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How To Install and Configure Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 14.04

Introduction Elasticsearch is a platform for distributed search and analysis of data in real time. Its popularity is due to its ease of use, powerful features, and scalability. Elasticsearch supports RESTful operations. This means that you can use HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.) in combination with an HTTP …

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How Hackers Can Hack Your Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards

Now, a group of French forensics researchers have inspected a real-world case in which criminals played smart in such a way that they did a seamless chip-switching trick with a slip of plastic that it was identical to a normal credit card. The researchers from the École Normale Supérieure University …

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Google Secretly Records Your Voice

OK, Google is Listening… and Recording too. Google is not just listening to your searches, but the search engine is also recording and storing every single voice search you make. Google is incredibly accurate at understanding your voice. The company secretly stores its users’ searches from its voice-activated assistant Google’s …

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Multiple XSS security vulnerabilities in the Visual Composer WordPress plugin

There are multiple XSS security vulnerabilities in the Visual Composer WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.7.4 (releases prior to October 2, 2015). Finally WP Bakery, the creators of Visual Composer, who have addressed all identified vulnerabilities and undertaken a code audit to ensure that it is as secure as possible.Developers  whose …

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Terrorists Targeting Indian Government

The Potential threat, range from very narrow to very broad, posed by Cyber-Terrorism has provoked considerable alarm. Terrorists involved in Cyber Espionage and Operations aim at gaining access to Nation’s critical infrastructure involving both Government as well as Private sectors. The Frequency and Intensity of such Cyber-attacks are increasing rapidly …

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LockerPin Ransomware Resets PIN and Permanently Locks Your SmartPhones

Your device’s lock screen PIN is believed to keep your phone’s contents safe from others, but sadly not from a new piece of ransomware that is capable of hijacking safety of your Android devices. A group of security researchers has uncovered what is believed to be the first real example …

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SQL Injection : How It Works

Introduction Lets get started at an apparently unrelated point. Lets assume we create a table in SQL. Now there are three main parts of a database management system, like SQL. They are – Creating structure of table Entering data Making queries (and getting meaningful results from data) Now, when SQL …

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How to Enable God Mode in Windows 10?

Microsoft’s Windows 10, the latest version of Windows Operating System, has been creating waves since it rolled out, and reached to 110 million devices within just 2 months. If you are a long-time Windows user, you may remember a trick called, ‘God Mode‘. God Mode is an inbuilt, but hidden …

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How to Backup your WhatsApp data onGoogle Drive

The more we rely on our smartphones for every facet of our lives, the more risk there is of losing important data if your phone gets lost, stolen or destroyed. Android already has some backup services built in, but the massively popular chat client WhatsApp has just announced a partnership …

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Turn Off Auto-play Facebook Videos on iPhone IOS 9.X.X

Auto-play video can be annoying especially when you are doing something serious on your Facebook or any other social media. Agreed that your FB friends love to share good content, but not those long videos that run for more than 10 minutes. How to Disable Auto-play Facebook Videos on iPhone/iPad …

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