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Vivo X100 Pro+ is expected to launch as a successor to the Vivo X90 Pro+ which was launched earlier this year alongside the other two models in the lineup – the Vivo X90 and the Vivo X90 Pro. The X90 and X90 Pro are powered by octa-core 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoCs. The X90 Pro+

Jun 15, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan A suspected China-nexus threat actor dubbed UNC4841 has been linked to the exploitation of a recently patched zero-day flaw in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances since October 2022. “UNC4841 is an espionage actor behind this wide-ranging campaign in support of the People’s Republic of China,” Google-owned Mandiant said in a

iQoo Neo 7 Pro key specifications have been confirmed ahead of its India launch. The new iQoo smartphone is set to launch on July 4 in the country. iQoo has already teased the design of the phone in its orange colour option, which has a vegan leather back. The phone also sports a triple-camera setup,

Jun 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Ransomware Progress Software on Thursday disclosed a third vulnerability impacting its MOVEit Transfer application, as the Cl0p cybercrime gang deployed extortion tactics against affected companies. The new flaw, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, also concerns an SQL injection vulnerability that “could lead to escalated privileges

Realme 11 Pro+ 5G was launched in India earlier this month, a few weeks after the Motorola Edge 40 made its debut in the country. These smartphones are powered by chipsets from MediaTek and are equipped with AMOLED displays with high refresh rates. They are also equipped with high resolution primary cameras, and feature batteries

Jun 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cyber Crime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday unveiled charges against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in deploying LockBit ransomware to targets in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of Chechen Republic has been accused of perpetrating at least five attacks between

Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy Watch 6 Pro and Galaxy Watch 6 alongside the new foldable smartphones next month at its Galaxy Unpacked event in Seoul, Korea. Ahead of the event, alleged renders of the Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic have leaked online showing multiple colour options. The Galaxy Watch 6

Jun 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptojacking / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered previously undocumented payloads associated with a Romanian threat actor named Diicot, revealing its potential for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “The Diicot name is significant, as it’s also the name of the Romanian organized crime and anti-terrorism policing unit,” Cado Security said in a

Realme 11 Pro+ 5G has sold over 60,000 units in India, the company announced on Friday. With this new sales milestone, the Realme 11 Pro+ 5G smartphone claimed to have broken the company’s highest first-sales record in the above-Rs. 25,000 price segment. The Realme 10 Pro+ 5G successor with a 200-megapixel triple rear camera unit

Jun 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Network Security The threat actor known as ChamelGang has been observed using a previously undocumented implant to backdoor Linux systems, marking a new expansion of the threat actor’s capabilities. The malware, dubbed ChamelDoH by Stairwell, is a C++-based tool for communicating via DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) tunneling. ChamelGang was first outed

Samsung Galaxy S23 series with Android 13-based One UI 5.1 skin was launched in February this year. Now the flagship smartphones have reportedly started receiving the June 2023 Android security patch. The latest firmware brings a 2x portrait option to the camera app and addresses autofocus issues. The update is said to have several stability

As Threat Actors Continuously Adapt their TTPs in Today’s Threat Landscape, So Must You Earlier this year, threat researchers at Cybersixgill released the annual report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground. The research stems from an analysis of Cybersixgill’s collected intelligence items throughout 2022, gathered from the deep, dark and clear web. The report examines

Samsung is expected to take the wraps off the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 during a Galaxy Unpacked event said to be held in the last week of July in South Korea. Most recently, the design of the clamshell foldable smartphone seems to have been leaked in the form of a

Jun 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Ransomware Ransomware actors and cryptocurrency scammers have joined nation-state actors in abusing cloud mining services to launder digital assets, new findings reveal. “Cryptocurrency mining is a crucial part of our industry, but it also holds special appeal to bad actors, as it provides a means to acquire money with a

ChatGPT will soon hit the road. Mercedes-Benz on Thursday said US drivers could power some of their luxury vehicles with ChatGPT in a test program starting June 16. Compatible with some 900,000 vehicles that have the automaker’s “MBUX” systems, ChatGPT will download over the air after drivers opt in via a Mercedes app or by

Jun 15, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Data Security The revolutionary technology of GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, has brought significant risks to organizations’ sensitive data. But what do we really know about this risk? A new research by Browser Security company LayerX sheds light on the scope and nature of these risks. The report

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldables are expected to launch next month. Samsung confirmed that it will host its next Unpacked event in Seoul, which is scheduled for late July. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 will be a flagship foldable smartphone offering and launch as a successor to last year’s

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Network Security The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 (CVSS score: 3.9), “enabled the execution of privileged commands across Windows, Linux, and PhotonOS

Redmi Pad 2 is reportedly in the works and could make its debut later this year as the successor to last year’s Redmi Pad. The company is yet to announce any details of the purported Redmi Pad 2, but its specifications have recently been leaked by a tipster on Weibo. These include the purported tablet’s