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Google Chrome may give you the “Certificate not secure” error when visiting a website with HTTPS and HTTP content. This error generally occurs when the website you are trying to visit has invalid SSL certificates. However, if the website you are visiting is secure but still gets this error, it may have mixed content with HTTP and HTTPS. You may encounter this issue with the following messages- Connect to a network Delete Expired DigiCert Certificate This webpage has a redirect loop or ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS This webpage is not available or ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH If you encounter this issue, there is nothing to worry about....

Huawei has brought a new search engine feature in the Huawei Petal. Now, the Huawei Petal Search feature will be a competitor to the Google search engine. Petal Search helps users to find and install apps just like Play Store . But now, it has become a big platform with this new feature. Search Engine Feature On Huawei Petal Search Earlier in June, Huawei launched Petal Search for all Huawei phones....

Indian Army Bans 89 Apps Including TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. The ban comes after the Indian Government’s ban on 59 Chinese applications in an effort to put pressure on China. Albeit the ban of 89 apps is limited to the Men and Women serving in the Armed Forces. Indian Army Orders to Ban 89 Apps Indian Army Bans 89 Apps Including TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook The Ban of 89 Applications by the Indian Army, which includes the likes of Tiktok, Facebook, and even Truecaller in an effort to keep the armed forces safe from any international spying and plug any sort of Data Leak....

Instagram announced a new ad placement – in the search results – to give more visibility to businesses. Further, Instagram has partnered with a few brands to test the new reminder notifications of events – from businesses to users when opted in. All these will be tested in the coming months, globally. Instagram Ads in Search Results Being one of the important subsidiaries of Meta, Instagram is aggressively looking to expand its revenue options with new ideas almost every month....

Italy’s antitrust regulator has just opened an investigation against Apple and Amazon, to decide whether the two has practised an anti-competitive practice. The regulator blamed the companies of barring legitimate resellers to buy Apple and Beats devices to retailers, for not being a part of Apple’s official program. Italian Regulator Investigate Apple and Amazon Apart from European countries being strict on data privacy of its users, they’re also actively looking for any fraud practises stopping....

Just like every month, Microsoft has added a bunch of new features to its Excel app on the web, iOS, and Android clients – as a part of the December update. While most of them are exclusive to Office Insiders, some are available to all – like the new IMAGE function that has been in testing for a long time. Also, there’s a new keyboard shortcut to open the Power Query editor and more....

Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has tweeted saying that Iranian state-backed hackers, touted as MERCURY are actively exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability . The vulnerability is of a weak authentication protocol that can give the hacker full control over the target’s’ domain controller and takeover network. This vulnerability was called as the most critical Windows bug discovered this year, since it takes less than a minute to compromise the network. Microsoft has issued patches for this bug in the August update and urged everyone to apply it....

Microsoft’s period of Extended Security Update (ESU) to Windows 7 ends today – making the software vulnerable to anyone who uses it going forward. Aside from it, Windows 8 and 8.1 too are shutting down for good. Users are advised to upgrade to any supporting OS – like Windows 10 or 11 to keep running their Microsoft suite and services. Windows 7 and 8 Are Done Initially launched in 2009, Windows 7 is so much loved that Microsoft is forced to serve it with updates until even last year!...

Microsoft has now announced that Office 365 users would get an unlimited number of disposable emails. These are professionally called the Plus Addressing emails in Exchange Online pack, which can be altered to help them later in differentiating. This is announced by Microsoft last year and rolls out now. This remains off by default and should be activated manually. Plus Addressing Comes to Exchange Online Plus, Addressing emails is so helpful, as they let you set customized emails for various services....

After showcasing the new Office apps designs in Windows 11 event last month, Microsoft is now rolling out the first beta to insiders to try it out. Apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook may have subtle changes within and rounded corners to match with the base, Windows 11 OS. While more changes are yet to come, interested users can try Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft Office Apps New Update One of the critical elements that make users stick to Windows OS is the Office 365 productivity suite....

