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YouTube has introduced new creator tools for Shorts – its short-form videos – on Android and iOS platforms. With the new feature, creators can now customise the thumbnails of their short videos by tweaking them with text, filters and emojis. Additionally, it is now giving them more choices when choosing thumbnails, even after YouTube Shorts

Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system to address a known security flaw that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-32896 (CVSS score: 7.8), relates to a case of privilege escalation in the Android

Google announced multiple new features for Android users on Tuesday. There are a total of five new features being added to existing Android tools such as TalkBack and Circle to Search. Google Chrome is also getting a new text-to-speech feature that will allow users to listen to articles and web pages easily. Offline Google Maps

Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called Cicada3301 that shares similarities with the now-defunct BlackCat (aka ALPHV) operation. “It appears that Cicada3301 ransomware primarily targets small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), likely through opportunistic attacks that exploit vulnerabilities as the initial access vector,”

UPI Circle, the latest innovation in Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was rolled out by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) last week. The feature allows UPI users to enable trusted people by letting them have access to their accounts. This way, those even without a UPI account can make transactions with the payment instrument.

Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus. “Head Mare uses more up-to-date methods for obtaining initial access,” Kaspersky said in a Monday analysis of the group’s tactics and tools. “For instance, the attackers took

Realme Buds N1 will soon launch in India, the company confirmed officially. It is set to launch in the country alongside the Realme Narzo 70 Turbo 5G. The design of the upcoming true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones has been revealed alongside several of their key features. The TWS earphones will support hybrid noise cancellation and

Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananInsider Threat / Network Security A 57-year-old man from the U.S. state of Missouri has been arrested in connection with a failed data extortion campaign that targeted his former employer. Daniel Rhyne of Kansas City, Missouri, has been charged with one count of extortion in relation to a threat to cause damage

iPhone 15 Plus was launched in September 2023 alongside the other iPhone 15 series handsets, which included the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Meanwhile, Apple’s iPhone 16 lineup is set to be unveiled on September 9. Ahead of the launch, the price of the A16 Bionic chipset-backed iPhone 15 Plus has

Threat actors linked to the RansomHub ransomware group encrypted and exfiltrated data from at least 210 victims since its inception in February 2024, the U.S. government said. The victims span various sectors, including water and wastewater, information technology, government services and facilities, healthcare and public health, emergency services, food and agriculture, financial services, commercial facilities,

Google Pixel Watch 3 was launched last month alongside the Pixel 9 series during the company’s Made by Google event. Now, Google has confirmed that the new wearable will receive Wear OS updates for three years. The tech giant is providing seven years of updates for its Pixel smartphones. The three-year support for updates for

Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Malware Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed publishing a set of malicious packages to the npm registry, indicating “coordinated and relentless” efforts to target developers with malware and steal cryptocurrency assets. The latest wave, which was observed between August 12 and 27, 2024, involved packages named

The NCLT on Friday approved the scheme of merger of Reliance Industries-owned Viacom 18 Media — the holding company of the group’s media and entertainment assets — with Star India. A two-member bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the composite Scheme of Arrangement among Viacom 18, Digital18 and Star India, a unit

Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new campaign that potentially targets users in the Middle East through malware that disguises itself as Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect virtual private network (VPN) tool. “The malware can execute remote PowerShell commands, download and exfiltrate files, encrypt communications, and bypass sandbox solutions, representing

Oppo Enco Air 4 have been silently launched in China. The truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones sport an in-ear design and feature rounded stems with support for touch controls. Together with the charging case, the earphones are claimed to offer a total playback time of up to 43 hours. The earphones have an IP55 rating for

Aug 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananRootkit / Threat Intelligence A recently patched security flaw in Google Chrome and other Chromium web browsers was exploited as a zero-day by North Korean actors in a campaign designed to deliver the FudModule rootkit. The development is indicative of the persistent efforts made by the nation-state adversary, which had made a

Apple Intelligence – the suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features for Apple devices – was showcased at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 on June 10. In subsequent weeks, the Cupertino-based tech giant rolled out several of its AI-powered features via iOS 18 developer beta updates but only in the US. However, that has now

The most dangerous vulnerability you’ve never heard of. In the world of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities are discovered so often, and at such a high rate, that it can be very difficult to keep up with. Some vulnerabilities will start ringing alarm bells within your security tooling, while others are far more nuanced, but still pose an

Xiaomi 14T and Xiaomi 14T Pro could soon be launched as the successors to the Xiaomi 13T series that was introduced by the company a year ago. The Chinese smartphone maker is yet to announce plans to launch high-end handsets, but a website has leaked several details such including their prices in Europe, as well

Aug 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new network infrastructure set up by Iranian threat actors to support activities linked to the recent targeting of U.S. political campaigns. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has linked the infrastructure to a threat it tracks as GreenCharlie, an Iran-nexus cyber threat group that overlaps