bug include Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Details of the vulnerability were revealed by Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll, who explain: The researchers found out problems in how Cryptsetup scripts handle the boot process when the user is asked for the encryption password....

Blackphone was intentionally made keeping in mind privacy and security at the forefront and is run on a forked version of Android previously called PrivatOS and now renamed “Silent OS,” which puts it more in line with the company’s other “Silent” products. Thanks to the encryption and special software, all calls and texts made with the phone are secure from all the inquisitive eyes. Recently, Silent Circle who acquired Geeksphone’s share of the business released the Blackphone 2 earlier this year at Mobile World Congress....

This ground-breaking move “paves the way for commercialisation of the technology, which could be rolled out in a host of new devices that will use iSIM to connect to mobile services.” A proof of concept (POC) demonstration was recently carried out in Samsung’s R&D labs in Europe using Vodafone’s advanced remote management platform. This proof of concept showed the technology’s commercial readiness and efficiency working on existing infrastructure, leveraging Vodafone’s advanced network capabilities....

JioMeet is available for free and offers an unlimited number of free calls in high definition (720p) to users during the video conference across all devices. It supports direct calls (1:1 calling) as well as hosting meetings with up to 100 participants in a single call, which is not allowed in free versions of Zoom and Google Meet. Interestingly, you can host unlimited meetings per day on the JioMeet app, and each meeting can go “up to 24 hours” long without any interruption....

The recall announced involved a wide range of Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and Chrysler cars and trucks manufactured between 2013 and 2015, fitted with touchscreen infotainment radio system, proved to be susceptible to remote hacking. FCA US, the American arm of the Italian auto group, in a statement said “The recall aligns with an ongoing software distribution that insulates connected vehicles from remote manipulation, which, if unauthorized, constitutes criminal action.” “Customers affected by the recall will receive a USB device that they may use to upgrade vehicle software, which provides additional security features independent of the network-level measures,” the company said on Friday....

The next-generation MacBook Air, which is Apple’s entry-level laptop, is rumored to be upgraded with an entirely new design. With just a few days to go before the WWDC, a talented concept artist has envisioned his own version of the new MacBook Air. The concept artist, Darvik Patel has unveiled four images of the new MacBook Air, which he claims are an accurate representation of Apple’s upcoming redesigned 2022 MacBook Air....

Now a researcher has cracked hashes of almost 4000 passwords from data dump. The results of his research reveal how insensible people become while setting passwords. The top two passwords in the sample were unsurprisingly “123456” and “password”. “When the Ashley Madison database first got dumped, there was an interesting contingent of researchers talking about how pointless it would be to crack the passwords, since Ashley Madison was using salted bcrypt with a cost of 12,” researcher Dean Pierce wrote on his cryptography and Bitcoin blog....

Elizaveta Danilova, the Director of the Bank of Russia’s Financial Stability Department, on Thursday presented the report, “Cryptocurrencies: trends, risks, measures,” during an online news press conference and discussed the study on the ban of cryptocurrencies. “The use of cryptocurrencies creates significant threats to the well-being of Russian citizens and the stability of the financial system,” the report said. Russia became the world’s third-largest player in bitcoin mining, behind the United States and Kazakhstan, according to Cambridge University data released in October....

The sleek Galaxy S8 smartphone’s standout features are a screen that goes nearly to the edges of the device, and a virtual assistant named Bixby. Based on what we know about the Samsung Galaxy S8 and rumors that we are hearing about the iPhone 8, let’s have a look at the specifications and features of Galaxy S8 and iPhone 8. Display Samsung Galaxy S8 comes with a 5.8” Super AMOLED Quad HD + display [2960 x 1440 pixels (570ppi)] with an aspect ratio of 18:5:9....

In other words, the court’s ruling means Samsung will not be required to pay $119.6 million in patent-infringement damages, nor will it need to alter any product designs, dealing a blow to Apple’s argument that Samsung has “slavishly” stolen its intellectual property. The court found that Samsung did not infringe on an Apple patent related to data detectors, and also ruled invalid a pair of Apple patents related to “slide to unlock” and autocorrect....

Called the “SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Luxe”, the device comes with dual Lightning and USB Type-C connectors and an all-metal casing that provides a hassle-free way for users to access and move files between iPhone, iPad Pro, Mac, and other USB Type-C devices, including Android phones. The new flash drive comes with two connectors, which enables the quick transfer of files, eliminating the need to email content from one device to another in order to upload or save....

However, Opera has pushed out an update for its Opera Max Android app with support for both YouTube and Netflix. Also, the update boasts about using up less data while streaming videos, shows and movies. This means you can now optimize YouTube and Netflix video streams over HTTPS “without any significant loss in quality” in less buffer time and indulge in watching more viral clips within the same data allowance....

Microsoft have thanked Forshaw for his contributions which will surely help to strengthen their platform.And this will also encourage others to keep trying and report vulnerabilities to win bounty programes.

The message on the deface page, where Hacker urges to other Countries to Help Syria, Hacked website and their Mirror can be seen from the paste provided below: At the time of writing the Article all the websites were still defaced

All total of 14 websites were hacked and defaced, most of them with a deface page simply reading “Hacked by Libero” “WE ARE ANONYMOUS” One of the defaced website was showing a Video Statement released by Anonymous Ukraine, which said: https://sumylis.gov.ua https://mrr.gov.ua/ https://dairivne.gov.ua/ https://khedai.gov.ua/ https://pfu-sumy.gov.ua/ https://rivneoblzem.gov.ua/ https://sumyrayrada.gov.ua/ https://sumyzemres.gov.ua/ https://uns.adm-pl.gov.ua/ https://zaksoc.gov.ua/ https://rada-vv.gov.ua/ https://brody-rda.gov.ua/images/x.gif https://apcourtlg.gov.ua/ https://vbeloz.gov.ua/ Mirror (WebCached version ) of the websites can be seen here At the time of writing the Article all the websites were still showing the deface page....

Few days back Web Soldiers team hacked and defaced Offiacial Website of Sag Harbour U.S

Bidding adieu to her 14 years of journey in the organization, Sandberg said that she will officially leave the company this fall but continue to remain on the company’s board of directors and focus on her foundation and philanthropic work. She will also work with Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to transition out of the role before her departure. Sandberg, who joined Meta in 2008 as Meta’s CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg’s second-ranking executive, has helped Facebook transform from a start-up to the most dominant and multibillion-dollar social media juggernaut it is today with nearly 3 billion users around the world....