Microsoft mobile app helps citizens report crimes more quickly to police in Delhi, India

In Delhi, India – one of the world’s biggest cities with more than 22 million people, where violent crime is on the rise – residents can submit threat or crime information from their phones using Microsoft’s pilot Know Your Police Station mobile app.

Leaked Samsung app aims to catalog everything you do on your smartphone

Samsung could become the latest company to jump aboard the lifelogging bandwagon with its new "Life Times" app. Judging by leaked screenshots shared with SamMobile, Samsung wants to automatically log phone and app usage on Galaxy smartphones, cataloguing photos, emails, location, music, messages and social network updates, displaying all of that data in a daily digest. Samsung's Story Album app already offers similar features for photos, based on common details such as location and time, but Life Times appears to function more as a diary app, like Day Journal for Android or Day One on iOS.

A Guy With A $50,000 Twitter Handle Says An Aggressive, Blackmailing Hacker Forced Him To Give It Up

Naoki Hiroshima was once offered $50,000 for a single-letter Twitter handle he acquired in 2007, @N. He says no longer owns the handle thanks to a savvy, aggressive hacker and security flaws with GoDaddy and PayPal. He detailed what happened on Medium.

Pirate Bay ban lifted in Netherlands as blocking torrent sites ruled ‘ineffective’

A Dutch court of appeal has overturned a court-ordered block of the infamous Pirate Bay torrent site by internet service providers (ISPs), labelling the practice as “ineffective”.
The block prevented internet users in the Netherlands from accessing the Pirate Bay site directly via a browser.
Two Dutch internet providers, Ziggo and XS4All, took the case to the court of appeals in The Hague. The court reversed the blocking order allowing internet users access to the Pirate Bay without having to resort to the use of proxy servers and other methods circumventing the blockade.

Hackers Promo >> Google To Give $2.7M For Hackers At Pwnium 4 Hacking Contest Who Break Through Chrome OS -

Search giant Google has announced that they will give a hefty $2.7 million prize to hackers who are able to break through the Chrome OS. This prize money has been announced for participants at Pwnium 4 hacking contest who are able to hack the Google browser. This time round, participants at Pwnium 4 will be able to work on Intel- or ARM-powered laptops. Hackers would be paid prizes of $110,000 and $150,000 at the competition if they are able to break through the Chrome OS. The highest award is for those who are able to consistently compromise a Hewlett-Packard or Acer Chromebook

Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind

Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for US$400 million.
A Google representative confirmed the deal Sunday via email, but said the company’s isn’t providing any additional information at this time.
News website Re/code said in a report on Sunday that Google was paying $400 million for the company, founded by games prodigy and neuroscientist Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.

Amazing, 'true love' BRA that unhooks for only 'Mr. Right'!

A Japanese lingerie brand has launched a bra that will only unhook by the woman's "true love".

The bra, designed by manufacturer Ravijour, monitors woman's heart-rate, hormones and nervous system through a mobile phone app and makes sure that the guy unhooking it is "Mr. Right", the Daily Star reported.

How do you like them apples: Google, Samsung ink patent deal

Google and Samsung have signed a “global patent cross-license agreement” that covers the companies’ existing patents and future ones over the next 10 years. In a brief statement released Sunday, Google and Samsung said the agreement covers “a broad range of technologies and business areas” without going into specifics. By working together on agreements like this, companies can reduce the potential for litigation and focus instead on innovation, Allen Lo, Google’s deputy general counsel for patents, said in the statement.

A hacker's story: Mitchell Frost explains his motivation

In 2006, Mitchell Frost, then a 19-year-old college student at the University of Akron, used the school’s computer network to control the botnets he had created. Authorities say between August 2006 and March 2007, Frost launched a series of denial of service (DDOS) attacks against several conservative websites, including Billoreilly.com, Anncoulter.com and Rudy Giuliani’s campaign site, Joinrudy2008.com. He is accused of taking down the O’Reilly site five times, as well as disrupting the University of Akron’s network during a DDOS attack Frost allegedly launched on a gaming server hosted by the university.

Cyber attacks: Nigeria could be a key target this year

Nigeria’s government as well as the country’s financial and ICT sectors will be under increasing threat of cyber attacks this year, claims a technology expert.

In a report by The Daily Trust Tim Akano, Managing Director and CEO of New Horizons Nigeria is quoted as saying that people and institutions could fall victim to attacks from a number of threats including malware, ransomware, spear phising and social network attacks, amongst others

CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked

A number of CNN’s social media accounts and blogs were hacked Thursday by a group styling itself as the Syrian Electronic Army.
The cable news network said its main Facebook account, Twitter feeds and some blogs were targeted and content posted on some of them. The posts, including unauthorized tweets, were deleted in minutes and the accounts have since been secured, it said.

Samsung posts 18% drop in quarterly operating profit

South Korea's Samsung has posted an 18% drop in operating profit in the fourth quarter, due to a one-off bonus and slowing sales of the electronic giant's high-end smartphones.
Operating profit stood at 8.3 trillion won ($7.8 billion), down 18% from the July-September period, marking the company's first quarterly profit decline in two years.
The fourth quarter figure was also down 6% from a year ago.

Tech creates solar powered car

 Held in Las Vegas in early January, the 2014 International CES exposed spectators and competitors to Ford’s latest hybrid car. This machine is setting the stage for revolutionizing the green-energy industry in cars—with special thanks to the help of one Tech professor and his lab.

