5G initially have failed in the UK and many countries due to poor speeds, which were noted contrary to paper statements. But now, with more adoption of 5G devices and wider availability, 5G speeds in the UK have increased significantly. Increased 5G Speed in the UK For a couple of years, 5G, one of the exciting technologies, has been widely pronounced by many companies and governments to make futuristic things possible easily and soon....

8 Million Indians COVID-19 Data Exposed In a shameless act, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government’s “Surveillance Platform Uttar Pradesh Covid-19″ portal has no proper security protocols to safeguard the citizens’ data, and allegedly exposed PII of millions of Indians. As reported by VPNMentor researchers, the portal is crafted by the UP government to track and maintain the COVID-19 data. Firstly, the git repository containing the source code of that portal, along with data of millions of people has weak authentication protocols....

This was reported by a cybersecurity firm, where they claimed access to the admin panel of the banking system’s network was exposed. After realizing this, PNB secured the leaking server and assured that no customer data was compromised. Yet, it shut it down as a precautionary measure. PNB Exposing Customer Details The Punjab National Bank in India is one of the largest banks by userbase and volumes, and also state-backed....

The Multi-Purpose Module Security researchers at ESET have surfaced this fact initially and detailed on their blog. The group, Stantinko has been infamous for ad injections, password stealings, click baits and affecting countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus etc for its revenue. Since its inception in 2012, it’s estimated to have infected more than 500,000 systems worldwide. With that record, Stantinko is now found mining cryptocurrencies using victims computational resources. Though this may seem common these days, Stantinko methods of obfuscation are highly appreciated for hiding from detections, and what made them notable....

While it’s working for a group video call feature, it said to be bringing improvements and more features to the just-launched one-on-one feature. Telegram Launches One-on-one Video Calls Online communications have become so helpful amidst the ongoing COVID-19 breakout. With more and more people restricted to the home, they’re relying on online platforms to communicate easily. Under this, WhatsApp has increased the group video calling limit, Facebook introduced the Rooms feature, and Instagram rolled out TikTok-like short-video support called Reels....

In its latest pursuit, Telegram introduced group video calls for upto 1,000 people! Further, there’s no cap on voice chats, video playback speed, video messages, screen sharing, auto-deletion of messages, etc. Here’s all about them; Telegram New Features Who would’ve thought an instant messenger would pack the features of video conferencing, texting, photo editing, etc. But Telegram is on a roll with all these features, as it released today. Starting with the group video calls 2....

TransUnion denied paying the ransom and said it’s investigating the issue further. Promising to provide assistance to the affected people, the company said the data belonging to other branches is safe. On the other hand, a Brazilian hacker claimed responsibility for this and is threatening to leak the stolen data. TransUnion Hacked Due to a Weak Password TransUnion is an American consumer credit reporting firm that has over 65,000 business clients and maintains credit data of over one billion individuals....

While TSMC denied saying the final decision yet, the mayor said Taichung is seen as a suitable place for setting up a fabrication plant. TSMC is set to mass-produce 3nm chips next year, with plans to mass-produce 2nm chips in 2025. TSMC Planning a Second 2nm Plant Process nodes for chips are a critical thing. And manufacturing them takes utmost precision and care. Thus, TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor maker is expanding its facilities in Taiwan to make more and newer chips for the future....

This comes after the platform said receiving a positive response from the audience, who said this feature helps in improving the quality of conversations on Twitter. But critics on the other hand also warned that this may affect marginalized people, whose voice may not be shown up if it’s with maximum downvotes. Reply Downvote on Twitter To make conversations better on its platform, Twitter started testing a reply downvote option with a small group of people in July last year....

Many have raised concerns about this due to the recent layoffs at Twitter, where half of the workforce was laid off. Yet, Twitter said the content moderation team was the less impacted one, with fewer layoffs than other departments. Countering Misinformation on Elections As expected, the new Twitter under Elon Musk’s leadership laid off around 50% of the workforce yesterday. This includes dumping certain employees in several departments and some departments altogether....

