Technology

Dec 02, 2023Newsroom Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. “This malware family is written using the .NET framework and leverages the domain name service (DNS) protocol to create a covert channel and provide different backdoor functionalities,”

Tecno Spark 20 is the company’s latest budget model in its Spark series of smartphones. It arrives days after the debut of the Tecno Spark Go 2024 in November and is powered by MediaTek’s Helio G85 processor, paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It runs on HiOS 13, which is based on

Dec 02, 2023NewsroomCybercrime / Malware A Russian national has been found guilty in connection with his role in developing and deploying a malware known as TrickBot, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was arrested in South Korea in September 2021 and extradited to the U.S. a month later. “Dunaev developed browser

iQoo 12 will soon be launched in India, and the upcoming smartphone will be the first smartphone to debut in the country with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. Aside from being powered by Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset, the company is also touting another important aspect of a flagship-grade smartphone — camera performance. High-end smartphones

Dec 01, 2023NewsroomMobile Security / Banking Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new sophisticated Android malware called FjordPhantom that has been observed targeting users in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam since early September 2023. “Spreading primarily through messaging services, it combines app-based malware with social engineering to defraud banking customers,” Oslo-based mobile

Chinese smartphone brand iQoo is all geared up for the launch of its latest flagship smartphone called the iQoo 12. The iQoo 12 is the successor to the iQoo 11, which was launched in India at a starting price of Rs. 59,999. Ahead of the launch of its latest flagship, iQoo has now announced a

Dec 01, 2023NewsroomFirewall / Network Security Zyxel has released patches to address 15 security issues impacting network-attached storage (NAS), firewall, and access point (AP) devices, including three critical flaws that could lead to authentication bypass and command injection. The three vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2023-35138 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A command injection vulnerability that

Meizu 21 has gone official in China. The new flagship handset is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, coupled with up to 12GB of RAM. It flaunts a triple camera setup at the rear, headlined by a 200-megapixel primary camera. The Meizu 21 comes in four different colour options with a host

Nov 30, 2023NewsroomMachine Learning / Email Security Google has revealed a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (short for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer) to help detect potentially harmful content such as spam and malicious emails in Gmail. “RETVec is trained to be resilient against character-level manipulations including insertion, deletion, typos, homoglyphs, LEET substitution, and

Redmi 13C 4G was unveiled globally earlier in November and is confirmed to launch in India on December 6. The phone succeeds Redmi 12C, which was launched in December 2022. The company has confirmed that the phone will be introduced in India in both 4G and 5G variants. The Redmi 13C 5G model will be

Nov 30, 2023NewsroomHacking / Cryptocurrency The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions against Sinbad, a virtual currency mixer that has been put to use by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to launder ill-gotten proceeds. “Sinbad has processed millions of dollars’ worth of virtual currency from Lazarus Group heists, including the Horizon Bridge and Axie

Nothing, the Carl Pei-led company behind the Phone 2, is reportedly working on a new handset. The company recently made headlines because of the rise in security concerns surrounding its Nothing Chats messaging service. The UK-based OEM has not officially teased or confirmed a third smartphone but a new leak hints the purported moniker and

Nov 29, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Hacking The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that it’s responding to a cyber attack that involved the active exploitation of Unitronics programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to target the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania. The attack has been attributed to an Iranian-backed hacktivist collective known

Samsung is the current and undisputed leader in foldables when it comes to sales in India. Whether it’s the features that Samsung’s foldables offer or the brand’s identity as a premium smartphone brand, there’s no ignoring the fact that Samsung has been consistent when it came to launching every single foldable offering, it brought to

Nov 29, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach Identity services provider Okta has disclosed that it detected “additional threat actor activity” in connection with the October 2023 breach of its support case management system. “The threat actor downloaded the names and email addresses of all Okta customer support system users,” the company said in a statement

OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G has received a price cut in India. The price of the Nord series smartphone has been slashed by Rs. 2,000 in the country. The OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G was launched in India in June in the sub-Rs. 25,000 segment and it runs on a Snapdragon 782G SoC. It sports a

Nov 28, 2023The Hacker NewsData Security / Posture Management As cloud technology evolves, so does the challenge of securing sensitive data. In a world where data duplication and sprawl are common, organizations face increased risks of non-compliance and unauthorized data breaches. Sentra’s DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) emerges as a comprehensive solution, offering continuous discovery

Google is testing a new layout for its search app for Android smartphones that will make it much easier to use the handset with one hand. As smartphone screens get bigger, many app developers have begun to move elements of the user interface — including tabs, search bars, and menu buttons — to the bottom

Nov 28, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Espionage The North Korean threat actors behind macOS malware strains such as RustBucket and KANDYKORN have been observed “mixing and matching” different elements of the two disparate attack chains, leveraging RustBucket droppers to deliver KANDYKORN. The findings come from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, which also tied a third macOS-specific malware called

Samsung Galaxy A14 5G has reportedly started getting the Android 14 update in India. The update is said to bring One UI 6, along with the November 2023 Android security patch to the mid-range Galaxy A series handset. The Android 14 update comes with firmware version A146BXXU2CWK9. The company has already rolled out the security