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The ground-breaking show, which was launched on September 8, 1966 on NBC, was cancelled three years into its mission. “Star Trek’” showed a utopian future for the universe in which a cast of international fictional characters, including Americans working side-by-side with Russian and Japanese characters in the middle of the Cold War, featured exploration rather than fighting, as well as peace between not only the people of earth and aliens, like the Vulcan character Spock, but also among races on Earth itself....

The new Firefox Developer Edition is not only aimed at for the developers but for privacy concerned users too, Mozilla has added various shortcuts and ease of access in this new version. What’s new in the Firefox Developer Edition A very pleasent new dark theme running through the browser which fits in with the darker looking creative app development tools. Previously available tools which were to be installed using addons are now available inbuilt with additional two latest features added “Valence and WebIDE”....

The new eDP 1.4a standard will replace the 1.4 standard that was released in early 2013. eDP 1.4a enables a “higher video data transfer rate for increased panel resolution, greater color depth and higher refresh rates.” The new technology is well equipped with 8K feature which one day or other will be pushed into the world of laptops, all-in-one PCs and even in mobile devices. 8K displays will support a resolution of 7680 X 4320 pixels....

Check out – How to download and install Fortnite for Android For those unaware, Fortnite Mobile for Android (beta version) was released in August this year alongside Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 in August. However, Android users who wanted to play Fortnite had to sign-up through Epic Games and receive a beta invite to play. The minimum Fortnite Android requirements are 4GB RAM or higher, Android 8.0 or higher, 64 bit, and Adreno 530 or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher....

Foxconn generally hires thousands of temporary employees throughout the peak season to meet the seasonal demand of newly released iPhone models. The company typically renews workers’ contracts every month from August until January. The company then reduces the influx of temporary employees once the demand decreases. However, this time around, Foxconn has cut many of those contract jobs months earlier than expected. Weaker demand for the iPhone throughout late 2018 is believed to be the reason behind the cut....

NBC news has reported that the college police department found the Kappa Delta Rho was allegedly running a secret members only Facebook page and allegedly posted explicit images of female students in unconscious state. The college police department filed a search warrant on 30th Jan, 2015 after being tipped by a former fraternity member. NBC affiliate WJAC reported on Monday that the private groups were accessible to around 144 people who were current members as well as the alumni....

Anonymous hacker going with the handle baahadb from The OutLaws Team, Hacked and defaced Official website of ‘SOFTEN’ https://www.soften.com.tn/, The company which is based on Tunisian-French partnership is specialised in solar energy Production. Hacked website was showing a deface page as shown in the above screenshot, at the time of writing the Article the website was still showing the deface page. Hacked site:https://www.soften.com.tn/ Mirror can be seen here:https://www.add-attack.com/mirror/358357/soften.com.tn/

Well, that’s what Microsoft is trying to do. The software giant is hoping to sway you by paying as much as $650 to get rid of your current MacBook Pro or MacBook Air and “trade up” to a new Surface Book or Surface Pro at a Microsoft Store or via Microsoft.com. Microsoft’s Mac trade-in program is yet another campaign in the company’s buyback battle against Apple. This deal was announced by Microsoft right after Apple’s latest keynote address, where they released the next generation of MacBook Pros....

Kickass visitors on Chrome are notified that “Attackers on kat.cr might attempt to trick you into installing programs that harm your browsing experience (for example, by changing your homepage or showing extra ads on sites you visit).” while the Firefox users are told that “This web page at kat.cr has been reported to contain unwanted software and has been blocked based on your security preferences.” Chrome users can get around this message by clicking Details and then “visit this site” while Firefox users can click “Ignore this warning....

According to the users, the fingerprint scanner on the new Pixel phones is not quick enough to respond to the touch of the user’s finger, which is making it difficult for them to unlock the phone. Now, Google has provided an explanation (although not a convincing one via Engadget) for the sluggish performance of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro fingerprint scanner. It has responded to a complaint tweeted on the Made By Google Twitter account by a user @ianxcom1....

