Now, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall affecting 2.8 million Samsung Electronics Co. washing machines, as more than 700 reports of excessive vibration on the machines or the top detaching and nine reports of injuries including a broken jaw were reported, said the agency on Friday. The recall affects 34 top-loading models sold at various stores starting in 2011. According to a US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announcement, “The washing machine top can unexpectedly detach from the washing machine chassis during use, posing a risk of injury from impact....

The website of American Choral Directors Association is still vulnerable to Sql Injection. Don’t be a silent user let us know what do you think about it in comments below 🙂

Anonymous Philippines, a branch of the online hacktivist group, hacked into the COMELEC website on March 27, and left a defacement message on the site warning of a possible fraud during next month’s election before removing the defacement message two days later. The hackers also posted a video on social media, warning officials not to tamper with the public’s vote and claim they only want fair elections. Speaking in the video, Anonymous said: “COMELEC, it is your mandate to protect the integrity of our votes....

The #OpIcarus was relaunched by Anonymous in March 2016. Anonymous says that the banks and financial giants are involved in corruption and OpIcarus operation is a means to to register their protest against such crony capitalism. The Anonymous also released a video announcing the attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf6JGltELzQ&feature=youtu.be In a statement released on Facebook, Anonymous said, Coming back to the DDoS attack on the Bank of Greece website, the website still seems to be under attack at the time of writing this article....

Guang Gong a security researcher from Quihoo 360 found the security vulnerability in Google’s Chrome browser for Android, which he recently presented during the MobilePwn2Own event at the PacSec security conference in Tokyo. According to Gong, the vulnerability, if exploited, can allow the potential hacker to take the administrative control of the Android smartphone and install any malicious App or APK. While Gong has not made the inner workings of the exploit public, it is known that his vulnerability leverages JavaScript v8 to gain full administrative access to the victim’s phone....

With the launch of Apple Music today, Apple has finally stepped into the streaming music game world. The new service is ready for use as a built-in part of its iOS 8.4 Music app for iPhone and iPad devices, and presents a huge list of items of on-demand tracks for streaming playback for just $9.99 per month, or $14.99 for a family plan which let’s sharing with up to six users....

This was revealed by Russian provider of iPhone hacking tools, Elcomsoft, who said that anyone who buys an iPhone/iPad is automatically saving such data to the iCloud and there was no way to turn it off bar shutting down iCloud Drive altogether. And this is done without the iPhone/iPad owner’s permission. The call log includes phone numbers, dates, and length of calls, the Russian security firm said. “There is no way to hide your calls from government requests other than disabling iCloud Drive,” wrote Vlatamir Katalov, CEO of Elcomsoft, in a company blog post....

For those unaware, Apple offers a one-year free trial of its streaming service for anyone purchasing a new iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV or Mac. Customers need to redeem the offer within the first 90 days of purchase via the Apple TV app. The latest announcement now allows anyone with an Apple TV+ subscription whose free trial period is scheduled to end between now through June 2021 to enjoy their favorite shows as well as upcoming ones until July 2021....

In an exclusive interview with ABC News this Wednesday, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said that iPhone users will soon be able to turn off the power management feature on their devices that slows down iPhones when batteries are low on charge. According to Cook, the upcoming update will shows users the health of their batteries and how much they are reducing the performance. Users will also be able to decide whether they would like their iPhones to slow down and save battery life....

The four big banks involved are the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac and the ANZ Bank. These banks’ millions of customers have been put at risk by the malware which infects devices and hides from the user, waiting for the moment when a user opens the banking apps. Millions of customers using applications from Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank and ANZ Bank are all at risk of the malware, known as Android/Spy....

He, however, will continue to serve as a technology adviser to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. For those unaware, Gates runs one of the world’s largest charities, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), with his wife Melinda. Launched in 2000, the primary goals of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and, in the U.S., to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology....

This vulnerability’s main problem lies in the fact that Google lets the “continue=[link]” as a parameter in the login page URL that conveys the Google server where to redirect the user after it has been authorized. Google has restricted its usage only to google.com domains using the “.google.com/” rule, where * is a wildcard, as it has expected that this parameter may result in security concerns. Woods determined that this implied that drive....

According to reports both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Destiny were affected by the DDOS attack. A DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is an attempt to make the service from a network unavailable through multiple requests. In this method hackers commonly uses botnets to flood the server with get request which the servers cant cope up with, causing data overload and service disruption. Several Gamers reported that they lost their connections to the servers in the middle of the game, with a error message which read “cattle” on the disconnection message....

As our brains are hardwired to judge on the visual aspects of a person, company, and their actions, we can be persuaded into purchasing products and services through the medium of advertising alone. Striking images can attract the eyes like almost nothing else. Pictures from Focused Collection are a strong example of a company who further this point. For almost every adult over a certain age will tell you, sometimes “impulse buys” happen....

This news will more then confirm the concerns raised by many users and security experts about the security of IP enabled devices like routers, modems, printers and even cameras. Context made their findings public on their web blog not surprisingly heading it as ‘Hacking Canon Pixma Printers – Doomed Encryption’ The researchers gained complete access to the Canon Prima printer at a unknown location that they were also able to use up ink by printing test pages via the web interface....

Capcut is one of the most feature-packed all-in-one video editing apps that can help you produce high-quality videos. Additionally, the easy-to-apply effects and presets make the entire editing process a breeze. If you love uploading TikTok Videos and Instagram Reels then you should definitely Download Capcut On PC. Earlier there was no official Capcut app for PC and the only possible way to download Capcut on PC was by using an emulator....

One of the most valued qualities of society is privacy. Sending private messages or carrying out financial transactions without the fear of being observed remains at the heart of many government, commercial and military activities. Quantum cryptography is that one technology that lets this to be done in a better way, and it needs a very strong source of random numbers. Although, there is a glitch to it. It is very difficult to generate random numbers in large quantities....

A team of engineers at the University of Austin, led by Goodenough, has developed the world’s first low-cost all-solid-state battery that holds three times more energy than Li-ion battery. The research has been published in the journal of Energy & Environmental Science. The solid state battery is not only safe but also has a long cycle life, a high volumetric energy density and fast rates of charge and discharge. In Li-ion battery, liquid electrolytes are used to transport the ions between positive and negative sides of the battery....

Apple released its open-sourced lossless audio compressions dubbed ALAC back in 2011 and has been updating the same with constant security fixes and more. However, some of the vendors have stuck to not upgrading this codec, and unfortunately, that includes Qualcomm and MediaTek. For context, these are two of the largest chipset makers and with a heavy share of units out in the market. The ALAC coded flaw on Android As per the details available at the moment, the vulnerability found in ALAC format involves an attacker releasing an executable code on the target device....