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Karbonn, Gionee and Samsung clones come pre-loaded with DeathRing TrojanDeathRingSmartphones that may come pre-loaded with DeathRing Lookout says that they have discovered the evidence of pre-loaded DeathRing trojan in Android smartphones and tablets after finding a similar pre-loaded malware called MouaBad earlier this year. DeathRing Lookout says that the DeathRing comes with your shiny Android smartphone disguised as a ringtone app but in reality it is a trojan which goes on to download SMS and WAP content from its command-and-control server to the users smartphone....

Kaspersky labs, a Russian cyber-security firm was called to investigate the A.T.M. anomaly and through its investigation discovered this was just the tip of the iceberg of the real hack that was taking place. The bank’s very own internal computers, the ones used by the bank employees who processed daily transfers, conducted daily bookkeeping, had been unwittingly infected with sophisticated malware that allowed cyber criminals to record their every move....

Last month Lexus unveiled the prototype of its novel magnetic levitating hoverboard, Slide which works on the principle of electromagnetism. This news had actually taken the world by surprise. Though our inner questioner does not accept such a hoverboard would exist in reality, the latest video teaser released by Lexus seems to indicate that Hoverboard Slide is indeed a real thing! The latest video teaser shows Ross McGouran, a professional skateboarder speaking about the Lexus’ Hoverboard, Slide....

Bradley Ireland, 64, suffered severe injuries in the early morning fire that took place at his Colonial Heights apartment on February 22, 2017. The victim died later that day in a local hospital, says the lawsuit filed by Bradley’s daughter Julia Ireland Meo and son Benjamin Ireland. “The fire was caused by a defect in the subject tablet, specifically affecting the tablet’s battery pack,” the lawsuit said. The fire started near an “electrical appliance” in the kitchen....

LG G Flex 2 has a sleek curvy design which is totally deviated from the conventional look. It is smaller, thinner and also light in weight about 152 grams. The screen size is 5.5 inches 1080p Full HD touch screen made of Polymer (P-OLED) which is light emitting. Also it has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 touch screen which is 20% stronger due to its Dura-Guard glass. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 series with 64-bit core processor and Adreno 430 GPU....

The affected app is called CamScanner, which has more than 100 million downloads in Google Play, and is a very popular phone-based PDF creator app that comes in a free (ad-supported) and in a paid version. While the malicious module doesn’t actually reside in the code of CamScanner Android app itself, it was introduced in the PDF creator app as part of a 3rd-party advertising library. “CamScanner was actually a legitimate app, with no malicious intensions whatsoever, for quite some time....

For those unaware, TRI, which is famous for its completely secured products, had announced its Android based phone, Turing in 2015 with security features like end-to-end encryption, as well as metal-clad body that was tougher than titanium. The company was supposed to start shipping the device in December 2015, which has not happened till date. Apparently, TRI is facing major financial troubles that is causing the delay in bringing the device to the market....

Everything went according to plan for Michael Bank, and he even got a “yes” from his significant other, but what happened next could have easily given his marriage a completely new direction. On his way back home, Bank decided to take a different and steeper path, so it didn’t take long until he became stranded on a ledge, according to a report by LA Times. Bank used the same iPhone that he used to propose to his girlfriend, to alert the emergency teams....

John Hanke, the CEO and Founder of “Pokemon Go” developer Niantic, grew up in Cross Plains, Texas, just east of Abilene. The Texas man’s expertise for blending real-world maps and addictive gameplay dates back to 2004, when he joined the Google Geo team. Yes, the group that created Google Maps and Google Street View. Hanke went on to co-found Keyhole, which bridged the gap between geospatial data visualization on high-end computers and the navigation apps we all carry in our pockets....

Known as Limited Periodic Scanning, this new feature configures Windows Defender to scan the system in intervals even if other antivirus solutions are used primarily. It also performs with Windows Defender on your PC to remove malware that a third-party solution might not identify. The main idea behind the feature is to improve system security by using Windows Defender as a second-opinion scanner on Windows 10 devices. This is an optional feature that is not enabled by default....

