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The second season of Outlander was pivotal for the show. Many of us are still recovering from the insane amount of heartbreak that rained upon us once it was released. Even though it’s been a minute since it ended, and two other seasons have aired in the meantime, with yet another on the way, there’s something about the Season 2 that still resonates deeply with audiences. Being a show that’s based on a book series, we always expect that a few things will have to be edited out and tweaked in order to work for the screen....

The developers at Panic today revealed some major changes coming soon to its web development offerings. The company says that later this year, it will release a completely new web development application as a successor to Coda, which was originally released 12 years ago. In a blog post, Panic explained that the web has changed a lot since the introduction of Coda. With this in mind, it had to decide whether to rewrite Coda for the new age of web development, or create something completely new....

Most of the discussion surrounding the release of Logan has focused on the fact that the film will be Hugh Jackman’s last turn in the role of Wolverine. After 17 years spent popping adamantium claws during various X-Men and solo adventures, the actor will let the dark, R-rated outing show him the proverbial door. Starring alongside Jackman in the film is Patrick Stewart, who has played the role of mutant headmaster Professor X for just as long....

Download the virtual machine here. If you are new to the term “Command Injection” or how it works, kindly refer our first two write-up for “Command Injection ISO” published on InfoSec Institute here and here. In this writeup, we will try to exploit a real-world application: SugarCRM. SugarCRM is a customer-management technology which is used to build an effective and efficient customer experience. Considering different parameters an enterprise can create a fully-personalized way of forging extraordinary relationships with customers, and SugarCRM collects data obtained from sales, services and marketing....

Description: Parsing the OWASP Top Ten with a closer look at Failure to Restrict URL Access Introduction Per our discussion of OWASP Top 10 Tools and Tactics, we continue our closer look at each of the Top Ten with deeper analysis and specific examples of these vulnerabilities. As I continue to convey each of these deeper dives out of sequence as defined by the Top 10, let’s explore #8 in the name of randomness and chaos....

M1 Mac users now have a new way to virtualize Windows on their machines. Parallels has officially released Parallels Desktop 16.5 today with native support for Apple Silicon, enabling users to run the Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview on M1 Macs. Parallels says that over 100,000 M1 Mac users tested the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16.5 using Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM Insider Previews. These beta testers also tested “tens of thousands of different Intel-based applications” in virtualization....

According to the Japanese blog Macotakara (which can be accurate with Apple rumor reporting), Apple’s contract manufacturers Foxconn Electronics (also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Pegatron Technology have issued orders to begin assembly of next-generation iPads for an early-March launch. The report is based on unnamed Chinese sources, and it noted the iPad 3 will look virtually identical to iPad 2 while featuring the same hardware button configuration, shape of the dock connector and position of the two cameras....

The point here is that the only thing new about referral links and the like is that mechanism by which affiliate marketing works. The concepts are as old as marketing itself. For software developers creating platforms to manage the digital version of affiliate marketing, this is a blessing and a curse: the features their software should have were already invented. They just need to make them work well. But that also means that standing out in a crowd of competitors is more difficult....

The latest version is faster and contains a lot of new features like APR (ARP Poison Routing) which enables sniffing on switched LANs and Man-in-the-Middle attacks. The sniffer in this version can also analyze encrypted protocols such as SSH-1 and HTTPS and contains filters to capture credentials from a wide range of authentication mechanisms. The new version also ships routing protocols authentication monitors and routes extractors, dictionary and brute-force crackers for all common hashing algorithms and for several specific authentications, password/hash calculators, cryptanalysis attacks, password decoders and some not so common utilities related to network and system security....

The hacker group “OurMine” stated that they gained the access to the Sundar Pichai’s Twitter account with more than 500,000 followers along with the Quora account. However, the order has now been restored and messages on the social networks have been eliminated, but the media like “TheNextWeb” did indeed catch the moment. How have they done? Coming to Twitter via Quora The hacker group OurMine has been targeting the significant tech executives, including the Spotify’s Daniel Ek....

