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Vishing SMiShing Spy-Phishing Pharming Watering Hole Attacks SPAM SMiShing (SMS + Phishing) involves “phishing” for personal information using SMS text messages and tricking a user into downloading a Trojan horse, virus, or other malware onto their cell phone or other mobile device. SMiShing is a variant of phishing email scams. How do they do it and why, and how do you avoid it? But first, some SMiShing background. SMiShing Background OS Vulnerabilities The term SMiShing hit the headlines in the early 2000s, when vulnerabilities in the text messaging services of smart phone operating systems, like iOS and Android, were discovered....

Hence, many users had asked the social media giant Facebook for a Dislike button, but the social media giant Facebook decided to offer a range of different reactions instead of Dislike button. But, recently the Belgian police have warned the Belgian facebook users and residents not to use the social media giant Facebook’s Reactions feature in order to protect their privacy. As the Belgian police claim that far from offering a simple way of revealing your feelings on a Facebook post, the social media giant Facebook is using the Reactions feature to collect information on your mood....

Why Hackers Love IT Admin Credentials Access to a system administrator credential may have been the linchpin in allowing the Guardians of Peace to carry out their attack to the length and complexity they achieved; they held sensitive data hostage paired with ominous threats of movie goers if screenings of upcoming satirical comedy The Interview were not cancelled and their demands met. It’s difficult to say exactly what happened, as the raw details of how the hack was performed aren’t being made public yet....

As already mentioned, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G is a follow up to the Snapdragon 730G. The latest from Qualcomm emphasizes more on the gaming aspect of the device and will power the mid-range smartphones. When compared to the 730G, the 732G promises to offer better AI and gaming performance, with upgraded CPU and GPU. To give you a quick rundown, the Snapdragon 732G offers the Kryo 470 prime cores, clocked at 2....

Samsung has confirmed to Reuters that strong demand for the Galaxy Note 7 has led to supply constraints for the device globally. This has resulted in the company pushing back the release date of the handset in some markets of the world. While a strong demand is a good news for the company, especially after the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge doing extremely well, Samsung now needs to work on quickly ramping up its production....

Samsung Galaxy J2 has been rumoured to have a notification ring surrounding the rear camera lens. This existence of this ring, dubbed the Smart Glow, has now been confirmed as the first images of the device has leaked. The images show a thick, white ring that surrounds the rear camera lens of the Galaxy J2. The ring can light up with different colours that correspond to notifications such as messages, incoming calls, emails, and more....

Samsung today announced its roll-out plans for the Galaxy Note 4, which as rumored yesterday, has been pushed forward because of the new iPhone(s) selling 10 million units in just four days. The Galaxy Note 4 was initially scheduled to arrive in stores from October in most markets of the world. Samsung, however, has brought forward the retail availability of the phablet in Korea to September 26th on the major carriers present in the country including SK Telecom and KT....

Yesterday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 4, its flagship phablet for the second half of the year. Compared to the previous Note devices, the Note 4 packs in some major hardware improvements including a Quad HD Display and a 16MP rear camera with OIS. But how exactly does the Galaxy Note 4 compare to its predecessor — the Note 3? After all, even the Note 3 sports a quad-core processor, 3GB RAM, S-Pen and a 5....

We have heard quite a bit about the Galaxy Note 6/7 until now, but the actual device is yet to leak in pictures. Today, courtesy of uSwitch, we get to have a look at some renders of the device based on its blueprint. The render show a glass design similar to the Galaxy Note 5, with the phone presumably having a curved screen. Additionally, it shows the device as having a USB Type-C port, which if true, will make the Galaxy Note 6/7 the first device from Samsung to sport this connector....

Unfortunately, there are far too many reports of people’s devices exploding, or otherwise burning in some way or another, in unexpected ways. In July of last year, a Galaxy S III exploded and it wasn’t even recognizable as a phone afterwards. Now, a new story has popped up, this time including a far newer device. According to a post published within the OnePlus One forums from user MiYzu, the OnePlus One was in their back pocket when it just randomly exploded....

