Attackers Can Manipulate Media Files Stored In End To End Encrypted Messaging Apps Techdator

This is “Media File Jacking”, and it uses the feature that any app installed on your device can access and rewrite media files. As WhatsApp store media files in the external storage, which makes it vulnerable. This makes the attack vulnerable to all Android apps installed on your device. This serious jeopardy your privacy. This attack is a type of trojan horse. First, an app is installed on your device....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 295 words · Daisy Marin

Autoplay Not Working On Windows 11 7 Quick Fixes

Due to some instances, you may face problems with AutoPlay. Users running Windows 11 on their PC have reported that AutoPlay is not working on their PC. This issue can be due to various reasons such as faulty settings, device not properly connected, services not working, etc. If you are looking for the steps to fix AutoPlay not working on Windows 11, this article will be your guide. In this article, we will be listing some working methods to help fix the issue with AutoPlay....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 502 words · Anthony Garcia

Bmw Could Be The First Car To Be Unlocked By Apple S Carkey

Reports reveal that Apple’s new feature as CarKey, a virtual key that enables users to unlock their cars without nearing the phone to handle may come soon. This was discovered in the code snippets of iOS v13.4, and developers believe this could be announced soon, probably in iOS v14. Moreover, the first car that may feature this would likely be BMW! The German carmaker is found relevant to Apple’s plan....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 268 words · Janet Sosa

Chinese Apt Hackers Found Targeting Southeast Asian Telecoms

Tracking their techniques and tactics, researchers linked them to Chinese state groups, as APTs, and intended for stealing sensitive data from the targets. Instead, they’re seen exploiting old vulnerabilities in available machines. Operating Since 2017 State-sponsored hacking groups aren’t always motivated by monetary means but are data-hungry. Thus, they involve in cyber reconnaissance and supply critical data to their sponsoring governments for a competitive edge. While many advanced countries have their own Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups running covertly, Chinese and Russian are active among the community....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 278 words · Tracy Cordial

Chinese Oems Have Sold Billions Worth Of 5G Smartphones In Q1 2021

And in this course, Chinese OEMs like Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, etc., are leading the industry with millions of 5G handset sales units, as per the latest statistics. Chinese OEMs Excelling in 5G Phone Sales The advent of 5G has shown significant improvements over the past generation, luring more and more customers into the new space. Smartphone users especially are considering buying new handsets with 5G support as one of the major considerations....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 256 words · Angela Rocha

Cisco Agreed To Pay 8 6 Million For Selling Flawed Tech Techdator

Cisco will pay the civil damages for all the government agencies. This includes Homeland security, the Army, the Navy, the Secret service, the Marines, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Airforce. This list of government agencies was present in the government’s complaint. Fifteen States Filed Case Against Cisco Cisco is well known for its software and equipment. The company deals with so many giant companies across the world. Fifteen states from the US filed a complaint in Federal District Court regarding the flawed software....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · James Mchattie

Conti Ransomware Source Code And Internal Messages Leaked Online

The trove data contained Conti ransomware’s internal messages, backdoor malware APIs, servers screenshots, and the source code for their malware builder, encryptor, and decryptors. All these are now public and could be used by other threat actors for making their own ransomware. Leaking Conti Ransomware Source Code Last month, Conti ransomware siding with Russia in its war against Ukraine had provoked many affiliates, especially the Ukrainian ones. As they express grievance in underground forums, a security researcher who’s been tracking the Conti gang for a while has decided to expose the ransomware’s secrets to the public....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 347 words · Dora Blevins

Discord Is Targeted By Updated Malware To Steal Users Login Tokens

The Updated Malware Discord has previously been accused of the same reason, as being weak in preparing its app for malware detection. Now the app’s being attacked for the same old reason. Anarchy Grabber is a well-known malware that’s infecting users via YouTube channels and hacking forums, which steals users Discord login tokens when they run the app. These credentials are then transported to the hacker via his channel where he can use them for logging in as a user....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 240 words · Karima Blaine

Duckduckgo Served 100 Million Searches A Day For The First Time

Over 100 Million Searches a Day on DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo, a privacy-centric search engine has been in existence for over 12 years but is picking up lately, specifically since the last two years. While it’s having a stable growth and recognition among the privacy users, the actual popularity started when the company introduced mobile clients and a browser extension. This gave users on Android and iOS, and low-end resourceful computer to use its search engine effectively....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 233 words · Mark Sullivan

Dutch Police Tricked Deadbolt Ransomware To Obtain Free Decryption Keys

The police have understood how the DeadBolt’s ransom payment and decryption process would happen and leveraged a loophole in the process. And by paying a small transaction fee to the Bitcoin blockchain, they successfully gained 155 decryption keys and offering for free to the victims. Exploiting a Loophole in the Process DeadBolt is a ransomware group that’s highly active since early this year, hitting thousands of QNAP and Asustor Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and asking for 0....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 329 words · James Baer

