Google to Pause Flash Ads in Chrome Starting Next Week

Google on Tuesday will begin pausing Flash ads by default in Chrome, a move that is designed mainly to help improve browser speed, but that will also be a security upgrade for users. The company announced the plan back in June and said this week that it will make the behavior the default setting...

Micro:bit — A Pocket-sized Programmable Computer

The BBC has unveiled the final design of the Micro:bit — a pocket-sized computer board designed to lure U.K. school children to embedded electronics. The Micro:bit is essentially a codeable computer that lets kids get creative with technology. It measures 5cm by 4cm and will be available in...

Here's How You Can Replace Your iPhone Battery For Free

Nothing is scarier than your iPhone alerting you that your battery had hit 5%, especially when you just took it off the charger with a 100 percent full battery about an hour ago. To be very honest, it literally sucks. However, you no need to worry about this problem now, as there's a solution...

Why We Love Android M (And You Should, Too!)

Google has recently announced its latest version of the mobile operating system called Android M at its official Google I/O 2015 developer event May 28 in San Francisco. We don’t know exactly what is the 'M' stands for just yet. My guess is it could be Marzipan or maybe Milky Way. Let me know wha...

Aluminium Battery that Charges SmartPhone in Just 1 Minute

Most of us could not imagine our lives without Smartphone, but the most annoying part of Smartphone remains its battery life. No matter how power efficient our device would be, the smart display, faster performance and several apps running on our phones end up consuming all of it. Now, I am here...

ProxyDroid - Set Proxys (Http / Socks4 / Socks5) on your Android devices

ProxyDroid is an app that can help you to set the proxy http / socks4 / socks5 on your android devices. FEATURES 1. Support HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS4 / SOCKS5 proxy 2. Support basic / NTLM / NTLMv2 authentication methods 3. Individual proxy for only one or several apps 4. Multiple profiles support 5...

CloudFlare Deploys ChaCha20-Poly1305 Encryption Across Sites

After rolling out free SSL for its users last fall, CloudFlare has deployed a new level of encryption on its service that hardens and speeds up the user experience, especially when accessing domains via mobile browsers. The form of encryption, a relatively new transport layer cipher suite known a...

Is It Possible to Track Smartphone Location By Monitoring Battery Usage?

Data leaks through power consumption? Don’t be surprised because security researchers have discovered a way to track your every move by looking at your Android smartphone's consumption of the battery power,even if you have GPS access unable. Researchers at Stanford University and Israeli Defense...

Android Malware Can Spy On You Even When Your Mobile Is Off

Security researchers have unearthed a new Android Trojan that tricks victims into believing they have switched their device off while it continues "spying" on the users' activities in the background. So, next time be very sure while you turn off your Android smartphones. The new Android malware...

Uber’s Android app is Literally Malware?

The popular ride-sharing service Uber has been hit by various controversies lately, but now the things gone even worse for the company when a security researcher made a worrying discovery this week and claims, "Uber’s app is literally malware." The ride-hailing company is in disputes of handling...

Denial of service

OleumTech WIO DH2 Wireless Gateway and Sensor Wireless I/O Modules allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via packets that report a high battery voltage...

CVE-2014-2360 OleumTech WIO Family Improper Input Validation

OleumTech WIO DH2 Wireless Gateway and Sensor Wireless I/O Modules allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via packets that report a high battery voltage...

CVE-2014-2360

CVE-2014-2360 affects OleumTech WIO DH2 Wireless Gateway and Sensor Wireless I/O Modules. The root cause is Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) in the DH2 Gateway’s handling of a high battery voltage field in received packets, which could allow remote attackers to cause the gateway radio receiver ...

CVE-2014-2360: Improper Input Validation

OleumTech WIO DH2 Wireless Gateway and Sensor Wireless I/O Modules allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via packets that report a high battery voltage...

PT-2014-4648

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OleumTech WIO DH2 Wireless Gateway and Sensor Wireless I/O Modules affected versions not specified Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via packets that report a high battery voltage. Recommendations At the...

Gnome Panel <= 2.28.0 - Denial of Service PoC (0day)

No description provided by source. Tested on: ubuntu 9.10 CVE : Code : / Gnome panel = 2.28.0 denial of service poc 0-day by Pietro Oliva [email protected] http://olivapietro.altervista.org After executing this poc a backup file will be created You can restore it by typing ./paneldos restore...

First Paid Fake Android Antivirus App Downloaded 10,000 times from Google Play Store

Well, we all are very conscious, when it comes to the security of our personal information, security of our financial data and security of everything related to us. In the world of Smart devices where our Smartphones knows more than we know ourselves. To keep our device protected from harmful...

Android Malware Mines Digital Cryptocurrency

On its surface, the idea of turning a smartphone into a cryptocurrency mining machine sounds novel. But practical and profitable? Not so much. That hasn’t stopped thieves from corrupting a number of popular Android applications for just that purpose, including two on the Google Play store called...

Anonymous Offline File-Sharing and Communications System: PirateBox

PirateBox creates offline wireless networks designed for anonymous file sharing, chatting, message boarding, and media streaming. You can think of it as your very own portable offline Internet in a box! When users join the PirateBox wireless network and open a web browser, they are automatically...

Energizer DUO Trojan Code Execution (CVE-2010-0103)

A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Energizer DUO USB battery charger. The vulnerability is due to the file Arucer.dll providing USB communication capabilities. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using this capability as a backdoor...