Facebook Is Working On An Ad Free Subscription Based Version

As per rumors in the past, Facebook has considered the idea of paid- subscription before as well, however, this time there’s more internal momentum to pursue it, which is mainly because the company is facing a crisis of public trust after the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. It is a known fact that Facebook has been the leading platform for social media advertising and marketing due to its enormous online audience and high user engagement rates....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 235 words · Maxine Johnson

Facebook Users And Redditors Solve The 20 Year Old Mystery Of A Dead Teen Techworm

Thanks to these Facebook and Reddit users, twenty years after the van he was in ran off the road in Northern Virginia, the teenager known only as “Grateful Doe” finally has a name. Due to the their efforts, Grateful Doe has now been identified as 19 year old Jason Callahan from South Carolina. Both the Virginia Medical Examiner’s office and the US National Missing and Unidentified Persons System confirmed that Grateful Doe is 19-year-old Jason Callahan – the man first identified by the online sleuths on Reddit and Facebook almost a year ago....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 561 words · Ralph Reynolds

Fake Msi Afterburner Download Webpage Is Spreading Malware

Using Afterburner you can set clock speeds for the GPU and memory, adjust the voltage, and monitor the temperature of the card. In a nutshell, Afterburner allows users to run a GPU at its full potential. In addition to MSI Graphics cards, Afterburner can also be used with cards from other GPU manufacturers. Amid the rise of cryptocurrency miners, MSI has alerted users about a malicious software that is being disguised as the official MSI Afterburner software....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 269 words · Beatrice Campbell

Fake Netflix App On Google Play Store Spreads Malware Via Whatsapp

This unique method enables threat actors to distribute phishing attacks, spread false information or steal credentials and data from users’ WhatsApp accounts, and more. Called ‘FlixOnline’, the app is a fake service that claims to allow users to view Netflix content from all around the world on their mobiles for free. However, instead of allowing the mobile user to view Netflix content, the app monitors the user’s WhatsApp notifications and sends automatic replies to incoming messages using content that it receives from a remote command and control (C&C) server....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 514 words · Christina Crowe

Fake Voice Chat Website For Steam Gaming Serves Up Spyware

Malware discovery dedicated website, Malwarebytes has discovered a fake Steam Community URL, steamccommynity(.)com. The website, Malwarebytes says, replicates the Razer Comms website and offers phishing links masquerading as click-throughs to various in-game items for Steam users. Malwarebytes notes that the website is not quite done as of yet and contains a lot of errors, which is why it has failed in its spyware mission. Malwarebytes said that the malware on the website is similar to a file associated with password theft on VirusTotal....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 230 words · Darlene Long

Fake Windows 11 Installers Are Infecting Users With Malware

Though Windows 11 will officially become available to the general public in 2021, many enthusiasts are using alternative methods to get Windows 11 on their devices and getting malware instead. According to a report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, these fake Windows 11 installers that guarantee users to bypass Microsoft’s Insider testing ring contain malware and adware. “Although Microsoft has made the process of downloading and installing Windows 11 from its official website fairly straightforward, many still visit other sources to download the software, which often contains unadvertised goodies from cybercriminals (and isn’t necessarily Windows 11 at all),” Anton Ivanov, vice president of threat research at Kaspersky, stated in a blog post....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 357 words · Laurence Bolton

Fappening 2 0 Continued Miley Cyrus Rosario Dawson Suki Waterhouse Nude Photos Leaked Online Techworm

After a lull of two weeks, we now have new Fappening leaks. The fappening 2.0 hackers had gone silent after leaking the nude images of English television presenter and model, Holly Willoughby on 24th March. Now after nearly two weeks, hackers have leaked nude images of Miley Cyrus, Rosario Dawson, and Suki Waterhouse. Though most reports haven’t linked this set of nude leaks to Fappening 2.0, the modus operandi of the leaks suggest them to be the work of the same Fappening hacker....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 372 words · Crystal Baird

First Hologram Protest In History Against Spain S Draconian Gag Law

What do the Spanish citizens do about this horrendous gag law. They decide to protest via holograms just circumventing the “triad gag” legislation. Spanish citizens held the first hologram protest in history in order to protest without violating the new draconian guidelines of the National Security Act, the new amendments to the Penal Code and the Anti-terror law. A video released to make the Spanish citizens aware of the movement called “Hologramas para la Libertad” states that “If you are a person you can not express yourself freely, you can only do that here if you become a hologram....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 240 words · Richard Bowen

Fortnite Apk Download For Android How To Run It Working

In this beautiful era of PUBG, another amazing game called Fortnite made an entry in the android market. Also Read- Fortnite for Android | How to Download and Install it Unlike Apple, which only allows apps to be downloaded from its own Appstore, Google’s platform is more open. After April, Fortnite raised an urge among Android users and the reason is that it was only available for iOS users before....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 529 words · John Calvillo

Fortnite Apk Leak Hints At Samsung Galaxy Apps Store Availability

“Fortnite will be coming to all Android devices that are capable of running it stable and with good performance. Stay tuned for details of the launch timing,” Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said. Later, Epic Games’ CEO had also confirmed that Fortnite Mobile on Android won’t be available from the Google Play Store, as the company did not want to give 30% of its revenue by distributing the app via the Play Store....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 316 words · Mia Credi

