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Apple was the most popular smartphone manufacturer in terms of worldwide smartphone shipments for Q4 2021, according to a report by market analyst firm Canalasy. The Cupertino-based smartphone manufacturer took the first spot from competitor Samsung, and accounted for 22 percent of global smartphone sales in the last quarter despite supply chain issues, and rising

Providing public Wi-Fi is a great service to offer your customers as it becomes more and more standard in today’s society. I like the fact that I do not have to worry about accessing the Internet while I am away, or spending a lot of money on an international connection, or just staying offline while

OnePlus 9RT has got its first update in India, bringing fixes to a host of problems pertaining to system, display, camera, and network. The update also brings along December 2021 Android security patch. OnePlus launched the smartphone in India last week with OxygenOS 11 skin that runs on Android 11. The phone sports a 6.62-inch

Google Chrome has announced plans to prohibit public websites from directly accessing endpoints located within private networks as part of an upcoming major security shakeup to prevent intrusions via the browser. The proposed change is set to be rolled out in two phases as part of releases Chrome 98 and Chrome 101 scheduled in the

Vivo T1’s India launch timeline as well as the storage variants have been tipped. The smartphone will launch in India in the next couple of months, as per a notable tipster. Vivo T1 is said to come with 8GB of RAM but there could also be a 12GB RAM variant. A report from last month

UniCC, the biggest dark web marketplace of stolen credit and debit cards, has announced that it’s shuttering its operations after earning $358 million in purchases since 2013 using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash. “Don’t build any conspiracy theories about us leaving,” the anonymous operators of UniCC said in a farewell posted on

Redmi K50 Pro is tipped to come with a Sony IMX766 sensor in its camera setup. The top-end image sensor was previously used by Xiaomi as a 50-megapixel camera in the Xiaomi 12 flagship. The Redmi K50 launch in China is confirmed to take place next month. The Redmi K50 Pro is rumoured to be

Cybersecurity teams from Microsoft on Saturday disclosed they identified evidence of a new destructive malware operation targeting government, non-profit, and information technology entities in Ukraine amid brewing geopolitical tensions between the country and Russia. “The malware is disguised as ransomware but, if activated by the attacker, would render the infected computer system inoperable,” Tom Burt,

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE and OnePlus 9RT are two hotly-anticipated smartphones that debuted in India this week. While the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE has been launched as the successor to last year’s Galaxy S20 FE 5G, the OnePlus 9RT has come as an upgrade to the OnePlus 9R that the Chinese company introduced in the

A software bug introduced in Apple Safari 15’s implementation of the IndexedDB API could be abused by a malicious website to track users’ online activity in the web browser and worse, even reveal their identity. The vulnerability, dubbed IndexedDB Leaks, was disclosed by fraud protection software company FingerprintJS, which reported the issue to the iPhone

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) developer Krafton is rolling out a new update for the popular battle royale game. As announced earlier, the Spider-Man: No Way Home theme is the major highlight of the update. The latest 1.8.0 update brings UI improvements, allowing players to pick a desired match quickly. With the update, players can avail

You can’t go far in professional IT without being asked for some key certifications. In particular, most large companies today require new hires to be well versed in the fundamentals of cybersecurity. Adding the likes of CISSP, CISM, and CompTIA CASP+ to your résumé can open the door to many opportunities — including six-figure roles.

OnePlus 10 Pro made its debut in China on January 11. The handset is reportedly being readied for launch in India. Ahead of any official announcement from the Chinese smartphone brand, the handset was reportedly spotted on some online listings which hint at its imminent launch in India. It has allegedly bagged a few local

In an unprecedented move, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the country’s principal security agency, on Friday disclosed that it arrested several members belonging to the notorious REvil ransomware gang and neutralized its operations. The surprise operation, which it said was carried out at the request of the U.S. authorities, saw the law enforcement agency conduct

iQoo 9 and iQoo 9 Pro smartphones recently made their debut in China. The handsets are now making their way to other global markets including India soon. The Indian variants of both iQoo 9 and iQoo 9 Pro are said to pack different specifications, compared to other variants. Ahead of the official announcement, key features

Operators associated with the Lazarus sub-group BlueNoroff have been linked to a series of cyberattacks targeting small and medium-sized companies worldwide with an aim to drain their cryptocurrency funds, in what’s yet another financially motivated operation mounted by the prolific North Korean state-sponsored actor. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which is tracking the intrusions under the

Motorola Edge 30 Ultra is tipped to launch in the first quarter of 2022 as the global variant of Moto Edge X30 which was launched on December 6 in China. Details of the smartphone’s specifications as well as its design have been spotted online in the past, giving enthusiasts an idea of what to expect

A man from the U.K. city of Nottingham has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for illegally breaking into the phones and computers of a number of victims, including women and children, to spy on them and amass a collection of indecent images. Robert Davies, 32, is said to have purchased an

Twitter Spaces, a feature that allows users to host or take part in live audio conversations on the platform, will now let all its hosts on Android and iOS record a session, which will be made available for public playback for a limited time. It is the second major update in this regard since the

Operators of the GootLoader campaign are setting their sights on employees of accounting and law firms as part of a fresh onslaught of widespread cyberattacks to deploy malware on infected systems, an indication that the adversary is expanding its focus to other high-value targets. “GootLoader is a stealthy initial access malware, which after getting a