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Mozilla has released the latest version of its Web browser, Firefox 96, with multiple new features and fixes. The Firefox 96 version is available for desktop and Android now. In order to upgrade audio and video calls, Mozilla has worked on noise suppression and auto-gain-control in the latest update. The company has also added improvements

An Iranian state-sponsored actor has been observed scanning and attempting to abuse the Log4Shell flaw in publicly-exposed Java applications to deploy a hitherto undocumented PowerShell-based modular backdoor dubbed “CharmPower” for follow-on post-exploitation. “The actor’s attack setup was obviously rushed, as they used the basic open-source tool for the exploitation and based their operations on previous

Realme 9 Pro is reportedly in the works. The smartphone is yet to be officially announced by the Chinese smartphone brand, but ahead of that, Realme 9 Pro has leaked in a new sketch that hints at the phone’s design. In the leaked sketches, Realme 9 Pro is seen featuring a triple rear camera unit.

Threat actors are actively incorporating public cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft into their malicious campaigns to deliver commodity remote access trojans (RATs) such as Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT to siphon sensitive information from compromised systems. The spear-phishing attacks, which commenced in October 2021, have primarily targeted entities located in the U.S., Canada, Italy, and

Realme 9 has been spotted on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification website, hinting at the upcoming launch of the smartphone in the country. Realme 9 is part of the Realme 9 series, which is said to be comprised of Realme 9, Realme 9 Pro, Realme 9 Pro+, and Realme 9i. While the listing

A new cross-platform backdoor called “SysJoker” has been observed targeting machines running Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems as part of an ongoing espionage campaign that’s believed to have been initiated during the second half of 2021. “SysJoker masquerades as a system update and generates its [command-and-control server] by decoding a string retrieved from a

Tecno Pop 5 LTE was launched in India on Wednesday as the latest addition to the company’s Pop Series. The smartphone packs a 5,000mAh battery, and comes with 14 regional language support, Tecno says. The phone was launched in November in the Philippines and Pakistan in November last year with a 6.52-inch display. The Tecno

With the last month of 2021 dominated by the log4J vulnerabilities discovery, publication, and patches popping up in rapid succession, odds are you have patched your system against Log4J exploitation attempts. At least some systems, if not all. You might even have installed the latest patch – at the time of writing, that is 2.17.1,

WhatsApp is testing a global voice message feature on Android that would let users continue to listen to voice messages even when they switch from one chat to another. The instant messaging app at present stops playing a voice message when a user leaves the chat in which that particular message is available. The update

Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the popular encrypted instant messaging service Signal, has announced that he is stepping down as the chief executive of the non-profit in a move that has been underway over the last few months. “In other words, after a decade or more, it’s difficult to overstate how important Signal is to

Honor Magic V foldable smartphone has been launched in China. The feature-loaded handset becomes the first foldable phone to come with Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. It also comes with a separate security chip, a triple rear camera setup, two hole-punch front cameras (one on the outside and one on the inside), and

A study of 16 different Uniform Resource Locator (URL) parsing libraries has unearthed inconsistencies and confusions that could be exploited to bypass validations and open the door to a wide range of attack vectors. In a deep-dive analysis jointly conducted by cybersecurity firms Claroty and Synk, eight security vulnerabilities were identified in as many third-party

Gmail app on Android has become only the fourth app to hit 10 billion installs. The three apps to reach the milestone of over a billion installs from the Google Play store are Google Play Services, YouTube, and Google Maps. The email service from Google has been a go-to service for people since its launch

Threat hunters have shed light on the tactics, techniques, and procedures embraced by an Indian-origin hacking group called Patchwork as part of a renewed campaign that commenced in late November 2021, targeting Pakistani government entities and individuals with a research focus on molecular medicine and biological science. “Ironically, all the information we gathered was possible

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE was launched in India on Monday, and it will be available via Samsung.com, Amazon India, other leading online portals, as well as offline retailers from January 11. The smartphone will be available starting at an introductory price of Rs. 49,999 for the 8GB+128GB variant, going up to Rs. 53,999 for the

Researchers have disclosed a novel technique by which malware on iOS can achieve persistence on an infected device by faking its shutdown process, making it impossible to physically determine if an iPhone is off or otherwise. The discovery — dubbed “NoReboot” — comes courtesy of mobile security firm ZecOps, which found that it’s possible to

Amazon Mobile and TV Savings Days sale was kicked off in India on Friday, December 7, under which it is offering instant discounts on models including OnePlus Nord 2 5G, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G, and Redmi Note 10S. The four-day sale, which will last until January 10, also brings discounted prices of Samsung Galaxy

When I want to know the most recently published best practices in cyber security, I visit The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). From the latest password requirements (NIST 800-63) to IoT security for manufacturers (NISTIR 8259), NIST is always the starting point. NIST plays a key role as a US standard-setter, due to

Looking for information on how to block unknown numbers on an Android phone? Google by default provides the option to block unknown numbers on Android. However, since the Android world is of a heterogeneous nature, there’s no one way of blocking unknown numbers on phones from different manufacturers. Different skins and interfaces have distinct ways

The digital security team at the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) has raised the alarm on active exploitation of Log4Shell vulnerabilities in unpatched VMware Horizon servers by an unknown threat actor to drop malicious web shells and establish persistence on affected networks for follow-on attacks. “The attack likely consists of a reconnaissance phase, where the