Twitter Now Lets Public Obtain Blue Badges Twitter has come up with a new policy framework after months of analyzing the rules and obtaining feedback from user surveys. The microblogging platform has relaunched the account verification process after more than three years of pausing and lets the personalities from the following categories apply; Government Companies, brands, and organizations News organizations and journalists Entertainment Sports and gaming Activists, organizers, and other influential individuals....

US Government Spying on its Citizens? While is blaming Chinese tech companies for closely and associated with their government and spying on its users, a report from WSJ reveals the US government to is doing the same! It’s reported that a Virginia-based firm named Anomaly Six LLC, run by two US military veterans is how the US government tracks people. The firm pays developers to set their self-made tracking code into consumer apps, which then tracks users location data....

USCellular Data Breach Incident USCellular is serving nearly 5 million customers across 23 states, making it the fourth-largest wireless mobile network provider in the US. The company has revealed a data breach incident in its filing with the Vermont attorney general’s office today. In a notification, it mentioned that employees of one of its retail stores were successfully scammed to download software by the adversary and access their systems. And since the employees were logged into their CRM software, the adversary has gained unauthorized access into that part too....

A web-based ADB tool Android Debug Bridge is an essential tool for debugging your device. It works on anything that runs Android, like your smartphones, tablets, TVs, and even set-up boxes. It’s more like the mini development tool kit Google has embedded into Android and gives users the power of tweaking things. While this flexibility is tried through installing various apps to date, a user named SteelToe from XDA developers has created a web-based tool for doing the same....

This was seen in the latest Android Beta, where users can set View Once the option to the media they’re sending to others, and have them deleted once viewed. Also, senders will be notified when the sent media is opened. WhatsApp New Privacy Feature Though Disappearing Messages in WhatsApp are fairly helpful in protecting your privacy, they last for 7 days before wiping out. Thus, WhatsApp introduced a new “View Once” option for media privacy....

Bug in Windows 10 Ruining SSDs Since January, most of the monthly updates rolled out by Microsoft has more bugs than fixes. One such update that’s highly criticized is the May 2020 update, which levels up the Windows 10 version to 2004 build, and promised many new features and improvements in designs. Yet, it has several bugs similar to previous updates. One critical bug that’s reported widely by the community is about the Disk Optimiser, which manages the disk defragmentation and checks the fragmented records....

As of now, smartphone users can unlock a phone with a fingerprint in only a specified space. But this new technology will make the unlocking more flexible and easy. Before Xiaomi, Huawei has patented this technology in 2020 but didn’t bring it to life. Full-Screen Fingerprint Unlocking Today, we have over a half dozen ways to unlock a phone. From PIN to password and pattern to face unlock, all these will help secure the device from unauthorized users....

Xiaomi Reveals its Under-display Camera Tech After the pixel wars, smartphone OEMs have fought each other over notch styles to give the maximum display size possible. While it could be achieved by just increasing the screen size, it’s still a respectable race for developing typical notches to give more surface and still be effective. In such pursuit, OEMs like Oppo, Samsung, and Xiaomi developed to tried something new to completely wave off the bezels, notches, and punch-holes....

In a short video teaser released today, Xiaomi unveiled the first look Mi Band 7 Pro, which is the premium variant of the Mi Band 7 launched in May this year. A couple of renders leaked later revealed the watch to have a metal chassis, a better build quality, and a larger display. It’s said to be coming on July 4th, alongside the Xiaomi 12S series. Mi Band 7 Pro Renders Xiaomi is having a plethora of announcements coming soon....

This was spotted by a student and verified by a researcher later, where it’s found that Yik Yak lets creeps find the location of targeted people with a simple proxy tool. It’s unknown whether the platform has patched this or not, although it released three updates in the last two weeks. Yik Yak Leaking Location Data Yik Yak, the once-popular platform for reading and conversing with anonymous chats in nearby locations, has rejuvenated in 2021 with new rules to avoid past mistakes....