Feb 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy A joint law enforcement operation conducted by Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland has cracked yet another encrypted messaging application named Exclu used by organized crime groups. Eurojust, in a press statement, said the February 3 exercise resulted in the arrests of 45 individuals across Belgium and the Netherlands, some
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OnePlus hosted the Cloud 11 launched event today. Along with launching the OnePlus 11 5G, the OnePlus 11R, and OnePlus Buds Pro 2, the company also announced the OnePlus Pad, the OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro, and the OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro in the Indian market. The OnePlus Pad comes with a magnetic keyboard and
Feb 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananHacktivist / Cyber Attack An Iranian nation-state group sanctioned by the U.S. government has been attributed to the hack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in early January 2023. Microsoft, which disclosed details of the incident, is tracking the activity cluster under its chemical element-themed moniker NEPTUNIUM, which is an Iran-based
Nothing Phone 1 launched in July 2022 and its successor is expected to launch later this year. Nothing CEO Carl Pei, who was also a OnePlus co-founder, teased the Nothing Phone 2 previously, stating that it will arrive in late 2023. Pei said that the United States will be a priority market for the upcoming
Feb 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Endpoint Security E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign, cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed late last month. The malspam activity is notable for transitioning away from malware-laced Microsoft Word documents to NSIS executable files for loading the malware.
Electronics major Samsung has received orders for around 1.4 lakh units of its premium smartphone Galaxy S23 worth a total of Rs. 1,400 crore on the first day of its pre-booking for the device, a senior company official has claimed. Samsung India, Senior Vice President for Mobile Business, Raju Pullan told PTI that the pre-booking
Feb 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Cyber Threat The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a new backdoor to exfiltrate data. “The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to external
Poco is confirmed to launch its X5 Pro 5G smartphone in India on Monday. The phone has been anticipated for a long time since the company’s India head teased its release last year. There have been several leaks and reports surrounding the Poco X5 Pro 5G. It had also been spotted on multiple certification sites.
Feb 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananAttack Vector / Endpoint Security In a continuing sign that threat actors are adapting well to a post-macro world, it has emerged that the use of Microsoft OneNote documents to deliver malware via phishing attacks is on the rise. Some of the notable malware families that are being distributed using this method
Infinix Zero 5G 2023 and Infinix Zero 5G 2023 Turbo were launched in India on Saturday as the latest 5G-enabled smartphones from the brand owned by China’s Transsion Holdings. The new Infinix Zero series handsets are powered by 6nm-based Mediatek Dimensity SoCs and feature 6.78-inch full-HD+ displays with a 120Hz refresh rate. They come equipped with
Feb 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability A zero-day vulnerability affecting Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT managed file transfer application is being actively exploited in the wild. Details of the flaw were first publicly shared by security reporter Brian Krebs on Mastodon. No public advisory has been published by Fortra. The vulnerability is a case of remote code
OnePlus Pad, the first tablet offering from the Chinese electronic brand, is all set to go official during the Cloud 11 event on February 7. Ahead of the launch, OnePlus has released a teaser video showing off the design of the upcoming tablet. The OnePlus Pad is confirmed to come bundled with a magnetic keyboard and
A new Android banking trojan has set its eyes on Brazilian financial institutions to commit fraud by leveraging the PIX payments platform. Italian cybersecurity company Cleafy, which discovered the malware between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, is tracking it under the name PixPirate. “PixPirate belongs to the newest generation of Android
OnePlus 11 5G is confirmed to launch in India on February 7 during the OnePlus Cloud 11 event. In a new update, the colour options, and the RAM and storage configurations of the handset have been leaked online. The OnePlus 11 5G is tipped to be available in India in two RAM and storage options with
Feb 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Ransomware VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. “These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021,” the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) of France said in an
Oppo Find N2 Flip clamshell foldable smartphone was released in China in December 2022, alongside the Find N2. The smartphone, which has a more advanced water drop hinge design that lessens creasing and eases stress on the internal folding display, is now expected to launch globally soon. The global variant of the Oppo Find N2
Feb 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananAutomotive Security / Vulnerability Two new security weaknesses discovered in several electric vehicle (EV) charging systems could be exploited to remotely shut down charging stations and even expose them to data and energy theft. The findings, which come from Israel-based SaiFlow, once again demonstrate the potential risks facing the EV charging infrastructure.
Sony Xperia 1 V may soon be launched by the Japanese smartphone manufacturer. While the company is yet to reveal any details about the handset, purported images have recently surfaced online, giving us a sneak peek into its design. Sony is yet to announce any plans to launch such a handset, but its key specifications
Feb 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability F5 has warned of a high-severity flaw impacting BIG-IP appliances that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) or arbitrary code execution. The issue is rooted in the iControl Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) interface and affects the following versions of BIG-IP – 13.1.5 14.1.4.6 – 14.1.5 15.1.5.1 – 15.1.8
OnePlus 11 5G was launched in China earlier this month with a 6.7-inch QHD+ 120Hz Samsung LTPO 3.0 AMOLED display and 100W SuperVOOC fast charging support. The phone is scheduled to launch in India on February 7 at the Cloud 11 event. Reports and leaks about the global variant of the OnePlus 11 5G have