Honor Play 30 Plus 5G smartphone was launched in China on Thursday as the latest entry-level 5G offering from the brand. The new smartphone comes with MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor and offers 128GB of onboard storage. Honor Play 30 Plus 5G handset carries a 90Hz refresh rate display and a dual rear camera unit, headlined
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Today’s cyber attackers are constantly looking for ways to exploit vulnerabilities and infiltrate organizations. To keep up with this evolving threat landscape, security teams must be on the lookout for potential risks around the clock. Since most organizations simply cannot afford to have 24×7 security teams, managed detection and response (MDR) services have become a
Vivo Watch 2 is set to be launched on December 22 in China. In the build-up to its imminent arrival, Vivo has unveiled the first official image of its upcoming smartwatch. The image confirms that Vivo Watch 2 will be equipped with a circular dial. Along with the image reveal, Vivo has announced that Vivo
Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has announced that it’s expanding its bug bounty program to start rewarding valid reports of scraping vulnerabilities across its platforms as well as include reports of scraping data sets that are available online. “We know that automated activity designed to scrape people’s public and private data targets
Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 was been launched on Wednesday, adding to the company’s Galaxy A-Series tablet lineup. The Galaxy Tab A8 features thin bezels around a 10.5-inch TFT display with a 16:10 aspect ratio. Equipped with a quad-speaker setup, the Galaxy Tab A8 also comes with Dolby Atmos support. The tablet comes in three storage
As a CISO, one of the most challenging questions to answer is “How well are we protected right now?” Between the acceleration of hackers’ offensive capabilities and the dynamic nature of information networks, a drift in the security posture is unavoidable and needs to be continuously compensated. Therefore, answering that question implies continuously validating the
WhatsApp on Tuesday announced the rollout of an ability to let you preview your voice messages before sending them to your contacts. The update essentially helps you listen to your voice message and see if the audio is fine for sharing over the instant messaging app. If it’s not, you can discard your voice message
Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender on Monday revealed that attempts are being made to target Windows machines with a novel ransomware family called Khonsari as well as a remote access Trojan named Orcus by exploiting the recently disclosed critical Log4j vulnerability. The attack leverages the remote code execution flaw to download an additional payload, a
PUBG: New State was set to receive a major update on December 9, which has since been postponed. According to the game developer, Krafton, the update had to be put on hold due to delays with the app review. Now, through its official blog, Krafton has announced that PUBG: New State players will be receiving
With 2021 drawing to a close and many closing their plans and budgets for 2022, the time has come to do a brief wrap-up of the SaaS Security challenges on the horizon. Here are the top 3 SaaS security posture challenges as we see them. 1 — The Mess of Misconfiguration Management The good news
Xiaomi 12 Ultra, the rumoured high-end handset from the Chinese smartphone brand, is reportedly making its way to the market soon along with other Xiaomi 12 series phones. The handset is yet to be officially confirmed by the company, but some 3D concept renders of the phone have now surfaced online. The renders show a
A previously undocumented, financially motivated threat group has been connected to a string of data theft and extortion attacks on over 40 entities between September and November 2021. The hacker collective, which goes by the self-proclaimed name Karakurt and was first identified in June 2021, is capable of modifying its tactics and techniques to adapt
Vivo is tipped to unveil the Vivo V23 Pro in January 2022, as per a new report. Vivo V23 series is expected to replace the Vivo V21 lineup which was released in April this year. The report also suggests that the base Vivo V23 version will be released after the launch of the Vivo V23
Network security vendor SonicWall is urging customers to update their SMA 100 series appliances to the latest version following the discovery of multiple security vulnerabilities that could be abused by a remote attacker to take complete control of an affected system. The flaws impact SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, and 500v products running versions 9.0.0.11-31sv
OnePlus 9RT (or OnePlus RT) and OnePlus Buds Z2’s India launch seems imminent. OnePlus’s smartphone and true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones’ India support pages have been spotted on the company. The OnePlus 9RT was listed under the ‘Phone’ category while the OnePlus Buds Z2 was listed under ‘Accessories.’ The OnePlus Buds Z2 TWS earphones launched
At least 17 malware-laced packages have been discovered on the NPM package Registry, adding to a recent barrage of malicious software hosted and delivered through open-source software repositories such as PyPi and RubyGems. DevOps firm JFrog said the libraries, now taken down, were designed to grab Discord access tokens and environment variables from users’ computers
Xiaomi 12 series is expected to be announced as a successor to the Xiaomi 11 lineup of smartphones later this month. Various leaks and reports have hinted that the upcoming Xiaomi 12 series will comprise of four models. These rumoured handsets include Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi 12 Pro, and Xiaomi 12 Ultra. The launch
Russia has stepped up its censorship efforts in the country by fully banning access to the Tor web anonymity service, coinciding with the ban of six virtual private network (VPN) operators, as the government continues to control the internet and crackdown on attempts to circumvent locally imposed web restrictions. The Federal Service for Supervision of
OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro’s OxygenOS 12 update is being reportedly suspended till OnePlus fixes the bugs faced by users. The Chinese tech giant has also apparently issued a statement regarding the suspension of the rollout of the Android 12-based update. Many users reportedly complained that the update did not bring all the promised
As many as 1.6 million WordPress sites have been targeted by an active large-scale attack campaign originating from 16,000 IP addresses by exploiting weaknesses in four plugins and 15 Epsilon Framework themes. WordPress security company Wordfence, which disclosed details of the attacks, said Thursday it had detected and blocked more than 13.7 million attacks aimed