New Botnet Worm Infecting Open-source Tools Gitpaste-12 was named after the botnet worm spreading through GitHub repositories, and is using Pastebin to host its malicious payloads. This was first discovered in October this year, where it came with 12 known exploits. And now, it’s reported to have come with 31 exploits, attacking Android and open-source tools, IoT, and Linux devices. As documented by the Juniper Threat Labs, this latest iteration of Gitpaste-12 found on a different GitHub repository with just three files initially....

People asking Google Assistant what Pride Month is or sharing their gender doubts will be thoroughly answered by the voice assistant. Also, it can share popular stories regarding Juneteenth and some voices of black people talking about liberation. Talking About Pride Month and Juneteenth Out of all the resources we have for finding information online, looking through a voice assistant kicks differently. It’s not just hands-free but also interesting talking to a bot and hearing its web-browsed opinions....

While this varies according to the country, Google is also revamping the Play logo to better suit its goal and services. It now has rounded edges and four distinct colors. All the Android devices where Play is on will soon see the change. A Decade of Google Play Whatever the app you want on your Android phone, Play Store is the only way recommended. Over the years, the Google Play Services have updated to serve billions of users and millions of app developers....

As a result, Huawei’s flagship Mate 30 was released without Google Play Services. It ran on an open-source version of Android-based on Huawei’s EMUI 10. As expected, the phone suffered a bit in sales. But now it looks like the problem could ease if the trade restrictions are lifted. Phase One of the US-China trade deal! US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg that they are on phase one of a trade deal between the US and China....

Users in USA, India, and Australia can now search for simple keywords like ‘air quality or ‘air pollution to see the information cards detailing on latest AQI reports from concerned authorities. They can also view the nearby AQI stations and get into more details by specific area searches. AQI Cards in Google Search Air Quality Index is something people around the world started worrying about lately, as it’s reaching alarming levels due to continuous pollution from factories and various other human acts....

Google hasn’t partnered with anyone for building this support and allows users to resume and play games on various devices. A date for launching the Play Games app will be announced soon, and be coming sometime next year. Android Games on Windows PCs Now, Google too joins the pack! As reported to The Verge, Google is planning to bring a dedicated Play Games app to Windows 10 and above, which will let users play all the Android games available out there in Windows machines....

This was then used to mine cryptocurrency, though he has access to shut them down completely. The hacker is advertising his password cracking tool on various social media platforms to get the potential victims. Targeting ICS to Mint Cryptocurrencies As noted by researchers at Dragos, an industrial cybersecurity company, an unknown hacker is targeting ICS admins to hijack their systems for his own use. Promising to crack passwords of their programmable logic controllers (PLCs), the hacker is seen infecting their industrial control systems (ICS) with Sality malware....

A Carefully Planned Hack Against Livecoin Established in 2014, Livecoin has a fair volume of $16 million worth of transactions happening a day and is ranked 173rd in CoinMarketCap’s index. Attacks against Livecoin has started just a couple of days back, where hackers have managed to breach Livecoin’s infrastructure. This led to the takeover of the backend servers and modified the cryptocurrency values trading in the exchange. It’s said, hackers have manually inflated the prices of popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, etc....

Researchers at Malwarebytes broke this methodology by verifying an image that’s been infected with stealing code. The group which is most proficient in this technique is Magecart, where it infects most of the unaware e-commerce sites and steals data. Steganography is the process of doing this. Hackers hide/modify the image’s background JavaScript code to scrape the data needed. Why Under Images? Any crawler or scanners as antivirus softwares, scan the files like HTML and JavaScript codes and ignore images file as they take longer time to be studied....

While they linked this group to North Korean hackers, Microsoft said HolyGhost could be a side project of official state-backed hackers for financial gains. There’s seen following similar practices of regular ransomware groups, but demanding low ransom and even negotiation. A Side Project For Financial Gains Microsoft researchers at the MSTIC tracked a new ransomware gang called HolyGhost, which has been in the wild for over a year – but failed to gain traction as others....

There are two types of accounts offered by Windows 11– an administrator account and a standard account. Having administrator rights allows you to install programs, delete or create a user account and make other changes to your system. With a standard account, you won’t be able to do so. If you want to check whether your account is an administrator account, this article will help you with it. This article will discuss various ways to help you check your administrator rights in Windows 11....

What is AMR File? Adaptive Multi-Rate ACELP Codec file, or short AMR, is used mostly for encoding audio files that are primarily speech-based. The perfect example of this is cell phone voice recording and VoIP applications. AMR format uses technologies like DTX, CNG, and VAD. In case you were wondering, Discontinuous Transmission (known as DTX) represents a method of temporarily powering-down a phone when there is no voice input. On the other hand, Comfort Noise Generation (known as CNG) is a program used to generate background noise for voice communications....

But, as we know, per account, Google will only provide 15GB of free storage. Therefore, once it gets filled, you have to purchase their premium plan. But, if you don’t want that, you need to free up space regularly to make space for your important files. Nevertheless, not every user is familiar with it. So, if you also don’t know, follow the steps to delete files from Google Drive on Mobile and PC if needed....

It, verify that an alias site works perfectly to DNS changes. Editing your host’s file causes your local machine to look directly at the Internet Protocol (IP) address that you specify. But, users might get confused while editing the host file because it carries from device to device. However, this is the main reason why we are here today. Here in this guide, I will show you the simple steps that you need to follow while editing your hosts file on Windows, Mac, or Linux....

Sometimes these browsers are useful and sometimes, they are not. You do have the option to disable and enable these browser notifications on most of the browsers you use. Chrome browser provides you complete control over the browser notifications. You can enable or disable complete browser notifications, complete notifications from websites, or notifications of particular websites. This article will guide you on how to control browser notifications on Google Chrome for Android....

With GoDaddy Emails, you can set up professional emails for your business and send and receive emails through that mail. This is quite helpful if you want an email with a custom email to look like you have a professional email. You can log in and send and receive emails if you have a GoDaddy webmail account. If you have a webmail account on GoDaddy but don’t know how to access then this guide is for you....

Some of these apps keep running in the background and consuming a little memory without any uses. In this article, we are going to inform you about one such app process named YourPhone.exe and also tell you how to stop it if you don’t want it. A few weeks ago, I was checking out the background process running in the background of my Windows 10. A process named YourPhone.exe took my attention....

What Are BNB and WAX? Binance was started in 2017 by Mr. Changpeng Zhao, and since then, it has grown to become a market force to be reckoned with. One of the reasons for Binance’s growth is the number of services users can find in its ecosystem. These services include Binance Chain, Trust Wallet, and educational materials for people who want to improve their knowledge of cryptocurrency and blockchain. What Are BNB and WAX?...

Well, yes, there’s an option using which you can easily do this. Isn’t it a cool thing? Of course, it is, but it looks like there aren’t many users who are much familiar with this feature. That’s why we are here with this guide. Here we will explain how to find and view WiFi password on your Windows 11 PC. Also Read- How To Check Windows 11 Version & Edition...

These include blocking platforms from listing their own/related sellers on websites and banning flash sales altogether. Further, it mentions appointing relevant officers for handling grievances and law compliances. According to these proposed rules, the Indian government wants e-commerce platforms to ban flash sales from being conducted. It saw dummy sellers with no inventory or fulfillment capacity are hosting flash sales and reordering from actual sellers to fulfill the order. Another rule states that respective e-commerce platforms should not let their partner or associated retailers sell goods directly to the customers via their online marketplaces....