This smartphone the all new Lumia 540 is an upgrade version of the Lumia 535, the first Microsoft-branded smartphone, the Lumia 540 sports an HD display and a better 8MP rear camera. The smartphone is featured with a 5-inch HD (1280×720 pixels) IPS LCD display with pixel density of 294ppi and will be running on Windows Phone 8.1 OS, upgradable to Windows 10 and will available for purchase in cyan, orange, white and black colours....

For those unaware, Microsoft Launcher (formerly known as Arrow Launcher) is an application launcher created by Microsoft for the Android OS platform as a lightweight, fast, and efficient simplification of the Android user experience. Effective yesterday, Microsoft has officially pushed out version 5.3 of Launcher for Android. While the most important change is the redesigned Time/Weather widget, there are also changes such as tasks card support for To-Do’s My Day, flagged e-mails from Outlook, and finetuning on UX fundamental and usability....

In order to make it big in the Asian market, Microsoft has partnered with a Chinese Xiamoi smartphone user group and released a Windows 10 Mobile ROM for android devices. The Redmond, California, giant has released the windows 10 mobile ROM for Xiaomi Mi4 handset to a select group of power users. Before this deal, Xiaomi, China’s largest smartphone vendor had been exclusively using MIUI, an Android-based operating system, which had been accused of openly copying Apple’s iOS 7 look....

Now, a Microsoft Store employee (who wanted to remain anonymous) in a series of messages with a Windows Latest journalist has revealed that the Redmond giant is currently working on a new line of phones that will be powered by Google’s Android operating system and sold on Microsoft Store. Besides this, the representative did not disclose any significant information regarding the design or features of the handset. When the journalist asked if the Microsoft representative was referring to a new series of Lumia smartphones, he replied, “Our Windows phone engineers are focusing on releasing a new model....

Gone in 18 seconds!!! The much vaunted Microsoft’s Edge browser that it ships with Windows 10 OS was hacked in just 18 seconds. This feat was achieved at the PwnFest being held in Seoul. On Thursday during the PwnFest 2016 event within Seoul’s Power of Community security conference, a team from vulnerability firm Qihoo 360 and South Korean security researcher JungHoon “Lokihardt” Lee demonstrated two different hacks that took advantage of vulnerabilities within Microsoft Edge, completing one in a mere 18 seconds....

Microsoft stealthily made changes to the Windows Insider preview program blogpost and the reference to “remain activated” has since been removed. It had mentioned earlier that members who have signed up for the Insider Program running a preview version would “receive the Windows 10 final release build and remain activated.” However, now it only says that they will “receive the Windows 10 final release build.” The word ‘activation’ has been removed....

Windows 365 will deliver a full, personalized PC experience from the cloud to any device, giving workers and organizations power, simplicity, and security for hybrid work. It will come as a cloud service that introduces a new way to experience Windows 10 or Windows 11. Windows 365 takes the operating system to the cloud and streams the full Windows experience including apps, data, and settings to personal or corporate devices....

We’ve all experienced the frustration of trying to load a web page on our phone at a busy conference with an overloaded network. MegaMIMO 2.0, (MIMO standing for Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output) fixes the big problem at the heart of Wi-Fi spectrum: congestion. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have addressed the congestion issues with MegaMIMO 2.0, which can transfer data over Wi-Fi more than three times faster than current options, with double the range....

Moto E4 and E4 Plus Specifications Leaked The leak comes from tipster Roland Quandt, who alongside the model numbers reported that these might be the next generation devices to the E series of Motorola. He claims that both the models will feature dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and 16GB of internal storage at a minimum. The difference will be in the battery capacities, with the standard E4 having a 2800mAh battery and the E4 Plus variant featuring a 5000mAh battery....