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It is needless to say that mobile applications are all the hype of this decade and others to come. There are a million applications available across all app stores and hundreds of new applications are published every day. To be precise, an average adult has about 26 to 55 apps in the smartphone device. This […]
Since Google launched the new Pixel 4 and the Pixel 4 XL, there seem to be more flaws than perfection to the company’s 2019 lineup of smartphones. Amongst a couple of problems, a new security issue has appeared that concerns the Pixel 4’s Face Unlock feature. Pixel 4’s Face Unlock Flaw Due to the security […]
Google Play Store policies clearly state that Android apps cannot update or modify from third party sources other than Google Play Store themselves. But a report suggests that the UC browser went ahead and violated Google Play Store policies. The popular browser, with over 600 million downloads, made its users vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks […]
Google just unveiled its new iteration of Pixel smartphones this year — the Pixel 4 and the Pixel 4 XL — and I am not that sure if I like the devices. As these smartphones are not coming to India, Google has made sure that we don’t even consider the new Pixel smartphones. Pixel 4 […]
If the boring and graceless Google hardware event wasn’t enough, here is another announcement from Google, exclusive for Indian fans. Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL will not be launching in India, according to the spokesperson of the tech giant. “We determine availability based on a variety of factors, including local trends, and product features. […]
An Apple security feature has caught the attention of information security specialists. As reported, the company checks the websites that each user visits to see if they are fraudulent or malware-infested sites. This Safari feature, known as “Fraudulent Website Warning”, was implemented to improve the online security experience of users using URL cross-references using an […]
Leaving Pixel 3 behind, Google Pixel 4 is probably one of the most-leaked phones ever. Today, Google unveiled the device at its hardware event and it is exactly what we all expected. Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL Unveiled As we saw in the leaks, Google has redacted the big notch and released two Pixel […]
As if screaming “Ok Google” at your phone in a room full of people wasn’t embarrassing already, Google Assistant not working at all can make things even worse. I get it! Digital assistants can behave weirdly at times. But when life throws lemons at you, you make lemonade out of it. So chill out, make […]
You might have come across numerous courses and explanatory material for Machine Learning — most of which are difficult to comprehend at times. But don’t give up on the chance to learn ML yet! Google has released a comic strip for Machine Learning that will teach the concepts of ML even to a noob. Those […]
Researchers from Google project zero uncovered a critical zero-day vulnerability that affected at least 18 Android models including Samsung, Moto, Huawei, Pixel, Xiaomi and more. Some of the depth pieces of evidence show that the vulnerability is being exploited in wide and gives complete access to the Vulnerable Android devices. An Android zero-day exploit that […]
Digital forensics specialists have revealed the existence of zero-day vulnerability in the Android operating system that, if exploited, could grant threat actors full control of at least 18 smartphone models from various manufacturers. Among them, there are four models of Google Pixel. The information was confirmed by Maddie Stone, a security researcher at Google’s Project […]
Google has discovered a new Android zero-vulnerability that allows hackers to gain unauthorized access to various Android smartphones. This discovery has been made by Google’s Project Zero team. New Android Zero-Day Vulnerability It is suggested that the Android vulnerability rests in Android device’s Linux kernel code, which provides cybercriminals root access to Android smartphones. On […]
A few months ago reports emerged that Google was asking random strangers to sell their facial data in exchange for a $5 gift card to train Pixel 4’s facial recognition system. Now, a new report from the New York Daily suggests that Google contractors covertly targeted homeless people and dark-skinned people for the data without […]
In September alone, over 335 million Android users were tricked into downloading malware-infected apps from the Google Play Store. In all, 172 apps containing threats such as adware and automatic sign-up for fraudulent subscription services circumvented Google’s store security mechanism called Play Protect. The information was released on Tuesday, October 1st by ESET’s security researcher […]
Exclusive research found 9 critical system-level Android VoIP Zero-day vulnerabilities that allow attackers to perform malicious operations, including denying voice calls, caller ID spoofing, unauthorized call operations, DOS attack, and remote code execution. A Team of academics and researchers from OPPO ZIWU Cyber Security Lab, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Singapore Management University uncovered […]
Huawei recently added two new devices to its Mate series – Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro. The duo of the devices will ship without Google apps like Gmail, Google Maps, Search, and YouTube owing to the U.S. Commerce Department’s ban on Huawei. At the time of the launch, Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu said that […]
According to a report by the Financial Times, a paper published by a Google researcher claims to have achieved Quantum Supremacy. If it turns out to be true, would be of the biggest breakthroughs of our generation. A piece of big news regarding the potentially-breakthrough achievement in the field of quantum computing was published on […]
Any source of information about people can be exploited by large companies. Data protection specialists at two different research centers say smart TVs share sensitive user data with companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Netflix. The experts, from British and American universities, have looked at how a smart TV, considered an IoT device, collects […]
Dating can be hard, especially when you’re doing it online. Swiping right can always give you that little niggle in the back of your head, “are they who they say they are?” We’ve all heard the horror stories, but then again there are plenty of tales of success and the number of Tinder marriages is […]
If you are using these two Ad Blockers we suggest removing them from your browser right now or be home to extensive ongoing ad fraud. There are more than 600 million users currently surfing the Internet with their Ad Blockers on. It’s a fact that Ad Blockers greatly hurt daily earnings of websites but at […]
Another day, another Android malware – This time; The Joker malware is here not to creep you out but steal from you. While “The Joker” might be your favorite villain fighting the dark knight, a new malware that goes by the name of it may not entertain you. It has been recently discovered by researcher […]