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Smartphone shipment in India declined by 10 percent to hit a three-year low of 43 million shipment in the July-September 2022 period, market research firm International Data Corporation said on Monday. The 5G smartphone share reached 36 percent of total smartphones during the reported quarter with 16 million units at a slightly higher average selling

A newly discovered evasive malware leverages the Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic protocol to gain entry into targeted systems with the goal of mining cryptocurrency and carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Dubbed KmsdBot by the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), the Golang-based malware has been found targeting a variety of companies ranging from gaming

Pixel 7a, Google’s purported affordable “A”-tagged mid-range addition to the Pixel 7 series expected to launch in mid-2023, has been doing the rounds for quite a while now. It was previously predicted that the Google Pixel 7a would sport a triple-rear camera sensor setup featuring a Samsung 50-megapixel sensor, a 64-megapixel telephoto sensor, and a

It’s no secret that antivirus software is as essential to your computer as a power cord. However, the threats don’t stop at your devices. For example, criminals trying to steal your data can attack your Wi-Fi router, and phishing attempts can target your email. ESET’s latest consumer product release takes a comprehensive approach to security

Content: Poco X5 5G launch in India and US markets is expected soon as the handset has reportedly received approval from the Bureau of India Standards (BIS) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Poco X4 series made its debut earlier this year as the successor to Poco X3 series, through the launch of Poco X4

Multiple high-severity flaws have been uncovered in the open source OpenLiteSpeed Web Server as well as its enterprise variant that could be weaponized to achieve remote code execution. “By chaining and exploiting the vulnerabilities, adversaries could compromise the web server and gain fully privileged remote code execution,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a

Oppo, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, is expected to launch the Oppo Reno 9 Series and Reno Find N2 model smartphone in the China market. According to the latest report, the Chinese smartphone maker may also be working on an Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ model, which could be headlined by a periscope zoom camera that was

When you are trying to get another layer of cyber protection that would not require a lot of resources, you are most likely choosing between a VPN service & a DNS Security solution. Let’s discuss both. VPN Explained VPN stands for Virtual Private Networks and basically hides your IP and provides an encrypted server by

ZTE, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer that introduced the Axon 40 Ultra featuring an under-display front camera and a sleek design earlier this year, may now be working on a special Ultra Space Edition of the smartphone series, according to the company’s President of Mobile Devices Ni Fei. Last year, the smartphone manufacturer launched a similar

Google has removed two new malicious dropper apps that have been detected on the Play Store for Android, one of which posed as a lifestyle app and was caught distributing the Xenomorph banking malware. “Xenomorph is a trojan that steals credentials from banking applications on users’ devices,” Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers Himanshu Sharma and Viral Gandhi

OnePlus Buds Pro 2, the purported successor to the OnePlus Buds Pro, will reportedly be launched by the Chinese smartphone maker in the first quarter of 2023. The rumoured launch comes a year after the company released its first truly wireless audio solution in the OnePlus Buds Pro. Recent leaks also seemed to suggest the

Two long-running surveillance campaigns have been found targeting the Uyghur community in China and elsewhere with Android spyware tools designed to harvest sensitive information and track their whereabouts. This encompasses a previously undocumented malware strain called BadBazaar and updated variants of an espionage artifact dubbed MOONSHINE by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab

Redmi 11A may launch soon in Xiaomi’s home country, China. A Redmi smartphone, believed to be the Redmi 11A, has been spotted on the Chinese regulatory authority TENAA’s certification website. The smartphone is shown with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. It appears to have a hole-punch display notch and

Microsoft on Thursday attributed the recent spate of ransomware incidents targeting transportation and logistics sectors in Ukraine and Poland to a threat cluster that shares overlaps with the Russian state-sponsored Sandworm group. The attacks, which were disclosed by the tech giant last month, involved a strain of previously undocumented malware called Prestige and is said

Realme 10 Pro+ specifications and design have been teased in India, revealing some of the specifications and the handset’s design ahead of its debut in the country. The smartphone will sport a 120Hz curved display. The Chinese smartphone maker also claims that the Realme 10 Pro+ will feature the world’s first 2,160Hz dimming technology to

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of “massive phishing campaigns” that distribute five different malware targeting banking users in India. “The bank customers targeted include account subscribers of seven banks, including some of the most well-known banks located in the country and potentially affecting millions of customers,” Trend Micro said in a report published this week. Some

Realme 9 Pro 5G users in India will get the Android 13 Open Beta programme. The Chinese company had announced the Android 13 Early Access programme for the handset last month. Realme 9 Pro users in India are eligible to apply for the programme. The handset launched in India in February this year, features a

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new vulnerability in a system used across oil and gas organizations that could be exploited by an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0902 (CVSS score: 8.1), is a path-traversal vulnerability in ABB Totalflow flow computers and remote controllers. “Attackers can exploit this

With 5G connectivity now official in India, most budget smartphones these days either offer better hardware sans 5G radios or slightly compromised features with 5G connectivity. With that said, there’s plenty of choice available in the sub-Rs. 20,000 smartphone segment, whether you are looking for better cameras, good battery life, faster charging, or even an IP52 rating.  Our

The Russia-linked APT29 nation-state actor has been found leveraging a “lesser-known” Windows feature called Credential Roaming as part of its attack against an unnamed European diplomatic entity. “The diplomatic-centric targeting is consistent with Russian strategic priorities as well as historic APT29 targeting,” Mandiant researcher Thibault Van Geluwe de Berlaere said in a technical write-up. APT29,