Jun 6, 2017 07:48 AM (This post was last modified: Jun 7, 2017 10:25 PM by Hydra.)
Datacenter Blocks
Omniscient is considering lifting the blocks he has in place on datacenters. This would allow the HF API to work better and allow users to use VPNs/proxies but also comes with risks. >>Source
Crypto Calculator
During a discussion about preev, a simple website that converts bitcoins to currencies, a potential request was made by Omniscient. After being asked why we don't have our own calculator, Omniscient stated that if someone were to code up an ajax-driven calculator, he would add it. For those who know their javascript, give it a shot! >>Source
Enterpriser: ra1d, welcome to the weekly news interview. Before we get started, would you like to make any shout outs? ra1d: I would like to shout out my homies from Aequitas! TopKek, LaPanthere, Debug, Cimex, Aura, Rubixa, and anyone else who is involved in the project! Sorry if I forgot any.
Enterpriser: Project? Mind giving HF a little information on this project? ra1d: Aequitas is my upcoming group which I would like to consider a project as well, it will not only be focusing on HF, but a great part of it will be. The group is focused on ethical hacking, our plans will be public once the group is live.
Enterpriser: Interesting indeed. I see that you registered in 2010, how has HF changed for you ever since? ra1d: A lot of things have changed since I signed up, some for the good, some for the worse. Overall, I think HF has greatly improved, contrary to popular belief. I would like to see some more positivity and knowledge being shared, hence the creation of Aequitas.
Enterpriser: Do you plan on releasing tutorials and doing huge giveaways under the groups name? ra1d: Giveaways in the form of money will likely never happen as that is not the philosophy of the group. The group will release guides and tutorials in search of educating the users on HF within the world of cyber security.
Enterpriser: Sounds like you have good intentions with the group. What's your view on the current groups of Hack Forums? ra1d: I think the current state of groups is very mixed. There's a lot of the groups that are only in it for the money, and a lot of groups that are inactive with no purpose. I hope to change that, and hopefully, future group owners will do the same.
Enterpriser: I agree with you. Some groups do nothing but lounge around, but then you have groups like Eclipse doing a huge giveaway that involves a custom Eclipse award. I see that you current run a VPN service on Hack Forums. What's your perspective on the marketplace in general? ra1d: I think the marketplace is a great way to advertise your product or service, however, there are a lot of services ran by clueless users, which sets a bad reputation for users selling on HF. For example ebook sellers, they've achieved an incredibly bad reputation.
Enterpriser: I'm assuming you despise eBook sellers? ra1d: I do not despise them per se, I just think they have a overall bad reputation on the HF marketplace.
Enterpriser: Fair enough. If you had the chance to change one thing about the Hack Forums marketplace, what would it be and why? ra1d: That's a very tough question, but one thing I would like to change is to make the marketplace a safer place to deal, and it will hopefully happen. I have some plans in corporation with the upcoming group Aequitas and we have some great plans in store for the marketplace and general users on HF!
Enterpriser: A marketplace place without scams? Sounds like heaven on Hack Forums. Aha. One last question before we wrap things up. What is your honest opinion on Hack Forums overall? ra1d: I doubt HF will ever be without scam, however, Aequitas will try to implement some things to make users purchases feel safer. My overall opinion on HF is that it's a great forum, and I am forever grateful for it. If it weren't for HF I would've never had the job I have now.
Jun 6, 2017 08:01 AM (This post was last modified: Jun 9, 2017 12:22 PM by Hydra.)
