Month: July 2024

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Spyware A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were available for download from the Google Play Store and remained undetected for two years. The applications attracted a total of more than 32,000 installations before being pulled from the app
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Realme Buds T310 were unveiled in India on Tuesday alongside the Realme 13 Pro 5G series of smartphones and the Realme Watch S2. These true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones are equipped with 12.4mm dynamic bass drivers and AI-backed environmental noise cancellation (ENC) supported mics. The earphones offer up to 46dB hybrid noise cancellation as well
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Illustrative image of two commemorative bitcoins seen in front of the national flag of Russia displayed on a computer screen. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Russia is considering legalizing the use of cryptocurrency for international payments as the country faces ongoing financial pressure from Western sanctions. The State Duma, which is the lower house
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Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishing campaign include countries like Pakistan,
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Tissot’s T-Touch technology has been around since 1999 when the brand first introduced its first “smartwatch”, simply called the Tissot T-Touch. The watch introduced a unique way to interact and use the various digital functions of the watch, which included a thermometer, barometer and a compass (to name a few), and it accomplished this touch
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An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security vendor Proofpoint’s defenses to send millions of messages spoofing various popular companies like Best Buy, IBM, Nike, and Walt Disney, among others. “These emails echoed from official Proofpoint email relays with authenticated SPF and
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Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of remote code execution that stems from the use of default passwords. The
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