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Blu Bold N2 was launched in the US on Friday. The company’s latest smartphone sports a 6.6-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC, coupled with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of inbuilt storage. The handset is equipped with a quad rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary sensor,

Social media company Meta said it will begin testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on its Messenger platform this week for select users as the default option, as the company continues to slowly add security layers to its various chat services. “If you’re in the test group, some of your most frequent chats may be automatically end-to-end

Vivo Y77e 5G was silently unveiled in China as the latest model in the company’s Y-series. The new smartphone features a waterdrop-style notch display with 60Hz refresh rate and is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC. The Vivo Y77e 5G features dual rear cameras headlined by a 13-megapixel main sensor. It comes with up

Three different offshoots of the notorious Conti cybercrime cartel have resorted to the technique of call-back phishing as an initial access vector to breach targeted networks. “Three autonomous threat groups have since adopted and independently developed their own targeted phishing tactics derived from the call back phishing methodology,” cybersecurity firm AdvIntel said in a Wednesday

Samsung SM-A042F — tipped to be the Galaxy A04 Core — has been spotted on benchmarking website Geekbench. The listing suggests that the handset could feature 3GB of RAM. The purported Samsung Galaxy A04 Core could also run on Android 12 out-of-the-box, as per the entry. It can also be seen listed with the MT6765V/CB

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple severe security vulnerabilities asset management platform Device42 that, if successfully exploited, could enable a malicious actor to seize control of affected systems. “By exploiting these issues, an attacker could impersonate other users, obtain admin-level access in the application (by leaking session with an LFI) or obtain full access to the

There are no plans by the government to ban the sale of Chinese smartphones under Rs. 12,000 in India, a new report has claimed. Citing government sources, the latest development comes a few days after a report earlier this week had claimed that the government seeks to ban smartphones from Chinese brands under the price

A former Twitter employee has been pronounced guilty for his role in digging up private information pertaining to certain Twitter users and turning over that data to Saudi Arabia. Ahmad Abouammo, 44, was convicted by a jury after a two-week trial in San Francisco federal court, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. He faces up to 20 years

Samsung plans to start selling its premium Galaxy Z Fold 4 smartphone from September in India and it will be the most expensive handset from the company’s stable in the country, according to company sources cited by PTI. While the global launch price of $1,799 (roughly Rs. 1,42,700) for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a recently disclosed security flaw in the UnRAR utility to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2022-30333 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue concerns a path traversal vulnerability in the Unix versions of UnRAR that can be triggered

Lenovo Legion Y70 is set to launch in China on August 18. The company has revealed several key specifications of this smartphone in the build-up to its launch. The handset will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. It will get a 5,100mAh battery with support for 68W Super FlashCharge fast charging

Customer engagement platform Twilio on Monday disclosed that a “sophisticated” threat actor gained “unauthorized access” using an SMS-based phishing campaign aimed at its staff to gain information on a “limited number” of accounts. The social-engineering attack was bent on stealing employee credentials, the company said, calling the as-yet-unidentified adversary “well-organized” and “methodical in their actions.”

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 are expected to launch at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2022 event on Wednesday, August 10. The new foldable phones are said to be the successors of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. Samsung will live stream the event via the company’s YouTube

Over a dozen military-industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe have come under a wave of targeted attacks since January 2022 to steal confidential data by simultaneously making use of six different backdoors. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky attributed the attacks “with a high degree of confidence” to a China-linked threat actor tracked

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is said to be in the works as the next offering from the South Korean smartphone company. In a new update, the firmware data of the upcoming phone has leaked online, suggesting the code name and model numbers of the purported device. This indicates that the new Galaxy S23 Ultra will

Researchers from Wordfence have sounded the alarm about a “sudden” spike in cyber attacks attempting to exploit an unpatched flaw in a WordPress plugin called Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons. Tracked as CVE-2021-24284, the issue is rated 10.0 on the CVSS vulnerability scoring system and relates to an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload that could

Vivo V25 Pro India launch has been teased and the smartphone’s key specifications have been teased. Vivo will equip the smartphone with a colour changing back panel and 3D curved screen. The smartphone will sport a 64-megapixel main sensor in the triple rear camera setup. The camera will have optical image stabilisation (OIS) and hybrid

Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms to distribute malware to potential targets. The first set of activities is what the company described as “persistent and well-resourced” and undertaken by a hacking group tracked under the moniker Bitter APT (aka

Nokia 2660 Flip feature phone was launched in multiple markets by the Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The new device has a clamshell design and comes in three different colour options. The Nokia 2660 Flip is powered by Unisoc T107 SoC and packs 48MB RAM and 128MB of onboard storage. It has a 2.8-inch QVGA

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned of critical security vulnerabilities in Emergency Alert System (EAS) encoder/decoder devices. If left unpatched, the issues could allow an adversary to issue fraudulent emergency alerts over TV, radio, and cable networks. The August 1 advisory comes courtesy of DHS’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). CYBIR security