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Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi 13 Ultra in China in April and now the company is all set to bring it to global markets. The upcoming Xiaomi smartphone is all set to launch next week in Hong Kong and other markets. The landing page for the phone has gone live on Xiaomi’s Hong Kong website, confirming

A survey of global cybersecurity leaders through the 2023 Certified CISO Hall of Fame Report commissioned by the EC-Council identified 4 primary areas of grave concern: cloud security, data security, security governance, and lack of cybersecurity talent. EC-Council, the global leader in cybersecurity education and training, released its Certified Chief Information Security Officer Hall of

Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 series earlier this year in February. While the flagship phones come with an enhanced camera experience, several Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ users have reported a camera blur issue in close-up shots. Now, Samsung, too, has confirmed the issue on its community page for Europe. The company said that a

Jun 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Linux An analysis of the Linux variant of a new ransomware strain called BlackSuit has covered significant similarities with another ransomware family called Royal. Trend Micro, which examined an x64 VMware ESXi version targeting Linux machines, said it identified an “extremely high degree of similarity” between Royal and BlackSuit.

Android 14 could add support for a new feature that could give users insights into their device’s battery health. New application programming interfaces (APIs) found on the latest Android 14 beta could show details such as the health of the phone’s battery, the manufacturing date, when it was first used, how many charging cycles have

Jun 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Malware Spanish-speaking users in Latin America have been at the receiving end of a new botnet malware dubbed Horabot since at least November 2020. “Horabot enables the threat actor to control the victim’s Outlook mailbox, exfiltrate contacts’ email addresses, and send phishing emails with malicious HTML attachments to all addresses

Redmi 12 is expected to launch soon as the successor to the Redmi 10 model that was released last year. A tipster shared that the phone was spotted on the Redmi’s official Portugal website. The screengrab shared by the tipster suggests the design and the price of the upcoming handset. The leak suggests that the

Jun 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / APT U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a new alert warning of North Korean cyber actors’ use of social engineering tactics to strike think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. The “sustained information gathering efforts” have been attributed to a state-sponsored cluster dubbed Kimsuky, which is also

Some of the Wear OS-related announcements made at the recent Google I/O 2023 event now appear to be ready as the search giant just announced that it would be adding new features to its smartwatch platform, which will soon be upgraded to Wear OS 4. Google has announced that the Spotify and Keep apps on

Jun 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Network Security An analysis of the “evasive and tenacious” malware known as QBot has revealed that 25% of its command-and-control (C2) servers are merely active for a single day. What’s more, 50% of the servers don’t remain active for more than a week, indicating the use of an adaptable

OnePlus has long been known mainly for its smartphones in India. However, over the past three years or so, it has also introduced smart TVs, monitors, personal audio products, and smartwatches. The company also designs and sells its own smartphone accessories along with backpacks and other travel gear. At a recent event, the brand even

Jun 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have offered a closer look at the RokRAT remote access trojan that’s employed by the North Korean state-sponsored actor known as ScarCruft. “RokRAT is a sophisticated remote access trojan (RAT) that has been observed as a critical component within the attack chain, enabling the threat actors

Realme C53 will launch in Malaysia on June 6. The upcoming C-series smartphone will join the Realme C55 that was released earlier this year in March with the Mini Capsule feature. The new handset will also sport the Mini Capsule, which has been compared to Apple’s Dynamic Island feature introduced with the iPhone 14 series last year.

May 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Cryptocurrency A financially motivated threat actor is actively scouring the internet for unprotected Apache NiFi instances to covertly install a cryptocurrency miner and facilitate lateral movement. The findings come from the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), which detected a spike in HTTP requests for “/nifi” on May 19, 2023.

Nothing Phone 2 is confirmed to launch globally in July. It will launch as the successor to the Nothing Phone 1 that was released in July 2022. Nothing CEO and former OnePlus Co-Founder Car Pei had previously confirmed a few key specifications of the handset. The upcoming smartphone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+

May 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware The threat actors behind RomCom RAT are leveraging a network of fake websites advertising rogue versions of popular software at least since July 2022 to infiltrate targets. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro is tracking the activity cluster under the name Void Rabisu, which is also known as Tropical Scorpius

The Realme 11 Pro series is expected to offer up to 100W fast charging support. Realme 11 Pro and Realme 11 Pro+ will launch in India on June 8, the company has confirmed. Both smartphones were unveiled in China earlier this month alongside the vanilla Realme 11. The handsets come with MediaTek Dimensity SoCs and

May 30, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero Day / Vulnerability Multiple security flaws uncovered in Sonos One wireless speakers could be potentially exploited to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) said in a report published last week. The vulnerabilities were demonstrated by three different teams from Qrious Secure, STAR Labs, and DEVCORE

Xiaomi is expected to unleash an upgrade over its current Xiaomi 13 Pro by the end of this year. The Chinese smartphone brand is yet to confirm any details regarding the Xiaomi 14 Pro, but ahead of it, a well-known tipster has shared some specifications of the handset on the Web. Xiaomi is tipped to