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Apple’s grand developers’ event, WWDC is set to happen today, i.e; June 22, 2020. This one’s going to be the first-ever completely online event for Apple and is expected to announce refreshed OS on all their devices, news on their upcoming iPhone 12, and the company’s road ahead. And here’s how to watch in live. How and Where to Watch WWDC 2020 Apple WWDC 2020 Since the pandemic pushed everyone back to their homes, Apple too, as other brands, will follow the suite of virtual conferences the year....

Barnes & Noble , the largest book store chain in the US has reported a cyberattack incident, where some data of its customers could have been breached. This was initially reported as a system failure since users complained about the inaccessibility of services for a while into its online eBook service. Barnes & Noble assured that no financial data was stolen in this incident. Barnes & Nobel Report Cyberattack Barnes & Noble is named as the largest book store chain having 650+ outlets across all the US states....

BitLocker is a Windows program that provides security and encryption features to the entire hard drive. It denies all unauthorized access and keeps ultimate surveillance of your hard drive from being stolen and misleading. In certain circumstances, we get the pop-up of the BitLocker recovery key all the time on each boot of the system, which is annoying. If the encryption tool pops up every time, you have a problem with the system that must be fixed....

Brother scanners are quite popular nowadays. Brother is known to provide high-quality scanners. Though this generally does not happen, some users have reported facing issues with Bother Scanner. So what is causing Brother Scanner not to work? You are likely to face this issue because of corrupted drivers , connection issues between scanner and PC, outdated Windows , or due to firewall. How can it be fixed if you have been facing this issue?...

I discussed whether you could get cash back with Apple Pay in this article. Cashback is an incentive that banks, credit card companies, and businesses offer customers for certain transactions. Customers spend an amount and pay via their credit card or digital wallet. Then, a certain percentage of the debited amount is credited to the customer’s bank account, either in cash or as credit points. Apple Pay is the digital payment system native to Apple ....

Several users of Chromebooks are reporting issues of 100% battery usage by PlayStore, after updating to ChromeOS 85.0.4183.108 . While this isn’t affecting everyone, users of Acer, Asus and Samsung Chromebooks say the Google Playstore is using 100% of CPU for an extended period, even without any app updates. This was acknowledged by Google but didn’t assign to any engineer yet. New ChromeOS Update Causing High CPU Usage Google has made the Chrome department as a separate entity, with people working there independently to power all the Chrome-based products like Chrome browser, extensions and ChromeOS....

CISA warns of a new backdoor malware called Submarine – targeting Barracuda Email Security Gateway for spying on federal agencies. Barracuda revealed the threat actor – a suspected Chinese hacker group – is hitting a zero-day bug to drop malware and reverse shells for persistence. CISA asks agencies to check their networks thoroughly for potential compromises and contact them if needed. Exploiting Barracuda ESG For Spying While many of us knew Barracuda for making storage devices, the company is also skilled in making security devices for email and various applications....

A serious malware trojan was found infecting Androids in recent days, which, by its nature, is so hard to be removed from the infected phone. xHelper trojan is an old malware, yet so persistent. It’s complained to be existing in the phone even after factory resetting it! And more intriguing, this repetitive nature is powered by Google Play indirectly! Hard. Nasty. Unknown “This is by far the nastiest infection I have encountered as a mobile malware researcher,” said Nathan Collier from Malwarebytes on xHelper trojan....

A report declassified on the request from two US senators revealed that the CIA has conducted a “secret bulk collection” program of citizens’ private data. Authorized by executive order and not by any relevant laws, this CIA’s program is triggering everyone on how the agency is collecting and handling the data. While it’s not revealed what type of data was collected and how it’s used, the senators are now demanding more transparent actions on this....

Dutch police in association with a cybersecurity firm, have tricked the Deadbolt ransomware gang into giving their decryption keys, almost for free! The police have understood how the DeadBolt’s ransom payment and decryption process would happen and leveraged a loophole in the process. And by paying a small transaction fee to the Bitcoin blockchain, they successfully gained 155 decryption keys and offering for free to the victims. Exploiting a Loophole in the Process DeadBolt is a ransomware group that’s highly active since early this year, hitting thousands of QNAP and Asustor Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and asking for 0....

