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AstraLocker, a lesser-known ransomware group that’s purported to be formed from Babuk’s source code, is now shutting down operations. Instead, the developer of AstraLocker said he’d be moving to cryptojacking – a form of mining cryptocurrencies illegally from others’ system resources. While he didn’t mention the exact reason for closure, it’s likely due to the increased focus by law enforcement agencies on ransomware groups. Moving to Another Cybercrime Operation In the last couple of years due to COVID-19 , everyone was restricted at home and relied heavily on computers for almost every need....

After receiving complaints from several users, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has listed 33 apps that were said to be collecting unnecessary personal data of users. The apps come from developers like Baidu, Tencent, etc., and provide general services like ride-hailing, chat, online marketplaces, etc. They were given 10 days to make changes to their data collection practices. Chinese Apps Collecting Unnecessary Data We’ve seen countries like India banning Chinese apps for collecting unnecessary personal data in the past....

Cisco Systems agreed to pay $8.6 million to the government. The company sold flawed video surveillance technology to both federal, state and local government agencies. The notable thing here is that Cisco was aware of this flaw before selling it to the government bodies. Cisco will pay the civil damages for all the government agencies. This includes Homeland security, the Army, the Navy, the Secret service, the Marines, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Airforce....

Are you looking to download Mozilla Firefox offline installer? If yes, you are on the right page because today we will show you how to get a Firefox offline installer with direct links and manually. Most people use Firefox as their default browser instead of Google Chrome because of its speed, less memory consumption, and simplified privacy controls. Firefox has been one of Chrome’s top competitors for a decade. Firefox Offline Installer is a full-featured open-source web browser developed by Mozilla....

Prey is an anti-theft and monitoring software that allows you to track and protect your devices from prying hands in case you lose them. Prey keeps live tracking always on; your device location will always be updated when you are on the move. You can set up Geofences (a radius around where you always carry your device). If your device moves out of this radius, you will be notified. The device’s tracking even works without GPS, with triangulate tracking....

In a new filing made on Friday evening , the lawyers of Elon Musk are seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit against their client – in the case of Dogecoin defrauding. Several investors have earlier sued Elon Musk for artificially pumping the stock value of Dogecoin – primarily by his tweets – and later letting it crash altogether. The counsel for Elon Musk argues that a mere tweet can’t be the cause of blame, thus the lawsuit against him should be dismissed....

After voicing a lot of concerns regarding the C-band rollout, the FAA has finally come to a reasonable agreement with AT&T and Verizon regarding this. Thereby, the telecom operators will now be let to set up their 5G towers in the areas of airports, but not close that they interfere with the aircraft safety mechanisms. This agreement is the result of good collaboration and communication from telecom companies, says FAA....

After the initial plea was dismissed by a federal judge, the US Federal Trade Commission has now come up with an amended antitrust petition accusing Facebook of its monopolistic practices. The agency tagged that Facebook used its monopoly position to buy out rivals before they become a competition. This helped the social media company to gain a significant advantage over others, and position itself as a monopoly. Facebook Accused of Monopolistic Practises It’s usual that well-established companies actively lookout for competitors, to track their growth in comparison with themselves....

Facebook isn’t falling behind innovation. The social media giant has reinvented its 3D service to offer users a better way to share images. Facebook has just released a tool that would let any user with an average phone tune 2D images into 3D images. The service was previously available only for dual-lens phones, but it’s now supporting single-lens phones too. Facebook’s been handling enough pressure from authorities and critics already. And to sustain from all such factors, the company’s tightening its privacy policies and reinventing itself with new features to entertain users....

Researchers at Dr. Web discovered a bunch of apps in Google Play Store that is making users watch ads for fake payments. Setting a threshold, these apps disguise as activity tracking to earn money and demand users to watch ads for withdrawal. Also, there’s another set of malicious apps disguised as investment services and games pushing phishing pages for stealing sensitive data. Malicious Apps in Google Play Store Dr. Web’s researchers spotted three apps in Google Play Store with over 20 million downloads combined, pretending as activity tracking services but are actually fake....