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Gravitational Waves: Third Detection of Deep Space Warping
On 10:11 a.m. GMT during January 4 a third detection of deep space warping has occurred. This most recent incident has been attributed to the merging of two black holes which are estimated to be around three billion light years away from us on Earth. Upon further investigation, researchers found that "the two black holes that coalesced had to start masses that were just over 31 times and 19 times that of our Sun" also that "when they finally came together, they produced a single object of a little under 49 solar masses." The occasion of these events is also a prediction of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. It is thought that this was the most catastrophic astrological event to have befallen during human existence. >>Source
Brain's Immune Cells Linked to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Schizophrenia
In a landmark discovery, scientists have discovered the exact markers responsible for immune defense in the human brain. These markers are thought to play an essential role in the prevention of many serious conditions such as: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, autism and depression. Prior to this groundbreaking study, we had known little how Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, behave. Microglia have historically been difficult to study, they require being in a live human brain to survive and die very quickly if are removed from that environment. According to Christopher Glass "These studies represent the first systematic effort to molecularly decode microglia," who is the senior author of this paper as well as a Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Professor of Medicine at University of California San Diego. >>Source
Here Comes the Sun: NASA's First Mission to the Star Set for 2018
Who says NASA got defunded into oblivion? They are presently gearing up to launch their latest space exploratory mission straight at the Sun which is scheduled currently for the Summer of 2018. Understandably this mission is planned to be unmanned and will utilize a ten-foot long probe to get as close to the star as possible. Through this mission, NASA hopes to uncover new data encircling how energy behaves within a star. >>Source
Pornhub Posts Critical Film of Russian Government After Russian Court Bans it
In an unprecedented move by Pornhub, the media site has gotten themselves involved in Russian politics. Originally, an anti-corruption blogger named Alexey Navalny uploaded a documentary to YouTube that was critical of the Russian government. However, by Russian court order, the video was ruled to be taken down. In response to the government censorship, Pornhub uploaded the video on its site under the title “Russian Corrupted Politician Fucked Hard.” The production of the video was labeled as “professional” and deemed as “hardcore” on the pornography website. Navalny responded to Pornhub’s actions by thanking them and suggesting that he may remake the documentary in their “relevant genre.” The documentary particularly focuses on the alleged corruption of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. >>Source
Angela Merkel Says Germany can no Longer Rely on America
Prime Minister Angela Merkel has suggested that both Germany and Europe can no longer rely on the United States while it is led by Donald Trump. While speaking at a campaign event, Merkel emphasized the importance of friendly relations with the US, the UK, and Russia, but believes that Europeans must “really take destiny into [their] own hands.” In response to Donald Trump being elected in the United States and Britain following through on Brexit, Merkel believes the traditional western alliance is threatened. The speech by Merkel was prompted by Donald Trump’s hesitation on adhering to the Paris Accord. A few days after Merkel’s speech, Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Accord due to perceived unfair terms for the US. >>Source
Australia Plans to Restrict Pedophiles From Traveling Overseas
The Australian government has announced its intentions to restrict the traveling of convicted pedophiles. In a move to protect vulnerable children in Southeast Asia, the government will ban pedophiles from traveling overseas. Australian pedophiles have notoriety for taking inexpensive vacations to Southeast Asian and Pacific island countries in order to abuse children. If the legislation passes, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she would be able to cancel the passports of around 20,000 pedophiles. Just last year, over 800 registered child sex offenders traveled overseas and half went to Southeast Asian destinations. The sex-offender register contains 3,200 serious offenders who will be banned from travel for life by the new legislation. Other less serious offenders will drop off the register and become eligible to have their passports renewed if they comply with reporting conditions for several years. Independent Senator Derryn Hinch, a victim of child molestation himself, took credit for the new government initiative. >>Source
Samsung is releasing a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed Galaxy S8
For some reasons, Samsung is discharging a Pirates of The Caribbean-themed Galaxy S8. Spec-wise, the phone isn't any unique about the standard Galaxy S8, put something aside for a favor box, some backdrop, and a case. In any case, when Disney is attempting to make a film with a $230 million spending plan a win.
