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Researchers from Cybereason found a new Android malware called EventBot , that’s actively exploiting the financial applications for sensitive data. It’s found to be targeting users from European and US countries, and specifically their banking and cryptocurrency apps. While it’s still in development, researchers believe this can turn into a serious threat in the future, citing its advanced capabilities. Reading Financial Data With Deep Access It all starts with the malware, impersonating as a legitimate app that’s being downloaded from some fraud APK stores....

With the passage of every single day, the situation between Iran and the US is heating up and is worrisome for all the citizens. While there are very few expecting a physical war, experts and many believe the rise of Cyberwarfare soon and is alerting everyone. Until someone breaks the ice, tensions of what either of nations does to each other are terrifying everyone. Though it seemed like the conflict between these two nations, citizens all around the globe fearing the worst may happen, World War 3!...

FaceApp—the AI run viral photo mixing app has again been doing the circles in the news with controversial proofs showing it asks for access to Facebook’s friend circle of any random profile. Russian made, this app allows you to mask your true age and send the user altered photos of how they will look if they were older or younger. It is a very popular ever since its onset in 2017....

Facebook has just purchased the popular GIF search engine company, GIPHY. This move was disclosed by Axios and now confirmed by Giphy itself. While this move is said to be costing around $400 million for the social media giant, it’s aimed at integrating Giphy well into Instagram. It’s already available across many of the Facebook products like FB app, WhatsApp, Messenger, and even Instagram. It’s still mysterious what Facebook will make out from this deal....

Facebook has come with a plan to further lock-in users in its universe. The company announced interoperability features to Instagram and Facebook, where users can chat with friends and family from both the platforms on one app. Also, it introduced changing chat themes, disappearing messages, boomerang-like stickers, and a range of privacy settings to control cross-platform messaging. Facebook Lets Users Chat Across Instagram and Messenger While users thinking it’s growing innovative and offering fun features, Facebook is strengthening its market dominance by locking users within its space....

There are many users of Nvidia Graphics cards around the world. Many users have seen issues with the Nvidia Control Panel not showing in Windows 10. With the Control panel, users can control the properties of the Graphics card installed on their PC. However, users have been facing the issue of the control panel not showing in the Desktop Context menu or Start menu. Here, we will show you the solution to fix this problem....

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is likely to get delayed or even be canceled since the FTC is in the final stages of its investigation of the deal. According to reports, the Commission is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft about this deal, considering it gives it an unfair advantage in the video games market. Similar investigations are being carried out by regulators of other nations, too, outside the US....

To make typing on foldables and tablets easier, Google is working on a split keyboard layout in its Gboard app. Still, in the experimental stage, screenshots shared regarding this reveal the Gboard splitting keyboard into two halves with keys on either side. This is similar to rival smart keyboards from Swift and Samsung, which share keys on either side for easier typing with both hands. Split Keyboard in Gboard Google’s Gboard is one of the widely used on-screen keyboards in smartphones, as it provides several smart features and languages....

Gfycat, a popular source for user-generated GIFs and videos, is soon shutting down, with a deadline of September 1st, 2023. While a specific reason for this demise is not mentioned, Snap, the parent company of Gfycat, has long made it’s killing the platform sometime. As the day arrives, Gfycat asks its users to save any of their favourite GIFs from the platform, as everything will be deleted after the deadline....

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai announced earlier this week that they are starting an initiative with the White House. Google will train 250,000 Americans in technological skills. The announcement was made at a round table event in Dallas in the presence of Ivanka Trump. This is part of Google’s plan to help American Workers grow by educating and training them. This resonates with the White House plan to reskill American people from High school age to near retirement....

To make people properly aware of what the Pride month is, Google Assistant is now enabled to offer relevant answers and emphatic messages for interested people. People asking Google Assistant what Pride Month is or sharing their gender doubts will be thoroughly answered by the voice assistant. Also, it can share popular stories regarding Juneteenth and some voices of black people talking about liberation. Talking About Pride Month and Juneteenth Out of all the resources we have for finding information online, looking through a voice assistant kicks differently....

Reiterating what it said in May, Google is set to delete inactive accounts of more than two years on December 1st, 2023. The company advises users to access their Google accounts occasionally to keep them active or else lose them in the upcoming wipeout. Until the final deadline, Google promises to keep sending notifications to the users and tips to back up their data, if any. Deleting Dormant Accounts To avoid unnecessary security risks, Google plans to delete all the inactive accounts that haven’t had any activity in the past two years....

As Google decided to limit the free storage given in Photos starting next year, there’s yet another big announcement users need to consider. The company started reminding users to keep using their Google accounts to avoid being deleted. Critical apps like Gmail, Photos, and Drive may be deleted if unused for over two years. Better Keep Using Your Google Accounts Like any other company, Google wanted to reduce its servers’ burden by dumping off unwanted things....

Google announced bringing the Privacy Sandbox system to its Android OS, to balance the expectations of both app developers and privacy-centric users. With this, Google will introduce a set of tools that will bar apps from tracking data across multiple services, and also limit the ability to share a person’s PII with a third party. All these will be tested starting in 2023 and received a nod from the UK regulators already....

Citing economic headwinds, Google is slowing down the hiring process of new talents for the rest of 2022, and 2023. This was noted by the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday, through an internal memo. As per it, the CEO stated that Google has hired over 10,000 people in Q2 alone this year. But to support important opportunities now, the company is slowing down hiring new people, while the recruitment for critical departments like engineering, technical, etc will continue as usual....

The fact is that the Internet has completely changed the world. From its beginning to today, the Internet has become a one-stop solution for all our queries. However, everything available on the Internet has its pros and cons. Adult websites are one such thing that can negatively impact your overall life and even compromise your mobile device’s privacy. Therefore, if you want to block such sites, here’s a simple guide on how to block adult websites on your phone ....

Open the Amazon app on your phone or tablet. Tap on the hamburger icon at the lower right corner, then tap Account at the bottom of the screen. Scroll down to the Amazon Pay section and tap on Manage Payment Options . You will see your saved cards under the Wallet section. Tap on the Edit button under the card to change the address. Next, tap on the Billing Address option....

Delivery optimization is a feature that allows users to receive the latest updates from Microsoft’s server and other sources on their PC. Whenever the users turn on the Delivery Optimization in their device, they send the previously downloaded Windows Update parts to another PC on the local network. If the user has to update multiple devices from the same internet connection or has an unreliable internet connection, then updating through other PCs will be much faster....

Microsoft introduced a lot of new visual changes in Windows 11. They also revamped the old Windows 10 right-click menu. They introduced a new right-click menu in Windows 11 which didn’t include most of the options from the old right-click menu. Instead of that, it carried a Show more options at the end of the menu, which brings out the old element of the old right-click menu from the older version of Windows....

Using Services, you can manage various services running on your PC. You can enable and disable services on your PC with the Services app. But what if the Services app does not open on Windows? Many users have recently reported that the Services app was not opening on their Windows 11 PC. When this happens, you won’t be able to change the services running on your Windows PC. So how can it be fixed?...