Unlike current hybrid-electric models, the new car, the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, has built-in solar panels that can take energy from the sun’s rays directly to convert to energy for the car’s later use.

Study: Texting while walking affects your balance

 You've seen this person. Maybe you've even been this person.
We're talking about someone shuffling along a sidewalk or through a shopping mall, so entranced by the phone in their hands that they bump into people or almost get run over.
Yes, this behavior can be annoying. Now we have scientific evidence it can be dangerous. A new study has found that people who type or read on their phones while walking are less likely to look at their surroundings, keep their balance or walk in a straight line.

'123456' tops list of worst passwords

Perhaps you chuckled at the irony of making your password "password." Or you thought it was the right place to express affection for your favorite primate by choosing "monkey."
More likely, you were lazy and wanted something easy to remember, like "123456."
If you're using any of these passwords, change them.

Samsung's strategy is failing

2013 was supposed to be the year in which Samsung blew away the smartphone competition. It wasn't. Now, 2014 looks to be a soul-searching year for the Korean tech giant.

Samsung's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, has been a disappointment in every regard. Samsung hyped up the phone to be a world-beater, but the Galaxy S4 turned out to be just a modest improvement over the previous year's Galaxy S3. That's something Samsung's own execs regret, and they are now trying to set more modest expectations for this year's Galaxy S5 launch. 

President Jonathan sends Cybercrime Bill to Senate

 

President Goodluck Jonathan has sent the Cybercrime Bill 2013 to the Senate to be enacted into law.

The bill titled, “Cybercrime Bill, 2013” was sent to Senate President David Mark.

“I hereby introduce for formal consideration and enactment into law by the Distinguished Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Cybercrime Bill, 2013,” Jonathan said.

Microsoft in more hacking misery

A Microsoft blog has been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army shortly after two of its Twitter accounts and another blog were attacked by the same group.
The Office blog had just been redesigned before it was targeted by the hackers who posted a screenshot of their work on their Twitter feed.
Previous attacks were used to post pro-Syrian government messages and criticisms of the firm.
Microsoft has not yet commented on the latest attack.

Nigeria’s president approves additional fee for frequency spectrum licence

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has approved an additional fee to be paid for the nation’s frequency spectrum licence, soon to be auctioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The latest development means in addition to the licence, which has a minimum price tag of NGN3.6 billion (US$22.5 million), the eventual winner will have to pay NGN374.6 million (US$2.4 million) in order to obtain a Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) as a precondition to become Nigeria’s wholesale broadband service provider.

Nigeria’s NCC alters 2.3GHz auction conditions

Conditions for winning a 2.3GHz spectrum auction in Nigeria have been modified by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
In an update on the requirements, the NCC said it plans to allow the eventual winner to forge an alliance with an existing Unified Access Service License (UASL) owner.
The NCC said that a successful bidder without a UASL would be issued a Wireless Wholesale Access Service Licensee (WWASL) licence upon payment of fees.
A top NCC official has said the commission charges N374.6 million for a UASL license.
With the update, a successful bidder without the UASL license could have to pay this additional charge along with the N3.6 billion (US$23 million) auction price.

Fraudster uses Dame Fashola, Okonja- Iweala and Others’ Names to Defraud Nigerians

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has uncovered a sophisticated web of trickery involving a 34 year-old graduate of the Lagos State University, Anthony Ezechukwu who uses the names of spouses of prominent Nigerian political figures and others holding key offices to dupe unsuspecting members of the public.

Ezechukwu allegedly cloned the facebook accounts of the wife of Lagos State governor, Abimbola Fashola; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; wife of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Aisha Bala Muhammed and the Director of the Abuja Geographical Information Systems, Jamilah Tangaza. Then, he went on a solicitation binge that fetched him thousands of naira.

MARIANI ALBINO WANTED!!!!!!!! "Oyinbo Scam Naija"

The public is hereby notified that MARIANI ALBINO, an Italian, whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with a case of Obtaining Money under false pretence, stealing and money laundering to the tune of N989, 288,400.00 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Nine Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Eight Thousand, Four Hundred Naira Only).

Albino is 53 years, 5ft 3inches in height and fair in complexion. He speaks Italian and English languages fluently. 

His last known address is No 9B, Ezekwuese close, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.

Anybody having useful information as to his whereabouts  should contact the Commission in its Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices or through these numbers 09-4604620,  070-26350721,070-26350722,070-26350723,070-6350724, 070-26350725 ; its  e-mail address: info@efccnigeria.org This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.

Nigeria: Banks Investigated As Cyber Crime Soars

Lagos — THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it was investigating banks amid allegations these financial institutions were complicit in the prevalence of cybercrime.
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, disclosed that about ten commercial banks, all based in Lagos, were being investigated for cybercrime cases ranging from illegal transfer of money through the internet, by-passing the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Bureau (NIFIU) or other related security agency.

Nigeria: 9 banks, 6 BDCs under probe for cybercrime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force are currently collaborating to resolve different cyber-related crimes cases involving Nine banks and six bureauxde change institutions.
 A report by the Political Economist revealed that the EFCC and the SFU are handling some 197 cases involving over nine commercial banks and six Bureaux D’ Change, respectively.