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Vivo V25 Pro India launch has been teased and the smartphone’s key specifications have been teased. Vivo will equip the smartphone with a colour changing back panel and 3D curved screen. The smartphone will sport a 64-megapixel main sensor in the triple rear camera setup. The camera will have optical image stabilisation (OIS) and hybrid

Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms to distribute malware to potential targets. The first set of activities is what the company described as “persistent and well-resourced” and undertaken by a hacking group tracked under the moniker Bitter APT (aka

Nokia 2660 Flip feature phone was launched in multiple markets by the Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The new device has a clamshell design and comes in three different colour options. The Nokia 2660 Flip is powered by Unisoc T107 SoC and packs 48MB RAM and 128MB of onboard storage. It has a 2.8-inch QVGA

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned of critical security vulnerabilities in Emergency Alert System (EAS) encoder/decoder devices. If left unpatched, the issues could allow an adversary to issue fraudulent emergency alerts over TV, radio, and cable networks. The August 1 advisory comes courtesy of DHS’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). CYBIR security

Oppo recently announced the ColorOS 13 public beta recruitment for three smartphone models in select markets. The enrolment window was only open till August 4. The upcoming OS version will be based on Android 13. As per a report, citing industry sources, the new ColorOS 13 from Oppo will be released globally this month. The

A new IoT botnet malware dubbed RapperBot has been observed rapidly evolving its capabilities since it was first discovered in mid-June 2022. “This family borrows heavily from the original Mirai source code, but what separates it from other IoT malware families is its built-in capability to brute force credentials and gain access to SSH servers

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 has been spotted in a listing on Amazon’s Netherland website, tipping key specifications of the foldable phone, including its screen size and dimensions, ahead of the company’s launch event that is set to take place on August 10. The handset is listed to sport a 7.6-inch primary display and feature

Slack said it took the step of resetting passwords for about 0.5% of its users after a flaw exposed salted password hashes when creating or revoking shared invitation links for workspaces. “When a user performed either of these actions, Slack transmitted a hashed version of their password to other workspace members,” the enterprise communication and

South Korean multinational conglomerate LG might be out of the smartphone business but it just released a new Android tablet in its home market. The LG Ultra Tab is an Android 12 tablet with a 10.35-inch IPS LCD, Snapdragon 680 SoC and a 7,040mAh battery. The IPS LCD packs a resolution of 2000 x 1200

Twitter on Friday revealed that a now-patched zero-day bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts on the social media platform. “As a result of the vulnerability, if someone submitted an email address or phone number to Twitter’s systems, Twitter’s systems would tell the person what Twitter account the submitted email

Oppo has expanded the Reno series with the introduction of the Reno 8 5G and the Reno 8 Pro 5G (Review). These two smartphones are being marketed as “The Portrait Expert” by Oppo. We’ve already reviewed the Reno 8 Pro 5G which impressed us with its design and build quality, but it didn’t offer as much

A threat actor working to further Iranian goals is said to have been behind a set of disruptive cyberattacks against Albanian government services in mid-July 2022. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant said the malicious activity against a NATO state represented a “geographic expansion of Iranian disruptive cyber operations.” The July 17 attacks, according to Albania’s National Agency

OnePlus announced on Friday that it has begun rolling out the OxygenOS 12 to OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G users. The update is based on Android 12, and brings optimised app icons with improved textures and optimised AI System Booster 2.1. The company has also revealed that the update will improve the face recognition authentication

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a recently disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Zimbra email suite to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue in question is CVE-2022-27924 (CVSS score: 7.5), a command injection flaw in the platform that could lead to the execution of

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has been a part of the rumour mill for several weeks now. Various speculations have surfaced regarding its camera configuration. There have been reports that suggest the South Korean tech giant could feature only a Snapdragon chipset on the Galaxy S23 series. Notably, Samsung utilised Exynos chipsets in some markets for

Imagine this: a company-wide lockout to the company CRM, like Salesforce, because the organization’s external admin attempts to disable MFA for themselves. They don’t think to consult with the security team and don’t consider the security implications, only the ease which they need for their team to use their login. This CRM, however, defines MFA

Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2022 sale is now live for Amazon Prime subscribers. The sale brings offers and discounts for products across different categories with up to 40 percent off on mobiles and accessories, up to 75 percent off on laptops and wearables, up to 60 percent off on home and kitchen products and up

Phishing incidents are on the rise. A report from IBM shows that phishing was the most popular attack vector in 2021, resulting in one in five employees falling victim to phishing hacking techniques. The Need for Security Awareness Training Although technical solutions protect against phishing threats, no solution is 100% effective. Consequently, companies have no

Nothing Phone 1 first went on sale in India on July 21 followed by a second sale on July 30. Both times the smartphone went out of stock within a couple of hours of the sale going live. The company has now revealed that the Nothing Phone 1 will next go on sale in India

A late-stage candidate encryption algorithm that was meant to withstand decryption by powerful quantum computers in the future has been trivially cracked by using a computer running Intel Xeon CPU in an hour’s time. The algorithm in question is SIKE — short for Supersingular Isogeny Key Encapsulation — which made it to the fourth round