Parrot Security on Thursday announced the release of Parrot 4.9, an important new version of its security-oriented GNU / Linux distribution for penetration testing and ethical hacking along with newly added Linux 5.5 and hardware support. What’s New In Parrot OS 4.9? Parrot Security OS 4.9 Download Or Upgrade What’s New In Parrot OS 4.9? Parrot Security OS 4.9 introduces a new, more friendly installer and a new look and feel to the login screen, to make the system more appealing to newcomers and more comfortable for those users already aboard....

Pentagon on Monday officially released three unclassified videos that show the encounter of U.S Navy pilots with unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Two of the three released videos were taken in January 2015 and the third was taken in 2004. These videos go by the name of “FLIR.mp4,” “GOFAST.wmv,” and “GIMBAL.wmv.” While two of the videos were first published by the New York Times in 2017, the third was published by the To The Stars Academy in 2018, a UFO research group created by former Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge....

Yes, you read it right. One of the popular programming languages “PHP”, was flawed with some multiple code execution issue. But now it is fixed with it’s latest patch release rolled out by PHP maintainers. The patch was released to fix multiple vulnerabilities which were resided in its core and bundled libraries. The most risky one could have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and compromise targeted servers. This is something very serious because PHP is a server-side web programming language that powers over 78 percent of the internet today....

Last month, Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria, brother of the late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, announced a Samsung Galaxy Fold-lookalike foldable smartphone, the Escobar Fold 2 for $399. For those unaware, back in December, Pablo’s brother had launched another foldable smartphone, the Escobar Fold 1 that looked eerily similar to the Royale Flexpai for $349. But many weeks down the line, the company has yet to ship this device to users who have paid for it....

Sony finally revealed the much-awaited next-generation console, PlayStation 5 (PS5) at “The Future of Gaming” event on June 11. The PS5 console features a white-and-black design aesthetics that match the new DualSense controller, complete with blue accent lighting. Sony’s PlayStation 5 will be available in two variants. One model will be a standard model with a 4K Blu-ray drive, while the other model called ‘PlayStation 5 Digital Edition’ will lack a disc drive, which means that it will only be able to play downloaded digital games....

In a dramatic takedown that stunned investigators, Spanish authorities have arrested a 19-year-old hacker in Igualada, Barcelona, accusing him of orchestrating one of the largest data theft operations uncovered this year. The suspect, arrested in Igualada, Barcelona, is accused of allegedly infiltrating the systems of nine different companies, and quietly extracting a massive database of 64 million personal records — then attempting to sell them on underground hacker forums to the highest bidder....

19-year-old teenager topped the charts for making millions from ethical hacking HackerOne, a vulnerability coordination, and bug bounty platform announced that an Argentina-based teenager has become the first hacker for making over $1 million in bounty payout awards. Santiago Lopez, a 19-year-old, a self-taught hacker from native Argentina, who goes by the handle @try_to_hack on HackerOne, started reporting security vulnerabilities by joining the platform in 2015 at the age of 16....

Trello, a popular online task-management website that organizes to-do lists and coordinates team tasks, has been found exposing a huge trove of private data to the public, according to a report from Naked Security . While the default setting for Trello boards is set to ‘private’, several users change them to ‘public’, which means that the content posted there can be viewed by anyone. When a Trello board is made public, a search engine such as Google is efficient at getting the content of that board into its index....

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday charged 12 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in extensive cyber espionage operations on behalf of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and Ministry of State Security (MSS), for targeting over 100 U.S. organizations, including the Department of the Treasury. The suspects include two MPS officers, eight employees of an ostensibly private People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) company, Anxun Information Technology Co. Ltd. (?...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), along with the Attorneys General of eight states on Tuesday filed an antitrust suit against Google over dominance in the digital advertising market, which is harmful to competition. The eight states taking part in the antitrust suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, include California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia. The federal lawsuit accuses Google of engaging in a course of anticompetitive and exclusionary conduct over the past 15 years that consisted of “neutralizing or eliminating” ad tech competitors through acquisitions, forcing ad buyers and sellers to use its products by making it difficult to use products that other competitors might offer....

