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In a report published this week, security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered seven critical vulnerabilities in 29 FTTH devices of C-Data, a popular Chinese OLT maker. Researchers claim the bugs to be available in 27 different models of C-Data’s OLT devices, where backdoors were seemed to be set intentionally to access devices! C-Data Intentionally Set Backdoors in OLT Devices? To begin with, FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Home) and OLT (Optical Line Termination) are two important technologies that help ISPs provide internet connections to home consumers....

Cloudflare has yet against struck in a copyright lawsuit that finally pushed the CDN provider to make a reasonable move. A complaint filed by the Universal Music GmbH against Cloudflare has received a court injunction to hold the company responsible for its customers’ actions . This in particular for asking Cloudflare to remove access to pirated music served on a site, where Cloudflare defended but failed. Cloudflare Held Responsible For Pirate Content Hosting Cloudflare has made its mark in the internet space for being the best CDN (content delivery network)....

One of the prominent cybercrime groups – Conti ransomware had its server details exposed by a security firm. They soon published a report on their findings and handed details to law enforcement for legal action. Leaked details include the server’s IP address and its hashed password. This led Conti ransomware to take the server offline for more than a day, and come back with a notice, explaining the situation. Leaking a Ransomware’s Identity Prodaft , a swiss security firm has published a long report detailing their findings regarding the Conti ransomware group....

With coronavirus’ spreading fear and chaos, companies are now shifting bases and encouraging employees to work from home. With IT companies, this is a bit of a challenge due to secure and adaptive networks at offices, but they are trying to overcome this challenge, establishing home-office systems. Well, at this point, cybersecurity , data channeling, and encryption are all the more critical. VPN services and sites are gaining colossal popularity currently, and people are trying to gain access to their office mainframes through secure VPN servers....

A bug hunter has found a way to execute remote code in Discord’s desktop client and was awarded $5,000 for that discovery. His revealing, now patched, describe bugs in various features of the Discord app and needed to be chained to gain a cross-site scripting attack. This was reported to Discord earlier this year and revealed publicly now. XSS Bugs in Discord Discord is popularly used by gamers for communicating while playing....

An XDA member has managed to get two new live wallpaper packages of the Pixel 6 series, named “Blooming Botanicals” and “Bright Blooms”. These two can be set into a compatible smartphone, using ADB or split APK installer. These live wallpapers can be customized further with flowers and blur effects, and are also motion-sensitive. New Pixel 6 Live Wallpapers Leaked Google’s Pixel 6 series is just around the corner, and we’ve seen a lot of images of the handset being leaked already....

Two Zero-day vulnerabilities found in DrayTek routers were exploited by two different hackers for months, and have been using it for spying. Hackers in here were seemed to have different motives, as though they got access to numerous devices, they’re just limiting themselves to spy and plant backdoors in the network. And to stop this growing bigger, DrayTek has released patches for binding those Zero-day vulnerabilities. This was first detected by Qihoo, a Chinese internet security firm that published a report explaining the exploitation....

The Information reports that Elon Musk has offered his Twitter employees new stock grants – which puts the overall company’s valuation at $20 billion! This shows how deeply Musk’s acquisition had impacted Twitter, which he financed with $44 billion last year. Experts note the reason behind this fall is due to several advertisers having left the platform, citing uncertainties resulting from Musk’s management of the new Twitter. The New Twitter Under Elon Musk After an 8-month-long debate and drama, Elon Musk has finally acquired his favorite social media platform – Twitter last year....

In July, the internet world turned its attention towards Area 51, the classified military base in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this trend, a Facebook event was created to raid Area 51. The raid became an instant hit, and over 2 million Facebook users signed up. Even late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert talked about the show. Even the US Air Force issued a warning against raiding the facility. But now, on August 3rd, Facebook deleted the event page....

Facebook, as announced in its F8 conference last year, has now come up with an improved design and features for its web version. The new Facebook.com will now have a dark mode, easier navigations, and quick previews for viewing any groups of pages you create. These improvements are intended to make the web version equally appealing to the mobile version. Facebook starts saying that its desktop site has fallen interested while the company is focusing much on the mobile version....

