Using Blockchain Technology To Solve Identity Management Problems Techworm

Centralized identity management systems are beset with many challenges that make them prone to various security and administrative complications. The deficiencies of centralized systems For instance, storing sensitive data of individuals in a particular location or server makes storage platform a prime target for hackers and identity thieves. There is also the risk of loss of identity in the case of eventualities like a system crash, or identity mismanagement by insincere administrators who may employ client information for non-permitted uses....

January 20, 2023 · 3 min · 628 words · Nancy Jeanbaptiste

Using Vpn In Uae Could Get You In Prison A Fine Upto 545000 Techworm

The UAE previously had a law covering the use of VPNs as part of an internet crime, but the UK-based VPN and privacy advocate Private Internet Access said that this change is enabled to go after anyone and everyone who uses VPNs to access blocked services, which is basically the fraudulent use of an IP address. VPNs give users the option to connect to private networks all over the world and hide their exact locations using proxy servers and connections....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 391 words · Bernard Cortes

Vivo Ifea Concept Phone Has Detachable Camera That Can Be Remote Controlled

The highlight of the concept smartphone is the front-facing camera that can be detached from the body of the device and be controlled with the main smartphone or voice commands. Since the camera module on the Vivo IFEA is detachable, it allows the OEM to achieve the minimum bezel, all-screen design. Moreover, the modular camera can also be used as a separate device, separately from the host smartphone. “IFEA integrates enhanced user-friendly shooting features with the smartphone....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 289 words · Carol Wortman

Vivo Xplay5 Elite Makes Its Debut With 6Gb Of Ram And Snapdragon 820 Processor Techworm

The Xplay5 features the Snapdragon 652 SoC with a modest 4GB of RAM, while the Xplay5 Elite is the first smartphone in the world to offer 6GB of RAM. The all-metallic Xplay5 Elite offers Qualcomm’s latest SoC, the Snapdragon 820, clocked at 2.15GHz. The smartphone also features a 5.43-inch Super AMOLED display with dual-curved edges and comes with 128GB internal storage along with an improved audio via added DAC chips and amplifiers....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 282 words · Anna Long

Was Powering Up Of Beams At Cern Responsible For The Nepal Earthquake

Below is the youtube video which has a conspiracy theory for your view: https://youtu.be/xN6fDP9lHK8 On April 25, 2015, Nepal was hit by a 7.8 Ritcher scale earthquake killing more than 7,000 people and injuring more than twice the number that occurred at 11:56 NST. Its central point lay in Barpak village of Gorkha district and its underground focus point was at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the most powerful natural calamity to hit Nepal since the Nepal–Bihar earthquake in 1934....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 234 words · Wilma Bedard

We Finally May Be Able To Break The Second Law Of Thermodynamics Techworm

In modern physics, the laws of thermodynamics are some of the most important principles because they define how three fundamental physical quantities – temperature, energy, and entropy (disorder) – behave under different kinds of circumstances. According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, entropy in the universe must always increase. According to their research paper published in Scientific Reports, the researchers have developed a theoretical model where the Second Law is violated on a molecular level....

January 20, 2023 · 3 min · 465 words · Wade Futch

Website Of Hobart Airport In Australia Hacked By Is Supporters

The airport security team noticed the breach at around 5.30 am today morning and immediately took the website offline. The police are investigating into the hacking and stated that all websites on the particular host that Hobart Airport website was hosted have been hacked with a similar message. Tasmania Police say the hacking appears to be “non-discriminately” with identical messages posted on websites worldwide that use the same web hosts as the the airport....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 216 words · Carol Wilson

Western Digital S Sandisk Launches World S Fastest 256Gb Microsd Card Techworm

It offers transfer and write speeds of up to 100MB/s and 90MB/s respectively making it capable of transferring a full HD movie in under 45 seconds. Users can record an estimated 14 hours of 4K UHD video on the 256GB card, making it ideal for high-performance drones, action cameras, and 4K-capable smartphones, among other devices. The company also introduced another 256GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition, the first 256GB card enhanced for mainstream Android-based smartphone and tablet users with read speeds of up to 95MB/s....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 411 words · Megan Verstraete

Whatsapp Phone Numbers Of Around 500 Million Users Up For Sale

In a recent breach of data security, a threat actor has put up approximately 500 million phone numbers of active WhatsApp users for sale on a well-known hacking community forum. The database apparently contains data from WhatsApp users belonging to 84 countries. Meta-owned WhatsApp is one of the biggest messaging platforms with around 2 billion users across the globe, which means the database allegedly contains the phone numbers of one-quarter of WhatsApp users....

