Microsoft Offers $100,000 If You Can Hack Its Linux Operating System
Microsoft is offering hackers up to $100,000 if they can break the security of the company’s custom Linux OS. The software giant built a compact and custom version of Linux last year for its Azure Sphere OS, which is designed to run on specialized chips...
Tinder To Add Video Call Feature Later This Year
The world’s largest dating app Tinder announced that it is going to launch its own in-app, one-on-one video chats later this year. “We know that singles are adjusting their behaviors, and many are shifting to having dates virtually via phone or video,” it wrote in...
NASA Working With Tom Cruise To Film Movie On The International Space Station
NASA said Tuesday it is working with Tom Cruise to film a movie on the International Space Station, but details on the arrangements are scarce. The news that Cruise was in talks with to shoot an action-adventure film on the space station was first reported...
Nike Will Donate 30,000 Pairs Of Shoes To Health Care Workers
Nike is donating 30,000 pairs of shoes — specifically designed for healthcare workers — to health systems and hospitals in cities across the United States. The Air Zoom Pulse, which was released in November 2019, is the company’s “first shoe designed for the healthcare athlete, an...
How To Use WhatsApp’s New Coronavirus Fact-Checking Chatbot
Poynter Institute launched a bot on the Facebook -owned service that will allow people across the globe to debunk over 4,000 hoaxes surrounding the pandemic. It comes as an effort to battle misinformation being spread about the coronavirus. The chatbot relies on information supplied by over 100...
Apple Announces 13-inch MacBook Pro With Magic Keyboard, Double The Storage, And Faster Performance
Apple announced the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for the best typing experience ever on a Mac notebook and doubled the storage across all standard configurations, delivering even more value to the most popular MacBook Pro. The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up...
GoDaddy Reports Data Breach Involving SSH Access On Hosting Accounts
GoDaddy notified some of its customers that an unauthorized party used their web hosting account credentials to connect to their hosting account via SSH “We have no evidence that any files were added or modified on your account,” the company said while omitting evidence that files could...
How To Delete Hiberfil.sys? Why Is It Using So Much Hard Drive Space?
The Hiberfil.sys hidden system file is located in the root folder of the drive where the operating system is installed. The Windows Kernel Power Manager reserves this file when you install Windows. The size of this file is approximately equal to how much random access...
How To Fix Your Smartphone After You Dropped It In Water
Dropping your phone in water is a pretty bad feeling, but what’s important is what you do next. The most crucial thing to do is to dry it off as quickly as possible and don’t turn it on under any circumstances. If it’s still on,...
Login Details Of 91 Million Tokopedia Account Sold On Dark Web
A hacker is selling a database containing the information of 91 million Tokopedia accounts on a dark web market for as little as $5,000. Other threat actors have already started to crack passwords and share them online. Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company specializing in e-commerce. Founded...
What Is Off-Facebook Activity? Here’s How To Disable It
According to Facebook, Off-Facebook activity is “a summary of activity that businesses and organizations share with us about your interactions, such as visiting their apps or websites.”
How To Use AirDrop On Your iPhone, iPad, Or iPod Touch
AirDrop is a feature in iPhones, iPads, iPods and Macs that lets you instantly send files, photos and other content to other iPhone or Mac users who are physically close to you. It’s not an app or a type of storage; it simply enables the...
Disney Introduces Cloth Face Masks And Donations For Families And Communities In Need
Disney announced that it is selling non-medical, reusable cloth face masks featuring favorite Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters in the U.S. To further help those in need, Disney is donating one million cloth face masks for children and families in underserved and vulnerable communities across...
Is Private Browsing Really Safe?
Private Browsing does not mask your identity or activity online. Websites can still gather information about your visit, even if you are not signed in, and so can internet service providers. If you use your device at work your company may be able to monitor...
COVID-19: Global Smartphone Shipments Tumbled 13% In Q1 2020
The global smartphone market declined its fastest ever, down 13% YoY in Q1 2020, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. Due to the impact of COVID-19, nearly all major smartphone brands saw their volumes drop significantly during the quarter. The first quarter...
Hackers Say They Stole Millions Of Credit Cards From Banco BCR
The Banco BCR, the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica, was reportedly hacked and 11 million credit card credentials were allegedly stolen. Hackers claimed to have gained access to the bank’s network in August of 2019, stating that they did not encrypt devices as the possible...
Good News Shade Ransomware Releases 750k Decryption Keys
The operators behind Shade ransomware took to GitHub this week to announce they had shut down, issued an apology to their victims, and relinquished approximately 750,000 decryption keys in their possession. On Thursday, Kaspersky Lab released an updated decryptor app that includes the newly-released keys...
Hackers Publish ExecuPharm Internal Data After Ransomware Attack
U.S. pharmaceutical giant ExecuPharm has become the latest victim of data-stealing ransomware. ExecuPharm said in a letter to the Vermont attorney general’s office that it was hit by a ransomware attack on March 13, and warned that Social Security numbers, financial information, driver licenses, passport numbers and...
Multiple Vulnerabilities In WordPress’ Most Popular Learning Management System Plugins
Popular WordPress plugins for creating learning management systems (LMS) are rife with vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of the platform, get test answers, and modify grades. The 3 leading WordPress LMS Plugins are: LearnPress, LearnDash, and LifterLMS. These platforms can transform any WordPress website into...
Microsoft Teams Has Now 75 Million Daily Active Users
Last month Microsoft said that, “We have seen an unprecedented spike in Teams usage, and now have more than 44 million daily users,* a figure that has grown by 12 million in just the last seven days. And those users have generated over 900 million meeting...
