In a few words, ransomware is a malware type which restricts access to data stored on a computer or system and demands the users to pay a ransom to remove that restriction. With the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, cyber attackers have an easy way to launch a cyber-extortion business with virtually no technical expertise required. RaaS platforms have emerged on the Dark Web, and they are likely one of the primary drivers behind the huge spike in ransomware attacks over the last year....

You go from one meeting to the next, desperately trying to remember what was just said in the last one and what the next one is even about. When the pandemic came along, the numbness enjoyed a different tone. Suddenly, you were stuck in front of a screen for hours at a time. You still struggled to maintain a grasp of what these meetings were all about, but you had the bonus of screen fatigue....

This is Interactive Dynamic Video (IDV), a technique that has developed a team of CSAIL ( Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ) with which you can move items that appear in the video or at least see how these would move if the touch was real and not virtual. The key is to shake them because both the techniques and the tools with which they work are rather simple and could be applied to clips from YouTube or augmented reality games like Pokemon GO....

Motorola today launched the Moto G5 Plus in India, less than a month after the company had first unveiled the handset at MWC in Barcelona. The Moto G5 Plus features a 5.2-inch Full HD display, an octa-core Snapdragon 625 chipset clocked at 2GHz, 3GB RAM, 16/32GB of storage space, NFC, FM radio, and a microSD card slot. The handset features a metallic build that gives it a very premium look and feel....

Motorola is going to launch a phone this year called the “Moto X”. One of the key selling points of the device is that it’ll be “designed by you“. Now what the hell does that even mean? Thanks to Joanna Stern, former writer for The Verge, now employed by ABC News, here’s what you need to know. First, you know how iPods have had the ability to engrave something on the back of them for what feels like forever?...

“As of 26 October 2021, NBN co has purchased 361,451.33 kilometres of optical fibre,” it said in Senate Estimate Questions on Notice. “The relatively small amount of copper purchased (61,102km) is largely used to connect the new optical fibre to existing legacy networks.” In October 2015, NBN kicked off with 1,800kms of copper, subsequently increased to 15,000kms and 16,600kms, and by February 2019 was sitting at almost 30,000kms. NBN has previously said the copper is used for links between existing pillars and new nodes, as well as for extensions on fibre-to-the-curb deployments (FttC) for lead-ins to reach the FttC distribution point unit....

The images depict pretty much what we’d expect the GS5 Active to look like, including the exposed screws, physical navigation buttons made of metal, all the ‘activeness’ that we saw in last year’s model. It looks like a Galaxy S5 with physical buttons inside an ugly, metal bumper. @evleaks has provided a full gallery of photos, showing the GS5 Active with out its battery cover, revealing the unsurprising similarities to that of the original....

This social media platform is a little different. It’s more personal and it’s a great tool for monitoring recent happenings in your neighborhood. Think of it as the 21st century’s Neighborhood Watch Party. The site is called Nextdoor and it’s a social media platform that is worth checking out. Nextdoor is designed for people who live in your area. It has the same features that Facebook has but it’s more in tune for what is happening down the street, not across the country....

Obi Worldphone SF1 Could Be The Next Champion In Android Market The reason we are talking about OBI worldphone is that it recently launched the smartphone OBI worldphone SF1. The phone was first announced in August 2015, and later it was launched at the end of August 2015, But it is still not launched in India, and neither is it available through online e-commerce websites. But according to the latest news, OBI worldphone SF1 will be available to Indian customers via online sources from December 7....

Aware of such a situation, and given that this may be affecting sales of the tech giant Apple’s new iPhone 8, hence, the tech giant Apple has now decided to stop marketing the Apple iPhone 7 256GB simply to boost the sales of the new Apple iPhone 8. Is this the best strategy to boost the sales of Apple iPhone 8? As for now if you search for an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus with 256GB of storage at the tech giant Apple’s official stores, you will simply verify that these models are no longer available for sale....

Abagnale used social engineering to extract money, but his techniques were low-tech. However, the outcomes were much the same as the high-tech equivalents of today. Low-tech and social engineering are good bedfellows. In fact, many of the seemingly high-tech counterparts, like CEO fraud, will often have an element of low-tech at some point in the process. Low-tech social engineering tricks often dovetail with their high-tech cousins to carry out a cyberattack....

