Total novices can jump right in with “CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ (FC0-U61)”, it starts with basic computer literacy and takes you all the way to entry-level IT skills. If you have the least bit of experience with computers, the comprehensive “CompTIA A+ (220-1001/220-1002)” course will get you up to speed. You can actually start applying for well-paid tech positions with just this one certification, then advance whenever you’re ready by taking the next course....

Cyanogen, which is now comprised of 80 employees, is tapping into every resource to gets its operating system out into the wild, beyond just the tinkerers diehard users. talked to Steve Kondik about some of the announcements made this past week in Barcelona what the company’s hoping to accomplish later this year.

Today is 1st April a.k.a April Fools’ Day — the day when various tech companies are going to tease and announce outrageous products and services, which will be capable of doing some crazy stuffs, but in the end, all of them are going to be a joke. For example, Samsung announced the Galaxy Blade edge earlier today — the “world’s first smart knife.” Jumping on the April Fools’ Day bandwagon this year is CyanogenMod, whose latest CM12 nightlies are now powered by Microsoft....

1. Wells Fargo phishing baits customers with calendar invites Wells Fargo customers are being targeted by a phishing campaign impersonating the Wells Fargo security team and luring potential victims to phishing pages with the help of calendar invites. The phishing messages have targeted over 15,000 Wells Fargo customers using .ics calendar file attachments. Read more » 2. Hijacked Oxford server used by hackers for Office 365 phishing Hackers hijacked an Oxford email server to deliver malicious emails as part of a phishing campaign designed to harvest Microsoft Office 365 credentials....

But it’s important to remember that when it comes to data breaches the number of accounts hacked doesn’t always matter. One breach could affect millions but the data is fairly generic, while a smaller breach could contain highly sensitive information. This year, major data breaches have hit medical companies, retailers, social media, and banking and financial firms. We’ve compiled the following list of major and dangerous breaches, plus we have tips on how to protect yourself if your information has been compromised....

The website was hacked in December 2015, however during that time BeautifulPeople.com said that the hacking took place on a test server and no user information was breached. However, now the data is being sold on dark web. Troy Hunt, an Australian security expert who manages the website HaveIBeenPwned.com told the Forbes that the data has been marketed online, although he isn’t aware about where the data has been sold....

For this, it created Windows 10 Cloud, a system that will only run applications coming from its application store, rejecting all others. But the truth is that this functionality has already been circumvented, and Windows 10 Cloud can run all the applications created for Windows. Windows 10 Cloud is an excellent example of Microsoft’s new policy, showing that there is still room for a dedicated system which were less powerful machines and that they just need to take some well-typed applications....

But after some development, Microsoft made it possible to connect the two devices wirelessly. The Your Phone app serves as the central point and enables you to transfer photos and read texts. That is all about to change. Read on to find out what functions Microsoft plans to include and how the tool is changing. Here’s the backstory While Microsoft has updated its operating system and various other software, the Your Phone app has somewhat remained the same for the last three years....

CryoBoost is the name of ESR’s design that is optimized to reduce the heat produced by wireless charging. The products are designed to provide ample airflow through the product and onto your device through an internal fan system. Also: The 8 best iPhone models: Which is right for you? ESR HaloLock Wireless Car Charger with CryoBoost While I don’t spend much time in a car while at home, when I travel for work I spend many hours in rental cars traveling between job sites....

Zhang stole the trade secrets while preparing to work for Chinese electric vehicle startup Xiaopeng Motors, also known as XPeng. The FBI arrested Zhang at San Jose airport, California, on 7 July, while he was en route to China. Zhang was hired by Apple in 2015 where he would eventually work on hardware for Apple’s secretive autonomous vehicle project. SEE: Apple told staff to return to the office. Its timing couldn’t be worse According to CNBC, Apple suspected Zhang of stealing trade secrets after he took paternity leave and traveled to China with his family....

