Mt.Gox countered the Bitcoin Foundation argument by saying that the bug it has discovered is pretty new and can effectively allow potential hackes and cyber criminals to steal Bitcoin from the valid owners wallet.The street is divided as to who is at fault but Bitcoin Foundation supporters who have long argued that this specific issue : transaction malleability has been known about for years and requires that companies like Mt....

Check out the 7 rumored Features for Galaxy S8 Vs iPhone 85.8-Inch Curved Display (OLED)64GB Internal StorageIris/Facial RecognitionNo Home ButtonWater ResistanceWireless ChargingUSB-CBonus: “Plus” Name Let’s have a look at the specifications and features expected for both the Galaxy S8 and the iPhone 8. 5.8-Inch Curved Display (OLED) Several generations of Galaxy S have been sporting the dual-edge curved display that has been Samsung’s signature look. Rumors suggest that the South Korean giant has some rather impressive plans for its Galaxy S8 releases, which will come in two models, one with a 5....

Gionee’s next flagship will come fitted with a Quad HD AMOLED display. It is powered by a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6795 chipset coupled with 3GB of RAM. It comes with an 32GB internal storage, which is expandable up to 128GB via microSD card. It is powered by a 3,250mAh battery. Besides running on the company’s Amigo 3.0 custom UI layer on top, the device will also run on Android 5....

YouTube-DL is a popular open-source cross-platform CLI (Command Line Interface) tool written in Python. It is used by individuals and some stream-ripper sites for downloading videos/audio from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, among other media sites. GitHub has taken down at least 18 such projects. Visitors visiting the YouTube-DL project’s page to download the program or visit the repository are now greeted with a message that says, “Repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown....

Gundotra, the creator and mastermind behind Google’s social network, made the announcement, appropriately enough, in a lengthy Google Plus post, praising his co-workers and saying that he is ‘excited about what’s next.’ 

In his judgement which is spread over 17 pages, the Judge held that Maria Pia Grillo had suffered shock and embarrassment when she looked up her house using Google Maps’ Street View feature in 2009 and discovered an image that shows her leaning forward and exposing upper part of her body to the entire world through Google’s Street View feature. Google Street View had originally snapped Grillo seating in the porch of her house....

Movies represent a big part of our lives, and many people have seen many movies, the science fiction kind, with robots that come to Earth with the mission to take our jobs, or even worse – kill us. Some movies even represented them having sex with humans, but let’s be real – real-life robots are not to be feared at all. They’re actually kind of cute. About the web series A former cast member of the science fiction reality shows MythBusters, called Grant Imahara, who is also a robot expert, has a new web series which is called Generation Robot, which helps us in getting to know robots better and understanding how humans can actually deal with the concept of working with robots....

The leak affects websites operated by VerticalScope, a Toronto-based media company that runs a large number of online communities, and includes big-name sites like AutoGuide.com, Motorcycle.com and Techsupportforum.com. The data includes usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords of people. LeakedSource says that for each record they found an email address, a username, an IP address, and one or two passwords. However, not all records have the details for each user....

Both FB Messenger and Facebook-owned WhatsApp allow users to send voice messages using the Mic icon in the chat bar. While many don’t use the Facebook Messenger voice message feature, it is still very popular. But next time you send a voice message to your near and dear ones or a business colleague, do remember that your voice chat can be snooped on by potential hackers thanks to a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) vulnerability....

Oculus, known best for their Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset, was founded in 2012. In March 2014, Facebook announced that they would acquire Oculus VR, which was later completed in July 2014. In August 2014, Facebook included Oculus Rift in its white hat bug bounty program and paid money to researchers for reporting bugs. Since then, several vulnerabilities have been found in Oculus services including a series of flaws that earned a researcher $25,000....

Majority of the stolen user records have come from online dating app Zoosk (30 million), while the remaining have come from other sites, such as printing service Chatbooks (15 million), food delivery service Home Chef (8 million), South Korean fashion platform SocialShare (6 million), online marketplace Minted (5 million), online newspaper Chronicle of Higher Education (3 million), South Korean furniture magazine GGuMim (2 million), health magazine Mindful (2 million), Indonesia online store Bhinneka (1....

Hackers can use SS7 flaw to steal your Facebook account with just your numberHere is how the Facebook hack worksWhy is SS7 not patched by the networks Researchers have proven just that by taking control of a Facebook account with only a phone number and some hacking skills to exploit the SS7 network, a core piece of telecoms infrastructure shown to be vulnerable repeatedly over the last half decade. The vulnerability lies in Signalling System 7, or SS7, the technology used by telecom operators, on which the highly secure messaging system and telephone calls rely....

What’s more, he has themed his gaming rig on Lego. The end result is that Schropp’s Lego Gaming Computer is a top-spec, completely-built-from-scratch X-shaped gaming rig that’s made entirely out of Lego bricks. To make his custom PC, had to make some ingenious customisations like a custom-made GPU heatsink and a transverse-mounted motherboard that separated the GPU’s airflow path from the other components. The outer case itself is a beauty made entirely out of Lego and standing tall at about 50 centimetres tall (19 inches)....

Confessions of the world’s top torrent uploader – YIFY/YTSThe start of YIFYThe End of YIFYYIFY hates his impostersAbout Piracy and Hollywood industryBreaking the law?The return Yify was one of the top uploaders of movies on most torrent websites till last year, but the group died an unnatural death after its founder was threatened with a multi-million dollar lawsuit. YIFY in an AMA on Reddit/interview with TorrentFreak spoke for the first time after the shutdown about how it all started, fans, haters, movie piracy and his accomplishments....

Public Wi-Fi has become a lifeline for people on the go or professionals that travel for work, whether it’s in the airport, hotel, or cafes. But convenience and connectivity can come at a price. Public Wi-Fi networks, especially free ones, are not secure and can be easily tampered with. Users on these networks should be wary that their browsing habits or login information could be open season. There are several steps you can take to be safer on public Wi-Fi....

When your organization starts generating data, the onus is on you to maintain the confidentiality of such information. It is here that content protection and security plays a vital role. You can protect your content from unauthorized access or use through encryption and only share the decryption keys with the authorized users. But, what would you do if any authorized user shared his or her secret credentials with someone else?...

The answer might surprise you. They employ a similar approach to that used in spam filters. We’re talking about ads based on machine learning algorithms. Of course, it’s not the manufacturer who is performing the technological wizardry; but a talking ad marketing management service. While people learn by experience, computers “learn” by performing calculations in a sequence of steps called an algorithm. The practice is so widespread that if you search Twitter using the parameter, “talking ads machine learning,” in addition to a pile of very useful info, you will see tweet after tweet of people remarking about seeing online ads about things they were discussing while not even connected to a computer....

To find out if your Facebook account is hacked, go to “Settings,” then “Security” and then “Where you’re logged in.” If you notice any unfamiliar login locations, then you might have been hacked. Don’t freak out, as Facebook gives you the option to “End activity” for that specific login location. To be on a safer side, you can click on “End all activity” for the account. Further, other potential signs of hacking are change in personal data or log-in info, or unusual friend requests being sent....