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In November, the company started rolling out RCS to US users broadly through the Google Messages app. Users should allow chat features from an app update distributed through the Google Play Store, Google said at the time. Sanaz Ahari, Google’s Messages and Duo product management manager, says users will also need to upgrade the Google Carrier Services software to enable new chat apps. RCS helps Android users to communicate over Wi-Fi or cellular networks, transfer high-quality videos and photos, build group chats, attach and remove people from groups, and see when a group message is read....

On Twitter, the site, which allows users to stream live video game play, confirmed the break-in. Twitch said in a tweet from their verified Twitter account, “We can confirm a hack has occurred.” “Our teams are working quickly to determine the scope of the problem.” — Twitch (@Twitch) October 6, 2021 After reports surfaced that a big dump of Twitch data had been shared on the fringe anonymous message board 4Chan, the company issued a response....

A payroll education, publications, and training provider, APA helps professionals enhance their skills, offering payroll conferences and seminars, resources, and certification. APA is composed of over 20,000 members. In a security incident notification (PDF), APA explained that what appears to be a vulnerability in its content management system has probably been exploited to inject the skimmer on its login page and on its online store’s checkout section. The malicious activity was discovered around July 31 , 2020 but the incident investigation revealed that the attackers were on the system since May 13, 2020....

The business reports that in the last four years, 77% of all Apple devices shipped are running iOS 13, the latest operating system update. On iPad, the number with iPadOS 13 is up to 79 per cent. This means that developers need to upgrade their software with the latest available technology. Apple says that from 30 April 2020 onwards, all new apps and feature updates will need to be developed with the iOS 13 SDK....

News of the charges came shortly after Twitter announced that by using phone spear-phishing, the attackers obtained access to its internal networks and resources, which they then used to take control of dozens of high-profile accounts. The hackers attacked 130 accounts but only 45 of them reset the passwords, many of which were used to post tweets that were part of a bitcoin scam. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that it had charged Nima Fazeli (aka Rolex, Rolex#0373, and Nim F) of Orlando, Florida, 19-year-old Mason John Sheppard (aka Chaewon and “ever so anxious#001”) of the United Kingdom, and Graham Ivan Clark (aka Kirk#5270), 17-year-old, of Tampa, Florida....

The files were made available by Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDOS), a WikiLeaks-style organization that describes itself as a “ transparency collective ”whose goal is the “ free transmission of data in the public interest . ” The leak, called BlueLeaks, contains information gathered and produced by over 200 police forces, fusion centers, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in various U.S. states. The leaked files include images , documents, tables, web pages, text files, videos , audio files, and emails....

Cable Color Standards 101 When it comes to standardizing cable colors, one should realize that although there are organizations like the IEEE which help to standardize, there is not yet an industry-wide standard or requirement. Depending on when the system was created, the color schemes used in different industries can differ. Ethernet Cable Color Code The iPhone, the first truly smartphone, didn’t arrive until 2007. With that came an enormous push for new infrastructure for telecommunications....

Data extraction and analysis services are provided by the Israel-based mobile forensics company to intelligence organisations and public safety agencies, as well as the military and business sectors. Cellebrite claims to have customers in more than 140 countries. It has been accused of assisting the FBI in gaining access to information on locked phones, even in high-profile cases, but it has also been accused of providing services to oppressive regimes....

Of the other bugs identified by external researchers, eight are considered high risk, 18 are medium-serious and 9 are considered to be low-risk. The two critical vulnerabilities include CVE-2019-13725, the Bluetooth component of the Tencent Keen Security Lab identified by Gengming Liu and Jianyu Chen and CVE-2019-13726, a heap overflow buffer in Google Project Zero’s password management study. Google announced it paid $20,000 for the afterfree usage vulnerability but it still had to evaluate the heap buffer overflow bug bounty bonus....

The most serious of these weaknesses, according to Cisco, are CVE-2021-34795 and CVE-2021-40113 (CVSS 10.0), two flaws in Catalyst PON switches that might be exploited to log in to a susceptible device using inadvertent debugging credentials or perform unauthenticated command injection. CVE-2021-34795 exists in the Telnet service of Cisco Catalyst PON series switches ONT, according to the business, and could be used to create a Telnet session with the device using the default credential....

