McAfee predicts surge in Deepfakes, AI Scams in 2024

McAfee, has shared its insights on the potential challenges consumers may encounter in 2024. As cybercriminals increasingly leverage advanced AI technology, the following predictions highlight key areas of concern: Continue reading “McAfee predicts surge in Deepfakes, AI Scams in 2024”

Indians get nearly 12 fake messages a day on average: Survey

McAfee has released its inaugural Global Scam Message Study. This study, involving over 7,000 participants across seven countries, including India, delves into the impact of scam messages and the escalating sophistication of scams fueled by artificial intelligence (AI). Continue reading “Indians get nearly 12 fake messages a day on average: Survey”

McAfee predicts AI-powered disinformation, Crypto scams in 2023

McAfee Corp. has released its 2023 cyber threat predictions today, providing a summary of the important trends and treatments that customers should be aware of in the coming year. This year saw the continuous expansion of cyber fraud, which is unlikely to slow down, as well as increased use of Chrome as an operating system. Continue reading “McAfee predicts AI-powered disinformation, Crypto scams in 2023”

ESET Smart Security Premium Review

ESET, popular for its antivirus and firewall products, released the latest version of Smart Security Premium that offers ultimate protection for Windows, macOS and Android. In addition to Malware, ransomware and phishing protection as well as network and smart device protection that is found in the ESET Internet Security, the ESET Smart Security Premium also offers Privacy and banking protection, Sensitive data encryption, Password management and Protection against new threats. Let us dive into the review to find out what it has to offer. Continue reading “ESET Smart Security Premium Review”

K7 Ultimate Security – World Class Anti-Virus Software Made in India

With a lot of us working from home and internet usage skyrocketing, there is a steep rise in cyberattacks especially with respect to malware and ransomware. While the whole world is fighting an unknown virus on the health front, cybersecurity researchers and security companies worldwide are spending an increasing amount of time safeguarding digital infrastructure worldwide which is facing an unprecedented amount of cyberattacks from bad actors.

A small company based in Chennai, India K7 Computing founded by Jayaraman “Keseven” Kesavardhanan, very often confused with Moscow based Kaspersky has been developing an IT security solution since 1991.

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HONOR 9X Pro May 2020 Android security patch starts rolling out in India

HONOR launched its 9X Pro smartphone with App Gallery in India back in May this year. It shipped with Android 9 Pie on top of EMUI 9.1.1 and after 2 months of launch in India, now HONOR has started rolling out the first Android Security Patch for the 9X Pro smartphone. Continue reading “HONOR 9X Pro May 2020 Android security patch starts rolling out in India”

Nokia 2.3 Android 10 update starts rolling out

HMD Global has started rolling out Android 10 update for the Nokia 2.3 smartphone, which makes it the 12th Nokia phone to get the update after the Nokia 8.1, Nokia 9 PureViewNokia 7.1Nokia 6.1 PlusNokia 7 PlusNokia 6.1Nokia 2.2, Nokia 7.2Nokia 3.2, Nokia 4.2, and Nokia 8 Sirocco. It was launched last year running Android 9.0(Pie). Android 10 update on Nokia smartphones bring a number of additional privacy and security features for users, as well as Dark Theme, Focus mode, dedicated ‘Privacy section’, and more.

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MIUI gets Android 10 gesture navigation feature

Google released Android 10, the next version of Android back in September last year and OEMs are gradually rolling out the update. Android 10 has several new features including enhanced Privacy Controls, Smart Reply, Dark Theme, Gesture Navigation, and more. Xiaomi has been rolling out MIUI 11 based on Android 10 to its lineup of smartphones and now with the latest beta update in China, it is finally bringing the Android 10 gesture control feature.

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Apple releases iPadOS and iOS v13.3.1 with new location setting for U1 chip, security bug fixes and more

Apple has rolled out new software updates to iOS and iPadOS changing the software version from 13.3 to 13.3.1. As the software version indicates, this update is a small incremental update with quite a few bug fixes. Noticeably, there is a security fix that now stops contacts being added without entering passcode and Apple has added a setting to control location data sent via the U1 Chip.

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OnePlus 6 and 6T OxygenOS 10.3.1 update brings multiple bug fixes, December Android security patch and more

OnePlus has released an incremental OS update to the OnePlus 6 and 6T that fixes multiple small system wide bugs like black screens appearing after unlocking the device with a fingerprint, device heating issues when charging, random disconnection issue with 5Ghz Hotspot and more. There are also fixes to the camera, specifically the camera crash issues and image preview times in the Pro mode.

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OPPO ColorOS 7 brings improvements and optimisations to gaming performance

OPPO appears to be dedicated in delivering strong and smooth gameplay experience with updates to their new ColorOS 7. Claiming to reduce major issues like unresponsiveness, lagging and dropped frame rate, OPPO has optimised their ColorOS7 and added intuitive features like Game Space and Game Assistant.

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EMUI 9.1 released for HUAWEI Mate 20 Series, to be available for other devices soon

HUAWEI unveiled EMUI 9.1 alongside the P30 Pro earlier this year. The update was slated to be released this week and as promised, the company has released EMUI 9.1 for HUAWEI Mate 20 Series which includes Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, and PorscheDesign Mate 20 RS.

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HUAWEI and HONOR smartphones including P30 series, HONOR 20 series will get Android Q update

Last month, Google announced that it has suspended some of its business operations with HUAWEI which includes a ban on using Google Services and Play Store, later the period was extended for 3 months. After a month of the announcement of the ban, HUAWEI has today released a statement that it will continue to provide security patches and Android updates (including Android Q) to its existing smartphones. Alongside, HUAWEI smartphones, a range of HONOR smartphones are also expected to receive the update.

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Android Q Developer Preview 2 released for OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro

Google unveiled Android Q Beta 1 back in March, released Beta 2 in April 2019 and released Beta 3 earlier last month at I/O 2019. Many non-pixel smartphones were in the eligible list of smartphones to get Android Q Beta including OnePlus. The company released Android Q Developer Preview 1 last month and now, almost exactly after a month, the company has started rolling out Android Q Developer Preview 2 for OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro.

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Asus 6Z (Zenfone 6) update brings Super Night mode to ultrawide camera [Download Link]

ASUS Zenfone 6 was launched earlier last month at an event in Spain. The smartphone is launching as 6Z in India on June 19th, after a recent high court order not to use ‘Zen’ or ‘ZenFone’ due to the trademark issue. Now, Asus 6Z is receiving a new firmware update that brings Super Night mode to the ultrawide camera, optimizes translation strings in Setting, improves system stability and more.

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