OnePlus Pad, the long-rumoured tablet offering from the Chinese tech company has reportedly entered testing in India. The new Android tablet is said to launch in the country alongside the OnePlus 11R. The tablet is internally codenamed ‘Aries.’ Past leaks had indicated that the OnePlus Pad would be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC,
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On January 3rd, a new study on teens and social media hit the headlines in places like StudyFinds.org and the New York Times. The headline in StudyFinds was scary: it warned of a “social disaster.” And it explained that “Children who frequently check social media face significant brain changes.” But the headline was wrong. Dead wrong. Here’s
Google has announced at the ongoing CES 2023 expo that it is adding Spotify Connect support to Android 13’s media switcher. This feature is similar to what Android 13 media switcher users could already do with YouTube Music and YouTube. Users will soon be able to easily switch music from their phone or tablet to
Jan 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Threat Cloud services provider Rackspace on Thursday confirmed that the ransomware gang known as Play was responsible for last month’s breach. The security incident, which took place on December 2, 2022, leveraged a previously unknown security exploit to gain initial access to the Rackspace Hosted Exchange email environment.
Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Blind Eagle has resurfaced with a refined toolset and an elaborate infection chain as part of its attacks targeting organizations in Colombia and Ecuador. Check Point’s latest research offers new insights into the Spanish-speaking group’s tactics and techniques, including the use
Qualcomm, American semiconductor manufacturer behind Snapdragon chipsets on the mobile platform, has announced satellite-based two-way messaging feature for smartphones at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2023). The company’s Snapdragon Satellite solution will allow users to send and receive emergency messages, SMS, and texts on other messaging apps on Android smartphones globally. The feature will
Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Surveillance Financial institutions are being targeted by a new version of Android malware called SpyNote at least since October 2022. “The reason behind this increase is that the developer of the spyware, who was previously selling it to other actors, made the source code public,” ThreatFabric said in a
Oppo has announced the timeline for the global rollout of Android 13-based ColorOS 13 update for Q1 2023. The Chinese smartphone company will be offering the latest OS update to smartphones including the Oppo Find X2 Pro, Find X2, Find X2 Pro Lamborghini Edition, Find X2 League of Legends Edition, and others. The company is
Ransomware: contemporary threats, how to prevent them and how the FBI can help In April 2021, Dutch supermarkets faced a food shortage. The cause wasn’t a drought or a sudden surge in the demand for avocados. Rather, the reason was a ransomware attack. In the past years, companies, universities, schools, medical facilities and other organizations
Letv announced that it will soon be launching the Letv S1 Pro in China. It will be an affordable 5G smartphone that will be powered by the Huben T7510 SoC, which is a domestically developed chip that is said to offer similar performance as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 series chipsets. However, the most notable aspect
Jan 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security Qualcomm on Tuesday released patches to address multiple security flaws in its chipsets, some of which could be exploited to cause information disclosure and memory corruption. The five vulnerabilities — tracked from CVE-2022-40516 through CVE-2022-40520 — also impact Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptops, prompting the Chinese PC maker to issue BIOS
Samsung Galaxy A34, the purported successor to the Samsung Galaxy A33 that was launched in India last year, has been spotted on a benchmarking website. The handset, which is expected to debut as an upcoming addition to the company’s Galaxy A series is shown to be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1080 SoC under the
Jan 03, 2023The Hacker NewsSecurity Automation / Cybersecurity Challenges with an enforcement-based approach An enforcement-based approach to security begins with a security policy backed by security controls, often heavy-handed and designed to prevent employees from engaging in risky behavior or inadvertently expanding the potential attack surface of an organization. Most organizations exclusively use enforcement-based security
Samsung has reportedly rolled out the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 updates for two more Galaxy handsets- Galaxy F12 and Galaxy A03. While the Galaxy F12 Android 13 update is said to be rolling out in India, the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update on Galaxy A03 is reportedly available in Serbia. The update on
Jan 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananUnited States A new malware campaign has been observed using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing emails to drop a remote access trojan called BitRAT. The unknown adversary is believed to have hijacked the IT infrastructure of a Colombian cooperative bank, using the information to craft convincing
Poco C50 was launched in India on Tuesday as the company’s latest model in the C-series lineup. The new entry-level smartphone by the Xiaomi sub-brand has a waterdrop-style notch display and is powered by a MediaTek Helio A22 SoC. The Poco C50 comes in two distinct colour options and two RAM and storage configurations. Some
Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Scam / Cybersecurity Chinese international students in the U.K. have been targeted by persistent Chinese-speaking scammers for over a year as part of an activity dubbed RedZei (aka RedThief). “The RedZei fraudsters have chosen their targets carefully, researched them and realized it was a rich victim group that is ripe for
Vivo Y35m was launched as the latest Y-series budget smartphone from Vivo on Monday. The smartphone is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC and is currently introduces only for China market. The handset has arrived in China in three available internal storage options. Vivo Y35m sports a polycarbonate body which is available in two
Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Linux WordPress sites are being targeted by a previously unknown strain of Linux malware that exploits flaws in over two dozen plugins and themes to compromise vulnerable systems. “If sites use outdated versions of such add-ons, lacking crucial fixes, the targeted web pages are injected with malicious JavaScripts,” Russian
Redmi 12C has been launched in China just before the end of 2022. The new budget smartphone by the Xiaomi sub-brand has gone live in China on the same day that saw the company started the sale for its flagship Redmi K60 series. The Redmi 12C, unveiled as a successor to the Redmi 10C, houses