With fifth-generation (5G) expected to come around the year 2020, it is believed to significantly improve data rates, increase connection density, reduce latency, and provide gigabit internet speeds. Though it is still in development and will not be available for use anytime soon, companies like Nokia, Qualcomm, Ericcson, Samsung, and Intel are spending huge chunks of money on researching and developing 5G. As of now, at a certain level, these researches and development have paid off, with Nokia planning to launch its platform “5G first” aimed at providing end-to-end 5G service, Intel claiming to deliver 5G powered laptops in the year 2019, and Qualcomm planning to deliver its 5G enabled Snapdragon X50 devices in 2019 as well....

This level introduces us to a very old heap unlink vulnerability where one can exploit the malloc’s way of unlinking free heap chunks and gain code execution by overwriting arbitrary memory locations on the heap. If you have no idea on what heap or heap chunks means, you can have a look at my previous article here. Downloads The VM used in this article can be downloaded here Note The scope of this challenge is to execute the winner function, but we will also be leveraging its code execution to understand how different free() calls can overwrite the data on heap chunks and thus corrupt your shellcode....

Also: How does ExpressVPN work? Plus how to set it up and use it I tried to find out exactly how many servers and IP addresses ExpressVPN has - since other VPN providers tout their numbers. Unfortunately, all the company told me (which is probably more honest and transparent than their stat-driven competitors) was this: Update: Upon publication, a company spokesperson reached out and told me, “We have 3,000+ VPN servers....

The social network giant Facebook introduced its AI-based suicide prevention tools for the first time earlier this year. But until now, that ‘software’ required that a user or one of his/her friends, seek help in this regard. Now, the social network giant Facebook itself ensures that the technology has reached the point where it can intervene proactively when it detects that someone is at risk of self-harm or committing suicide....

A few days ago, tragic news surfaced when it was discovered that Fenix, one of the most popular third-party Twitter clients for Android, had reached its token limit. And, after reaching its token limit, Fenix was promptly pulled from the Google Play Store, as it meant that no other new users would be joining the Fenix ranks. It also meant that developer mvilla wouldn’t be able to make any additional money from the app they had developed....

Sony Corporation which is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It’s diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services. Even, the Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation Sony also not want to get behind, hence, Sony created the PS Now, yes, the possibility to play the PlayStation games directly on your PC. The arrival of PS to PC Now is been first made on the blog PlayStation, where it was clearly and briefly explained in detail all that is necessary to be able to be used....

Password managers can keep you safe, but since they create complicated strings of alphanumeric and special characters — and fill them in for you most of the time — using them can mean you usually don’t know what they are. If you save passwords using your web browser, you’re probably in a similar boat. It’s all well and good to save time this way, but if you need to log in to your email or bank account on another device, you’re out of luck....

Though the official release of the latest version of Firefox was supposed to happen tomorrow (Aug 16th 2011), the Register reports that the Mozilla’s FTP server has the downloadable for Windows, Linux & Mac, since August 13th. Mozilla has adapted the fast release cycles which has proved successful for Google’s Chrome. Firefox 5 was released just a couple of months back and we already have information about Firefox 7 which is due later this year....

SolidCapture is a simple screen capturing software which offers a decent variety of functionality for beginners and professionals alike. Using a hotkey or a button, you can copy a screen or part of a screen and send it to the clipboard, a file, or your favorite graphics application. The screen capture modes include ‘Full Screen’ which captures the entire visible screen area or ‘Window’ which captures a window or part of a window....

So which of the two Redmi devices is the one for you? Here is a rather quick comparison to help you make up your minds. Looks are more Note-able Their mum might be Redmi, but the Note 7 and Y3 follow very different design aesthetics. Yes, both have displays with drop notches, but the Y3 has a more curve-y back while the Note 7 has a relatively flat one. Both have different versions of the Aura finish, but although the Y3 is not an eyesore, we think the Note 7 seems just a little more premium thanks to the use of Gorilla Glass 5 on the back (the Y3 has a carbonate back)....