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That meant that even with the correct usernames and passwords, the attackers couldn’t access accounts and no systems were compromised. According to cybersecurity researchers at Cloudflare who analysed the attack, it was a sophisticated attack targeting employees and systems “in such a way that we believe most organizations would be likely to be breached”. Cloudflare has detailed what happened because they believe the culprit is still out there targeting multiple organisations....

What should you do if you have a preferred browser or app you want to use instead? Perhaps you prefer the look and security of Google Chrome over Safari. Tap or click here to see which browser is the best. Having to close the default app and launch your favorite one can be a pain. If you’re not loving the default apps, it’s time to change them. Most devices allow you to set your favorite default apps — you just have to know how to do it....

We got the gold variant of the phone and boy it does NOT look like a Rs 6,999 phone! That pair of metal rails that go all around the phone shine out. The back of the phone has a subtle curve to it and coming at 143gms, the phone is quite good to hold in the hand – thanks to the matte finished metallic back the phone doesn’t try to slip away....

Fabio Panetta, the ECB executive board member who heads up the digital euro project, has slammed cryptocurrencies as a modern version of America’s Wild West gold rush, which could have dire impacts on the stability of the financial system if left unchecked. At a speech at Columbia University in New York, Panetta said Satoshi Nakamoto, the author of the 2008 paper describing Bitcoin, showed “great fascination” with cryptography but lacked an “in-depth understanding of payment and money issues”....

[download]Download the Cryptography Fundamentals eBook (FREE)[/download] Today, digital communication has become far more important than what it was a decade ago. We use internet banking, social networking sites, online shopping, and online business activities. Everything is online these days, but the internet is not the most secure means to conduct all those activities. Nobody would want to do an online transaction with communication from their machine to their bank through an open channel....

But just because they are in orbit, that doesn’t mean satellites are out of reach of attack: security is an ongoing concern and one that is likely to grow. Jamming and spoofing One common problem is attackers targeting the service rather than the satellites themselves. This year has seen jamming, GPS spoofing, and other cyberattacks launched against ViaSat and Starlink internet services in Ukraine – attacks that have coincided with Russia’s invasion of the country....

1. APT hackers for hire target financial, entertainment firms A hackers-for-hire operation is using a strain of previously undocumented malware to target South Asian financial institutions and global entertainment companies. Dubbed CostaRicto, the campaign appears to be the handiwork of APT mercenaries who possess bespoke malware tooling and complex VPN proxy and SSH tunneling capabilities. Read more » 2. DNS cache poisoning attacks return due to Linux weakness Researchers from Tsinghua University and the University of California identified a new method that can be used to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks....

If you have been an active Reddit user, you may know that the platform favors anonymous discussions. Due to this feature, Reddit users can become anonymous and say whatever they want. While anonymous posting on Reddit is useful, when a post or comment goes against the subreddit’s guidelines, they are deleted without prior notification. As a result, you may see [removed] or [deleted] tags on certain Reddit posts or comments....

The best part is that one can also toggle other controls, for instance by speaking “next line” the cursor will shift to the next line, and the same holds good for punctuation as well. As of now, the Dictate supports 20 languages and real-time text translation for up to 60 languages. The Dictate was initially built during the Microsoft Hackathon which had seen more than 1,500 Microsoft employees participating in it....

Easy Comment is a simple firefox extension which helps you fill out blog comments form by entering a prefilled name, email and web homepage address on blogging platforms like WordPress, Movable Type and Dotclear among others. It is designed specifically for users who leave lots of comments on other blogs. Using Easy Comment add-on for Firefox is really easy to use. Once you install the add-on, click on the Easy Comment text in the status bar and fill up the information to prefill your comments, the comment setup will only have to be done one time, the next time you want to prefill comments, simply click on Easy Comment and it will do the needful....

Energizer, known for making batteries, is going to launch a staggering 26 smartphones at MWC 2019 this year. The smartphones will be built by Avenir and feature very interesting specs. The highlight of the Energizer Ultimate series is their dual selfie pop-up cameras at the front. While we have seen phones with a pop-up camera at the front, this is the first phone to feature a dual selfie pop-up camera....

No doubt, we have seen how the application has matured in an impressive way since its inception, but at the moment, it lacks much to improve, as it consumes a lot of RAM and therefore, the performance of our mobile phone drastically decreases; something unacceptable today. Now, the social network giant Facebook is developing a new feature that will bring all its users back to status updates. According to BuzzFeed, some users have already found this new feature in their social network Facebook account, which allows them to create temporary status updates....

As with color-coded comments, the social network giant Facebook wants to offer users the ability to color comments in statuses with vivid tones and color gradients. And yes, it is as frightening as it sounds. Facebook releases color comments This new functionality of Facebook, echoed in The Next Web, seems to have come only to a small number of users today, so it seems to be a function in tests that sooner or later will be released globally....

The hardware itself isn’t quite so attractive; at CES, the device looked a bit like someone duct-taped an Android phone to an Xbox 360 controller. However, the guts of the device certainly seem exciting. oject Shield sports Nvidia’s new Tegra 4 processor the capability to encode stream game data with minimal delay. Our colleagues in Boston took advantage of a recent meeting with Nvidia to get some hs-on time with the oject Shield device, the footage they brought back looks promising....

In a world full of phones with fingerprint scanners, the Redmi 5A is denied of it, just like its predecessor. And this is understandable as Xiaomi is cutting the costs and keeping things minimum, and this what you would instantly notice. Speaking of instantly noticing, you would also see the 5A is hard to tell apart from the 4A. It’s the same 5-inch laminated HD display that packs around 296 pixels per inch....

Maintool, a startup based in Paris has come with an idea which can turn your classic watch into a modern gen ‘ ‘smart’ watch. Essentially, they aim to replace the existing band of your favourite watch with their own band called Classi, which apparently is a band with brains. The Classi smart band that’s currently listed on Indiegogo integrates the processor, Bluetooth, Vibration Motor and all the sensors including Acclerometer, Pedometer onto the band....

According to the broadband provider, the gateway adds 6GHz band support to the existing 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands already offered by the Wi-Fi 6 model it debuted at CES 2020. The expanded frequency range brings reduced interference, and “3X” the bandwidth, Comcast said. Its boosted speeds also provide symmetrical gigabit support, meaning 1Gbps+ speeds will be available for both download and upload purposes across the user’s home network, where supported....

The most recent attacks on the Xbox and PlayStation platforms can be considered as additional proof that the online gaming industry has become a prime target for the Cyber attacker. One of their methods is searching for covert pathways that will lead to an interference and chaos with online operating support. In this mayhem that could be created, passwords and bank account information can be easily stolen, which can be sold on the Dark Web....

1. Wyze data leak exposed personal data of millions of users Security camera startup Wyze confirmed it suffered a data leak in December that may have left millions of personal data records exposed on the internet. The data was accidentally exposed when transferred to a new database because the company failed to maintain security protocols during this process. Read more » 2. Ambitious scam wants far more than just PayPal logins Security researchers have spotted fraudulent websites that impersonate PayPal to trick users into handing over considerably more than their username and password....

For instance, imagine an SQL query to update a database record on a server. The headers within the many OSI layers of the packet make sure the data inside arrives at the listening port of the SQL database server, where the application takes over and processes the SQL query (the data) itself. Traditional security controls such as firewalls relied heavily on these headers in order to filter out malicious content, think of IP addresses and ports being blocked....