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Xiaomi Mix 5 is expected to launch as the successor to the Xiaomi Mix 4 smartphone. The Mix 4 launched in August 2021 with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ SoC and a 4,500mAh battery. The phone featured a 6.67-inch full-HD+ TrueColor AMOLED display and a triple rear camera unit, that included a 108-megapixel primary sensor, a

Apr 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Cyber Crime Google on Wednesday said it obtained a temporary court order in the U.S. to disrupt the distribution of a Windows-based information-stealing malware called CryptBot and “decelerate” its growth. The tech giant’s Mike Trinh and Pierre-Marc Bureau said the efforts are part of steps it takes to “not only

Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 173,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and abusive

Apr 27, 2023The Hacker NewsMalware Analysis / Cyber Threat Remote Access Trojans (RATs) have taken the third leading position in ANY. RUN’s Q1 2023 report on the most prevalent malware types, making it highly probable that your organization may face this threat. Though LimeRAT might not be the most well-known RAT family, its versatility is

Lava, the homegrown smartphone brand, is reportedly planning to launch the Lava Blaze 1X 5G in India soon. While the launch date of Lava Blaze 1X 5G has not been announced yet, the company has officially revealed the design and features for the upcoming smartphone, including a detailed list of specifications for the display, processor,

Apr 26, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Cyber Threat The Chinese nation-state group dubbed Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of a backdoor called PingPull as well as a new undocumented tool codenamed Sword2033. That’s according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which discovered recent malicious cyber activity carried out by the group targeting

The Vivo X90 Pro is the latest Android flagship smartphone to launch in India. The company has also launched the Vivo X90 along with it. In India, the X90 Pro is positioned as the successor to the Vivo X80 Pro (Review), since it is priced upwards of Rs. 80,000. Technically, the Vivo X90 Pro+ would be the true successor to last year’s

Apr 26, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / APT Group The advanced persistent threat (APT) group referred to as Evasive Panda has been observed targeting an international non-governmental organization (NGO) in Mainland China with malware delivered via update channels of legitimate applications like Tencent QQ. The attack chains are designed to distribute a Windows installer for MgBot

Tecno Spark 10 4G has been unveiled in the Philippines as the latest model in the company’s Spark 10 lineup. The latest Tecno handset comes with dual rear cameras, headlined by a 50-megapixel primary sensor. The Tecno Spark 10 4G has a 6.6-inch HD+ LCD display with a 90Hz refresh rate and packs a 5,000mAh

Apr 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / DDoS Details have emerged about a high-severity security vulnerability impacting Service Location Protocol (SLP) that could be weaponized to launch volumetric denial-of-service attacks against targets. “Attackers exploiting this vulnerability could leverage vulnerable instances to launch massive Denial-of-Service (DoS) amplification attacks with a factor as high as 2200 times, potentially

Poco F5 is expected to launch in India soon. The phone was recently spotted on several certification sites, hinting at its imminent launch. The Poco F5, expected to succeed the Poco F4, which launched in June 2022 in India, is expected to debut as a rebranded Redmi Note 12 Turbo. The Redmi phone launched in

Apr 25, 2023The Hacker NewsVulnerability Management Managing vulnerabilities in the constantly evolving technological landscape is a difficult task. Although vulnerabilities emerge regularly, not all vulnerabilities present the same level of risk. Traditional metrics such as CVSS score or the number of vulnerabilities are insufficient for effective vulnerability management as they lack business context, prioritization, and

Vivo’s X90 series of camera-focussed premium smartphones are all set to be launched on April 26. The handsets according to a recent report will go on sale on Flipkart as a microsite for the same has already gone live on the retailer’s website. The flagship phones have already been launched in Vivo’s home market, China,

Apr 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage The Russian-speaking threat actor behind a backdoor known as Tomiris is primarily focused on gathering intelligence in Central Asia, fresh findings from Kaspersky reveal. “Tomiris’s endgame consistently appears to be the regular theft of internal documents,” security researchers Pierre Delcher and Ivan Kwiatkowski said in an analysis published today. “The

Oppo A98 5G has been part of leaks and rumours for quite a few months now. Now, alleged render and specifications of the Oppo smartphone have surfaced online. It is shown with a centrally-aligned hole-punch cutout and a 64-megapixel triple camera setup at the rear. The Oppo A98 5G is said to be powered by a

Apr 24, 2023The Hacker NewsSaaS Security A recent review by Wing Security, a SaaS security company that analyzed the data of over 500 companies, revealed some worrisome information. According to this review, 84% of the companies had employees using an average of 3.5 SaaS applications that were breached in the previous 3 months. While this

Realme 11 series is confirmed to debut in May. However, the company has not given a launch date for the upcoming series. Realme is expected to launch multiple phones in the lineup. The Realme 11 Pro+ 5G will likely sit at the top of the upcoming Realme 11 series. The company is expected to pack

Recently, Andrew Martin, founder and CEO of ControlPlane, released a report entitled Cloud Native and Kubernetes Security Predictions 2023. These predictions underscore the rapidly evolving landscape of Kubernetes and cloud security, emphasizing the need for organizations to stay informed and adopt comprehensive security solutions to protect their digital assets. In response, Uptycs, the first unified

Xiaomi 13 Ultra was launched in China earlier this week as Xiaomi’s top-of-the-line flagship for the year. This handset features similar specifications to the Xiaomi 13 Pro that recently made its debut in India, with a few notable upgrades in the camera department. The smartphone is equipped with a 50-megapixel 1-inch primary camera sensor tuned by

Apr 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched zero-day flaw in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that could have enabled threat actors to conceal an unremovable, malicious application inside a victim’s Google account. Dubbed GhostToken by Israeli cybersecurity startup Astrix Security, the shortcoming impacts all Google accounts, including enterprise-focused