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Hackers hacking an Email Account with Just a Phone Number – PoC Video Security researchers from Symante c have warned Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail users against the ‘Password Recovery Scam’ wherein hackers are using the text messages and social engineering to trick the victims into handing over the details of their email account access to these attackers. Email ID and smartphone numbers are nowadays a part of huge databases which are being sold and bought by various marketing agencies....

Researchers from cybersecurity company Bitdefender have warned that hackers are actively exploiting software cracks in pirated versions of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop CC to empty people’s cryptocurrency wallets. Bitdefender analysts recently uncovered a series of attacks that leverage office tools and image-editing software cracks to compromise computers, hijack crypto-currency wallets, and exfiltrate information via the TOR network. “Once executed, the crack drops an instance of ncat.exe (a legitimate tool to send raw data over the network) as well as a TOR proxy,” said Bitdefender’s Bogdan Botezatu, Director of Threat Research and Reporting and Security Researcher Eduard Budaca in a blog post ....

Change folder colors in Windows Ever get tired seeing a sea of yellow folders on your machine ? Whether you like different colors, folder organization or just plain customization, there would have come a time when you would’ve gotten bored with the monotonous nature of the windows explorer. Mac OS fortunately allows its users to make changes to folders, but Windows lacks it. Fortunately for us though, we live in the internet age....

Netflix is the go-to streaming service for most of us to watch our favorite TV shows and movies. However, many users have encountered the UI-800-3 error when launching Netflix on their Smart TV, even though it works fine on other devices. This issue can be quite frustrating, but don’t worry—I’ve done some thorough research and found several proven solutions to fix it. Before getting into those fixes, let’s first understand what the Netflix UI-800-3 error means and its causes....

Running into problems on Windows 11 wouldn’t be a rare occurrence. It is the latest offering from Microsoft, which has several back-end changes along with some modifications in how things work on the operating system. You can get help in Windows 11 using the in-built mechanism and other avenues in place to get support and/or troubleshoot problems with the PC. There are plenty of reasons why you can face any problem on Windows 11 the most common being a faulty Windows update as Microsoft keeps adding new features and bug fixes which can cause conflict with hardware and software on your device....

Disable this feature to stop your Samsung Smart TV from listening to you We had reported how Samsung’s Smart TV eavesdrops on owners and reports it back to Samsung servers. Samsung had come out with a shocking suggestion that its smart TV owners should not discuss personal information in front of the TV. Samsung warns that customers should “be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition....

What started as a project for vector drawing application on the screen turned into a full-fledged interactive media tool that could be used to stream audio, videos, and animations. It brought Internet users into the age of online games, entertainment applications, and animations on web pages that previously felt incomplete. The world has moved onto HTML5, a new-age markup language that has effectively replaced Adobe Flash. It provides an all round of options from Flash while being fast and mobile-friendly....

Million-dollar question: Should you install Linux on a gaming laptop? Linux was developed by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland. It was inspired by Minix, a small Unix System. It is simply an Operating System. It was introduced in October 1991. The first official version was Linux 0.02. In 2001, 2.4 version was released. It is developed under the GNU license, which allows the source code of Linux to be distributed freely....

New research uncovers that Android lock patterns are easily predictable It is indeed surprising to know that most of the Android lock patterns are predictable because people generally use the most common combinations. Google introduced the Android Lock Patterns (ALPs) or password alternative in 2008, when it introduced its Android Operating system. In Android’s lock-screen pattern system, users just need to draw some lines in between the nodes instead of typing any password or PIN....

Cybercriminals are stepping up their attacks on Mac users, using fake GitHub repositories to spread malware disguised as legitimate apps. Security researchers at LastPass, a freemium password manager that stores encrypted passwords online, have uncovered the widespread campaign, which impersonates well-known companies and apps — from LastPass, 1Password, Dropbox, Notion, Robinhood, Adobe After Effects, and even banks like Citibank. At the heart of the scheme is Atomic Stealer (also known as AMOS), a piece of malware that has been circulating since 2023....

Apple on Wednesday announced its most anticipated revamped MacBook Air 2020 that offers up to 2x faster performance, improved scissor-switch keyboard and twice the storage space. “From students and consumers buying their first computer to customers looking to upgrade, everyone loves the Mac, and they especially love MacBook Air. Today we’re giving it a huge update, with two times faster performance, the new Magic Keyboard, double the storage, a new lower price of $999 and an even lower price of $899 for education,” said Tom Boger, Apple’s Senior Director of Mac and iPad Product Marketing....