January 20, 2023 · 3 min · 436 words · Thomas Mccluskey

Whatsapp To Share Your User Data With Facebook Techworm

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....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 320 words · Johnson Shipe

Whatsapp To Start Showing Ads In Status Section

The move is seen as part of Facebook’s monetization efforts for WhatsApp. “Around monetization plans for WhatsApp, we already announced that we are going to be putting ads in ‘Status’. So that is going to be a primary monetization mode for the company as well as an opportunity for businesses to reach people on WhatsApp,” WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels said,” Daniels said. For those unaware, the Status feature is WhatsApp version of Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram stories that allows users to share photos, text, videos, and animated GIFs that disappear after 24 hours....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 246 words · Nathan Oroark

Windows 10 Hack Unlock Secret Dark Theme In Windows 10 With This Registry Hack

If you want that particular dark and broody theme, you will have to tinker around with the Windows Registry setting a little bit. So the statutory warning goes that if you are not aware of registry settings, kindly dont touch them. Tinkering the settings can be potentially dangerous and it is always better to take a backup of your data on external storage. Now that we have done with the warning part, tinkering a little bit with the Windows 10 registry lets you can unlock a whole new look for the operating system, taking Windows 10 to the dark side....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 278 words · Rachel Ackerman

Windows 10 Kb4549951 Update Causing Serious Problems Fixes

However, the once affected by this update are facing severe problems like Blue Screen Of Death. Moreover, many users are unable to install this update on their computers. So here’s everything you need to know about the new Windows 10 KB4549951 updates. Windows 10 KB4549951 Update: New Features Before sharing the problems caused by Windows 10 KB4549951 Update, let’s enumerate the new features and fixes offered by this update. The latest Windows update is dedicated to Windows 10, version 1909, and Windows 10, version 1903....

January 20, 2023 · 3 min · 572 words · Willie Giese

Windows 10 October 2018 Update Build 17763 104 Released To Insiders

This cumulative update KB4464455 that brings the build number up to 17763.104 comes after the file deletion bug that saw Microsoft pausing the rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 update to the public. The new update adds no new features. According to Microsoft, the Cumulative Update contains the following fixes: We have fixed the issue where the incorrect details were being shown in Task Manager under the “Processes” tab. We fixed an issue where in certain cases IME would not work in the first process of a Microsoft Edge user session....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 235 words · Jean Hubbard

Windows Kb5012170 Update Causing Pcs To Boot Into Bitlocker Recovery

Secure Boot is a security feature that protects the boot process of the system. However, bootloaders have vulnerabilities that could be exploited by threat actors to bypass Secure Boot protection and execute infected code when the operating system starts. To fix these vulnerabilities, Microsoft added the signatures of the known vulnerable UEFI modules to UEFI Revocation List, also known as the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database (DBX), thus avoiding them from being used with Secure Boot....

January 20, 2023 · 3 min · 451 words · Jeff Owens

Wordpress Plugins That Promise The World Techworm

Why choosing a WordPress Plugin for SEO is probably wrongSearch Engine RankingWordPress PluginExpert AdviceProfessional ProductAutorespondersWordPress PluginExpert AdviceProfessional ProductDoing it All Yourself It costs $9. Really? They would sell the golden goose for $9? WordPress plugins do add essential functionality to those of us who have WordPress websites. Many free plugins do a great job, but can they compare to the professional services that they purport to replace? Let’s see. Search Engine Ranking This is the Holy Grail....

January 20, 2023 · 4 min · 819 words · Samuel Goodman

World S First Cyber Flashing London Woman Receives A Picture Of Man Privates

Lorraine Crighton-Smith, a resident of London received the NSFW picture during her journey on a train in South London. The world’s first cyber flasher used AirDrop feature in iPhone to send her this image. AirDrop feature is designed to share pictures between friends with ease but at the same time it can be used by anyone to send images to people in close vicinity. Crighton-Smith, 34, told the BBC that she had felt “violated” by the picture....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 366 words · Kim Robertson

Xiaomi Mi 4I With Octa Core Soc To Be Launched At Global Mi Phone Premier In India On April 23 Event

— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) April 10, 2015 The Mi 4i iteration was spotted by a Chinese website MyDrivers on Singapore’s Infocomm Development authority (IDA) database, and also on GeekBench, a benchmarking website over the weekend. As per the GeekBench listing, the Xiaomi Mi 4i is a Android 5.0.2 Lollipop based smartphone. It is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.65GHz. It is powered by 2GB RAM and has 16GB of internal storage with a microSD slot for expansion of memory....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 255 words · Matthew Davis

Xiaomi To Send 100 000 Banned Redmi Note 3G Phones Back To Hong Kong

Justice Mukta Gupta who was on the vacation bench finalized this judgement, and asked Xiaomi to return over 100,000 3G handsets to their point of origin in Hong Kong, after Swedish telecom Ericsson agreed to the arrangement. The Court also directed Xiaomi to keep a proper inventory of the handsets, which are currently lying unused with Flipkart through which the Chinese company sells its phones under an exclusive arrangement. Advocate Ajit Warrier, appearing on behalf of the Chinese firm, said its phones like Redmi Note, which run on a MediaTek processor, have been forbidden from sale in India by the high court....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · Joyce Gill

Yahoo Aol Visitors Impacted By Malware In Ads Ransomware In Action

Researchers at proofpoint who reported the malvertising campaign said the malware did not even need a click to get it installed, it automatically get installed using a vulnerability in older version of Flash Players. Once the malware infects the victims computer it encrypts the victims hard drive and asks for a Ransom to be delivered over the internet in exchange for the decryption of the victims files to their original state....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 225 words · Darrell Perrella