Month: September 2022

PS5 is getting a Grey Camouflage Collection of accessories. Sony has revealed its new lineup of custom faceplates, a military-inspired DualSense controller, and a Pulse 3D wireless headset for the PlayStation 5. The variant adds to the galaxy-inspired colourway options that were launched earlier this year, which did not have a headset to go along
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A variant of the Mirai botnet known as MooBot is co-opting vulnerable D-Link devices into an army of denial-of-service bots by taking advantage of multiple exploits. “If the devices are compromised, they will be fully controlled by attackers, who could utilize those devices to conduct further attacks such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks,” Palo Alto
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WhatsApp’s latest update for iOS devices, version 2.22.18.76, is displaying an error for users trying to mute group or individual messages for 1 week. The WhatsApp bug automatically changes the mute duration from ‘1 week’ to ‘8 hours’. However, there is no issue if a user chooses the duration as ‘8 hours’ or ‘Always’. This
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured in-depth details of a stellar nursery nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. Webb’s recent image of the 30 Doradus, or Taratula Nebula, displays several never-before-seen young, with galaxies in background. The picture also reveals the composition of the nebula’s gas and dust. Located around 161,000 light-years away from us, Tarantula has
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Samsung Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro will help you shape your health and wellness habits by providing informative insights. The all-new smartwatch models are packed with advanced features and powerful capabilities to help users achieve their fitness goals.  The Galaxy Watch5 series enhances the features that fitness-oriented users rely on daily and enhances the
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Apple reportedly said it would challenge the Brazilian court’s order which halted the sale of iPhone models without a battery charger in the country. Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security has earlier fined Apple BRL 12.275 million (roughly Rs. 18 crore) over the issue claiming that the company is providing an incomplete product to
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High-profile companies and local governments located primarily in Asia are the subjects of targeted attacks by a previously undocumented espionage group dubbed Worok that has been active since late 2020. “Worok’s toolset includes a C++ loader CLRLoad, a PowerShell backdoor PowHeartBeat, and a C# loader PNGLoad that uses steganography to extract hidden malicious payloads from
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Instagram has been reportedly slapped with EUR 405 million (roughly Rs. 3,200 crore) fine on Monday for violating strict European Union data privacy rules. The Meta-owned social media platform has been found to mishandle the personal information of teenagers. The Ireland’s Data Protection Commission’s investigation allegedly revealed that Instagram displayed the personal information of users
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The US Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced the release of its implementation stategy for the $50 billion (roughly Rs. 3,99,000 crore) CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) Act signed into law by US President Joe Biden last month. The bipartisan bill is designed to subsidise the cost of manufacturing chips in the US, as the
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Cybersecurity researchers have offered insight into a previously undocumented software control panel used by a financially motivated threat group known as TA505. “The group frequently changes its malware attack strategies in response to global cybercrime trends,” Swiss cybersecurity firm PRODAFT said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “It opportunistically adopts new technologies in
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DDoS-Guard has become the second service provider to drop support for notorious online forum Kiwi Farms. The online protection provider announced on Monday that it has terminated services for the Kiwi Farms forum. It reportedly received several complaints claiming that the forum’s content violated DDoS-Guard’s Acceptable Use policy. It then analysed the content and decided
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