Smartphone manufacturers are striving hard to offer a better screen to body ratio and the latest seems to be a hidden selfie camera. The best part is that this selfie camera doesn’t need a hole or a notch, instead, it will sit flush over the display. Oppo showed off a prototype with a selfie camera hidden below active pixels. It is worth noting that Oppo had earlier tried hiding the selfie camera by using other configurations like pop up camera and slider mechanism on the Find X....

In 2016, the consulting firm Accenture found that while 4 out of 5 insurers surveyed expressed confidence in their ability to thwart attacks, 1 in 3 targeted attacks on insurance companies resulted in a security breach. Why Target the Insurance Industry? It is perhaps because of this false sense of security that the industry is now being targeted more aggressively. In spite of their confidence, the truth is many insurance companies and their subsidiary offices use outdated software, have weak internal security measures, and no standard protocols for dealing with breaches....

So, if you live, eat and breathe PUBG Mobile, we have something important for you. We have a glimpse of the changelog of the upcoming PUBG Mobile update. Guess what? The upcoming PUBG Mobile 0.15.0 update is going to be the big one, and it will introduce new weapons, new gaming modes, new vehicles, etc. In this article, we are going to share a list of best PUBG Mobile features that are expected to arrive with the 0....

Now, Qualcomm is all set to bring a Plus model for Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. With this upgrade, it is expected that there will be a great performance boost. Last year’s Snapdragon 888+ was introduced in June, so there are high chances of the latest chipset Plus variant launch in May or June. High-End Smartphones From Lenovo, OnePlus, & More Will Get Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ The new high-end Snapdragon SoC codenamed SM8475 and is based on TSMC’s 4nm process node....

In Summary Realme Buds Air 2 is a successor to the Buds Air, and it comes with ANC. The earbuds feature a new design language that promises to offer a better fit. Realme suggests up to 25 hours of platback time with the Buds Air 2. It is available in two colors: Black & Blue and Silver & White. Realme says it has introduced a new design language on the Buds Air 2, which it suggests inherits the curvy aesthetics of the previous generation (Buds Air) while also adopting a two-one color splicing design....

Every once in a while, I’ll send out a tweet saying I’m disappointed with the gaming scene on Android, and a lot of you will scream at me and tell me I’m an idiot. The thing is, I bet most of you never owned an iPhone. I have, and the games on that platform not only outnumber those available on Android, but they’re of much higher quality. Why don’t developers take Android gaming as seriously as they do iOS gaming?...

Region-locking the Galaxy Note 3 from Samsung was a terrible, terrible move. It led to a major community backlash and even drove away many potential buyers. Today, in a statement issued in German language, Samsung accepted that its implementation of region-locking the Note 3 and its other devices have gone awfully wrong. The company, however, won’t be removing region-locking from its devices. Instead, it is working on making the procedure more consumer friendly and asked for more time to solve the issues and answer the queries of its frustrated customers....

The report quotes a source who specifies what Samsung is going for: “ are aiming to get rid of unnecessary functions simplify our UI at the level of ’s Nexus 6.” Given that the Nexus 6 runs stock Android llipop, this would be a clear shift in Samsung’s approach to its Android phones. ong with significantly changing the look of Android, Touchz piles on the software. In the Galaxy S5, for example, you get Samsung’s ‘S Health,’ a kids’ mode, multiple camera options, the company’s own email messaging apps....

Apart from this, Samsung has also announced three new tablets with the Tab S8 series, Tab S8, Tab S8+, and Tab S9 Ultra. The pre-orders for Galaxy S22 series and the Tab S8 series are now available till 11:59 pm on February 21. However, we need to wait for these devices to reach India, but can pre-order them now. Samsung Galaxy S22 Series Launched, Price Starts At $799 Samsung Galaxy S22 series does not offer microSD card slots to expand the storage....

The company announced the Bello Fino on Thursday, two 3G phones targeted at emerging markets. They will first go on sale this month in tin America, then roll out to other markets in Europe Asia. The Bello has a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with a five-inch, 854×480 resolution screen. It has 8GB of storage 1GB of RAM. The Fino is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, with a 4.5 inches at 800×480 resolution....