Last month, Microsoft had released a new AI-powered writing assistant called ‘Microsoft Editor’ to help users with spelling and grammar in Word. This free grammar and spell-check browser extension and Microsoft’s answer to Grammarly is now available for download on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. “With the release of Microsoft Editor’s standalone browser extension, Editor now moves with you across the web so you can easily write clear, accurate content anywhere you want....

Microsoft recently launched a new website for the Windows UI Library (WinUI) to help develop apps for Windows 10 and Windows 10X. Spotted first by Twitter user Rafael Rivera on Twitter , the website lists the advantages of developing apps with WinUI, including native performance and future-proofing apps. WinUI allows developers to access and use Fluent Design for Windows and native WinUI controls in Win32 apps. It can also be used in any Windows 10 UWP XAML app via NuGet packages, or in a Xamarin or Uno Platform....

Windows 20H1 could likely offer Microsoft Paint and WordPad as “optional features” The latest preview of Windows 10 Insider Build 18963 (20H1) shows that Microsoft is planning to offer both Microsoft Paint (MS Paint) and WordPad as an ‘Optional’ feature. Paint or WordPad could not be uninstalled in earlier versions of Windows 10 or Windows. By adding WordPad and Paint to the list of Optional Features in the upcoming 20H1 update for Windows 10, Build 18963, users can now uninstall these default apps if they do not wish to use these services....

It appears that the Redmond giant has now removed the waitlist and made it available to everyone for immediate access, as spotted by Windows Central. However, those looking to access the GPT-4-powered new Bing search engine must ensure that their device is running the latest version of Microsoft’s Edge browser. Not just this, Microsoft also recently confirmed that its new AI-powered Bing search engine is already using OpenAI’s latest language model, GPT-4 ....

Nintendo, the Japanese gaming giant, on Tuesday, revealed that another 140,000 Nintendo accounts have been breached in addition to those compromised since the beginning of April. For those unaware, back in April , Nintendo had confirmed that at least 160,000 user accounts that use a Nintendo Network ID (NNID) to login to their Nintendo Account were affected by the breach. Nintendo is no longer allowing NNID logins on the Switch....

HMD To Relaunch Nokia’s N-Series N70, N80, N90, N91 and N92 Smartphones At MWC 2017 but with Android 7.10 Nougat This news will make some Nokia users nostalgic!!! If reports are to be believed, HMD Global Company is preparing to relaunch the once famous “ N Series ” at Nokia’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) event that kicks off on February 27. The new Nokia N series smartphones are rumored to consist of five new smartphones –N70, N80, N90, N91 and N92....

According to reliable dark web marketplace data, more than 101,000 ChatGPT user accounts have been stolen by information-stealing malware over the time span of a year. Info stealers such as Raccoon, Vidar, and RedLine are mainly responsible for these breaches. Group-IB said in a report shared with The Hacker News stated that, “The number of available logs containing compromised ChatGPT accounts reached a peak of 26,802 in May 2023.” “The Asia-Pacific region has experienced the highest concentration of ChatGPT credentials being offered for sale over the past year....

To mark Pokémon’s 26 th anniversary, The Pokémon Company announced two new open-world games, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, which will arrive exclusively for the Nintendo Switch system in late 2022. The announcement was made during a special Pokémon Presents video presentation streamed online to fans around the world on Pokémon Day to celebrate the launch of the original Pokémon games on February 27, 1996, a day that marked the beginning of the Pokémon series....

In one of the biggest cybercrime crackdowns of the year, international authorities have taken down three massive credit card fraud and money-laundering rings responsible for defrauding over 4.3 million cardholders across 193 countries. The coordinated operation, code-named “Operation Chargeback,” has so far led to 18 arrests and exposed losses exceeding €300 million ($344 million), according to Europol. November 4 Operation Germany On the Offensive November 4 Operation Led by the Cybercrime Department (Landeszentralstelle Cybercrime) of the General Prosecutor’s Office (Generalstaatsanwaltschaft) in Koblenz, Germany, and the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt), the November 4 operation brought together agencies from nine countries — including the United States, Canada, Singapore, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands....