Immediately after Brennan’s statement, the tech forums, social media and intelligence community came together to blame serial whistle blower and ex-NSA employee Edward Snowden for the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris. In fact many in the intelligensia went to blame Snowden for all the large scale terrorist attacks that have happened over recent years including the Boston Marathon bombings by Tsarnaev brothers. — Pumpkin Spice Graham (@ErrataRob) November 17, 2015 Despite the intelligence community’s attempts to blame NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the tragic attacks in Paris on Friday, the NSA’s mass surveillance programs do not have a track record, before or after Snowden’s leaks in June 2013, of identifying or thwarting actual large-scale terrorist plots....

On Tuesday, Cyber Security Challenge UK launched ‘Cyphinx’, a 3D virtual skyscraper that has been created within the world of Minecraft, which will host cybersecurity games, competitions and ciphers as well provide recruitment opportunities for potential cyber security personnel, according to a release. Cyphinx will feature the first use of the game Minecraft as a cyber skill development. It will also act as a community hub where users can go and meet with others who might also be interested in a career in cybersecurity....

Jurassic World is a 2015 American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow. It is the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series. The film stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, B. D. Wong, and Irrfan Khan. It has been a mega hit across the world mopping up $1.526 billion upto now. Its popularity means that it has been a choice of torrent pirates and has been the top downloaded torrent since it appeared on the torrent websites....

Paradromics, Inc, a company out of San Jose and Brown University will focus on aspects of hearing and speech, while Columbia University, Fondation Voir et Entendre (The Seeing and Hearing Foundation) in Paris, France, John B. Pierce Laboratory in Connecticut and the University of California, Berkeley, will study vision. NESD is looking to design an “implantable system able to provide precision communication between the brain and the digital world. Such an interface would convert the electrochemical signaling used by neurons in the brain into the ones and zeros that constitute the language of information technology, and do so at far greater scale than is currently possible,” the agency said in a statement on Monday....

$20 Micro Controller can Hijack Computers by Emulating Mouse and Keyboard #USBDrivebyBlind FaithSystems vulnerablePrevious USB Hacks Blind Faith The gadget, dubbed USBdriveby by Kamkar, leverages the fact that many systems blindly trust USB devices connected to them. Once the USB drive is connected to a machine, it can be used to disable firewalls, download malware, change DNS settings or even to the extent of creating a backdoor onto the system. And once the device has been disconnected from the system, the victim machine can be used under attackers command and control....

G-LOC, or G-Induced Loss Of Consciousness, can occur when a pilot pulls such a tight turn that the blood drains from their head, making them pass out. That’s what happened to a U.S. Air Force trainee pilot with the call sign Ocho.G-LOC Ocho was performing some basic exercise drills over the U.S. southwest when he fell unconscious in his F-16 after reaching 8.3G. For an average person, about 5G is enough to make him unconscious....

This technology is much more advance than the previous wireless charging technologies because this will charge up batteries from as far as three feet away. And with this, we enter a complete new era of wireless charging of devices. It is able to charge battery-operated devices like phone, tablets, smart speakers, smart watches, fitness trackers etc. using a technique that Energous compares to Wi-Fi, as long as the battery-operated device has the company’s receivers....

What is Jailbreaking, How does jailbreaking work? Why do jailbreaking? Jailbreaking of iPhones and iPads explainedWhat is jailbreaking?A history of jailbreakingThe results of jailbreakingHow a jailbreak works What is jailbreaking? Jailbreaking is basically used in connection with the iPhone, the most ‘locked down’ of the mobiles on sale today. iOS jailbreaking is the process of removing software restrictions imposed by iOS, Apple Inc’s operating system, on its devices including the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and second-generation Apple TV....

WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging platform that uses end-to-end encryption to protect chats, has gone a step further to add an additional layer of security. WhatsApp has added a fingerprint lock feature to its chats that users will have to use to authenticate the app every time they want to check WhatsApp chats. WhatsApp has rolled out its latest authentication or unlock feature for all beta users on iOS, which is available in the new 2....