As Microsoft announced early last month, Outlook Lite for Android is now made available in certain countries, where most people use budget phones with fewer hardware resources. This Outlook Lite app is aimed at them since it can run smoothly even on devices with 1GB RAM and almost any type of network. This app currently supports all variants of Microsoft’s email accounts and is yet to receive support for third-party email accounts....

Mobdro, one of the popular apps for piracy streaming has been jeopardized by the Eurojust lately. Reports from European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation say that police have just arrested an individual in relation to Mobdro and taken three others from Spain and Andorra to question. They have attacked and removed some of Mobdro’s servers in several places. Mobdro’s Eventual Demise Mobdro is a new age piracy app like the Terrarium TV and Popcorn TV, which has grown popularity for live streaming services of sports and TV shows....

Researchers report about a new ransomware group called Mount Locker , which is following the general pursuit of others in this space. It’s reported to be stealing the files before encrypting them and asking for sky-high ransom payments for the decryptor. Since researchers haven’t found what the ransomware group exploits and how it works, there’s no free decryption made yet. Mount Locker Ransomware New Ransomware Group Stealing Files Before Encrypting Ransomware groups have developed to follow a new and simple technique to increase their effectiveness of extortions....

Miltenyi Biotec , a biomedical research firm helping COVID-19 vaccine makers was hit by ransomware last month . This was revealed by the company as it now claims to have restored all of its systems. While it didn’t mention the name of the malware it was attacked by, the Mount Locker group claims to have stolen the data and even leaked 1GB worth of files already. Mount Locker Ransomware Hits Miltenyi Biotec Miltenyi Biotec...

This is to skip paying Apple the App Store tax of 15%, which seems to be higher for many. Thus, iOS and iPadOS Netflix users will be asked to either sign in to their accounts or buy a subscription from the Netflix website through redirection from the app. Best Alternative For Dodging Apple Tax Apple’s App Store tax is often confronted by a number of developers, including the tech giants in various industries like Spotify, Epic Games, Netflix, etc....

A Windows OS expert has made a new Registry Editor capable of a bunch of advanced features that put the current default editor to shame. Named as the Registry Explorer , it has a dark mode, undo changes button, copy/paste shortcuts, advanced search engine, etc. It made open source and available as a beta file to be used right away. A New Windows Registry Editor The Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe) is a database of all the system settings, user preferences, and hardware configurations....

One among the three people belonging to the now-defunct Team-Xecuter team, Gary Bowser, has agreed to pay Nintendo a sum of $10 million to settle the lawsuit. Last year, Bowser and two other people alleged to be from Team-Xecuter were indicted by US Court, after Nintendo blamed them for producing modified games and hardware, by hacking their copyrighted materials. A year after this allegation, the case is about to settle with Bowser paying compensation to Nintendo....

In the name of a security update in September this year, Google will make numerous public YouTube and Drive links unusable. Regarding YouTube, all the unlisted videos uploaded by users after 2017 will be impacted by these changes. In contrast, in Google Drive, all the publicly shared file links will require special access to continue viewing. Google’s New Security Update Exposing accessible URLs of various content could sometimes lead to dangerous activities, thus should be limited to those who actually required it....

The ads will appear in the sidebar of the ChatGPT interface and are expected to roll out in the coming weeks, initially targeting users in select markets. CEO Sam Altman addressed the change in a post on X, stating: “We believe this is the right way to keep ChatGPT free and accessible while funding continued development.” Altman added that revenue from ads will support ongoing improvements to model capabilities, safety measures, and infrastructure costs....

Pfizer, a prestigious pharmaceutical company that invented one of the few vaccines of COVID-19, is being leveraged by threat actors for stealing sensitive information. This starts through a phishing campaign that is highly targeted, using Pfizer’s name and asking the targets to send their quotations to a deal. The email attachments contain a pdf that doesn’t actually carry any malware or external link, but details on a deal. The main aim of scammers isn’t specifically known as of now....