Have you finally received an invitation to join Clubhouse? You haven’t finished yet. With these sites, applications, and techniques, you can amp up your Clubhouse experience. Clubhouse Apps to Make the Audio Social Network Better Clubhouse, an audio-only social network with no adverts or algorithms, is the most popular new app on the market. Users can build and join “rooms” to talk about a particular topic, with hosts or professional speakers holding court while others listen in....

The chief financial officer of the firm, George Davis, had previously told The Financial Times that on Thursday, Intel released its results ahead of the closing of the stock market because it suspected a hacker stole financially confidential information from the site. The company’s quarterly earnings were initially expected to be reported hours later on Wall Street Thursday after the close of trade. The newspaper cited Davis as saying, “An infographic was hacked from our PR newsroom site....

As part of a plan to trick people into thinking that their machines were compromised with ransomware, Manish Kumar, 32, directed telephone calls to call centers in India. According to a statement Friday from the U.S. attorney’s office in Rhode Island, the callers were then convinced to purchase technical support facilities that were never offered. The casualties were then threatened again by the scammers, officials said. They were informed that unnecessary refunds had been sent, and demanded to pay the overage back....

Michigan is not the most populous state in the union, but its reputation as the birthplace of the automobile in America has prevented it from being fully rural at the same time. Many of Michigan’s cities are hubs for digital innovation and cybersecurity growth, and its population centres are buzzing zones of trade and development. In reality, in terms of cybersecurity jobs, science, and education, Michigan is a national leader....

During the twentieth century, Mississippi’s economy changed from agricultural to manufacturing, with traditional cotton production being replaced by reforestation efforts. Poultry, along with soybeans as the state’s principal crop, is the primary source of livestock, accounting for the majority of the state’s production value. Through industrial development projects, the state’s manufacturing sector, which includes the production of automobile components, lumber, and processed foods, revolutionised the state, converting industry into a consistent, slowly declining source of jobs and money....

Established in 2013 and based in Herndon, Virginia, OPAQ offers cloud-based, enterprise-grade security-as-a-service ( SaaS). The startup’s cloud solution Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) aims to secure networks that cover data centers, branch offices, and devices on the Internet of Things ( IoT). With its Security Fabric architecture, which encompasses network, device, cloud, and edge, Fortinet, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., aims to secure data through digital infrastructures. To enhance its SASE offering, the company will integrate OPAQ’s ZTNA solution into Security Fabric....

Snapchat Plus Plus App is compatible with most iOS versions, making it far superior to the original App release. Furthermore, this app has quickly become one of the most popular social networking applications. Snap++, on the other hand, is a modified version that displays some blocked features in the original Snapchat release. If you search for Snapchat++ in the iOS store, you will not find anything. But, don’t worry, there is a way to get the application and install it on your machine without any problems....

Though hackers did not manage to breach BioNTech nor Pfizer systems, the incident shows just how vulnerable is the global healthcare system and its supply chain partners. It also underscores the urgency with which all involved in development and rollout of the coronavirus vaccine have to take defensive action against such cyberthreats. The executive director for the US Cybersecurity of the Health Sector Co-ordinating Council Greg Garcia recently said, “The healthcare sector has become such a big, rich, juicy target....

Nathaniel Gleicher, head of Facebook’s cybersecurity policy, wrote today in a blog that the shuttered pages and accounts( both Facebook and Instagram) represent two unrelated disinformation networks. One operation was directed at Ukraine and the other at Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, Central Asia and the Caucasus region. The US law enforcement agency has tipped Facebook into the Ukrainian network, which last year spent $ 25,000 on Facebook ads....

This can be accomplished through several main avenues which, if properly demonstrated, can provide transferable skills to future problems that inevitably arise. Consider the following examples, write down or record basic steps for your family to follow in the future, and frustrations and lost time could be mitigated substantially. Simple Security The most important first move in helping your family at home is to guide them through the basic steps of safe operation of their hardware....