Many researchers speculated the WannaCry authors to be Chinese speaking individuals Many security companies attributed nation-state actors to the Lazarus group. This group in the past was believed to have attacked Sony pictures and Bangladeshi banks. Initially, WannaCry demanded $300 for file recovery, but a kill switch domain registered saved many victims from being infected. This post will feature a complete analysis of WannaCryptor ransomware both from the dynamic and static point of view....

If you’ve never used a Fire TV stick before, they’re one of the best streaming sticks on the market. The USB stick plugs into the back of your TV for a seamless – and subtle – integration into your system. Perfect for teens, college students, or even just as a gift to another family member or friend, the Fire Stick uses a simple remote system to navigate to your favorite apps and shows....

Expected for some time that there are two new smartwatches which will be fed with the latest version of Android Wear. These new watches, it is now known, will arrive in early 2017, probably with the Android Wear 2.0. Google has always depended on its partners to present the device using their operating systems. But this changed dramatically with the new Pixel smartphones. This change in philosophy is evident in many areas and also in smartwatches seems to prepare....

How to setup the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy S5 Just like the iPhone 5s, the Galaxy S5 also comes with a fingerprint scanner integrated into its home button. Compared to the Pattern, PIN or password lock, a fingerprint scanner is much more secure and requires less steps to unlock a device. If you are wondering how to make the best use of the fingerprint scanner on your brand new Galaxy S5, read below....

With most video chatting platforms, you must download a sizable program, create an account and log in. Then, you might fight with an unfamiliar user interface to get yourself set up. But it doesn’t need to be that way. Read on to find out how to make hassle-free video calls for free. Here’s the backstory Nobody should struggle with video calling apps, how to set it up or creating an account....

However, for the first few years of Apple’s tablet, the iPad was far closer to the phone than the laptop. It ran the same operating system and used the same touch gestures. Apple implored developers to create iPad versions of their iPhone apps in order to take advantage of the iPad’s larger display. But while that helped the iPad maintain a strong lead over Android tablets, it didn’t do much to change the core set of tasks that defined its use....

But sometimes traveling with your phone is even more stressful than traveling without it. ll you have enough battery life? Do you have time to download this app before the flight takes off? Is this airport really crowded, or are you just really bad at texting walking? Here’s what it’s like to fly with your smartphone—good bad. Trying not to use your phone in the terminal ll there be an outlet on the plane?...

Newegg is offering the Wavlink N300 outdoor WiFi range extender for just $46 this Black Friday. That’s more than 70% off the original price of $160, saving you $114. This Wi-Fi extender is powerful enough to deliver Wi-Fi in large areas like a factory or street – so it should be able to reach the edge of your backyard. It supports 2.4G transmission speeds of up to 300Mbps, delivering WiFi to up to 64 devices at once....

AutoSploit: the tool that anyone can use to hack This new set of tools goes a step beyond the automation tools that hackers usually have. For example, some tools allow you to test usernames and passwords in various web services from previously hacked accounts. With AutoSploit, the damage can be much greater, since it automates the entire process of searching for vulnerabilities and finding the type of attack necessary to take advantage of them....

That’s because plans to bring over the slick search features, though we just don’t know exactly when. A member of the Gboard team offered this detail when asked during a oducthunt chat. oduct Manager Bri y said, “rking on the best way to bring the same functionality to Android right now!” in response to a question about whether the features would end up on Android. The new Gboard app puts a icon next to the keyboard that can do several tricks not available in ’s own newly refreshed keyboard for Android:...

As long as the offer keeps rising, the competition becomes more stiff and in the last couple of years even major players in the game, like Samsung and Motorola, have developed an interest in this category. And by doing so, wonderful devices have been born, ones that know how to bend the advantages of a rugged smartphone with a beautiful design. Why buy a tough smartphone? It can be a great tool in various working places where the employee is constantly dealing with elements that could damage a standard phone....

Companies love making aspirational videos. You know the kinds of videos I’m talking about, the ones that show shooting stars, children laughing, and a perfect world that you can only reach by opening up your wallet and buying whatever new widget they’re trying to sell you. Samsung has just produced such a video, and it’s live on their YouTube channel. It’s roughly four minutes long and it shows an army of Samsung employees trying to convince you that the design process for the GS4 was an incredibly intense effort that required levels of creative talent that the human race has yet to know are achievable....

The Vivo X50 Pro is turning out to be an interesting smartphone, especially its quad-camera system. The phone will be launched in China next week, but its specifications have been revealed through a leaked presentation. The Vivo X50 Pro is not the company’s flagship smartphone as we had hoped, but it is still a really interesting device. The phone features a higher mid-range processor, a quad-camera setup, and an AMOLED screen with a high refresh rate....

Voltz Protocol said Wednesday that it has launched DeFi’s first synthetic, capital-efficient interest rate swap AMM, which will now provide the means for DeFi to compete with the interest rate swap marketplace in traditional finance, unleashing new possibilities for decentralized applications (DApps) to serve the financial needs of the world, especially for those in parts of the world with no access to traditional finance. Automated Market Makers, or AMMs, are smart contracts that create liquidity pools of Ethereum ERC20-based tokens, which are then traded automatically by using an algorithm rather than an order book....

It’s New Year’s Eve and the big ball drop in Times Square is just a few hours away. If you find yourself away from a TV when the clock strikes midnight, here are a few ways you can watch the Times Square event on your Android device.The official live stream of the ball drop can be found on the web at timessquareball.net. The site has a live video stream that can be watched through the Chrome browser on your Android smartphone or tablet....

What Is the C-TPAT? C-TPAT officially stands for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. It is led by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The primary objective of this legislation is to help improve the level of security of the lines of shipping against any act of terrorism, including those that are cyber-related. It was also created to further fortify the United States border and to ensure the free flow of goods and products....

Burke explained that when develops a new version of Android it develops a device with one of its partners right alongside it. “There are sort of two outputs…a Nexus device …the open source code. There is no way you can build the open source code without the phone or tablet,” Burke said. The Android engineering chief’s comments appear to contradict a report by The Information in late April that said an initiative dubbed “Android Silver” would see the end of ‘s Nexus effort....

Stop and think about how much of your life is on your iPhone or iPad. Personal photos, contacts, your exact GPS location, your emails and probably much more are all on that handy little gadget you carry around. Let’s start just with your email: Personal messages, bills from utilities and insurance carriers, and financial communications from your bank and credit cards all land in your inbox. With this info, a hacker can visit your online accounts and request new passwords....

That’s why every time a year ends, the tech giant Google makes a ranking of the best applications that can be found in the store. It is something really curious to see because in the store we can find a great amount of applications and games with very good ratings so that choosing between such a large amount is not an easy task. The TOP of applications can be found on Google Play, but here we bring you a summary based on the classification and characteristics of each of them....

One way of battling these irritating calls is to put your phone number on the Do Not Call Registry. However, there’s another way spammers can get their message to you and it’s possible you could start getting bombarded with them soon. Why your voicemail inbox might be filling up Robocalls are automated phone calls with prerecorded messages, usually used for political campaigns and marketing purposes. In an effort to cut down on these annoying calls, the U....