Mass Effect 2 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, i.e 26th Jan 2010 in America and just 4 days before its official release, it was leaked on to the torrent websites for free download. Both the PC and Xbox-360 versions are available and being downloaded in full swing. This is really a shame and a huge loss for the gaming industry. TorrentFreak reports that the PC version of the game is about 14GB in size, while the XBOX 360 version is about 13GB....

Microsoft today confirmed that it will be bringing its digital assistant — Cortana — to Android and iOS devices later this year. The company’s announcement lacks details about the features its digital voice assistant will pack on iOS or Android, but it does mention that Cortana will feature notification support on these platforms. This means that Cortana users will automatically get updates about the weather, scores of their favorite teams, reminders and more on their Android device....

This stock lock screen alternative got a pretty big update on Tuesday that enables it to work with your phone’s fingerprint unlock feature perform other magic with your existing applications. You can also notify Next about where your home work locations are, so the app can manage different unlock rules depending upon where you are. Microsoft says you can also change up the wallpapers based on your location, so you can pick one that suits your work or home mood a little better....

For those who don’t like their virtual keyboards taking too much space on a phone’s display, Minuum is perhaps the best keyboard app available for Android. Its minimalistic approach means it’s also better suited than most for smartwatches, so it wasn’t surprising when it announced last month that the keyboard would be headed to Android Wear. Today, we can finally see Minuum in action. Minuum teased its keyboard on a Moto 360 last month, but since the watch everyone is waiting for hasn’t launched yet, we will have to settle for a demo on the uninspiring LG G Watch....

What are credential brute force attacks? MITRE’s ATT&CK matrix describes several different stages in the attack life cycle, including credential access, where an attacker tries to steal credentials to access a system or elevate privileges. Brute-force attacks are one method of accomplishing this stage of the attack. A brute-force attack involves taking a “guess and check” approach to determining a password. The attacker has some means of determining if a password is correct or incorrect and tries different options until they find one that works....

There is nothing wrong with the look and feel of the Moto G22. It has a plastic chassis with a mildly reflective backplate. The screen sits in noticeable bezels, particularly at the bottom edge, but the bezels are by no means huge and are not especially off-putting. For the record, Motorola claims a screen-to-body ratio of 89.03%, although our calculation puts it at 83%. The Moto G22 is a bit on the thick side at 8....

The Moto G6 Play (XT-1922) was approved in February in Taiwan, and a local website released the pictures of the device. They match the renderings we saw earlier. According to the Droid-Life, the Moto G6 Play will come with 5.7-inch HD screen; 4,000 mAh battery; and digital reader on the back, while the most interesting thing is that the Motorola logo is engraved on the fingerprint reader itself. It is also speculated that it will come with Snapdragon 430 processor and a 12-megapixel camera....

NASA announced in June that its HPSC project would develop new flight-computing technology that will feature “at least 100 times” the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers, which were developed almost 30 years ago. These CPUs need to be resistant to radiation damage, operate with minimal power, and turn off when not needed, yet still be capable of robotically landing spacecraft on Mars and supporting astronauts in space. SEE: NASA’s new tiny, high-powered laser could find water on the Moon The chief problem with older spaceflight computers is that they’re over-designed, built for the most computational-intensive parts of a mission, such as during a landing sequence on Mars....

The company said this was an increase of 7 percentage points on the 93% of eligible businesses it could previously offer. It added that it has also reduced its Layer 3 Business Satellite Service Access Bandwidth Service wholesale pricing to retailers by 40% when they sign up to “extended contract terms” with NBN. The service offered is claimed to deliver “consistent wholesale speeds” up to 50/13 Mbps. “Whether to connect remote health facilities, mining operations, or large-scale agriculture, these enhancements help make the business NBN satellite service more accessible for eligible businesses and government organisations even in the most remote parts of continent and we look forward to delivering new capabilities to further improve the service in the future,” NBN chief development officer for regional and remote Gavin Williams said....