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ASUS ROG Phone 2 Arrives In India For Gaming Fanatics

After recently introducing the second installment of its gaming smartphone series — the ROG Phone 2 — ASUS has now brought the new gaming smartphone to Indian shores. The smartphone was unveiled at an event in the country. ASUS ROG Phone 2 Highlights The gaming smartphone comes with a number of highlights, with the 120Hz […]

Best Phones Under 15000 In India: 7 Android Choices For 2019

These days, even if we don’t have loads of money to shed on a smartphone, we can still move forward in the world of tech without being outdated. As it is a fact that smartphones don’t need a humungous price tag to perform more than decently, we need to put more attention on these affordable […]

ASUS 6Z First Impressions: Flip It Out For Awesomeness

Evidently, full-screen smartphones have become mandated and their attainment via a pop-up/flip selfie camera is something tech companies are adapting to at a fast pace. The most recent one to launch with a scenario where the display and camera go hand-in-hand is the ASUS 6Z, which has just entered the Indian market. One thing worth […]

Asus 6Z With Motorized Flip Camera Launched In India

Asus has launched its much anticipated Asus 6Z smartphone in India at an event held in New Delhi. The smartphone features a 6.4-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD display (2340 x 1080 resolution) with brightness up to 600 nits. To protect the smartphone from scratches, Asus has covered it with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 on both […]

ASUS ROG Phone 2 Confirmed To Feature A 120Hz Display

ASUS is soon to launch its next-gen gaming smartphone, called the ROG Phone 2, for which the rumor mill is in overdrive. The latest one is an official confirmation by the company, giving out information on one of the features of the gaming phone. According to a post by the company via Chinese micro-blogging site […]

ASUS Stopped From Selling ‘ZenFone’ And ‘ZenBook’ Devices in India

As part of a lawsuit filed by Telecare Network, Taiwanese company ASUS has been banned from selling its devices — smartphones and laptops — under its ZenFone and ZenBook series in India. As per the lawsuit, it is suggested that Zen and Zen Mobiles are trademarks owned by Telecare Network since 2008 and have been […]

Hackers install backdoor on Asus computers using company update

Threat actors have compromised the Asus technology manufacturer update mechanism to install malware that allows installing a backdoor on compromised computers. According to web application security testing experts, this is due to a Man-In-The-Middle (MiTM) attack campaign against routers to exploit some unsecured HTTP connections between Asus computer users and company servers. This malware, known […]

ShadowHammer: ASUS software updates exploited to distribute malware

The victims of ShadowHammer malware attack are Windows users. Kaspersky Lab researchers have made a startling new revelation that the world’s leading computer maker ASUS’s live software update system was compromised by cybercriminals to install a backdoor, which affected ASUS customers. The attack occurred in 2018 and according to Kaspersky Lab, the attackers compromised the legitimate […]

ShadowHammer: Hackers Installed Backdoor On 1 Million ASUS Devices

Consumer technology vendors often advise their customers to only install updates and patches only via the official channels to make sure that the integrity of the system is maintained. But what if your PC maker’s official update utility contains malware? That’s exactly what has happened with about 1 million owners of Asus computers. First reported […]

Asus laptops users: Don’t update your software as new update has a backdoor

According to the authors of the book ‘Learn ethical hacking’, a group of hackers has infected hundreds of thousands of Asus computers using the company’s own update tool. According to specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Asus, a company based in Taiwan, is one of the leading companies supplying portable computer equipment worldwide.  […]

Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware

Remember the CCleaner hack? CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017. Security researchers today revealed another massive supply chain attack that compromised over 1 million computers manufactured by Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS. A group of […]

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Review — Continuing The Legacy Of Max Pro M1

With Xiaomi dominating the mid-segment smartphone market, you have a lot of options if you are planning to purchase a sub Rs. 15,000 budget smartphone. Asus has presented a new and a quite worthy candidate in the form of Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 which is much more than an incremental update over the hugely […]

ASUS Unveils ZenBook S13 With Notch & Thin Bezels #CES2019

Taiwanese company ASUS has unveiled a new laptop in its ZenBook S series, dubbed the ZenBook S13 UX392 at CES 2019. The new laptop’s major highlight is the 13.9-inch Full HD display with NanoEdge bezel design for thin bezels. There is a notch as well to house the HD webcam and for the convenience of […]

Future Asus Phones Could Have In-Hole Display And Pop-Up Camera

It seems like the era of the new displays has begun! Following the notches, the concept of in-hole displays is here with the Samsung Galaxy A8s and the Huawei Nova 4. Now, Taiwanese company ASUS is expected to take up the same trend. According to a report by Lets Go Digital, ASUS, back in August, […]

Best Gaming Laptops 2018: 10 Top Gaming Laptops

The best gaming laptops and the best laptops were almost indistinguishable, few years ago. As long as you had an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and dedicated graphics, you were awesome. These days, though, everything has changed. We have you covered with the best gaming laptops you can buy today. In 2018, there are […]

Asus Tinker Board—A Mini PC And A Raspberry Pi-killer—Now Available

Short Bytes: Asus released its own Raspberry Pi competitor called Tinker Board few months ago. This board is powered by Quad-core 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A17 CPU and 2GB dual channel LPDDR3 RAM. For connectivity, you get Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 4x USB 2.0 ports, etc. Currently, it costs $60.Update: Asus Tinker Board is now available on Amazon Raspberry Pi […]

Asus ZenFone 3 Review — A Great Looking Camera Phone For Multitasking

Short Bytes: Asus has made an impressive entry in the premium smartphone market with ZenFone 3. Thanks to the 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass, the phone comes with an attractive design. Easy to focus and user-friendly camera snaps great pictures and Snapdragon 635 chip delivers powerful performance. Despite unintuitive ZenUI and useless bloatware, Asus ZenFone 3 is a […]

FTC Forces Asus to Comply with 20 Years of Security Audits

Asus lied about its routers’ security, it delayed security patches for months, and now it’s paying the price. A few months back, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Taiwan-based hardware maker Asus, accusing it of misrepresenting its products’ security features and failing to address security vulnerabilities. The two parties have agreed to a […]