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ZombieLoad Will Help Hackers to Exploit The Processors due to Design Flaws without Injecting Malware The researchers named these new bugs as ZombieLoad. The flaws in the design are enough for the hackers to get into the processor and steal all the information including sensitive data. Intel said that this ZombieLoad has four bugs and the security researchers have already brought those bugs to their notice. All the computers that have Intel chips from 2011 are vulnerable for the attack....

OnePlus 9 Will Not Have a Periscope Lens While users are still enjoying the taste of the OnePlus 8 series, its maker is in the pursuit of launching its next high-end smartphone, the OnePlus 9 soon. The upcoming flagship will be coming sometime in the first quarter of 2021, with leaks starting mid this year! The latest leak joining the book is about the OnePlus 9’s rear camera setup. While we had a previous leak telling the primary sensor would be a Sony’s 48MP IMX689 sensor, the tertiary sensor would be telephoto ones, instead of a periscope lens....

Almost all the NFL team accounts were broken into, and the NFL official Twitter account was also hacked. OurMine posted a few updates from these accounts claiming responsibility for the hack. They also did an advertisement for their data security projects and urged people to hire OurMine to secure their servers. This uncanny attitude has earned them appreciation as well as backlash for the online community worldwide. OurMine Stands By Its Tagline: Everything is Hackable Data Security is currently a big concern for people globally....

The video streaming company announced that old smart TVs will no longer be able to run Plex since they rely on old security certificates for securing connections to the server. And since Plex started using a new certificate, all the smart TVs which failed to update to the new method can’t access its catalog. Plex Not Working on Smart TVs Since last week, many old Smart TV users are complaining about an error in accessing the Plex app, as they’re barred to its catalog saying insecure connection....

These will have reworked graphics than the old visuals, but still retaining the original gameplay. Also, Rockstar announced the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition coming to consoles later this year, and to mobile clients next year. Reinventing Grand Theft Auto Games While we’re playing 4K games on high-end hardware today, many 90s gamers know how GTA fulfilled their desires on low-end PCs back then. It’s one of the popular open-world games loved by the community and led Rockstar to rollout sequences periodically....

This is where the good news ends because the hackers stole the code of antivirus software and the tools related to it. If this code falls into wrong hands, there may be some serious consequences. This code can be used in various ways to thwart the protection that consumers usually get with AV software. Fxsmp is the name of this group and they have been selling sensitive information from high profile entities for a long time....

The app comes pre-installed in all premium Galaxy devices and is seen throttling popular apps including Samsung’s own. Although, it’s leaving benchmark apps in this process to attain high scores, thus fooling the users. Samsung responded to this by reasoning it for optimizing the phone’s battery life and reducing heat due to long-term gaming sessions. Also, it’ll soon come up with a software update to let users decide on prioritizing the performance of apps....

These include two Galaxy Watch 5 units, with varied sizes, and a Pro variant. The model numbers of these are listed on the Belgium, Denmark, and Norway Samsung websites, hinting at their imminent launch. Internal details on these smartwatches are unknown. Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Model Numbers After the success of the Galaxy S22 series earlier this year, Samsung is preparing for another wave of gadgets later this year, which includes a couple of foldable devices, a smartwatch series, and some earbuds....

Shitcoin wallet, as others players, the makers of this promised absolute privacy for its users and turned hypocrite. While claiming it to support multiple browsers, it’s now available only for Chrome and as an app for Windows. The wallet has already 600+ installs from Chrome store, and can potentially steal users cryptocurrencies. This Ethereum based wallet supports all transactions and storing of Ethers and numerous ERC20 tokens that are processed by ICO and built on Ethereum blockchain....

Facebook Knows More About You Than You Think Facebook ads are so targeted, and we know this for years. But to know how creepy they’re, you should look into all the data points that Facebook collects from you. While you may not know this being a general user, registering yourself as an advertiser helps. Since Facebook relies on targeted ads for money, it groups users’ personal data and hands it to advertisers....

Evaded Risk by Acting Early Enel Company is a multi-national energy supplier spread across Europe and has reported being targeted by a ransomware attack last week. The company detected the initial attack on June 7th, after its antivirus alarmed about a malicious intrusion. Thus the company separated the corporate systems in order “to carry out all interventions aimed at eliminating any residual risk.” They further stated to have bought back the systems online on Monday morning, after being pulled down on Sunday evening due to attack....

Truecaller Lists Statistics of Spam Callers Truecaller has grown to be one of the essential apps to house in almost every smartphone today. The platform has grown from being a directory of callers to block spam callers and even as a payment mode, which though received backlash in India. And now, improving its core functionality, the caller identification service has added a statistical feature to let users make better-informed decisions....

Well, this is only available on the Twitter web, while Android and iOS clients still stick to the current limit of a 10-minute cap. Further, Blue subscribers get priority visibility in the tweet replies of others in the new update. New Video Limits on Twitter Last month when Elon Musk was taking over Twitter, he promised to bring sweeping changes to the Blue subscription. And as he said, new and tweaked features have been rolling out to Blue subscribers regularly ever since, with some being exciting while others are destroying the Twitter landscape....

Twitter Confirms Extending Voice Tweets Support As seen in early June, Twitter has rolled out support to iOS clients where users can send voice tweets. While this type of feature is available in instant messengers till date, it’s new for social media platforms like Twitter. Thus, Twitter trailed with this feature initially in iOS clients. And when asked by several users on Twitter for support to Android and web, it replied as below....

The people were identified as higher education students and have been hacking phones for two years through phishing attacks. Over time, they have hacked hundreds of people’s phones, to steal banking credentials or sell access to other buyers. Arresting Pheonix Hacking Batch On Wednesday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) made five arrests in Kyiv, who were all graduates of higher technical education institutes. The five members arrested are allegedly part of ‘Phoenix’, an international hacking group specializing in the remote hacking of mobile phones....

The State-Backed Hackers APT32, a Cyber attacking group touted to be backed by the Vietnamese Government, has been actively attacking other nations as its Cyberespionage operations. The group is found to be following the Chinese path as stealing intellectual properties of others. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike finds an increase of such attacks on others, especially Southeast Asia in the last two years. In recent times, this hacking group is actively targeting key automakers in various nations....

This feature has been in the beta since earlier this year, and now gradually rolling to everyone. The vice versa of this – iOS to Android chat migration has been available since last year. Although, WhatsApp noted a few limitations for exporting chats. Android to iOS Migration After all these years, Google made it easy for people switching phones to export all their device data from one phone to another....

WhatsApp Updates its Privacy Policy Though Facebook is into numerous data scandals, some appreciated it because the company hasn’t drawn WhatsApp into such business yet. But gradually, Facebook is pulling WhatsApp into its ideologies, as it now tends to collect more identifiable data to connect with businesses. Also Read- WhatsApp Can Soon Be Used on Several Devices Independently This was notified today, with users getting a screen-wide popup asking them to agree to the changes....

Replacing the ‘Run’ Command Microsoft is trying to replace, or say modernize the traditional Run search with its new PowerToys Run feature. This was announced in yesterday’s Build 2020 conference, along with other features like Keyboard Remapping Manager, Windows Terminal Enterprise, Linux GUI apps, and Project Reunion. Takeaways from the conference boil down to one thing, empowering developers more for making Windows 10 more powerful. And a feature from such push is the Windows 10 PowerToys Run....

Microsoft Sees uTorrent as Severe Threat. For years, most BitTorrent clients are named malware by several antivirus companies. This is fair to an extent since many have turned out with malicious intents like installing a cryptocurrency miner or adware. But, clean torrent clients like uTorrent running without bad remarks is flagged as dangerous. — Franz Wolfsson (@darkstwizard) March 10, 2021 As per reports, several social platforms have started complaining that Microsoft’s Windows Defender is flagging their uTorrent client as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) and removing the client automatically without informing them beforehand....