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New Google Chrome Bug Allows Hackers to Pirate Netflix Movies
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Content piracy is one of the major things that are setting back the digital entertainment industry. However, the major players in the industry have devised means to combat this behavior using a tool known as digital rights management or simply as…
OpenSSL vulnerability allows hackers to read 64k of memory on target server
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A potentially critical security vulnerability in OpenSSL has been discovered that allows an attacker to read up to 64kilobytes of memory from the server running a vulnerable OpenSSL version. As a normal user, you may not aware what is OpenSSL. It…
Google Chrome vulnerability allows Websites to Eavesdrop on You
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Just imagine, you are sitting in front of your laptop and your laptop is listening to your nearby conversations. What if the recorded audio from the system’s microphone is being instantly uploaded to a malicious website?Google has created a speech-recognition Application…
Facebook makes changes to its iOS app, allows profile picture to be replaced by a video loop and more
Just because you’re the most popular app in the world doesn’t mean that you should rest on your laurels. Facebook, which is the most popular mobile app based on comScore’s latest survey, is making some changes and is starting with its iOS app. One change allows members to replace a…
Google allows Project Fi subscribers to finance the Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P over 24 months
Move over Nexus 6. As soon as they are released, the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P will be compatible with Google’s Project Fi wireless service, along with the Motorola built 6-inch stock Android phone. A hybrid carrier, Project Fi allows Nexus 6 users to make and take calls and go…
Microsoft to eliminate an exploit that allows Android to run on Windows 10 Mobile
If Microsoft wasn’t so adamant about preventing one Android based bug from being exploited by Windows 10 Mobile users, those provided the right tools from Microsoft would be able to run Android on their Windows 10 Mobile powered handsets. Think about all of those Android flavored apps not available for…
Netflix now allows iOS users to subscribe to the service “in-app”
An update to the iOS version of the Netflix app now makes it easier for iPhone and iPad users to become participants in the latest American sporting activity: binge watching television series. With the update, iOS users can now subscribe to Netflix from inside the app. Thankfully, Netflix decided that…
Update to Instagram allows you to post pictures and videos in portrait or landscape
Huey Lewis sang that it’s “Hip to be square,” but not if you’re an Instagram user. Those who are subscribers to the picture-sharing app are so sick of squares, that they are probably ecstatic to hear about today’s news. An update to Instagram now allows users to post their photographs…
‘Stagefright’ exploit allows hackers to take over Android phones
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Relatively new, the ‘Stagefright’ exploit allows a hacker to take over a vulnerable Android phone just by sending you an MMS message with a video embedded – if you play the video – the hacker can access your phone. Back in…