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Infinix Note 30 5G is set to launch in India on June 14. The smartphone was released in select global markets in May. The company previously confirmed that the Indian variant will sport a 108-megapixel primary rear camera sensor. On Friday, Infinix announced that the phone will feature a bypass charging solution. The Infinix Note

Jun 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / APT The threat actor known as Asylum Ambuscade has been observed straddling cybercrime and cyber espionage operations since at least early 2020. “It is a crimeware group that targets bank customers and cryptocurrency traders in various regions, including North America and Europe,” ESET said in an analysis published Thursday. “Asylum

Meta announced to extend verified services to India on June 7. It will allow users to get verified badges in the country for their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Users will be able to purchase Meta Verified which will provide them a blue tick and certain additional features. Meta Verified is a subscription-based service that allows

Jun 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware Vietnamese public companies have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign that deploys a novel backdoor called SPECTRALVIPER. “SPECTRALVIPER is a heavily obfuscated, previously undisclosed, x64 backdoor that brings PE loading and injection, file upload and download, file and directory manipulation, and token impersonation capabilities,” Elastic Security

Xiaomi is offering a free upgrade to a Xiaomi 12 Pro for Mi 11 Ultra users who are facing Wi-Fi issues. These users also have the option to further upgrade to the company’s latest Xiaomi 13 Pro by paying an extra fee of Rs. 30,000. Just recently, the company extended the warranty of the Mi 11

Jun 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Threat Progress Software, the company behind the MOVEit Transfer application, has released patches to address brand new SQL injection vulnerabilities affecting the file transfer solution that could enable the theft of sensitive information. “Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities have been identified in the MOVEit Transfer web application that could allow

Samsung Galaxy S22 is now being offered in India at a discounted price. The phone was launched in the country in February 2022, starting at a price of Rs. 72,999. The handset is powered by a 4nm octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and packs a 3,700mAh battery that supports up to 25W wired and

Jun 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Financial Security Banking and financial services organizations are the targets of a new multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attack, Microsoft has revealed. “The attack originated from a compromised trusted vendor and transitioned into a series of AiTM attacks and follow-on BEC activity spanning multiple organizations,”

The premium smartphone segment is a tough nut to crack for most manufacturers. This is because smartphones are expected to perform on every front. There’s no room for gimmicky features either. Software is expected to be fluid and so is a device’s gaming performance. Cameras should be more than capable of shooting low-light photos, with

Jun 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / APT A new custom backdoor dubbed Stealth Soldier has been deployed as part of a set of highly-targeted espionage attacks in North Africa. “Stealth Soldier malware is an undocumented backdoor that primarily operates surveillance functions such as file exfiltration, screen and microphone recording, keystroke logging and stealing browser information,”

iQoo Neo 7 Pro 5G is all set to launch on July 4 in India. The Vivo sub-brand, via Twitter, has confirmed the arrival of the new iQoo Neo-series smartphone in the country. The iQoo Neo 7 Pro 5G is teased to feature a hole-punch display design. It is confirmed to come in an orange

Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Zero-Day Details have emerged about a now-patched actively exploited security flaw in Microsoft Windows that could be abused by a threat actor to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29336, is rated 7.8 for severity and concerns an elevation of privilege bug in the Win32k

Infinix Note 30 5G is set to launch in India on June 14. The phone was released globally earlier this year in May. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 45W wired fast charging support. The handset is available in varying configurations of 4GB

Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability VMware has released security updates to fix a trio of flaws in Aria Operations for Networks that could result in information disclosure and remote code execution. The most critical of the three vulnerabilities is a command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20887 (CVSS score: 9.8) that could allow a

Samsung introduced the latest One UI 5 Watch software update for its eligible Galaxy Watch series in May and now it has been reportedly made available to select beta testers in the US and South Korea. The new One UI 5 Watch software update is said to be nearly 1.7GB in size. The is said

Jun 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Technology Microsoft has agreed to pay a penalty of $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the company illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console without their parents’ knowledge or consent. “Our proposed order makes

Realme is reportedly planning to expand its C-series of smartphones with the launch of another handset. The purported smartphone is likely to be dubbed Realme C51. The smartphone has recently been spotted on several certification sites like NBTC, BIS, EEC, TKDN, and TUV Rheinland. The smartphone’s listing son BIS suggests an imminent launch in India,

Jun 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting the U.S. aerospace industry with a new PowerShell-based malware called PowerDrop. “PowerDrop uses advanced techniques to evade detection such as deception, encoding, and encryption,” according to Adlumin, which found the malware implanted in an unnamed domestic aerospace defense contractor in

Samsung officially confirmed that the next Galaxy Unpacked event will be hosted in South Korea in the last week of July. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 are expected to go official at the event. Now, a known tipster has suggested the US pricing details of the Galaxy Z Flip

Jun 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cyber Threat A recent malware campaign has been found to leverage Satacom downloader as a conduit to deploy stealthy malware capable of siphoning cryptocurrency using a rogue extension for Chromium-based browsers. “The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from the