Google on Tuesday officially announced support for DNS-over-HTTP/3 (DoH3) for Android devices as part of a Google Play system update designed to keep DNS queries private. To that end, Android smartphones running Android 11 and higher are expected to use DoH3 instead of DNS-over-TLS (DoT), which was incorporated into the mobile operating system with Android
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Motorola Razr 2022 was officially shown off in China recently and the launch of the device could happen soon. Ahead of the formal announcement, live images of the clamshell foldable smartphone have surfaced online suggesting its design and key specifications. The renders show the handset in a black shade and suggest dual cameras at the
Two client-side risks dominate the problems with data loss and data exfiltration: improperly placed trackers on websites and web applications and malicious client-side code pulled from third-party repositories like NPM. Client-side security researchers are finding that improperly placed trackers, while not intentionally malicious, are a growing problem and have clear and significant privacy implications when
Redmi K50i 5G India launch has been set for today at 12pm (noon). The launch event will be streamed online through Xiaomi India’s Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as its website. The Redmi K50i 5G smartphone has a display that supports Dolby Vision technology. It has already been confirmed that the phone
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented spyware targeting the Apple macOS operating system. The malware, codenamed CloudMensis by Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, is said to exclusively use public cloud storage services such as pCloud, Yandex Disk, and Dropbox for receiving attacker commands and exfiltrating files. “Its capabilities clearly show that the
Samsung Galaxy S22 FE has reportedly been killed off by the South Korean tech giant. The Galaxy S22 FE was earlier speculated to launch this year succeeding the Galaxy S21 FE, but as per a new report, it may not happen. Samsung has reportedly reallocated the chips meant for the Galaxy S22 FE to the
With speculative execution attacks remaining a stubbornly persistent vulnerability ailing modern processors, new research has highlighted an “industry failure” to adopting mitigations released by AMD and Intel, posing a firmware supply chain threat. Dubbed FirmwareBleed by Binarly, the information leaking assaults stem from the continued exposure of microarchitectural attack surfaces on the part of enterprise
iQoo 10 and 10 Pro smartphones are set to launch later today. The iQoo 10 series smartphones will make their debut in the Chinese market today at 7.30pm local time (5pm IST). The official renders of the upcoming smartphones have recently been spotted on JD.com, as the handsets have been listed on the website for
Thai activists involved in the country’s pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with the infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been infected between October 2020 and November 2021, many of whom have been previously detained, arrested and imprisoned for their political
Samsung Galaxy A04s will reportedly be available in a 5G variant as well. A recent report says that the South Korean giant is working on a 5G variant model of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A04s, which has already been spotted on the Geekbench benchmarking website and will likely make its debut in the Indian markets
An emerging threat cluster originating from North Korea has been linked to developing and using ransomware in cyberattacks targeting small businesses since September 2021. The group, which calls itself H0lyGh0st after the ransomware payload of the same name, is being tracked by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center under the moniker DEV-0530, a designation assigned for
OnePlus 10 Ultra — the company’s rumoured flagship smartphone — design has surfaced online. OnePlus has reportedly submitted a patent filing for a premium device to China’s CNIPA patent authority. Spotted by IT Home, the patent also includes several drawings of the handset. The drawings reportedly show a smartphone with a rear camera bump design
Researchers have disclosed details about a security vulnerability in the Netwrix Auditor application that, if successfully exploited, could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected devices. “Since this service is typically executed with extensive privileges in an Active Directory environment, the attacker would likely be able to compromise the Active Directory domain,” Bishop Fox said
Oppo Pad Air will debut in India alongside the Oppo Enco X2 TWS earphones and the Oppo Reno 8 series of smartphones on July 18. To keep the buzz going, Oppo has teased the processor and RAM details of its first tablet in India. It is confirmed to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 680 SoC,
VoIP phones using Digium’s software have been targeted to drop a web shell on their servers as part of an attack campaign designed to exfiltrate data by downloading and executing additional payloads. “The malware installs multilayer obfuscated PHP backdoors to the web server’s file system, downloads new payloads for execution, and schedules recurring tasks to
Despite just minor upgrades over the Nord 2 (Review), the new OnePlus Nord 2T 5G seems to have it all. OnePlus’ first ‘T’ model in the Nord series isn’t a brand-new phone, but seems to get the basics right by including a proper mid-range processor, an upgraded fast-charging system, a quality display and a capable primary
Following the launch of a new “Data safety” section for the Android app on the Play Store, Google appears to be readying to remove the app permissions list from both the mobile app and the web. The change was highlighted by Esper’s Mishaal Rahman earlier this week. The Data safety section, which Google began rolling
Tecno Spark 9 will be unveiled by the company for the Indian market on July 18. Tecno Mobile claims the Tecno Spark 9 to be the first smartphone under Rs. 10,000 segment to offer up to 11GB of RAM. The upcoming smartphone packs 6GB of physical RAM along with up to 5GB of extendable virtual
New survey reveals lack of staff, skills, and resources driving smaller teams to outsource security. As business begins its return to normalcy (however “normal” may look), CISOs at small and medium-size enterprises (500 – 10,000 employees) were asked to share their cybersecurity challenges and priorities, and their responses were compared the results with those of
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4’s official renders have reportedly been leaked. Based on a recent report, the buttons of the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 4 appear slightly larger and more pronounced. The camera lenses are said to be protruding, and will reportedly offer a premium imaging experience. The hinge of the handset is said to