The UK government issued a fresh warning on Monday about the persistent cyberattacks by Russian-aligned hacktivist groups, cautioning that local government authorities and operators of critical national infrastructure remain prime targets. In a new alert , the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, said these groups are carrying out disruptive denial-of-service (DoS) attacks designed to overwhelm websites and take online services offline, thereby preventing the public from accessing essential information and support....

On both Windows and Mac computers, keyboard shortcuts come in quite handy for making various functions on your computer simple to do. The undo and redo shortcut keys, however, are among the most significant and useful keyboard shortcuts on Excel, Word, Windows PC, or MAC. The undo option is used to reverse the action(s) you’ve just performed in any program on your PC, while the redo option reverses the undo action....

Valve, a U.S.-based video game developer and hardware studio, is apparently developing a Nintendo Switch-like portable gaming PC, according to a report from ArsTechnica citing multiple sources familiar with Valve’s plans. According to the publication, Valve has reportedly been working on a new handheld gaming computer codenamed “SteamPal”, or Neptune, for some time now. Also, Steam’s latest client beta showing references to both “SteamPal” and “SteamPal Games” was found by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik pointing towards new hardware....

Data storage giant Western Digital Corp. last month confirmed that an “unauthorized third party” had exfiltrated data from its systems during a “network security incident” on March 26, 2023. Upon discovery of the incident, the PC storage company said that it had implemented incident response efforts and began an investigation with the assistance of leading outside security and forensic experts. Now, Western Digital has provided an update on the network security incident involving some of its systems and its consequences....

WhatsApp, the popular Meta-owned instant messaging platform, has rolled out a fresh new update for Android users by introducing 18 additional color options for chat themes. This addition of 18 colors brings a fresh layer of personalization to the messaging app, allowing users to enhance their chat experience through visual customization. WABetaInfo , a reputable WhatsApp tipster publication, has discovered 18 additional color options for chat themes in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2....

WhatsApp keeps updating its broad list of features frequently. The global media player built-in on WhatsApp was rolled out for its desktop app as well as iOS app although this left Android users in the dark. Cut to now, WhatsApp is testing out this global media player feature on its Android apps although it is still in a beta phase and limited in the rollout. WhatsApp Android App Gets Global Media Player When Will I Get The Feature?...

After Android magic mirrors, behold the new Windows 10 magic mirror Magic mirrors is something that we have seen quite often but this time, its Microsoft that is going to be placing its OS on a mirror, but with a twist. One of the things that the company has done well is added some personalization through the company’s facial recognition software. With huge monetary resources at its disposal, we cannot see why Microsoft will not be able to pull this off....

Microsoft has confirmed that a new bug in Windows 11 24H2 is automatically increasing the audio volume level to 100%. According to a recently updated support document quietly published this week, the issue reportedly occurs on Windows 11, version 24H2 gaming PCs using an external USB digital audio converter (DAC) sound system. More specifically, users may experience 100-level audio issues when any of the following criteria are met: You use the Creative Sound BlasterX G6 USB digital audio converter (DAC)....

Users who have just shifted to Windows 11 should know about this issue that has been confirmed by Microsoft. Display colors on monitors with HDR appear slightly off as Windows 11 has some issues with the color profiles adjustment. Windows users are reporting whitish or yellowish images on white backgrounds when using any kind of image editing apps. Microsoft has officially acknowledged the issue on their knowledge-base website. After installing Windows 11, some image editing programs might not render colors correctly on certain HDR displays....

Microsoft has confirmed that the latest version of the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) is malfunctioning on devices running Windows 10 22H2. The tool, intended for downloading Windows and creating bootable USB drives or DVDs, may abruptly close without displaying any error message when used on these systems. The timing cannot be anymore perfect. It has happened on the eve of End of Life for Windows 10. This follows Microsoft’s earlier confirmation that, after the release of Windows 11 25H2, the Media Creation Tool has stopped working on ARM64 devices....