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TikTok, the Chinese short video sharing platform has just caught in a privacy issue, as it’s found transporting its content over an unsecured HTTP system to its CDN. This would let any middle man snoop the data that’s being shared between the user and TikTok’s CDN. That’s not all, they can even intercept the communication and replace videos of an account with another, even from verified ones! This was disclosed by two developers who even demonstrated by faking info on the official WHO account....

Aside from computers and applications, the general hardware we use for connecting to the world is a victim of hacking . Today, experts have found a firmware vulnerability in the popular router maker, TP-link, that if exploited, can give root access to the hacker and replace users as admin at last. After all, no one would think the routers could be targeted too. They’re the main source of connecting one to the world but are given no significance....

Twitter’s new job posting feature goes to live testing, with a few brands leveraging this to find suitable candidates for their organisation. The new feature will be bundled with Twitter’s Verified Organisations subscription, although it’s yet to be officially announced. This comes months after Twitter acquired Laskie, a job-matching startup, to build a LinkedIn rival. Job Posting on Twitter Amidst the Twitter vs Threads saga, Twitter is minding its own business without bothering much about the latter’s success....

Settling a 6-year lawsuit, Twitter agreed to pay a penalty of $150 million on the count of violating an FTC order in 2011. FTC and DoJ have alleged that Twitter collected users’ email addresses and phone numbers in the name of account security but used them for running targeted ads throughout these years. Also, the platform has faked compliance with US privacy agreements before Switzerland and the European Union. Twitter Penalized For Violating FTC Rules Twitter is a place of active news content and debates regarding various topics all the time....

Some high-profile users said they’re notified about the incoming payments from Twitter , via Stripe, for being a creator on the platform. Well, the threshold for becoming a creator on Twitter is so high that maybe a few people can qualify. Twitter Ad Revenue Sharing Though Twitter struggles with debt payments and various lawsuits, the company vows to stand on its word. In February this year, Elon Musk, the new boss of Twitter, said he’d pay out a part of the company’s ad revenue to eligible users on the platform....

A pair of copyright fraudsters have made over $20 million through YouTube’s Content ID scam, over a course of four years. Batista Fernandez and Jose Teran, the two residents of the US have claimed to own copyrights of more than 50,000 songs on YouTube, and earned royalty on their usage by several petty YouTubers. They’re now indicted, plus forfeiture of all their assets earned throughout. False Claims on Copyrighted Content YouTube is a place for not just entertainment, but also for monetizing the talent too....

Cybercriminals are good at cashing emergency situations. And the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak is a good chance for them. An unknown hacker group locked down Czech Republic’s Brno University Hospital . The hospital is one of the profound laboratories in the nation for testing Coronavirus, and it’s having 140 confirmed cases. Authorities are still investigating the issue to find out who’s behind it and what their demands are. Hacking in a critical situation Brno University Hospital is so crucial, as it’s one of the 18 hospitals in Czech testing for Coronavirus....

A hospital system in West Virginia was comprised of unknown hackers through a phishing campaign and was used for stealing funds from the hospital. The incident investigation revealed that hackers had access to the compromised email account of a contractor for a couple of months, which has sensitive information stored regarding the patients, workers, doctors, and hospital’s clients. It’s now secured, and they started notifying the victims. Data Breach in an American Hospital As hospitals turn critical amidst these pandemic times, hackers are aiming at them for getting rich in quick time....

Months after announcing it as a major move, WhatsApp is finally rolling out the Communities feature to select beta testers. WhatsApp users running on v2.22.19 can see the new Communities tab set in place of Camera roll, letting them make upto 10 subgroups with upto 512 participants. Anyone existing in a Community can join the listed subgroups as per their wish and also leave accordingly. Communities in WhatsApp In April this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that WhatsApp would soon have a new group feature called Communities....

