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Apple is gearing up to launch the iPhone 16 series of smartphones, according to a Bloomberg report. The Cupertino company is said to be targeting a launch date of September 10 for its latest iPhone models that are expected to succeed the iPhone 15 lineup that was unveiled a year ago. At its next launch

Aug 25, 2024Ravie LakshmananLaw Enforcement / Digital Privacy Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation. TF1 said the probe

Infinix Note 40 Series Racing Edition was launched in India on Saturday. The company launched the Infinix Note 40 Pro and Note 40 Pro+ in the country in April, and the new models have an F1-inspired design that was designed in collaboration with BMW’s Designworks. These handsets bear the same specifications as the original models,

Aug 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananElection Security / Threat Intelligence Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the U.K., and the U.S. The

Microsoft said on Friday it would hold a summit in September to discuss steps to improve cybersecurity systems, after a faulty update from CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage last month. The conference marks the first big step by Microsoft to address the issues that affected nearly 8.5 million Windows devices on July 19, disrupting

Aug 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Government Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a security flaw impacting Versa Director to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. The medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39717 (CVSS score: 6.6), is case of file upload bug impacting the “Change Favicon”

Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro, the Information reported on Friday. The company told employees at its Reality Labs division to stop work on the device this week after a product review meeting, the report said citing two Meta employees. The axed device was

Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders. “This memory-only dropper decrypts and executes a PowerShell-based downloader,” Google-owned Mandiant said. “This PowerShell-based downloader is being tracked as

Apple Smart Ring has been in the rumours for quite sometime, and a new patent application has shed more light on the kind of device the Cupertino-based tech giant has in mind. As per the application, the smart ring might not be focused only on health features but may also offer a new way to

Aug 23, 2024The Hacker NewsThreat Detection / Security Automation Let’s be honest. The world of cybersecurity feels like a constant war zone. You’re bombarded by threats, scrambling to keep up with patches, and drowning in an endless flood of alerts. It’s exhausting, isn’t it? But what if there was a better way? Imagine having every

Tecno Spark Go 1 was unveiled globally earlier this week. The smartphone comes with a Unisoc T615 chipset and an IP54-rated build for dust and splash resistance. It is equipped with a 13-megapixel rear camera sensor and DTS sound-backed dual speakers. The phone runs on Android 14 Go edition. A report has now surfaced suggesting the India

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananHardware Security / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a hardware backdoor within a particular model of MIFARE Classic contactless cards that could allow authentication with an unknown key and open hotel rooms and office doors. The attacks have been demonstrated against FM11RF08S, a new variant of MIFARE Classic that was

SpaceX has marked a significant milestone by launching 22 new Starlink satellites into orbit, greatly expanding its global satellite network. The launch occurred on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This mission was remarkable not only for boosting SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation but also

Aug 22, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Application Security As many as 15,000 applications using Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Application Load Balancer (ALB) for authentication are potentially susceptible to a configuration-based issue that could expose them to sidestep access controls and compromise applications. That’s according to findings from Israeli cybersecurity company Miggo, which dubbed the problem

Redmi Watch 5 Active will be launched in India soon, the company announced on Thursday. It will arrive with a slightly larger display than its predecessor, while offering more days of battery life on a single charge. The company has started to reveal some of the key specifications of the wearable fitness tracker in the days

Aug 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting Microsoft’s Copilot Studio that could be exploited to access sensitive information. Tracked as CVE-2024-38206 (CVSS score: 8.5), the vulnerability has been described as an information disclosure bug stemming from a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack. “An authenticated attacker can

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 16 series of smartphones in the coming weeks, and the upcoming lineup is expected to comprise four new models. A tipster has now suggested that the iPhone 16 Pro Max — the largest handset in the series — will have thinner screen bezels than any other smartphone in

It’s no great revelation to say that SaaS applications have changed the way we operate, both in our personal and professional lives. We routinely rely on cloud-based and remote applications to conduct our basic functions, with the result that the only true perimeter of our networks has become the identities with which we log into

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim, a slimmer version of the recently launched Galaxy Z Fold 6, is rumoured to be in development. A new report now claims that the foldable smartphone might feature a titanium backplate instead of the stainless steel and carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) material that is typically used by the

Aug 20, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Cloud Security As cloud infrastructure becomes the backbone of modern enterprises, ensuring the security of these environments is paramount. With AWS (Amazon Web Services) still being the dominant cloud it is important for any security professional to know where to look for signs of compromise. AWS CloudTrail stands out