Emotet Group New Method Uses Fake Microsoft Office Update

Emotet Malware Is Back With a New Trick Emotet is one of the well-known names in cybersecurity space, as it’s termed to be the major source of most of the malspam (malware spam) happening today. The group behind it uses the social engineering tricks like spam emails as their major weapon, to send their malicious attachments. Crafting these emails to be trusted is an important part here since they need to be interacted by the target....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 282 words · Rachael Thurmond

Facebook To Acquire 9 99 Stake Of Reliance Jio For 5 7 Billion

Another Revolution? Ever since Reliance Jio entered the telecom market in India, it has been disruptive with its offerings. The company has stood forefront in pushing India’s Digital revolution recently. Other players in the market like Bharati Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, BSNL were chocked, and few companies like Telenor and Docomo were dead. Reliance Jio has garnered over 370+ million subscribers, mostly grabbing from other players and rocketed to India’s No.1 telecom spot in led than four years....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 240 words · Norma Walker

Fiverr Beginner Guide How To Make Money As Freelancer

So, if you want to start earning a good amount of money from your most preferred skill, Fiverr is the ultimate platform for a start. This guide will help you understand why to start with Fiverr instead of any other freelance platform. We will also be discussing some tips to write the best gigs that will help you attract a dozen new clients on Fiverr. But before moving on with that, let us see what the term freelancer actually means....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 777 words · Susanne Bullock

Fix Usb Device Not Recognized Error In Windows 11

We all know that every PC or computer comes with various ports, which usually helps us connect USB devices, peripheral devices, etc. So, it becomes more crucial to resolve this error as you have no other option except this. Don’t worry! We are here to help you fix this problem. So, let’s get started with our guide and see if there is any way to resolve the USB not recognized error in Windows 11 PC....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 672 words · Willie Agosto

Ftx Ceo Denies Acquisition Plans Of Robinhood

Although, he revealed that they’re excited about a potential partnership between the two firms. Though being a popular trading platform among young people, Robinhood has been struggling lately, losing its active userbase and revenue. Thus, Bankman-Fried with his history of bailing out crypto firms is seen as a savior. No Takeover, But Maybe Partnership Robinhood, the California-based trading platform that’s famous for its no-commission policy, is hit with a wider economic uncertainty since last year....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 256 words · Katherine Meadows

Google Added New Colors And Themes In Android 13 Beta 1

One among them is the addition of new colors and theming options in Pixel’s Wallpaper and style app, which now includes a total of 32 options for wallpaper colors and basic colors. In the previous Android 13 DP2, there are only four of them each. New Themes in Android 13 Beta 1 Update The much-awaited first beta build of the upcoming Android 13 has just been rolled out, and we have a ton of features to talk about....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 284 words · James Fleming

Google App The Search App Finally Gets The Dark Mode Feature

Google App Finally Gets The Dark Mode Feature The Google app was one of the most requested apps for the dark layout and according to some users, the dark layout was already available in their Google applications. After some digging, it was known that the dark layout was available to limited users back in June but now the new layout is officially available to everyone. The new update is available on both Android and iOS devices, but iOS users will officially get it by next week....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 181 words · Robert Judkins

Google Camera App Update Brings Hands Free Video Recording Support

Google Camera App New Features Google’s Camera has everything that a modern camera app should have. From Portrait to Night Mode to HDR, it has all the features to make it an interesting alternative to system default apps. The maker has even created a lightweight app called Google Camera Go, which supports Night Mode and HDR. Now, it’s adding yet another functionality to the main Camera app to let users record videos quickly and more easily....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 249 words · Carolyn Mast

Google Messages Update Scheduling Message Feature Starts Rolling Out

Schedule Messages on Google Message App One of the Twitter users @besaireddy spotted this feature and post about it on Twitter. In the post, we can see the screenshots of the scheduling messages feature in Google Messages. If you want to schedule a message, you have to press and hold the Send button, and then you will see a schedule message option. Once you click on the schedule message option, a pop-up window will be seen with three options from which you can select to send a message on “later today, 6:00 Pm,” “Later tonight, 9:00 PM”, or “Tomorrow, 8:00 AM”....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 378 words · Dane Wagner

Google Play Games Update Rolls Out Integration With Android 12 Game Dashboard

Android 12’s Game Dashboard Integrated with Google Play Games Once the Android 12 is out, it will bring a new Game Dashboard feature that provides quick access to useful tools like FPS monitors. Also, there is a widget that shows the achievement and leaderboard data from Google Play Games. Earlier this year, Google previewed the Game Dashboard and Play Games widget for Games developers, and now it’s rolling out the same for beta users....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 301 words · Geraldine Parks