Technology

Jul 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Cyber Threat As many as 200,000 WordPress websites are at risk of ongoing attacks exploiting a critical unpatched security vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacts all versions of the Ultimate Member plugin, including the latest version (2.6.6) that was released

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday launched a dedicated mobile app for its passengers with the name ‘DMRC TRAVEL’ for generating convenient and hassle-free mobile QR tickets for travelling across its network. The app was formally launched today by Dr Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, DMRC from the headquarters at Metro Bhawan in the

Jun 30, 2023The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Artificial Intelligence, In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the widespread adoption of AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools is transforming the way organizations operate. From chatbots to generative AI models, these SaaS-based applications offer numerous benefits, from enhanced productivity to improved decision-making. Employees using AI tools experience the advantages of quick

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced a new feature on the platform’s instant messaging app, WhatsApp. According to the Meta CEO, users will now be allowed to transfer their chat history between devices conveniently and in a secure way. Currently, both the devices need to work on the same OS (operating system) for

Jun 30, 2023The Hacker NewsCyber Espionage/ Malware Charming Kitten, the nation-state actor affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been attributed to a bespoke spear-phishing campaign that delivers an updated version of a fully-featured PowerShell backdoor called POWERSTAR. “There have been improved operational security measures placed in the malware to make it more

OnePlus Nord 3 5G is set to launch in India on July 5 alongside the OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G and the Nord Buds 2R earbuds. The Nord 3 5G is expected to be a rebranded model of the OnePlus Ace 2V, which launched in China earlier this year in March. The Ace 2V is

Jun 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have shared the inner workings of an Android malware family called Fluhorse. The malware “represents a significant shift as it incorporates the malicious components directly within the Flutter code,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Axelle Apvrille said in a report published last week. Fluhorse was first documented

Samsung Galaxy A24 smartphone was launched in Vietnam earlier this year. Now, the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G renders have been leaked online. The leaked CAD renders reveal the expected design and look of the company’s rumoured smartphone. The South Korean smartphone maker has not revealed any details about the phone yet, however, the leaked renders

Jun 29, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan The Iranian state-sponsored group dubbed MuddyWater has been attributed to a previously unseen command-and-control (C2) framework called PhonyC2 that’s been put to use by the actor since 2021. Evidence shows that the custom made, actively developed framework has been leveraged in the February 2023 attack on Technion, an Israeli research institute,

OnePlus Nord CE 3 is set to launch alongside OnePlus Nord 3 at the company’s Summer Launch Event on July 5. Along with these smartphones, OnePlus will also launch the Nord Buds 2R earbuds. The event page has already been made live on the OnePlus’ official website, revealing some of the key details about the

Jun 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have exposed the workings of a scam ring called CryptosLabs that’s estimated to have made €480 million in illegal profits by targeting users in French-speaking individuals in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg since April 2018. The syndicate’s massive fake investment schemes primarily involve impersonating 40 well-known banks,

OnePlus V Fold is expected to launch soon. The phone is likely to launch in July or August. It has previously been tipped to have a similar design to the Oppo Find N3. Moreover, design renders of the upcoming handset have been leaked earlier. An exclusive report now suggests key specifications of the book-style foldable

Jun 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security / Tech Drones that don’t have any known security weaknesses could be the target of electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) attacks, potentially enabling a threat actor to achieve arbitrary code execution and compromise their functionality and safety. The research comes from IOActive, which found that it is “feasible to compromise the

Motorola Razr 40 is all set to go official in India on July 3 alongside the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra. Just a week before the formal debut, the price of the Motorola Razr 40 has been accidentally revealed on Amazon on Wednesday. The foldable smartphone is teased to come with a 6.9-inch pOLED display with 144Hz

Jun 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ongoing campaign aimed at the npm ecosystem that leverages a unique execution chain to deliver an unknown payload to targeted systems. “The packages in question seem to be published in pairs, each pair working in unison to fetch additional resources which

Samsung Galaxy M34 5G is scheduled to launch in India in the second week of July, the company has confirmed. Design renders of the phone have also been revealed by the smartphone maker. The handset will be offered for purchase via the Amazon website, and the Samsung India online and offline retail stores. Previously, the phone

Jun 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat A new process injection technique dubbed Mockingjay could be exploited by threat actors to bypass security solutions to execute malicious code on compromised systems. “The injection is executed without space allocation, setting permissions or even starting a thread,” Security Joes researchers Thiago Peixoto, Felipe Duarte, and Ido Naor

iQoo 11S is all set to launch on July 4 in China. The Vivo sub-brand, via Weibo, has confirmed the arrival of the new iQoo 11-series smartphone in its home country. The iQoo TWS 1 earbuds will also go official alongside the handset. iQoo has started accepting pre-reservations for the iQoo 11S via its official

Jun 26, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptography / Cybersecurity In what’s an ingenious side-channel attack, a group of academics has found that it’s possible to recover secret keys from a device by analyzing video footage of its power LED. “Cryptographic computations performed by the CPU change the power consumption of the device which affects the brightness of the

Google has urged India’s Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers