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Phishing Campaign Using Morse Code Since the email filtering engines and employees are getting better at detecting general phishing emails, threat actors are developing new methods to find their way in and steal the data. One such novel technique found recently, where the attackers are using More code to hide their scripts. As detailed by BleepingComputer, the campaign was first reported on Reddit and had some of the samples uploaded to VirusTotal last week....

These two are the important parts of making an alternative ROM for the concerned phone, and, surprisingly, Nothing has been released already! The phone was launched last week, with some interesting hardware and looks. We shall see what the independent developers can do to it now. Nothing Phone 1 Source Code is Out Every smartphone now we know today is running on some form of Linux. Being the greatest OS ever made, the Linux kernel is distributed on GNU GPL v2 license – making it freely available to all, but with certain conditions....

And the most popular cryptocurrency among those invested is Ethereum, followed by Bitcoin and Cardano. However, the survey also revealed that people who haven’t invested cited lack of knowledge for pursuing this course as a barrier. Here are more details that came out of the survey. Raising Cryptocurrency Interest in Singapore Though the world governments are warning citizens on investments into cryptocurrencies, people are holding to their guts and continue pouring money into all types of cryptocurrencies....

A Basic Plan For Free! It’s true that India’s suffering. But that’s for a reasonable cause. As the country’s ruling government decided to restrict the movement of people, all of them are tuning in to work from home modes. This required fair resources to proceed with and Jio is doing its part for that. The company has announced via its Twitter handle to offer its basic JioFiber plan for free!...

This news broke the internet, as many users on social media are seen trolling the actor and the OnePlus company. With many people making memes on Iron Man using Huawei phone over OnePlus. The Marvel Actor didn’t respond to the controversy for a few days. But he indeed broke his silence and wrote in a post, “Well, I guess it’s time to upgrade my assistant to a new OnePlus 7 Pro, so mistakes don’t happen again....

He was accused of various crimes like distributing anti-Russian information on Wikipedia and also editing the articles against Russia, of its invasion against Ukraine. Bernstein’s personal details were initially shared in GUBOPiK’s telegram channel, where his arrest videos too were posted. Arresting a Wikipedia Editor Wikipedia is one of the primary sources one would reach to know something. The database it maintains on the ongoing and past situations and persons is vast and is constantly updated by experts editors....

This update has been installed by default in Samsung’s latest foldables – Galaxy Z Fold 4, and now coming to older foldable devices. It brings a number of features curated specially for foldable phones, like a taskbar to dig up the most used apps, split screen, direct dial, and voice-to-text or emoji. One UI 4.1.1 Based on Android 12L One of the few OEMs that care about passing updates regularly after purchasing its products is Samsung....

The attorneys accuse Shipt of considering its ‘personal shoppers’ as independent contractors so that it can evade paying the regular employment benefits like insurance, overtime payment, etc. Shipt disagrees and claims that its workers feel better by being independent contractors. Workers Misclassification at Shipt With delivery services growing in demand, most of the big retailers are formulating their own approaches to delivering the goods to end consumers. And Target’s approach to this is Shipt, which was launched in 2014 offering same-day delivery....

Signal Vs WhatsApp Starting with basics, WhatsApp is owned by Facebook and has over two billion registered users. This makes Signal looks very small with an unknown user base, but has over 10 million downloads in Android, and considerable downloads on other platforms. Signal Vs WhatsAppSecurityPlatform FlexibilityFeaturesBackup and Restore Starting early and being simple in UI are the few that drew more and more people to WhatsApp. And since it’s a personal messenger, users would try the platform only if their contacts are available in that too, thus WhatsApp grew exponentially....

Up to $50,000 in Rewards! Bug Bounty programs are what thrills security researchers to work for a good cause. If you’re one of those bug hunters, here’s a good opportunity. After Nintendo (in 2016) and Microsoft’s Xbox (in 2020), Sony announces a bug bounty program called Public Vulnerability Rewards Program, where anyone can find and report critical security vulnerabilities across PlayStation PlayStation products. The program covers not just the PlayStation 4 gaming console, but also its operating system, accessories, PS network including websites like playstation....

New RAT Controllable From Telegram Remote Access Trojans are secondary tools that are deployed into target systems through any backdoors, and have capabilities of spying and stealing data from them. The new RAT, named as T-RAT from Russian-speaking underground forums does just that, but it’s popular for something else. Priced at just $45, hackers are selling T-RAT saying it’s controllable through a Telegram channel. And indeed, it is. This gives the operator (buyer) much more flexibility to control the trojan from his phone, rather than a web-based administration panel which needs a computer often....

About three items – the Gigi Texas Belt Buckle, Cyberquad for Kids, and a stainless steel Cyberwhistle are listed in the Tesla store with Dogecoin as the only payment option. This push by Tesla has driven the price of Dogecoin up by 13% already. Buying Tesla Items With Dogecoin Last year, Elon Musk has made enough hype about various meme coins to play with the cryptocurrency community. And now, he’s doing it further by seriously accepting Dogecoin as a means of payment for buying Tesla merchandise!...

Official To Saudi Rather Than Twitter. Being active in the years in 2013-15, Abouammo is alleged with accessing the private information (email, up address, phone number) of a critic who has more than one million followers. Whereas, Ali Alzabarah has been accused of mining into 6000 accounts of Twitter’s database! David L. Anderson, a US attorney involved in this 24-page filing said, “The criminal complaint unsealed today alleges that Saudi agents mined Twitter’s internal systems for personal information about known Saudi critics and thousands of other Twitter users....

The new Report Tweet will let users offer more information to Twitter and help it decide better when acting on it. Contrary to the old style of reporting tweets, where only a few options were given for users, people can now explain the issue better and even expand in a description box for better understanding. This is now available on iOS, Android, and web versions of Twitter. New Way of Reporting Tweets Twitter is one of the many social media platforms that’s often curled up with misinformation issues....

He said that the White House will ask for a special budget for implementing such laws, including $5 million for setting up research on the mental health impact of social media. All his plans are said to be coming as the result of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s leaks last year. New Laws For Children Online Safety Popular social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram are repeatedly blamed for abusing the privacy of their users, especially the children....

Data Breach at Vodafone’s Subsidiary Ho Mobile is an Italian low-cost telecom operator and a subsidiary of Vodafone. It’s reported that since December 22nd last year, a database belonging to Ho Mobile was being sold in a dark web forum for around $50,000. This was reported by a researcher called Bank Security. The dump allegedly includes 2,500,000 customers’ PII Data, Phone Numbers & ICCID that can be exploited for SIM swap attacks to empty Bank accounts....

Also, other metrics like receiving over 602 grievance reports and 36 actioned reports were shared. WhatsApp stressed that it complies with all the relevant rules, provides tools for user safety online and a fine experience overall. WhatsApp Compliance Report November 2021 Last year, the Indian government brought a new IT Act that would force online platforms to be more responsible and transparent in their activities. Setting up a dedicated compliance officer and releasing a monthly report on their compliances is also a norm....

Windows 10 Touch Keyboard Has New Support and Design Microsoft is making its touch keyboard a lot better for typing. In its new update, Microsoft added support for GIF animations to the keyboard, which can be seen along with emojis by pressing the Windows key + period (.) at once. Users can also see their clipboard history through the options. Though emojis are available in previous updates, Microsoft has added a Search option for them now....

A New Discord Malware With at least 150 million active users, Discord is a reasonable target for any hacker. We’ve seen Discord being targeted by AnarchyGrabber malware in the past, with the same intention of stealing credentials and spreading to others. It’s even upgraded to do more and stealthily. And now, here’s a new malware that’s distributed in the guise of free Discord Nitro Subscription! Nitro is a premium membership that would let the user have custom emojis from all the channels he is part of, animated avatars, server boosts, a custom Discord number tag etc....

The campaign has several components leveraged by threat actors, all unrelated to each other as of now. These are mostly wipers and spreading trojans, with attribution to no known threat actor yet. Researchers have listed the IOCs and MITRE attacking techniques of all these to identify and defend. Wiper Malware Against Ukraine Orgs Security agencies and experts have long been warning that cyberattacks against Ukraine may grow in the upcoming days, as the nation indulges in war with Russia....