At that time it was known that it was just a matter of time when Facebook integrated WhatsApp into its plan of minting money using 1 billion WhatsApp users. WhatsApp Co-founder Jan Koum has written a detailed blog post trying to assuage WhatsApp users frustrations. In the post, Koum said “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA, and we built WhatsApp around the goal of knowing as little about you as possible....

According to WhatsApp, it will no longer support Android phones running OS 4.0.4 and older, and Apple iPhones running iOS 9 or older. In other words, only users with phones supporting Android OS 4.1 and above and iOS 10 and above will be able to use the messaging app. Further, WhatsApp will only run on KaiOS devices running on KaiOS version 2.5. 1 or above starting November 2021, which means JioPhone and JioPhone 2 users can continue to use the app....

The Galaxy Note 7 is the latest in a series of lithium-ion batteries catching fire on products ranging from laptops to hoverboards to airliners. This incident just serves as a reminder that pushing the technology cover can sometimes be difficult. Here are some things to know about the recall and why batteries can be a fire hazard. How do these batteries work and why do they catch fire? A lithium-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode – the anode – to the positive electrode – the cathode – during discharge and back when charging....

But these are murky waters. And the landscape changes quickly. Crucially, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an online community of cybersecurity experts that provides valuable resources to enhance security. And through its regularly updated guidance including the OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks document, developers can limit the risk of, for instance, a data breach or malware attack, pre-emptively. The modern software development market is a competitive one....

In today’s age, every other company is facing a lot of challenges and problems in maintaining a committed, hardworking workforce and sustained productivity. No company can perform better if is not reaching up to the required productivity level or achieving company goals within a given period of time. If a company is not run by a dedicated workforce, it cannot achieve success in the long run. Therefore, it is quite important to take a notice of your employee’s full attention at the workplace....

Wikipedia was started by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in January 2001. The domain Wikipedia.com and Wikipedia.org both went live on January 15, 2001. Till date, over five million articles have been written in the English language version of Wikipedia. Overall, there are around 38 million articles on the Wikipedia domain, in all languages combined with approximately 80,000 volunteer editors contributing to the website. Wikipedia is controlled by Wikimedia Foundation, which is a non-profit foundation to encourage projects in the open source space....

The next version of Windows 10, codenamed Redstone 4, is likely to be called “Spring Creators Update”, which was accidentally leaked by Microsoft as part of the latest Insider Bug Bash announcement post and later tweeted by IT Pro Today’s Rich Hay (@WinObs). — Richard Hay (@WinObs) February 3, 2018 Spring Creators Update will be the third Creators Update and will introduce a series of improvements. The main attraction will be Timeline, which allows you to view your own activity history and resume past activities on your PC....

The new Xiaomi Mi Wi-Fi is said to deliver improved transfer speeds as it aims to provide users a convenient new hub on which they can store their photos and videos. It further offers storage capacity of up to 6TB. Lei Jun, the company’s founder and chairman said that the super sized Mi Wi-Fi is designed to store all pictures in a user’s lifetime. Its previous router offered just 1TB....

However, after the Hacking Team mega breach which happened in the beginning of this month, Netragard has decided to leave the business of buying and selling exploits and vulnerabilities. To fill this space, there is a new entrant in this field, Zerodium, with some familiar names to back it up. Zerodium, is a Zero-day acquisition company launched by Chaouki Bekrar, the founder of VUPEN. VUPEN, a French vulnerability and exploit broker which is known for its research work and development in the field of zero-day exploits....

The discovery set the conspiracy theorists and the online UFO community abuzz agog with many of them challenging NASA to explain away the latest glaring evidence of alien UFO traffic around the ISS. One such space enthusiast, Jadon Beeson has demanded NASA explain a “UFO” after an unexplained patch of light in the shape of a Star Wars spacecraft appeared above the earth during a live feed. Beeson was watching a stream of the International Space Station on his iPhone on Tuesday when a strange object appeared in the background....