A recently discovered hacking group known for targeting employees dealing with corporate transactions has been linked to a new backdoor called Danfuan. This hitherto undocumented malware is delivered via another dropper called Geppei, researchers from Symantec, by Broadcom Software, said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The dropper “is being used to install
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Redmi Note 11 Pro (2023) smartphone has allegedly been spotted on Geekbench, hinting that the smartphone could come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 732G SoC with 8GB RAM. Meanwhile, the company has already announced the launch of Redmi Note 12 series earlier this week. This will not be the first time when the Chinese smartphone will be
Cloud computing was the lifeline that kept many companies running during the pandemic. But it was a classic case of medicine that comes with serious side effects. Having anywhere, anytime access to data and apps gives companies tremendous flexibility in a fast-changing world, plus the means to scale and customize IT at will. The cloud
Realme 10 5G, which has been tipped to make its debut in November this year as the Chinese tech giant’s variant successor to the vanilla Realme 10, has now reportedly been spotted on the China Compulsory Certification (3C) website with the model number RMX3663. The listing suggests that the latest smartphone’s launch is imminent, while
Communication services provider Twilio this week disclosed that it experienced another “brief security incident” in June 2022 perpetrated by the same threat actor behind the August hack that resulted in unauthorized access of customer information. The security event occurred on June 29, 2022, the company said in an updated advisory shared this week, as part
Pixel 7a, Google’s purported affordable “A”-tagged mid-range addition to the Pixel 7 series expected to launch in 2023, will reportedly sport a significant upgrade over every previous A-series Pixel smartphones. It has been reported that Pixel 7a will come with better cameras and wireless charging, amongst other features. Google’s first A-series Pixel, the Pixel 3a,
Five malicious dropper Android apps with over 130,000 cumulative installations have been discovered on the Google Play Store distributing banking trojans like SharkBot and Vultur, which are capable of stealing financial data and performing on-device fraud. “These droppers continue the unstopping evolution of malicious apps sneaking to the official store,” Dutch mobile security firm ThreatFabric
Nokia G60 5G has been confirmed to launch in India soon. The licensee HMD Global has announced that the 5G smartphone will be available for pre-order in the country soon. It is listed on the India website in two colour options with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The Nokia G60 5G was
Multiple high-severity security flaws have been disclosed as affecting Juniper Networks devices, some of which could be exploited to achieve code execution. Chief among them is a remote pre-authenticated PHP archive file deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2022-22241, CVSS score: 8.1) in the J-Web component of Junos OS, according to Octagon Networks researcher Paulos Yibelo. “This vulnerability can
Oppo is believed to be working on a high-end A series smartphone. A reliable tipster has claimed that the next entry in the lineup could get a 108-megapixel primary rear camera and support for 67W fast charging. This smartphone is claimed to also offer a high screen-to-body ratio. The actual moniker and other detailed specifications
As many as 85 command-and-control (C2) servers have been discovered supported by the ShadowPad malware since September 2021, with infrastructure detected as recently as October 16, 2022. That’s according to VMware’s Threat Analysis Unit (TAU), which studied three ShadowPad variants using TCP, UDP, and HTTP(S) protocols for C2 communications. ShadowPad, seen as a successor to
Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 Pro and Redmi Note 12 Pro+ were launched in China on Thursday (October 27) as the latest models in the company’s Redmi Note series. All new Redmi phones share some similarities and these include an OLED display, up to 120Hz refresh rate, a 5,000mAh battery, MIUI 13 custom skin
A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device
Smartphone shipments in China fell 11 percent year-on-year in the third quarter as the country’s slowing economy took a toll on consumer demand, research firm Canalys reported on Thursday. Brands shipped a total of 70 million smartphones to sellers in the period, down from 78.9 million in same period last year. While Apple was the only brand
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The Sony Xperia Ace IV is reportedly expected to launch as the company’s new Ace series compact smartphone. The handset is said to be a follow-up to the Sony Xperia Ace III, which was released in May this year. The Japanese smartphone maker’s latest entrant to the Ace series has been tipped in regards to
A 26-year-old Ukrainian national has been charged in the U.S. for his alleged role in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation. Mark Sokolovsky, who was arrested by Dutch law enforcement after leaving Ukraine on March 4, 2022, in what’s said to be a Porsche Cayenne, is currently being held in the Netherlands and awaits extradition
Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were launched by Google alongside Pixel Watch earlier this month. The flagship smartphone series appears to have turned a new leaf in the Pixel’s history. During Google’s Q3 2022 earnings call, the company revealed that it had its “highest selling week ever” for the Pixel lineup till date. Google’s
The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against Tata Power that was disclosed by the company less than two weeks ago. The incident is said to have occurred on October 3, 2022. The threat actor has also been observed leaking stolen data exfiltrated prior to encrypting the network as part
iQoo 11 series, comprising the iQoo 11 and iQoo 11 Pro, is expected to launch in China by the end of the year, and the handsets could make its debut in India around the same time. The iQoo 11 specifications have been tipped ahead of the launch of the smartphone, which is expected to succeed