TECHNOLOGY
Hackers target Indian account holders in tax-related smishing campaign: Report
According to cybersecurity company Sophos, the smish campaign consists of a text with a link addressed to customers of the most popular Indian banks. It sends a text falsely claiming that the recipient's bank account will be blocked, and telling the recipient to update their PAN and AADHAR card information on their accounts.
Indonesian hackers attacking Indian govt websites major concern: Experts
"There have been reports that state and federal government websites may be targeted" by an Indonesian "hacktivista organisation, according to a cybersecurity notice issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), a division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to the notice, the Indonesian cyber attack group is purportedly targeting 1,200 government websites in the country.
New malware in Discord can steal users' info, warn researchers
The team from CyberArk Labs spotted the malware called Vare that uses Discord's infrastructure as a backbone for its operations.This malware is linked to a new group called 'Kurdistan 4455' based out of southern Turkey and is still early in its forming stage, according to security researchers. The cyber-security firm contacted Discord and notified their support team on the different ways attackers misuse Discord's features, and of the new malware group.
WhatsApp's new security feature to double check if it's really you
Now, the company will double-check that it's really you when you switch your WhatsApp account to a new device -- using the 'Account Protect' feature. "From now on, we may ask you on your old device to verify that you want to take this step as an extra security check. This feature can help alert you to an unauthorised attempt to move your account to another device," WhatsApp said in a blogpost.
We can build our own AI models to address issues facing the Indian education space: Flipick Founder
The company has industry-leading SaaS-based Learning Management System (LMS) for higher education and corporate training in the US, the UK and India. The LMS is a multi-tenant, enterprise-grade platform that provides adaptive learning and assessments, ensuring the best possible learning experience for all users.
realme set to empower next-gen users with launch of narzo N55
The narzo series has become one of the most popular smartphone series amongst the youth, with a large user base of 12.3 million in India and counting. In line with its commitment to bringing the best to its users, the brand has launched yet another power-packed product for next-gen users, the realme narzo N55- Amazon special integration, which has already hit the market.
Google's latest Chrome update boosts speed on Mac, Android
"The faster the browser, the more enjoyable your browsing experience will be. With the latest release of Chrome, we went deep under the hood of Chrome's engine to look for every opportunity to increase the speed and efficiency, from improved caching to better memory management," Google said in a blogpost.
Pfizer's new bivalent mRNA Covid booster vax highly effective: Lancet
The bivalent mRNA-vaccines contain elements from both the original wild type Covid strain and an updated component from the Omicron strain. These vaccines were designed to help improve vaccine-induced immunity against the Omicron variant and subsequent sub variants; and have replaced older style monovalent boosters used in the US, Israel, and other countries since September 2022.
Twitter's Super Follows now called Subscriptions
Users can find the feature in the "Monetization" section of settings. "Apply to offer your followers subscriptions of any material, from longform text to hours-long video! Just tap on "Monetization" in settings," he tweeted on Thursday. The Subscriptions feature will let you charge users to get access to things like subscriber-only tweets, spaces, and badges.
Low to mid-priced smartphones now receiving enhanced display brightness
This is not only because of Apple's steady sales but also due to the increased use of this brightness band by Chinese vendors trying to strengthen their premium line-ups, such as vivo, OPPO, and Xiaomi, according to Counterpoint Research. The trend of increasing brightness is gradually spreading to low-to-mid-priced smartphones.
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