The US FBI has passed an alert last week warning companies about attacks from Iranian cyberespionage groups. Though the official statement didn’t name the group, a cybersecurity expert has related it to be Fox Kitten , a spear tip cyber attacker that exploits bugs in high-end devices of firms to install backdoors. And now, they’re up exploiting F5’s BIG-IP devices. FBI Warns US Companies of New Attacking Campaign The Federal Bureau of Investigation has previously warned US companies in China about possible backdoor malware , and also about using the outdated Windows 7 OS....

Windows 10 introduced the fingerprint sensor in 2015. Many users reported that their fingerprint not working after the Windows 11 update. Although you can reboot your computer using the “Restore from a previous time” option, it may not always work. Rarely, other programs like antivirus programs can also cause the problem. The worst thing about Windows 11 is its sensitivity to touch. The program will not start if there is even a little dust on the sensor....

When Windows 11 was launched, Microsoft said that users must have Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 on their PC to install Windows 11. This feature is a part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ( UEFI ), which defines the relationship between the OS and the BIOS. This is to ensure your PC is safe from all kinds of malicious infections. As TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot were made a requirement for installing Windows 11 , you will get an error message saying ‘This PC Must Support Secure Boot’ if you do not have this feature enabled....

A Pixel user last week reported that they’re barred from making calls to 911, due to an unknown bug that’s freezing the Pixel device whenever try calling the emergency number. The culprit here is the Microsoft Teams app installed in the Pixel device, as noted by Google, who’s now working with Microsoft to roll out a new update to fix this issue. Meanwhile, Google asked users to uninstall and reinstall the Teams app as a temporary solution....

As per a report from The Guardian , Google said it had removed more than 2,500 channels from its popular video-sharing platform, YouTube. The reason it cited for this move was that those Chinese channels were posting spammy, but non-political content. Thus, as a part of the company’s actions to weed out disinformation, it deleted all those channels. Google Deletes Chinese YouTube Channels Over Misinformation Ever since Facebook caught in the Cambridge Analytica case and Russian hackers were accused of involving in the US elections of 2016, big tech companies are ordered to take strict actions to avoid misinformation campaigns....

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has fined Google $60 million for illegally tracking the location of data of over 1.3 million Australians. Google was blamed for misleading the consumers into believing that – turning the location history off would disable the tracking. But in reality, Google still manages to get the location data from the Web and App Activity setting that’s turned on by default. Penalizing Google For Illegal Location Tracking Adding up to the pile of penalties Google has paid or is to be paid, the American company was slapped with a fine of $60 million by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this week....

Google has just added a new layer onto its Maps platform, called COVID-19 Info. This feature color the maps of states and countries based on their COVID-19 cases recorded per 100,000 recently. Google procures and updates this data from various sources like news publishers and universities, who, in turn, pull from regional government agencies. Learning the COVID-19 Severity Based on Colour Codes Google Maps has been a major platform in helping people amidst the current pandemic....

After trailing with some users in a closed group, Google has finally announced the availability of its RCS based Messages to almost everyone around the globe. The new standard is rolled out on the name “ Chat Features ” through the Messages app, provided by Jibe Mobile, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Users will be able to chat using their data, send media, etc. Google’s RCS Messaging Goes Live Google enters the tight instant messengers’ industry with its Rich Communication Services (RCS) today, as the company has rolled out this new standard for almost everyone around the world....

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University and Weizmann Institute of Science have found a new way of eavesdropping on conversations, called Lamphone . This is by capturing the light flickers made by a bulb, that’s caused by the vibrations from sound hitting the bulb’s surface. This method was previously seen, but need a malware injecting or high-end resources to perform. Here, researchers did with simple and accessible gadgets. Eavesdropping from 80 Feet Away Sharp shifts in technology-led many people to experience many smart things, but at the same time, there are also exposed to more cyber threats....

Windows is Microsoft’s coronet gem, from classic versions like Windows XP to not-so-popular versions like Windows 8. However, despite all the ups and down, Microsoft finally comes up with the new Windows 11, i.e., currently in beta phase. Meanwhile, we know that new products come with some great new features, then how Mircosoft gets behind in this trend. Mircosoft already announced that this would be one of the most outstanding updates in the history of Windows....