Fortnite For Android To Come As Galaxy Note 9 Exclusive At Launch

While “Fortnite” has been available for iOS devices since March, it is yet to be launched on Android devices. However, in May this year, Epic Games had announced that they would be bringing the insanely popular battle royale game “Fortnite” on Android this summer. In a separate report, a source also told XDA, that Samsung is interested in advertising the Galaxy Note 9 as a gaming smartphone and the device is going to be the first phone to launch and have Fortnite Mobile on it....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 272 words · Robert Ward

Get Google Assistant On Normal Non Pixel Android Smartphone With This Hack Techworm

However, if you wish to jump the line and install Google Assistant on your Android smartphone there is a hack for it thanks to the guys at XDA Forums. According to a post on XDA Forums, if your phone is rooted and you have version 6.5.35.21 or newer of the Google app, you can get Google Assistant on your smartphone. There are two ways of doing it Method 1: Manual editing You can edit a file with the name of build....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 234 words · Patrick Thrasher

Google Is Testing Android 5 1 1 Lollipop Update Fixes The Memory Leak Bug That Crashed Apps And Made Android Smartphones Slow

In the last few days there have been a couple of unsubstantiated murmurs about an incremental update for Android 5.1.1 being in the works. Now confirmed (thanks Andrew for the tip) to be the case, on the Android Audio latency page the Nexus 7 and Nexus 9 are listed as having Android 5.1.1 as their latest build and the SDK Manager on Android Studio, API22 includes reference to Android 5....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 630 words · Mary Diaz

Google Maps Hack Shows Edward Snowden Bang In The Middle Of Washington Dc In White House

The last place on earth you would expect to see Edward Snowden is smack dab in the middle of the White House – yet, thanks to a Google Maps hack, that’s exactly where he appears to be at least on the Internet. Google Maps is currently listing a fake business, using the guise of a snowboard shop, called “Edwards Snow Den.” But the location was cleverly marked as 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20500, known to the world as the resident of worlds most powerful man, the White House....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 227 words · Bobbie Wyatt

Google Removes Pirate Bay Apps From Google Play Store

In the major blow to its Android App developers, Google has removed several popular Pirate Bay apps from the Play Store. An email sent to developers claims that the apps violate intellectual property provisions of Google’s content policy. Google’s more comes a week after British ISPs started blocking torrents including privates ones in United Kingdom. Google has come down pretty hard on the Apps which include “The Pirate Bay Proxy,” “The Pirate Bay Premium,” “The Pirate Bay Mirror” and “PirateApp....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 379 words · Audrey Brown

Google Waives 100 000 Bill That A 12 Year Old Boy Accidentally Ran Up Online Techworm

It all began in August 2016 when the boy named Jose Javier from the south-eastern seaside city of Torrevieja created an account with AdWords – an online advertising service by Google that enables advertisers to compete to display brief advertising copy to web users based in part on cookies, keywords, predefined by the advertisers, that might link the copy to the content of web pages shown to users. Jose was under the impression that he would earn his band money if people clicked on the link to his homemade website, but the service works the other way around....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 303 words · Fern Vanmiddleswor

Hacker Goes After Sex Sites Defaces 79 Escort Websites And Steals Data Techworm

The first batch of 71 websites was published by ElSurveillance on December 27, which was later followed by another 8 websites, the following day. Some sites belong to individual models, some belong to agencies. — ??? ??????? (@ElSurveillance) July 20, 2015 In an interview with DataBreaches.net, the website he chose to let the public know of his actions, the hacker said his campaign is motivated by religious beliefs. His most recent batch of defaced websites included only escort sites, but in the past, ElSurveillance also hacked adult portals, with his biggest target being drjizz[....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 466 words · Kevin Pina

Here Is How To Disable Ads On Your Windows 10 Lock Screen Techworm

These lock screen ads are the work of the “Windows Spotlight” feature in Windows 10 Personalization settings, and thankfully, you can turn it off for good. To remove Windows 10’s lock screen ads, click on your Start menu, and open up the Settings app: From here, choose the Personalization setting, and then navigate to the Lock Screen tab. Once this is open, find the field that reads “Windows Spotlight”, and click on the box....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 239 words · Ken Leeman

Here S How The Hacker Downloaded Vine S Entire Source Code Techworm

Acquired by Twitter in 2012, Vine is a short-form video sharing service that allows users to share small videos of 6 seconds looping them. The flaw in Vine allowed avicoder to download a Docker image containing the source code of the application. Docker is an open platform for managing server images, shipping, building, and managing applications. Docker can be used to install OS images for laptops, VMs, or cloud servers alike....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 343 words · Diane Marsh

Hongmeng Os Is Faster Than Android And Macos Says Huawei Founder

For those unaware, Alphabet Inc’s Google had suspended business with Huawei after the latter was blacklisted by the U.S. government in May citing national security risk. Recently, the U.S. government partially lifted the trade ban imposed on Huawei, which now allows it to do business with U.S. companies again, including Google. However, the company still plans to go ahead with its own OS to ensure such bans do not have an impact on their business model....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 245 words · Melissa Lane