Cybersecurity firm Volexity has recently identified a cyber espionage marketing campaign targeting Indian government agencies in 2024 using a custom Linux malware. The newly discovered Linux malware, DISGOMOJI, has been attributed to a Pakistan-based threat actor known as UTA0137. It is written in Golang and compiled for Linux systems. “In 2024, Volexity identified a cyber-espionage campaign undertaken by a suspected Pakistan-based threat actor that Volexity currently tracks under the alias UTA0137,” explains Volexity in a blog post....

Hackers broke into Russia’s largest ride-hailing service app, Yandex Taxi – similar to the likes of Uber – on Thursday morning and send hundreds of cabs to the same location causing a traffic jam in central Moscow. The hackers directed the taxi drivers to go to Kutuzovsky Prospekt, a major six-lane road that runs east to the west leading into the centre of the Russian capital and is widely known for the Stalinist-era building called Hotel Ukraina (Hotel Ukraine)....

Personal details of 50 million Turkish citizens leaked online by hackers Hackers claim to have hacked a database that reportedly contains the personal information of nearly 50 million Turkish citizens, including that of the country’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and have posted those details online in a huge security breach. If confirmed, the leak would become one of the largest privacy breaches, by number of records, ever. The database comprising of 49,611,709 documents was posted on the website of an Icelandic group that specializes in exposing leaks on Monday, thereby putting people at risk of fraud and identity theft....

How do you know your computer is infected? there is no particular way to identify that your computer has been infected with malicious code. Some infections can completely destroy files and shut down your computer, while others can only affect your computer’s normal operations. Be aware of any unusual or unexpected behaviors. If you are running anti-virus software, it may alert you that it has found malicious code on your computer....

Twitch is THE destination for watching video game streams online. It is a platform designed for gamers to showcase their skills, and passion for games of different genres. Often, a video clip on Twitch catches your eyes. It is so hilarious that you want to share it with your gaming friends. Sharing a video on the message is more comfortable, and let’s be honest, opening a link feels hectic at times....

Windows 11 starts up faster than older versions. For quicker access as a single user at home or in a personal space, you can use automatic login. This lets you skip typing in a password and jumps right into your account when the computer turns on. When you start a Windows 11 computer, it first shows a lock screen. Then, you pick a user account and type in a password, or PIN, or use facial recognition....

If you have recently updated Windows 11 to a newer version then you might have been greeted with some Chinese Characters On Lock screen of your Windows 11 PC. Well, you are not alone thousands of Windows 11 users are facing the Start Screen Chinese Text Problem . Windows opens up an MSN page with Chinese stories and information when clicking on this Chinese Text. RELATED: How to Disable Background Apps in Windows 11...

It’s a bright and sunny morning, and you have just opened the laptop or your desktop PC after brewing some latte. The Windows 10 operating system on the computer has started giving problems. Not a great start to the workday. Or, what if a buggy Windows update makes your PC go rogue with some error or crashes. As a Windows user, you are prepared for this. We are familiar with having problems and errors on a daily basis that often wreak havoc on productivity....

While Apple has brought back the classic Battery Percentage display icon with iOS 16, it has also confirmed that this feature won’t be available on older generation iPhone models. In a recently updated support document , the Cupertino giant has confirmed that the iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 mini, and iPhone 13 mini won’t support iOS 16’s Battery Percentage feature. In other words, these models won’t display the iPhone’s battery percentage directly in the status bar but will continue to show it in the Control Center....

New Patent Filed By Apple Hints At The Return Of The MagSafe Connector The Apple MagSafe connector is one of the greatest and remarkable innovation which was first introduced on the 10th of January 2006 by Apple Inc. Although it was discontinued by Apple after the Apple MacBook Pro 2016, a recent patent filing with the number ‘20170093104’ for a ‘magnetic adapter’ has suggested that this wonderful connector could return very soon in future....

Sudo bug in Linux allows users to run some restricted commands as root without permission Sudo, one of the most commonly used utilities in Linux, has been found to have a vulnerability that could allow malicious users or programs to execute arbitrary commands as root on a targeted Linux system without clearance. The flaw was found to be working only on Linux systems that have a non-standard configuration. For those unaware, Sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the ‘superuser’ (a special user account used for system administration)....

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Microsoft on Tuesday launched its all-new Bing search engine and Edge web browser, powered by an upgraded version of AI (artificial intelligence) technology that supports the currently popular AI-powered chatbot, OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The development comes a day after Google announced ChatGPT’s rival named “ Bard ” – an “experimental conversational AI service” – based on LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) “To empower people to unlock the joy of discovery, feel the wonder of creation, and better harness the world’s knowledge, today we’re improving how the world benefits from the web by reinventing the tools billions of people use every day, the search engine and the browser,” said Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer....

Microsoft’s Chromium-powered Edge recently surpassed Mozilla’s Firefox to become the second most used desktop browser, according to a report from market analysis firm, Netmarketshare. The market share data of desktop operating systems and web-browsers in March 2020 shows Microsoft’s Edge with a share of 7.59% is on the second spot gaining an increase of almost 2% compared to the same period last year. It is followed by Mozilla’s Firefox in the third position with 7....

Since Windows 10, Microsoft has been regularly rolling out automatic feature updates to help Windows users stay up to date, protected, and productive with supported versions of Windows as well as continue servicing devices that are approaching their end-of-support (EOS) date. The Redmond giant is going to apply the same approach for Windows 11 21H2, which was released on October 4, 2021, and is nearing its EOS date on October 10, 2023....

Researchers Can Earn Up To $30,000 With Microsoft’s New Chromium Edge Browser Bounty Program Microsoft has launched a new Insider Bounty Program for its beta version of its new Chromium-based Edge browser that will reward researchers up to $30,000 for finding vulnerabilities that are unique to Edge. “We’re excited to expand our bounty programs today to include the next version of Microsoft Edge and continue to grow and strengthen our partnership with the security research community,” Jarek Stanley, senior program manager at Microsoft, said in a Tuesday post....

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it would soon begin rolling out its new “News and Interests” Taskbar feature to Windows 10 users on version 1909, 2004, 20H2, and 21H1 in the coming weeks. “As people spend more time on their Windows PCs, working, learning, connecting, and creating, we’re making it easier to access personalized content that is available at a glance and updated throughout the day,” Microsoft said in the announcement....

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants the company to expand its Bing search engine into the Australian market and fill the void created if Google decides to leave the country over disagreement with authorities for sharing revenue with media outlets for republishing their content. For those unaware, last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) proposed a new law called the “News Media Bargaining Code” that would compel Google and Facebook to negotiate fees with Australian news outlets for content featured across platforms managed by Google and Facebook....

Windows 7 to receive extended security updates from Microsoft through January of 2023 Microsoft on Tuesday announced that the company will offer Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) through January 2023 to small-and-midsize (SMBs) customers, as long as they are willing to pay for extended updates . “While many of you are well on your way to deploying Windows 10, we understand that everyone is at a different point in the upgrade process....

Microsoft is reportedly working on ‘Project Latte’ that could allow Windows 10 users to run Android apps on Windows 10 without the need for Play Store. According to a report by Windows Central , Project Latte will enable developers to bring their Android apps through the Microsoft Store with little to no code adjustments by delivering them as an MSIX file, an app package format supported by the Windows 10 ecosystem....