The furniture is thus asking its employees to be extra cautious, and report any such email to the IT team. Reply-chain attacks are hard to detect, as they are spread from trusted contacts within the company. Reply-Chain Attacks on IKEA IKEA, the popular furniture brand is having warehouse and customer outlets all over the world, is now under a reply-chain attack. A reply-chain attack is a campaign where the threat actor typically uses one of the connected employees’ email account, for sending malicious attachments....

While the new names of this lineup aren’t revealed yet, Intel said the changes can be seen from its 2023 lineup onwards. With this, the company aims to simplify the branding issues for consumers, who may have a tough time choosing between their range of offerings. Intel Pentium and Celeron Chips Over the last decade, AMD has slowly grown to overtake Intel in the computer chip industry, where it eventually became a star of the budget and midrange setups....

Ransomware Disguised in Free Software IObit, a maker of software like system optimizer and anti-malware for windows OS, has its forum breached. This was known after the members of the forum infected with a malicious campaign of free IObit bundle, for being the members. They reported receiving emails from IObit about a free one-year plan of their bundle, which has a link to a hxxps://forums.iobit.com/promo.html site and eventually takes to a hxxps://forums....

Linux Powers All Android Phones Mobile software is something that everyone considers while buying a smartphone today. While OEMs pack various features into their in-house made OS, there has to be something that powers them all. And here enter the kernel source codes that hold together all the forks made out of them. For example, Google develops Android and uses the Linux kernel as the powerhouse. Then there’s Apple, which uses XNU, a Unix-like kernel that powers iOS....

Central Asian Countries as Target The targets of this RAT are popular telecommunications and gas industries, both private and public companies. Researchers say it’s even existing in a few governments’ networks like Russia, Belarus, and Mongolia. This trojan was first explained by Kaspersky as Microcin in 2017, followed by Palo Alto Networks as BYEBY and by Checkpoint as Vicious Panda. This was now studied in detail by Kaspersky and Avast researchers....

Named as MSEdgeRedirect, it can be installed and set Windows 11 to direct all clickable URLs to open in the user’s default browser, instead of Microsoft Edge. This is available for free, and the maker says it cannot be blocked by Microsoft that easily. Tool to Block Microsoft Edge Ever since Microsoft made a chromium-based browser – Edge, it’s working in every way possible to make the No.1 choice for users....

The Netflix email scam is chunk shocking as it has been sent to the subscribers and every user of this great streaming service should be attentive of this swindle. The most recent attack tells the Netflix user, through the suspicious mail, that their account has been “put on hold” and it becomes a very serious issue. Before taking any step, try to contact the company at first through their official mail or telephone number....

A Credibility Checker Starting today, NewsGuard will serve free in all modes its available in, thus alerting readers about the sites publishing misinformation about Coronavirus. NewsGuard does a nine criteria checklist before giving a badge to any site. The result of that will be either Green (indicating site is credible enough to be trusted), Red (untrusted), Yellow (a Satire basically, which is also unreal). Besides these, there’s a Grey badge indicating the content isn’t reliable....

This was spotted by CYFIRMA researchers, who analyzed over 285,000 Hikvision servers facing the internet, and found over 80,000 as vulnerable. Though Hikvision released a patch for this bug in September last year, thousands of organizations haven’t applied it yet. Security Vulnerability in Hikvision Cameras Hikvision is one of the major Chinese surveillance camera makers aimed at organizations to guard their places. System admins managing these should be active in patching any known exploits, as hacking the security cameras may cause unintended consequences to the overall company if they’re connected to the network....

However, as with cell phones or laptops, there is a wide variety of brands and models of power banks on the market and this can be a problem for the buyer: Which models are the best quality? Which power bank do I need for my cell phone? In this way, we can find on its home page a ranking with the 20 best power banks of the month, including both models already tested and that have passed their recommendation criteria, as well as those that are in the process of being analyzed but that, due to their characteristics, are considered interesting to recommend to their readers (if after analyzing them they do not meet the expectations, they are removed from the ranking)....

