Raging Issues Fuelling Boycott India and China are currently having a raging issue over occupancy of land at the border. Both the armies are striking at each other aggressively and had reported deaths of few soldiers already. While this is raging the Indian community, accusations calling out China for spreading COVID-19 as a bio-weapon is yet another reason to hate China. These issues led the Indian government to announce plans like Aatma Nirbhar Abhiyan (Self-reliance) and many other projects that reduce dependency on China and other countries....

This is based on the BitConnect scam that happened in past, where people are lured into loaning their Bitcoins for higher returns. Plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit against BitConnect promotors then has now resulted in a statement from an Appeals court that luring people into shady investments online is a crime. Inviting People Into Shady Investments To the unknown, the BitConnect scam in 2016-17 has triggered a lot of attention in the cryptocurrency community....

In this pursuit, the platform introduced a new hub where hacked users can recover their accounts by going through a set of checks, which may include asking friends to verify their identity. Also, Instagram is working to remove malicious accounts and warn users of interacting with such accounts. Instagram New Security Tools Ever found yourself in a situation of your account being hacked? The most you’d do is call up your friends and inform them of this or cry....

The model before this is the Core i9-9980XE. Both the models are 18-core 36-thread processors and compatible with the current X299 chipset motherboards. Major brownie points as to granting an advantage over AMD’s 3rd generation CPUs. The limelight about the Cascade Lake-X is its price parameters. It isn’t introducing innovative modules or architecture. This is a 14nm CPU just like the Core i9-9980XE and 7980XE before it. The prices are to watch out for making all the difference It is conflicting actually to tell which is better, but let’s look at them anyway....

The Dangerous Botnet Malware Has Risen Again Emotet gang has been a sophisticated botnet network that leverages weak situations like COVID-19 and activates suddenly. Like a hit-and-run case, it sometimes set no specific targets to send malicious emails, but rather send in bulk to capture any leads. It works by sending a malicious attachment, and install its backdoor when opened by the user. Upon setting a backdoor, it would then invite other trojans like TrickBot, or ransomware attackers like Ryuk or Maze to infect further and steal data....

Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority that’s serving over 30% of the world’s web domains with its TLS certificates, will have its partnership expired with IdenTrust, making outdated Android phones useless soon. Android Phones Running v7.1 or Older at Risk Users who’re much into browsing may notice the green padlock icon just beside the domain. This signifies that the connection between the user’s device and the accessing domain is encrypted and secured throughout the session....

The two Bryan and Milleson had planned and stole over 16,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a victim, after SIM swapping his phone number by tricking a wireless carrier employee. Later, Bryan set up a swatting attack against his partner Milleson. SIM Swapping and Cryptocurrency Theft Two people, Kyell Bryan and Jordan K. Milleson were charged for various fraudulent activities in 2019, and now one of them pleading guilty and will be sentenced soon....

Now Being Flagged by Most Research made by AV-Comparatives, an independent antivirus testing lab along with Electronic Frontier Foundation, revealed the antivirus softwares on Android and Windows are finally flagging the Stalkerware as malicious spyware. The research was done in two phases like one in November 2019 and next in May 2020. This survey declared the improvement of detection rates in Stalkerware, on both Android and Windows. Researchers have taken 10 Android and Windows antivirus softwares and check the status of flagging....

This is helpful for people who want to know immediately of any emergency advisories Microsoft publishes on spotting a vulnerability and safeguarding themselves. Users need to install an RSS feeder to get the concerned updates. RSS Feeder for Microsoft Updates As per its timeline, Microsoft notifies the community about the latest known vulnerabilities twice a month. And it even comes with a bunch of patches on the second Tuesday update to fix any known vulnerabilities....

This is a significant stat considering the service is only a paid subscription and has 10 million people steaming games within it. Although, Microsoft didn’t specify how it’d count a stream, and whether it includes the users from a $1 trial of the Game Pass it offers. Booming Xbox Cloud Gaming Noting that many are interested in online gaming but had unsupported hardware, Microsoft launched its cloud gaming service – Xbox Cloud Gaming back in November 2019....

