Technology

Lenovo’s Tab P11 Pro seems like a well-priced Android tablet. It has a decent mid-range processor, along with a display and speakers that are geared towards entertainment. There’s also an optional stylus, and what Lenovo claims is a laptop-class keyboard for productivity. However, after a few weeks of use, I realised that this tablet is

Users searching for TeamViewer remote desktop software on search engines like Google are being redirected to malicious links that drop ZLoader malware onto their systems while simultaneously embracing a stealthier infection chain that allows it to linger on infected devices and evade detection by security solutions. “The malware is downloaded from a Google advertisement published

Nokia G10 has been launched in India as the latest budget-friendly offering from Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The phone is offered in two colours and a single RAM and storage configuration. The handset comes as the latest addition to the Nokia G-series and features a 6.5-inch HD+ display. The Nokia G10 sports a triple

Apple has released iOS 14.8, iPadOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6, and Safari 14.1.2 to fix two actively exploited vulnerabilities, one of which defeated extra security protections built into the operating system. The list of two flaws is as follows – CVE-2021-30858 (WebKit) – A use after free issue that could result in

Samsung Galaxy M22 has gone official in Germany with the phone now listed on the company site. The listing reveals specifications and design of the phone. Samsung Galaxy M22 is seen to sport a waterdrop-style notch and has a square-shaped module on the back that houses four camera sensors. The flash sits beneath the module

Researchers on Monday took the wraps off a newly discovered Linux and Windows re-implementation of Cobalt Strike Beacon that’s actively set its sights on government, telecommunications, information technology, and financial institutions in the wild. The as-yet undetected version of the penetration testing tool — codenamed “Vermilion Strike” — marks one of the rare Linux ports,

Infinix Zero X, Zero X Pro, and Zero X Neo were launched on Monday as the company’s camera-focussed smartphones. The new models come with a periscope lens that is coupled with the company’s proprietary Galileo Algorithm Engine. According to Infinix this setup enables users to capture high-resolution moon shots from their smartphones. The new Infinix

There are plenty of pop culture references to rogue AI and robots, and appliances turning on their human masters. It is the stuff of science fiction, fun, and fantasy, but with IoT and connected devices becoming more prevalent in our homes, we need more discussion around cybersecurity and safety. Software is all around us, and

Realme 8s 5G is all set to go on sale in India for the first time today. The phone was launched last week alongside Realme 8i in the country. The Realme 8s 5G sale will begin at 12pm (noon) and the phone will be up for grabs via Flipkart, Realme.com, and across major offline retailers

A previously undocumented backdoor that was recently found targeting an unnamed computer retail company based in the U.S. has been linked to a longstanding Chinese espionage operation dubbed Grayfly. In late August, Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET disclosed details of an implant called SideWalk, which is designed to load arbitrary plugins sent from an attacker-controlled server,

Realme GT Neo 2 is an upcoming smartphone from the company. Realme has confirmed its arrival with a teaser on Weibo but hasn’t announced a launch date. The phone has now been spotted on Geekbench benchmarking website, tipping key specifications and hinting that the launch may be imminent. Realme GT Neo 2 has also leaked

WhatsApp on Friday announced it will roll out support for end-to-end encrypted chat backups on the cloud for Android and iOS users, paving the way for storing information such as chat messages and photos in Apple iCloud or Google Drive in a cryptographically secure manner. The feature, which will go live to all of its

Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, the latest Galaxy A-series handset from the South Korean smartphone maker, has reportedly started receiving the September Android security patch. The update may include stability improvements and bug fixes, as per the report. Eligible handsets in the European region are receiving the update. The company has already rolled out the security

Russian internet giant Yandex has been the target of a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a new botnet called Mēris. The botnet is believed to have pummeled the company’s web infrastructure with millions of HTTP requests, before hitting a peak of 21.8 million requests per second (RPS), dwarfing a recent botnet-powered attack that came

Micromax In Note 1 Pro is reported to be in the works. The company is looking to launch a new smartphone in the ‘In’ series and it is likely to be called the Micromax In Note 1 Pro. A vague launch timeline has surfaced online and the phone has also been spotted on Geekbench benchmarking

A mix of banking applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and shopping apps from the U.S. and Spain are the target of a newly discovered Android trojan that could enable attackers to siphon personally identifiable information from infected devices, including banking credentials and open the door for on-device fraud. Dubbed S.O.V.A. (referring to the Russian word for owl),

I recently reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, and now it’s time to take a closer look at its more style-oriented cousin, the Galaxy Z Flip 3. Despite the name, this is the second generation of the Galaxy Z Flip and not the third, but it does share a lot of features and capabilities

The Linux community was caught unprepared when, in December 2020, as part of a change in the way Red Hat supports and develops CentOS, Red Hat suddenly announced that it’s cutting the official CentOS 8 support window from ten years – to just two, with support ending Dec 31, 2021. It created a peculiar situation

WhatsApp is set to soon roll out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups on Android and iOS. The new move will help users keep their chats end-to-end encrypted even when they are a part of WhatsApp backups stored on a cloud service such as Apple iCloud or Google Drive. WhatsApp has worked from scratch to enable anticipated end-to-end

Microsoft on Wednesday said it remediated a vulnerability in its Azure Container Instances (ACI) services that could have been exploited by a malicious actor “to access other customers’ information” in what the researcher described as the “first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud.” An attacker exploiting the weakness could execute malicious commands on other