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Cisco asks switch Nexus users to disable some features; the company alleges security reasons

The company will launch a new firmware for Nexus in which the POAP function is completely disabled For security reasons, the Cisco company has asked the users of its Nexus switch to disable the PowerOn Auto Provision (POAP) function, report network security and ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security. This feature is enabled by default […]

#CES2019 Sees The Introduction Of Electric Flying Car By Bell

Texas-based Bell Helicopter (now a tech company) has showcased its first-ever electric flying car, christened Bell Nexus, at this year’s ongoing CES tradeshow. The new Nexus hybrid-electric car is based on the hybrid-electric prolusion system and utilizes six ducted fans to land and take off vertically from a launchpad or rooftop. The idea to adapt the hybrid propulsion […]

Google Fixes The KRACK WiFi Exploit For Android, Download OTA Now

Google has released a new security patch to make Android devices fool-proof against the KRACK exploit which affected around 41% of Android devices. KRACK attack takes advantage of critical WPA2 vulnerabilities which made almost every WiFi-compatible device weak against attacks. Back then, it was known that the KRACK attack Android fix would be coming in a […]

ANDROID PATCH FIXES NEXUS 5X CRITICAL VULNERABILITY

Google’s Android security team has patched a vulnerability that left Nexus 5X devices open to attack even if the phone’s screen was locked. The vulnerability in Google’s line of phones would have allowed an adversary to exfiltrate data from the targeted phone via a forced memory dump of the device. Researchers at IBM’s X-Force Application […]