Lately, WhatsApp has brought a new privacy feature to both its Android and iOS clients, where it bars unknown contacts from checking your last seen or online status. The company has confirmed this setting and is enabled for all. A reason why WhatsApp made this feature is that there are a growing number of third-party apps that let unknown people track others’ active status, which could be concerning. WhatsApp Latest Privacy Feature For long WhatsApp was criticized for various privacy and security issues....

In the latest version of WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS, WaBetaInfo found a new chat support option. This is official support offered by WhatsApp users to its users. Apart from this, it’s also found that the platform is working on animations to different colored heart emojis. Further, there are new notification settings for iOS users to set which notifications they wanted to receive. And finally, there are new tools coming to edit photos and videos within the app....

Collaborative research between the Secure Mobile Networking Lab and the University of Darmstadt from Germany revealed that billions of smart gadgets we’re using today are exposed to various cyberattacks! They found a way to exploit WiFi chips in networking devices through Bluetooth components and laterally spread their exploits through resource-sharing features. Unfortunately, though the vendors were informed about this, they can only patch some of the discovered vulnerabilities. A Threat That Cannot Be Patched Researchers at the German University of Darmstadt, in association with the Secure Mobile Networking Lab, have discovered flaws in commonly used networking technologies that now put billions of devices at risk!...

Nowadays, many people use 4K TV and monitor to stream 4K content. It is a great option to use a 4K TV as a display for your PC. Windows 11 supports 4K displays and you can use a 4K TV with your PC if your hardware is compatible. After installing the recent Windows 11 update, many users have reported that their PC was not recognizing the 4K TV. The issue is common with users who installed the recent update but is not limited to them....

The latest Steam Hardware Survey for the month of June 2022 revealed that gamers are picking up Windows 11 as their system OS, as it gained a bit to serve over 21% of steam gamers. Although, it’s far behind Windows 10 , which is still popular with over 70% market share in steam gaming. Similar stats in CPU show that Intel is leading the race, with AMD behind. And there’s Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 still being the favorite for many gamers....

A new feature is being added to WordPress by the developer team. This new feature is an auto-update feature for theme and plugins. This is an important feature as many websites were hacked due to site owners forgetting to install themes and plugins. The auto-update feature will roll out soon: WordPress Going to Introduce Auto-Update Feature for Themes and Plugins As of now, the auto-update feature is implemented for plugins, and it is working very well....

Similar to Twitch emotes, YouTube is rolling out a bunch of new emotes to be used on its platform. The new pack can be found in the emoji picker section. Though all of them are based on a gaming nature, YouTube says they can be used across any content on its platform. Further, it pledged to add more emotes in the near future, which can be used in all the categories....

Never in its history of 15-year, Google’s video streaming giant is facing allegations as this year’s. YouTube, after being alleged for children privacy, has even considered screening every kid-related video before being shown to them. Under the law of Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), it’s illegal to collect data from under-aged (under 13) kids and target them with personalized ads. Under this violation, YouTube was fined for $170 million ....

Over time, we all know that our skin will lose all its glory and become pale. So many of you may be curious about the fact that how you will look in the future. For this purpose, none other than an age progression app can help you out. These apps may seem like a time traveler who travels to the future and clicks your old age photos. But actually, they use Artificial Intelligence to reconstruct facial features so that it looks like an elderly person’s image....

These days, using the internet has become common. You will not find a single person who is not using the Internet. With the help of the internet, you can do anything. It helps us in many ways and solves every problem if used correctly. But what if someday you don’t have the internet and want to know the meaning of any word? In this situation, Offline Dictionary Software for Windows helps you....

If your device keeps running out of storage, you are facing problems storing your photos, so you can consider using free photo storage apps. These apps help devices run smoothly by decluttering the internal storage while ensuring that all the photos on the phone are kept safe. These apps allow users to access their accounts on multiple devices and download and upload pictures from any device using their accounts. Photo storage apps let users categorize, label and merge images and image folders according to their needs....