It’s offering grand discounts to get people onboarded to the family subscription, with prices quoted as low as $0.99 for 3 months. Microsoft has been using the same banner as enable macros to experience its Microsoft 365 ads, making it difficult to identify and object to at times. Ads For Microsoft 365 Family Subscription Microsoft’s office suite is undoubtedly one of the best productivity packs one can try to get their work done smartly and effectively....

But, the new build has also brought another performance affecting bug, causing issues with File Explorer. Now, Microsoft released a new update to Dev users for fixing this, but users are recommended to stay put until a stable version. Performance Issues in File Explorer Just like any other native section, File Explorer in Windows 11 was revamped heavily by Microsoft. The maker replaced the whole File Explorer ribbon at the top with a command line, which is now having buttons for various actions....

The budget flagship offering has already received a couple of updates since its launch to fix several bugs and improve the security of the device. And with the latest update, OnePlus is making it a better-worthy device than others in the same segment. OnePlus 10T August 2022 Patch OnePlus 10T is the latest offering from BBK-owned smartphone company that’s placed rightly in the budget premium segment. It was launched last month and received two updates to fix several bugs and improve the device’s security....

Company Released Several Spoilers in the Name of Marketing The graphic image that was posted on Twitter clearly shows that the mobile is equipped with a triple camera at the rear end. This time the company designed invitations in a different way. The invitation looks like an origami card and two information cards will pop out from the card cover. This pop out invitation card is an indication that the mobile consists of a pop out selfie camera....

OnePlus 8 Series OxygenOS 11 Update OnePlus has grown to be one of the most loved brands for offering premium specifications at affordable prices and passing regular software updates. The Chinese OEM cares about user experience and rolls out the latest updates OTA, and that’s why it’s able to have the best customer retention rate. OnePlus 8 Series OxygenOS 11 UpdateChangelogOnePlus 8 Series OxygenOS 11 Download Links Now, the company has rolled out the latest OxygenOS 11 stable update based on Android 11 for the OnePlus 8 series, including OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and OnePlus 8T....

Washington SAO Data Breach It’s known that Accellion’s popular File Transfer service FTA had a zero-day bug, which was exploited by threat actors since last year to access data belonging to several companies including government agencies. The Accellion’s software is used by customers for transferring files securely with outsiders, thus needed much attention for security. Exploiting the bug in it lead many of its clients to experience data breaches, from Reserve Bank of New Zealand to Harvard Business School to Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

Infecting Via Word Document A Cyber solutions group called Fortinet has been tracking this malware over time and studied its update trends, resulting in the new version of this malware is now infecting systems via word documents! As explained by Fortinet, the malware is embedded in a Word Document which is crafted as a clickable invoice. And when opened, AutoOpen macro runs the VBA code that in turn downloads three new files using Powershell....

Snapdragon 875 as Snapdragon 888 While we all thought the name of Qualcomm’s next flagship processor is as Snapdragon 875, Qualcomm’s modified it to be Snapdragon 888. The company has a typical reason for it too. It said the number 888 is a lucky one in China. Thus it’s 888. This shows how important the Chinese market is for an American company. Talking about the specifications, the all-new Snapdragon 888 comes with Adreno 660 GPU, which supports the latest Bluetooth 5....

73.2 Million Records For Just $18,000:- This hacking group has sold the Tokopedia’s database of over 91 million user records last week for a $5,000 sum, and now trying to sell more of their breaches inspired by it. Hackers claim to have breached the data of the following companies, 15 million user records of Chatbooks, a printing service. 30 million user records of Zoosk, an online dating app. 6 million user records of SocialShare, a South Korean fashion platform....

Credit card skimming is one of the finest attacks used by hackers. They tend no risk as they rip all these sensitive details from several sites and sell them in bulk on the dark web. All they had to work is to know how to scrape those sensitive card credentials from users. Obtaining details by impersonation is a common trick among skimmers. One such famous skimmer, Magecart was found to impersonating as fake content delivery networks to dump their payload....