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Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday took the wraps off a new cyberespionage group that has been behind a series of targeted attacks against diplomatic entities and telecommunication companies in Africa and the Middle East since at least 2017. Dubbed “BackdoorDiplomacy,” the campaign involves targeting weak points in internet-exposed devices such as web servers to perform a

A lot of users make the switch between iOS and Android, and vice versa. Apple and Google’s mobile operating systems respectively have differences setting them apart in terms of functionality and usability. When it comes to transferring data or contacts, it’s much easier to do so when moving from one device to another in the

A seven-year-old privilege escalation vulnerability discovered in the polkit system service could be exploited by a malicious unprivileged local attacker to bypass authorization and escalate permissions to the root user. Tracked as CVE-2021-3560 (CVSS score: 7.8), the flaw affects polkit versions between 0.113 and 0.118 and was discovered by GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse, who

WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Apple’s iMessage — all three apps have the read receipt function that notifies the sender when the receiver has read their message. Read receipts are an important part of communication through messaging apps. It allows users to understand whether their message has been seen by the recipient or not. WhatsApp, Facebook

Organizations’ cybersecurity capabilities have improved over the past decade, mostly out of necessity. As their defenses get better, so do the methods, tactics, and techniques malicious actors devise to penetrate their environments. Instead of the standard virus or trojan, attackers today will deploy a variety of tools and methods to infiltrate an organization’s environment and

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Watch 4, and Galaxy Watch Active 4 could be launched at a Galaxy Unpacked event on August 3, according to new leaks. Samsung did not unveil its foldable phones for this year at the Galaxy Unpacked event that saw the launch of the Galaxy S21

Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in Samsung’s pre-installed Android apps, which, if successfully exploited, could have allowed adversaries access to personal data without users’ consent and take control of the devices. “The impact of these bugs could have allowed an attacker to access and edit the victim’s contacts, calls, SMS/MMS, install arbitrary apps

Mi 11 Lite’s Flipkart availability has been confirmed through a dedicated page on the e-commerce website. Xiaomi will launch Mi 11 Lite in India on June 22 but the phone has already debuted globally. It was launched in March alongside a 5G variant but only the 4G model is expected to arrive in India. The

Google’s upcoming plans to replace third-party cookies with a less invasive ad targeted mechanism have a number of issues that could defeat its privacy objectives and allow for significant linkability of user behavior, possibly even identifying individual users. “FLoC is premised on a compelling idea: enable ad targeting without exposing users to risk,” said Eric

Samsung Galaxy A30s and Samsung Galaxy A20 are reportedly receiving a stable version of the Android 11-based One UI 3.1 update. The update for both smartphones currently appears to be rolling out for users in Russia and there is no information when other regions will receive the update. While Galaxy A30s gets the May 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) Thursday said it disrupted and took down the infrastructure of an underground marketplace known as “Slilpp” that specialized in trading stolen login credentials as part of an international law enforcement operation. Over a dozen individuals have been charged or arrested in connection with the illegal marketplace. The cyber crackdown,

OnePlus 8 Series — comprising OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro — and OnePlus 8T have started receiving the OxygenOS 11.0.7.7 and OxygenOS 11.0.8.14 updates in India, respectively. While the OnePlus 8 Series will receive the update in India first, followed by Europe and North America, OnePlus 8T will receive OxygenOS 11.0.8.13 update in North

An emerging ransomware strain in the threat landscape claims to have breached 30 organizations in just four months since it went operational, riding on the coattails of a notorious ransomware syndicate. First observed in February 2021, “Prometheus” is an offshoot of another well-known ransomware variant called Thanos, which was previously deployed against state-run organizations in

OnePlus Nord CE 5G was launched on Thursday through a livestream as the latest model in the OnePlus Nord series. The new smartphone comes with some significant differences over the original OnePlus Nord that was launched in July last year — to appeal the masses. The new OnePlus Nord CE 5G has a thin design that

Meat processing company JBS on Wednesday confirmed it paid extortionists $11 million in bitcoins to regain access to its systems following a destructive ransomware attack late last month. “In consultation with internal IT professionals and third-party cybersecurity experts, the company made the decision to mitigate any unforeseen issues related to the attack and ensure no

Moto G Stylus 5G has launched in the US as the 5G variant of the Moto G Stylus (2021) that debuted in January this year. The new phone comes with a quad rear camera setup and a hole-punch cutout on the display for the selfie camera. The overall design of the 5G variant seems pretty

Researchers have disclosed a new type of attack that exploits misconfigurations in transport layer security (TLS) servers to redirect HTTPS traffic from a victim’s web browser to a different TLS service endpoint located on another IP address to steal sensitive information. The attacks have been dubbed ALPACA, short for “Application Layer Protocol Confusion – Analyzing

Realme C21Y could launch in Vietnam soon and ahead of its launch, an online retailer listing shows the specifications for the phone. The tipster who shared the listing claims Realme C21Y will be the company’s first phone to run on Android (Go edition). The phone has been listed with a triple rear camera setup and

Four security vulnerabilities discovered in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and Office online, could be potentially abused by bad actors to deliver attack code via Word and Excel documents. “Rooted from legacy code, the vulnerabilities could have granted an attacker the ability to execute code on targets via malicious Office documents, such as Word,

Nokia C01 Plus has debuted as a new budget smartphone from Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The smartphone appears quite similar to the Nokia C1 Plus that was launched last year, though it carries a distinct list of specifications. Nokia C01 Plus comes preloaded with Android 11 (Go edition) and features a splash-proof casing. It