India is gradually but consistently marching ahead in its blockchain and Web3 exploration. While the country is still working on formulating crypto rules and conducting trials over its eRupee CBDC, India’s IT ministry has a new plan for launching a homegrown Web browser. This Indian Web browser will be packed with Web3 capabilities. The idea
Month: August 2023
Aug 11, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Threat An unknown threat actor has been linked to a cyber attack on a power generation company in southern Africa with a new variant of the SystemBC malware called DroxiDat as a precursor to a suspected ransomware attack. “The proxy-capable backdoor was deployed alongside Cobalt Strike Beacons in a south
Apple Music has started rolling out a new personalised radio station feature without any official announcement for its subscribers. Dubbed Discovery Station, the new personalised radio station will reportedly help users to discover new songs on the basis of their listening history. The feature is quite similar to Apple Music’s rival music streaming platform Spotify’s
Aug 11, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Attack The Chinese threat actor known as APT31 (aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, or Violet Typhoon) has been linked to a set of advanced backdoors that are capable of exfiltrating harvested sensitive information to Dropbox. The malware is part of a broader collection of more than 15 implants that have
Google introduced its Magic Eraser feature with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro back in 2021. This machine learning and AI-based photo editing feature used to remove unwanted objects in photos is now more widely available. The California-headquartered company could add a similar feature for videos in the upcoming Pixel 8 and Pixel 8
Stablecoins may be crypto’s killer app, but there needs to be regulation in place to allow them to flourish – which could benefit the U.S. dollar, according to Brian Brooks, a partner at Valor Capital Group. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Friday, Brooks – who was previously the CEO of the U.S. arm of crypto
California firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot wildfires, feeding video from more than 1,000 cameras strategically placed across the state into a machine that alerts first responders when to mobilize. In an example of the potential of the ALERTCalifornia AI program launched last month, a camera spotted a fire that broke out at
Shares in Japan’s Sony fell 6 percent in Tokyo trade after first-quarter profit tumbled, with the entertainment conglomerate reporting lacklustre performances by its movie and financial divisions. Operating profit slid 31 percent and comments by Sony executives over demand for its games and image sensors units also sparked concern. The PlayStation 5 console launched in
Aug 12, 2023THNProgramming / Vulnerability A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the Python URL parsing function that could be exploited to bypass domain or protocol filtering methods implemented with a blocklist, ultimately resulting in arbitrary file reads and command execution. “urlparse has a parsing problem when the entire URL starts with blank characters,”
Russia launched its first lunar mission in the last 47 years, Luna-25, on August 11 aboard a Soyuz 2.1v rocket. The primary goal of this lunar mission is to make a soft landing on the South Pole of the Moon‘s surface. With this, Russia attempts to become the first nation to land on the lunar
Oppo A58 4G was launched in India on August 8. The smartphone, priced under Rs. 20,000, is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC paired with Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. It is available in the country in a singular storage configuration. Meanwhile, Samsung Galaxy F34 5G debuted in India a day earlier on August 7. It
In this article META GOOGL MSFT AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In an unmarked office building in Austin, Texas, two small rooms contain a handful of Amazon employees designing two types of microchips for training and accelerating generative AI. These custom chips, Inferentia and Trainium, offer AWS customers an alternative to training their
The Digital Personal Data Protection bill, passed by Parliament this week, has received President’s assent, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) law aims to protect the privacy of Indian citizens while proposing a penalty of up to Rs. 250 crore on entities for misusing or failing to protect digital
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen leads the pack of new titles coming to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe/ Premium catalogue, this month. Starting August 15, all high-tier PS Plus members can delve into Savathûn’s Throne World, as you uncover the mystery of how she and her Lucent Hive stole the Light — across a
Aug 12, 2023THNServer Security / Cyber Threat Multiple security vulnerabilities impacting CyberPower’s PowerPanel Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform and Dataprobe’s iBoot Power Distribution Unit (PDU) could be potentially exploited to gain unauthenticated access to these systems and inflict catastrophic damage in target environments. The nine vulnerabilities, from CVE-2023-3259 through CVE-2023-3267, carry severity scores
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Epic Games’ stringent App Store payment rules that prevent developers from introducing alternate payment methods for in-app purchases. The court declined to let a federal judge’s injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. The court’s ruling lets
Aug 12, 2023THNVulnerability / Privacy Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in AudioCodes desk phones and Zoom’s Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) that could be potentially exploited by a malicious attacker to conduct remote attacks. “An external attacker who leverages the vulnerabilities discovered in AudioCodes Ltd.’s desk phones and Zoom’s Zero Touch Provisioning feature can gain
Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 is confirmed to launch in China on August 14 and the brand is actively teasing the design and specifications of the handset via Weibo. Just days ahead of its formal debut, a Xiaomi smartphone, believed to be Xiaomi Mix Fold 3, has appeared on the Geekbench benchmarking site with an overclocked
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