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Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale is live as the company’s biggest annual sale event in India. A wide range of products starting from furniture, fashion items, personal gadgets as well as large electronics can be purchased at a discounted rate during the sale. Customers can enjoy additional benefits like bank and exchange offers or

Sep 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims over a period of nearly five months. The dodgy app, identified by Check Point, masqueraded as the legitimate WalletConnect open-source

A federal judge narrowed a lawsuit accusing Apple of violating the privacy of iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users by collecting their personal data through proprietary apps such as the App Store, Apple Music and Apple TV. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, dismissed nearly all claims based on the “Allow Apps

Sep 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability A new set of security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in the OpenPrinting Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) on Linux systems that could permit remote command execution under certain conditions. “A remote unauthenticated attacker can silently replace existing printers’ (or install new ones) IPP urls with a malicious one, resulting

OnePlus Ace 5 Pro and Ace 5 are expected to launch as successors to the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro and Ace 3, respectively. Details about the handsets have surfaced online over the past few weeks. Previous leaks have suggested the base and Pro variants could come with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Gen 4 chipsets, respectively. A new leak

Sep 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Progress Software has released another round of updates to address six security flaws in WhatsUp Gold, including two critical vulnerabilities. The issues, the company said, have been resolved in version 24.0.1 released on September 20, 2024. The company has yet to release any details about what the flaws

Redmi Buds 6 were launched in China on Thursday alongside the Redmi Note 14 5G and Note 14 Pro series handsets. The TWS earphones come with 12.4mm dynamic drivers and support up to 49dB active noise cancellation (ANC). They are claimed to offer a playback time of up to 42 hours with the charging case.

Sep 26, 2024The Hacker NewsThreat Detection / IT Security Imagine trying to find a needle in a haystack, but the haystack is on fire, and there are a million other needles you also need to find. That’s what dealing with security alerts can feel like. SIEM was supposed to make this easier, but somewhere along

Apple Vision Pro was launched earlier this year as the company’s first mixed reality (MR) headset, with a $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,92,900) price tag. While it is a premium device that is available in a handful of countries, the iPhone maker has been working on developing a cheaper Vision headset that could be unveiled in

Sep 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananAutomotive Industry / Technology Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of now patched vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed remote control over key functions simply by using only a license plate. “These attacks could be executed remotely on any hardware-equipped vehicle in about 30 seconds, regardless of

Redmi Note 14 Pro+ and Redmi Note 14 Pro were unveiled in China on Thursday. The new Note series smartphones from the Xiaomi subsidiary sport 6.67-inch OLED displays with 120Hz refresh rate and up to 3000nits peak brightness. The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ runs on Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC while the Note 14 Pro model has a

Sep 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Hacking Nation-state threat actors backed by Beijing broke into a “handful” of U.S. internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign orchestrated to glean sensitive information, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Salt

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale has started for Prime members. The festive season special sale will open for everyone else from 12am on September 27, 2024. The massive sale event promises exciting discounts and bundled offers on a large selection of popular mobile phones, laptops, TVs, Amazon devices, and other electronics. We’re scanning through

Sep 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Online Tracking Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users’ consent. “Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology

Marshall Monitor III ANC headphones were launched in India on Tuesday. The headphones have been developed in collaboration with Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead vocalist of rock band Green Day. They boast features such as active noise cancellation (ANC), Soundstage spatial audio support, Auracast technology, and customisable navigational buttons. Marshall says its latest headphones, arriving

Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananNational Security / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) said it’s proposing a ban on the import or sale of connected vehicles that integrate software and hardware made by foreign adversaries, particularly that of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia. “The proposed rule focuses on hardware and software

Apple Intelligence features are scheduled to roll out to compatible iPhone models with the iOS 18.1 update starting in the US, which could be rolled out sometime next month. Ahead of the release, the Cupertino-based tech giant has revealed how much storage space these features will require. The details were shared in the latest iOS

Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malware Altered versions of legitimate Android apps associated with Spotify, WhatsApp, and Minecraft have been used to deliver a new version of a known malware loader called Necro. Kaspersky said some of the malicious apps have also been found on the Google Play Store. They have been cumulatively downloaded

iQOO Z9 Turbo+ was launched in China on Tuesday. The smartphone runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ SoC along with a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and a 6,400mAh battery with 80W fast charging support. The phone sports a 6.78-inch 1.5K display, a 50-megapixel dual rear camera unit and a 16-megapixel

Sep 23, 2024The Hacker NewsPassword Management / Data Breach Password resets can be frustrating for end users. Nobody likes being interrupted by the ‘time to change your password’ notification – and they like it even less when the new passwords they create are rejected by their organization’s password policy. IT teams share the pain, with