The phone, which is at present marked down at JD.com, just comes in the 4GB of RAM + 64GB of capacity version and retails for $880. It additionally accompanies a unique phone ring holder. >>Source
Google Home is Now Available for Preorder in Canada
Do you live in Canada? You can now preorder a Google Home gadget. In an unexpected curve, Google has beaten Amazon to Canada with regards to smart assistants — the Echo still isn't accessible in the nation, in spite of being accessible for a long time in the US. The Google Home will cost $179 in Canada, appropriate keeping pace with the US valuing when you consider the continuous degrading of the Canadian dollar. >>Source
Sony Xperia XZ Premium First Impressions Review
Sony's leader gadget for 2017, the Xperia XZ Premium, has been propelled and all the more in this way, expects to contend among the best cell phone line-up. There's most likely Sony needed to put its best foot forward to give the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Apple iPhone 7 Plus a run for their cash. For that, Sony has focussed on three center advancements in the Xperia XZ Premium: Display, Processor and its Camera.
On the screen front, the Xperia XZ Premium elements a 4K HDR Display which Sony cases to have brought down from its Bravia Television range. The 5.5-inch show additionally accompanies Sony's exclusive Triluminos Display Technology. With everything taken into account, the phone conveys a fresh and dynamic viewing experience. >>Source
Life is Strange: More News Released
A couple of weeks ago, we covered that there is a sequel to the popular episodic graphic adventure video game, Life is Strange. Well, recently there has been a leak so to speak of new images showing off the game. They are not really impressive, more so show a small piece of what to expect. When looking at the pictures, it is mostly to see how well the graphics have improved compared to the last game. They do not actually share anything about the story, so there are no spoilers. If you would like to continue the relationship between Max and Chloe strong, then definitely stay tuned and updated on the sequel. An Imgur album of the photos can be seen here. >>Source
Hearthstone's Deathwing Gets an Animation
If you are not so much a Hearthstone player and have no idea what the heck a Deathwing card is, well here is the explanation. When you play this card, you destroy every minion in play. In addition to that, you also destroy all the remaining cards in your hand too (basically just discard them). In the past laying down this card was still awesome, but it did not really have the impact players wanted. When you play it now, you get an original animation never seen before in the Hearthstone game. The Dragonflight leader leaves behind a fiery battlefield, perfect for all you pyromaniacs. Want to see what that animation looks like? Check it out here. >>Source
Hitman Releasing New Content?
For those not up to date with the Hitman franchise news, then you may not know that the game franchise is not getting much support. With low funds to keep the Hitman series going, Square Enix has shared in the past that they would like to sell the series off. Because of this, it has caused the stop in development in a new Hitman game. Well, some good news is that Square Enix has put a pause on that, and plan on releasing a new game sometime in June. The storyline will remain similar to the past games where you are given certain tasks which you need to complete. It is hinted that the game will be released in the early days or middle days of June, as there is a huge update to the game that will be released towards the end of the month of June. The state of the Hitman is still at stake, and it is very uncertain which direction it will take in the next few months. >>Source
Valve Details Further Changes To Steam
Changes can be for better or for worse. Valve plans on bringing some changes to Steam. One thing that Valve will do is completely remove the Steam Greenlight feature. The Greenlight feature was introduced to Steam back in 2012 and assists with letting Steam know which games to allow. Over the years, more than 6,000 games have gone through the Greenlight in order to be accepted and released into the Steam Marketplace. Well, Valve decides on removing this and replacing it with Steam Direct. In order to submit a game for review, you now have to pay a submission fee. The submission fee has said to be at $100 the lowest, and $5,000 the highest for your game to be reviewed and accepted into the marketplace. For those unaware, $100 is the current price too for those submitting via Greenlight. What makes Steam Direct different though? Valve states, "We believe that if we inject human thinking into the Store algorithm, while at the same time increasing the transparency of its output, we'll have created a public process that will incrementally drive the Store to better serve everyone using it." There is no release date on when Greenlight will be removed, and Direct will take its place, but it might be coming sooner than we think. >>Source
LinkedIn Hacker, Wanted by US & Russia, Can be Extradited to Either State