Outlander returns to Starz for season 3 this fall, based on the third book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed series. This third season promises to be bigger than ever before, as the story moves away from Scotland, onto the open seas and toward Jamaica. The series will also include some time spent in Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) own time, as we saw in recently released images. Season 3 picks up where season 2 left off, with Claire returned to her time, and to her first husband, but pregnant with Jamie’s (Sam Hueghan) child....

OnePlus today announced the rollout of OxygenOS 2.1.0 for the OnePlus 2. The latest update to the OxygenOS for the handset brings some much-needed improvements to the camera app and other bug-fixes. For all photography lovers and advanced camera users, OnePlus has added manual mode to the OnePlus 2 camera app with this update. This will allow OnePlus 2 users to control the shutter speed, ISO levels, exposure, focus point, and more while clicking a picture....

As the 13th episode in the third season, “The Fight” is one of Parks and Rec. fans’ favorite episode. It starts off with Chris Traeger firing the city’s health department’s public relations director after he criticized his wife to the entire town. Leslie—in her good-hearted way—decides her BFF Ann would be perfect for the job and goes out of her way to make sure Ann is prepared for the interview. Meanwhile, Tom is trying to get more people to the Snakehole Lounge to promote his new drink: Snake Juice....

As I read through the Internet forums, I generally come across the same exact questions regarding the implementation of change in a domain password policy. Here is a list of the most common questions I see on a regular basis. When I implement the domain password policy, will this immediately take effect? Yes, of course… However, your users may not be necessarily impacted right away. This will depend on which settings you configure....

But this year might not be a smooth ride for many employees. A prominent payroll company used by tons of businesses recently suffered a ransomware attack, and it’s likely to impact paychecks. Hundreds of businesses could be without the ability to pay staff. Read on for details on this nightmare before Christmas scenario. Here’s the backstory Kronos revealed that it was hit with a devastating ransomware attack that could keep its payroll software offline for the next few weeks....

Pebble has updated its smartwatch software and iOS app to bring various improvements, including improved Bluetooth LE connectivity and quick notification management. The notification improvements are shown in the brief video clip above. Here are the release notes: Pebble Firmware 2.3 (Release Notes) Improved Bluetooth LE connectivity. Added the ability to skip to the next notification with a double-click of the Down or Up buttons. Bug fixes and stability improvements. iOS Pebble App 2....

Pebble Time is an interesting smartwatch. This is a bit different from anything else out there in the sense that it’s super low-tech. There’s absolutely nothing flashy about it. As far as smartwatches go, this is as barebones as it gets, but is that bad thing? I’ve been wearing Pebble Time for about a week now and being an owner of the last generation, this was extremely easy to get used to....

Digging through the System Preferences on the new OS X Mavericks, we’ve found a couple of Dictation features that are bound to make many users happy. With the check of a box and a 785 MB download, “Enhanced Dictation” makes it possible to speak your words without requiring an Internet connection. In addition, you can get live feedback. With live feedback, you can see what Dictation is interpreting before you press the enter key....

Thus, the pentesting of mobile applications has become a necessity to provide an adequate level of security to not only customers but to businesses and corporations whose respective sales teams are constantly on the road. In this article, we will discover how to pentest mobile applications using Burp Suite, one of the more powerful tools used today by pentesting teams. Burp Suite is one of the most widely used software packages for not only pentesting web applications but, for pentesting mobile applications as well....

First, launch Mail then select Mail » Preferences. The Preferences screen comes up. Click on the RSS tab. Change the Default RSS Reader to Mail. There’s nothing to it. Then, set your preference for how often you want the system to check for RSS updates. Then set Remove Articles depending on how often you’d like to clear older feeds or whether you’d like to delete them manually. To add RSS feeds, go to File » Add RSS Feeds....