The Photo Scan app launched by Google today for iOS and Android lets you scan printed photos in just a couple of seconds, using machine learning to correct imperfections in the capture process that they look great every time. Here’s how it works: Download the app, and open it up. You’ll see a viewfinder. Hold Read more about Google’s Photo Scan App Makes Backing Up Old Snapshots Easy as Hell[…]
An attacker with access to the console of the computer and with the ability to reboot the computer can launch a shell (with root permissions) when he/she is prompted for the password to unlock the system partition. The shell is executed in the initrd environment. Obviously, the system partition is encrypted and it is not Read more about Enter 30 to shell: Cryptsetup Initram Shell / instant access to encrypted linux machines[…]
Bangladesh’s central bank hopes to retrieve $30 million more of the $81 million stolen from its account at the New York Federal Reserve in February, two bank officials said on Monday. Hackers used stolen Bangladesh Bank credentials to try to send three dozen SWIFT messages to transfer nearly $1 billion from its Fed account. They Read more about Bangladesh hopes to recover $30 million more from $81m cyber heist[…]
CCTV cameras? You’ve been looking in the wrong place Source: Origin of the beasties: Mirai botnet missing link revealed as DVR player Looks like digital video recorders offer more functionalities than IP cams and were used in 4/5 attack vectors.
Once installed, Shazam automatically begins listening for music, Most (security-conscious) users probably don’t want Shazam listening all the time. Shazam appears to oblige, seemingly providing an option to disable this listening: However, sliding the selector to ‘OFF’ did not generate the expected, “Mic was deactivated” OverSight alert. My first thought was perhaps OverSight had ‘missed’ Read more about Shazam listens to you on macs, even when you turn the mic off[…]
Scientists say they can deduce the lifestyle of an individual, down to the kind of grooming products they use, food they eat and medications they take, from chemicals found on the surface of their mobile phone. Experts say analysis of someone’s phone could be a boon both to healthcare professionals, and the police. “You can Read more about Chemical traces on your phone reveal your lifestyle, scientists say[…]
Great article about AI being used to create musical art, with links. The music sounds good too! Source: Top of the bots: This AI isn’t a cold, cruel killing machine – it’s a pop music hit machine