Just a couple of weeks after reinstating his Twitter account, Elon Musk booted Kanye West from the platform today – citing policy violations. After a controversial interview last night where West praised Hitler, he posted pictures of Swastika and the Star of David on Twitter. All these contributed to ditching from the platform – which Musk later confirmed as they were against the platform’s policies. Kanye West Booted From Twitter As if Musk isn’t enough to make Twitter controversial, the famous rapper Kanye West joins the list with his anti-semitic posts....

A month after the acquisition, Elon Musk says that Twitter is growing so fast – as it’s adding over two million users per day since the last week. He shared a slide deck showing these growth graphs, where one noted the user active minutes to be at an all-time high. Another graph showed the fall of hate speech on the platform over the last week. Yet, all these are debatable....

Following a questionnaire response from the participants of AOM, the European regulators are investigating the alliance’s licensing terms regarding the AV1 standard. AV1 is an open-source and new-age video format, adopted by many big tech companies. But, it’s found that AOM, the maker of AV1 is licensing this suite to others with certain catches, that may hinder the competition. Thus, the EU is now investigating these terms and possibly slashing a penalty to the alliance....

It is essential to keep Windows updated for your PC to function smoothly and stay protected from viruses and other cyber threats. Regular updates are important to keep up with cumulative Windows updates, driver updates, or security patches. But what if Windows 10 remain stuck on the Checking for Updates screen, and the process goes on forever? You can encounter this issue while manually trying to update your PC. However, sometimes this issue might occur even when Windows tries to search for updates automatically in the background....

GeoZilla is a tiny tracker that lets your loved ones to contact you in their unexpected hardships. Easy to carry and mostly automatic, this GPS tracker enables one peacefully let their dependents move independently. Worrying about your loved ones is unavoidable. Though they seem safe, unexpected situations may sometimes put them at risk. And if you wish them to contact you immediately in their hard times, they gotta have something that works quick and easy....

GitLab, in a security advisory today, revealed a critical vulnerability infested in both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), through which hackers can remotely take over user accounts. It’s about the leakage of hardcoded passwords that were formed when users register through OmniAuth providers. Since they’re turning such accounts vulnerable, GitLab issued a patch and urged users to update their clients immediately. Also, as a precautionary measure, it had reset the accounts credentials of selected users....

Google is notifying users about a data breach affecting its Fi network users – that a part of their stored information was stolen. The company blamed one of its third-party vendors for this breach and says it’s now working with it to secure the data. While it’s assuring that no sensitive data was stolen, some users state the consequences otherwise. Google Fi Data Breach Google Fi, the company’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) has suffered an indirect data breach incident, leading to threat actors accessing some part of the customers account data....

Google’s Project Zero team has discovered 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in certain Samsung Exynos chipsets – leading attackers to compromise devices remotely. While some require local access, others need just a phone number to attack so! Mobile devices, automobiles, and wearables using the Exynos chips are at risk. Though Samsung released the patches for these bugs – the end OEMs are yet to pass them to their users. Security Bugs in Samsung Chips Google’s Project Zero has identified 18 zero-day bugs in the Samsung Exynos chips – all reported between late 2022 and early 2023....

Observing that Samsung is losing its market share to Apple in the hardware space, Google is stepping up to fill in the gap and help its Android to thrive better. In this pursuit, Google is reportedly shifting its resources from certain areas to aid the Pixel-related hardware and make them stand as a competitor to Apple. As for the areas seeing cutdown, these could be mostly non-Google-made services. Google Focusing on Pixel Hardware With the launch of the iPhone 14 series and a bunch of other related hardware, Apple is grabbing the electronics space slowly from other giants like Samsung....

Sonos, the American audio systems maker has announced a Trade-Up program in October this year. This includes customers gaining a 30% off on new Sonos products in return for permanently bricking their old products. While this was found unreasonable, the new answers from the company made it controversial. The Trade-Up program, in simple, requires your old Sonos products to be deactivated permanently and recycled in order to get a 30% off on its new products....