They noted that the Prilex gang has shown up after a year gap, coming with three new versions to better their operations. It now contains a backdoor for remote accessing and operations, a stealer for hijacking the data and manipulating transactions, and an uploader to export the stolen data. Prilex PoS-targeting Malware New Version Starting with ATMs back in 2014, Prilex has grown into a full-fledged malware targeting Point-of-Sale systems – with peak development and distribution in 2020, before taking a grand break last year....

Any update from PUBG is always exciting. Though it hears less from the community ideas, it always brings what’s wanted by them. The new mode was brought to only PCs and Console versions, excluding Mobile. Yet, satisfying the makers that this mode having potential can eventually bring it to Mobile too. The New 8v8 Team Deathmatch mode! This new Team Deathmatch Mode can be found in the Arcade section of game lobby, under Play tab and beside the Public Match option....

This is a second ransomware attack that has hit South Africa. Earlier in the year, in July, the South African electric utility City Power was under attack, and all its systems were encrypted, including databases and its applications. City Power is owned by Johannesburg city municipality and is one of the largest power suppliers in the city. Municipality services shut down The municipality issues an alert for the city. In which, they said they are shutting down the City’s website, its e-services platform, and the billing system (SAP ISU and CRM)....

With the grand CES 2020 event approaching nearby, all the gadget manufacturers are gearing up with their products to showcase to other such enthusiasts. In which, popular firms as Sony, Huawei, Samsung, IBM etc will be displaying their new tech of the future. Pure Bezel-less Just in, hard research by German news site 4K Filme got us the first preview of Samsung’s new 8K QLED TV which is set to be announced officially at the next week’s CES event....

Spark is just another email client software in the market but with attractive features. It severs all the popular email providers of Google, AOL, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, Exchange, Outlook and even Apple’s iCloud. Just a simple login and you’re good to go. What’s new? Dark mode! A much-needed feature these days comes to Spark today. Now you can enable dark mode in the Settings » Themes and optimize to the environment....

This ransomware fools the people with the name of a cheat sheet. It is pretty common for the Fortnite users to use these hack tools in order to earn more coins and weapons. This is the reason why Syrk is using this as a disguise to get the things done. The ransomware attacks and encrypts all the files present in the device of the user. Then the user will have some time to arrange the ransom so that he or she can recover all the data present on their device....

Exporting WhatsApp Chats to Telegram Ever since the WhatsApp data collection terms changed, many users are flocking around alternatives to safeguard their privacy. While there are many, two apps that rose to peak popularity are Signal and Telegram. While Signal has introduced most of the WhatsApp features in its latest updates, Telegram takes on it now. Also Read- Signal Vs Telegram – Which One is Better for Security & Privacy? In Telegram’s latest iOS update, it’s seen the platform is offering support to import conversations including the media from third-party apps onto its own!...

Apple Is Sued by Telegram Over Appstore Share Telegram and Spotify, along with few other developers have filed a lawsuit against Apple in Europe for its 30% price cut through Appstore. According to Apple’s policies, app developers have to pledge 30% share of their revenue obtained their Appstore in the first year of onboarding. This will be reduced to 15% from the second year onwards. The 30% price cut includes not just the app subscriptions, but also the in-app purchases made in the first year!...

Staying active in the world of the Internet for 17 years amidst different cases of malware, hacking, piracy is not easy, but the site has successfully managed to do so. However, some countries have banned access to this site owing to privacy regulations in the states. The 2014 internet raid did not do PirateBay much good, and a lot of archived stocks were rummaged and destroyed. It took a lot of time for the site to recover its ground....

A Bunch Of Details As ZDNet reported, an unknown hacker has posted a part of the huge database he stole from Tokopedia in March this year. The records consist of the user’s full name, email address, hashed password, phone number, and date of birth. Further, there’s also a bunch related to Tokopedia like account creation date, last login, password reset codes, location details, email activation codes, messenger IDs, about-me fields, education, etc....