The alleged Russian hacker, who was arrested by the Czech police in Prague last October on suspicion of massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, can be extradited to either the United States or Russia, a Czech court ruled on Tuesday. Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, a 29-years-old Russian national, is accused of allegedly hacking not just LinkedIn, but also the online cloud storage platform Dropbox, and now-defunct social-networking company Formspring. The United States has requested Nikulin extradition for carrying out hacking attacks and stealing information from several American social networking companies, including LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring, between March 2012 to July 2012. However, Russia, where Nikulin is facing a lesser charge, has requested his extradition on a separate cyber theft charge of stealing $3,450 via the Internet in 2009. Nikulin's lawyer says the case is a set-up, indicating that his arrest may have deeper inclinations than over the cyber attacks against American firms. Nikulin wrote in a letter from prison that during his interrogation, Miller reportedly brought up the US election hacking and claimed that the FBI agent pressured him to admit to the DNC hack and promised him good treatment if he accepted to cooperate. Nikulin wrote in the letter that he rejected the offer. His lawyer indicated that Nikulin was not a hacker, but just a victim of an FBI plot. Nikulin's Russian lawyer stated that his client's life revolved around buying and selling luxury cars, adding that Nikulin was "useless with computers" and capable of checking his email and no more and, far from being a super-hacker who can hack big firms. Now, the final decision is in the hands of the Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikan, who is slated to decide where Nikulin will be extradited: The United States, where he can face a "disproportionately harsh" sentence of 54 years behind bars, or Russia, where he faces a lesser charge of cyber theft. >>Source
Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide
Security researchers have discovered a massive malware campaign that has already infected more than 250 million computers across the world, including Windows and Mac OS. Dubbed Fireball, the malware is an adware package that takes complete control of victim's web browsers and turns them into zombies, potentially allowing attackers to spy on victim's web traffic and potentially steal their data. Check Point researchers, who discovered this massive malware campaign, linked the operation to Rafotech, a Chinese company which claims to offer digital marketing and game apps to 300 million customers. While the company is currently using Fireball for generating revenue by injecting advertisements onto the browsers, the malware can be quickly turned into a massive destroyer to cause a significant cyber security incident worldwide. Fireball comes bundled with other free software programs that you download off of the Internet. Once installed, the malware installs browser plugins to manipulate the victim's web browser configurations to replace their default search engines and home pages with fake search engines. The fake search engine simply redirects the victim's queries to either Yahoo.com or Google.com and includes tracking pixels that collect the victim's information. >>Source
OneLogin Password Manager Hacked; Users’ Data Can be Decrypted
OneLogin, the cloud-based password management and identity management software company, has admitted that the company has suffered a data breach. The company announced on Thursday that it had "detected unauthorised access" in its United States data region. Although the company did not provide many details about the nature of the cyber attack, the statement released by the firm suggest that the data breach is extensive. OneLogin, which aims at offering a service that "secures connections across all users, all devices, and every application," has not yet revealed potential weaknesses in its service that may have exposed its users’ data in the first place. Although it is not clear exactly what data has been stolen in the hack, a detailed post on a support page that is accessible to customers only, apparently says that all customers served by the company's US data centre are affected, whose data has been compromised. OneLogin has blocked the unauthorised access to its data centre and is actively working with law enforcement and security firm to investigate the incident and verify the extent of the impact. >>Source
Jun 7, 2017 11:53 PM (This post was last modified: Jun 7, 2017 11:55 PM by ComputerJi.)
Well done guys.
But I think, you've missed covering a big tech event that happened this week, which is WWDC17; It was the best and the biggest WWDC ever.
(Jun 8, 2017 02:25 AM)Motusora Wrote: may i ask who made those awesome comics ?
There from various sources, there's the site name on the actual comic. Vitani and I (me this edition) will find them from other sources and just add them in. No comics are actually made from HF.
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