Unfortunately, such tactics aren’t enough to deter cybercriminals. There are still many malware that manages to bypass Google’s security and can inject malicious browser extension. It is also found that cybercriminals also managed to place their malicious extensions in the official Web Store. Things are far from perfect for both Google and user, however. TrendMicro reports that yet another malicious browser Extension has made its way in the Web Store and it’s not a singular event....

All Linux Platforms are vulnerable to the ‘Grinch’ Root Access vulnerabilityExploitation of the logging systemThreat perception Exploitation of the logging system This isn’t the first major vulnerability to be uncovered in Linux. The same researchers had uncovered vulnerabilities in JournalD back in August, 2014, which allowed attackers to hijack the terminal sessions for remote execute commands. Further digging led them to grinch. The vulnerability was found in a Linux authorization system which could give an unauthorized user root access to the system by leveraging “wheel,” a special user group that controls access to the su command and allows one user to operate as if they were another....

All 156 sirens in the city of Dallas that are meant to be used in case of events like a tornado were triggered at 11:42 p.m. CDT on Friday. The sirens finally stopped at 1:17 a.m. CDT on Saturday when engineers had to manually shut them off. As per reports, the city engineers first had to confirm that the sirens were not triggered by an actual event. Once they confirmed it was a hack, they shut it down, but apparently, the culprit kept hacking back into the system thus making the engineer’s work difficult....

For those unaware, earlier this month, Neutrino had hacked a Casio fx-991MS scientific calculator and replaced the small solar panel on the device with a tiny OLED screen, added an ESP8266 Wi-Fi module, a rechargeable battery, and even a messaging functionality without modifying the physical appearance of the calculator. What’s more, the device was also able to communicate with similar devices nearby. The cleverly added electronics can be used to fetch pre-uploaded data from the mobile development platform, Firebase, which could be anything from mathematical formulas to laws, sentences, quotes or anything that could potentially be used to cheat in exams, as highlighted by Gizmodo in an article published on Neutrino’s invention....

However, the social networking giant has now confirmed that the security breach has actually affected nearly 30 million accounts, which is less than the originally estimated 50 million. Additionally, hackers weren’t able to access more sensitive information like password or financial information, as well as third-party apps weren’t affected, the company said. Of the 30 million accounts, hackers were able to successfully access personal information from 29 million Facebook users....

A new website called Hackers List offers users world class hackers for a fee. The Hackers List offers services for wiping out unwanted photos from a website, gaining access to a company’s database or to gain access to somebody’s email accounts. According to reports, in its less than three months of operation, customers requiring hacking skills for rent, have placed more than 500 hacking jobs out to bid on Hacker’s List....

The leaked data includes email addresses, names, Facebook IDs, dates of birth, and phone numbers. Thankfully, these records do not contain user passwords. However, the leaked data is enough to perform spear-phishing and malware scams against victims to steal credentials. — Cyble (@AuCyble) April 20, 2020 Cyble told BleepingComputer that their researchers purchased and verified the database themselves and they are adding details of the affected Facebook accounts to their https://AmIbreached....

Facebook hacking using a forged Microsoft Word documentKnown VulnerabilitiesAftermathBounty Received Ramadan has successfully found vulnerabilities in major service providers like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft etc. and has been rewarded with bug bounty reward by them. Known Vulnerabilities It is a known fact that Facebook does not have the most secure servers in the world. Many people have reported high severity bugs since 2010 and the social network had also patched a dangerous XXE Vulnerability affecting OpenID in late 2013....

V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai is an Indian-born American scientist and entrepreneur. Shiva is notable for his controversial claim to be the “inventor of email”. His claim is based on the electronic mail software he wrote as a New Jersey high school student in the late 1970s, which he called EMAIL. Shiva has since published a book challenging claims that the American computer programmer Ray Tomlinson invented email and asserting his own claim as its creator....