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Signaling a major shift to its ads-driven business model, Google on Wednesday unequivocally stated it would not build alternate identifiers or tools to track users across multiple websites once it begins phasing out third-party tracking cookies from its Chrome browser by early 2022. “Instead, our web products will be powered by privacy-preserving APIs which prevent

Redmi K40 series smartphones sold 300,000 units within the first five minutes of going on sale in China, the Xiaomi sub-brand announced on Weibo. It also said that the series will go on next sale on March 8. The Redmi K40 series includes Redmi K40, Redmi K40 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro+ smartphones. The smartphones

The attack surface is virtually expanding before our eyes. Protecting assets across multiple locations, with multiple solutions from different vendors, has become a daily concern for CISOs globally. In a new e-book recently published (download here), CISOs with small security teams talk about the drivers for replacing their EDR/NGAV solutions with an Autonomous XDR solution

Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro, and the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max were launched in India on Thursday. As the successor to the Redmi Note 9 series that Xiaomi introduced last year, the Redmi Note 10 series features a Super AMOLED display. The Redmi Note 10 being the most affordable option in the

Cybercriminals are now deploying remote access Trojans (RATs) under the guise of seemingly innocuous images hosted on infected websites, once again highlighting how threat actors quickly change tactics when their attack methods are discovered and exposed publicly. New research released by Cisco Talos reveals a new malware campaign targeting organizations in South Asia that utilize

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is reportedly receiving its Android 11 update, though for now it remains uncertain whether it’s part of One UI 3.0 or One UI 3.1. This is the tablet’s first major update since its launch last year with Android 10. For now, the tablet’s Android 11 update is only available in

Microsoft has released emergency patches to address four previously undisclosed security flaws in Exchange Server that it says are being actively exploited by a new Chinese state-sponsored threat actor with the goal of perpetrating data theft. Describing the attacks as “limited and targeted,” Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) said the adversary used these vulnerabilities to

Samsung Galaxy A32 was launched in India on Wednesday as the company’s latest Galaxy A-series model. The new Samsung phone comes with a 90Hz display and features quad rear cameras. The Samsung Galaxy A32 also includes Dolby Atmos support as well as offers a waterdrop-style display notch. Other key highlights of the Samsung Galaxy A32

SunCrypt, a ransomware strain that went on to infect several targets last year, may be an updated version of the QNAPCrypt ransomware, which targeted Linux-based file storage systems, according to new research. “While the two ransomware [families] are operated by distinct different threat actors on the dark web, there are strong technical connections in code

Twitter Spaces has begun rolling out for Android users around the world as the company takes the testing of its Clubhouse-style audio chat rooms feature to a wider audience. For now, Android users will not be able to host spaces, but they will be able to join and talk in spaces, with hosting coming soon,

Let’s first take a look back at 2020! Adding to the list of difficulties that surfaced last year, 2020 was also grim for personal data protection, as it has marked a new record number of leaked credentials and PI data. A whopping 20 billion records were stolen in a single year, increasing 66% from 12

Poco F3 may arrive as a global variant of Redmi K40, documents on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) suggest. The documents show a phone with model number M2012K11AG, that is speculated to be of Redmi K40 – courtesy an IMDA listing – bearing Poco F3 moniker. The phone is also spotted on IMEI database,

A framework notorious for delivering a banking Trojan has received a facelift to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads. “The Gootkit malware family has been around more than half a decade – a mature Trojan with functionality centered around banking credential theft,” Sophos researchers Gabor Szappanos and Andrew Brandt said in a

OnePlus 9 Series is expected to launch in India sometime later this month. A dedicated webpage has been set up on the company’s India website with the title “Moonshot.” The mysterious page doesn’t reveal much, except notifying that OnePlus is expected to announce “something new” on March 8. Now, this might indicate that the OnePlus

VMware has addressed multiple critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi and vSphere Client virtual infrastructure management platform that may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take control of affected systems. “A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the

Samsung Galaxy A32 will be launched in India on March 5 and will go on sale the same day. A microsite dedicated to the smartphone is already live on the company site and the date of the launch as well as sale is mentioned in the title of the webpage. The phone has been launched

The cybersecurity world is constantly evolving to new forms of threats and vulnerabilities. But ransomware proves to be a different animal—most destructive, persistent, notoriously challenging to prevent, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Falling victim to a ransomware attack can cause significant data loss, data breach, operational downtime, costly recovery, legal consequences, and

Moto Watch, Moto Watch One, and Moto G Smartwatch have surfaced online as the next-generation Motorola smartwatches. The new Moto Watch models could launch later this year. Meanwhile, a couple of images showing the design of the smartwatches have surfaced on Twitter. One of the new models, the Moto Watch, appears to come in a square-shaped

Ukraine is formally pointing fingers at Russian hackers for hacking into one of its government systems and attempting to plant and distribute malicious documents that would install malware on target systems of public authorities. “The purpose of the attack was the mass contamination of information resources of public authorities, as this system is used for