Files by Google is getting a new feature called Trash, to keep deleted files for a month’s span. This was announced by Google earlier this year and said to be coming to all apps soon. In this, users who delete any files through the app will be stored in the Trash section for 30 days, giving them a chance to restore if wanted. Files by Google Gets Trash Section We’ve seen the Trash section already in the Google Photos app, which stores the deleted videos and photos for a while and automatically deletes them after the threshold period....

There is no doubt that Windows comes with one of the simplest User Interfaces. The Windows OS is very easy to use; almost anybody can quickly catch up with the system. As a result, over 400 million active users of only Windows 10 itself, as stated by Microsoft. However, most users find several issues with Windows updates. One of the common errors with Windows updates is the ‘Windows Update Service Not Running....

Instagram is a wholesome library of videos and photo content of common people to prominent influencers, celebrities, politicians, and sportspersons. While scrolling through all its content, many users face ‘couldn’t load an image, tap on retry error’ on Instagram. There is no denying that encountering such an error is frustrating. If you are dealing with the same error, read the full article. We’ve shared the common causes of the error and how to fix Instagram’s ‘couldn’t load image, tap on retry’ error....

As promised, Google added a virtual TV remote in Google Home’s Android app now. It imports most of the features from the Google TV app, which serves a similar purpose. Once set up, the virtual remote will be able to control a connected Android TV/Google TV. The initial version of this remote is lacking a few main options like volume controls and mute but may come in the next update....

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio Platforms has got yet another big partner coming in. Today, Reliance announced Google is investing in its Jio Platforms a sum of Rs. 33,373 crores ($4.5 billion) , for a stake of 7.7%. As per both the CEOs, Google isn’t just financially aiding Jio, but also plans to develop 5G network and supporting smartphones soon in India. The Race for 5G @Google and Jio are partnering to build an Operating System that could power a value engineered, entry-level 4G/5G smartphone....

Adding up to the ongoing privacy tensions, Google will have to face yet another lawsuit over its data collection policies. Several people have filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the company is tracking them even in incognito mode of their Chrome browser. An initial request by Google to dismiss the lawsuit was denied, forcing the company to face it anyway. Google Tracking Users in Incognito Mode As per reports, Google is being sued by few people for collecting their user data in incognito mode of their Chrome browser....

While we’re expecting a standard Pixel tablet from Google next year, a fresh leak revealed that the company is working on a Pro variant, too, of the supposed Pixel tablet that may come with bumped specifications to be more powerful. References to this device were spotted in the code of Android 13 Beta 1 – released to select Pixel devices last month. While no other details of this Pixel Pro Tablet are known, it’s seen to be aiming at productivity causes rather than the regular tablet uses that most OEMs make for....

To date, Google allowed third-party apps to customize the Sharesheet UI accordingly. Or the device OEMs used to craft their own UI for sharing things. This will change, as Google will be blocking the customization options to third-party apps in Android 12. This was revealed by XDA developers, who tried changing the Sharesheet UI and got blocked in the latest Android OS. Uniform Sharesheet UI Across All Apps While Google pledged to make the Android 12 more flexible than its predecessors, it’s blocking some customization options like the Sharesheet UI....

On the demand of Russian internet regulator, Google has blocked showing ads in the country through its search, YouTube, and display streams. This is because the Russian government blames Google for its ads which are conveying misinformation to Russians about the war situation with Ukraine. Google has already blocked RT and other Russian state media on YouTube to earn through ads. Google Blocks Ads in Russia Advertising is one of the core businesses of Google....

The Google Pixel has been raising the bar with every launch of smartphones. While no concrete information is available right now on the Gooogle Pixel 4, but leaks have been doing the rounds regarding possible features. Due to the information passed on by insiders and some friends in the press we now know for certain that the Pixel will bring in a dual-camera setup in its new model. As per new leaks, the new Pixel 4 phones will dazzle the market with its 8x zoom along with an up-gradation feature....