Android Triout Spyware Could Monitor Your Phonecalls Read Your Bitdefender DiscoversThe malware was found in a fake version of an Android app, “Sex Game,” which used to be in Google Play back in 2016. They essentially repackaged an app removed from Google Play that had an official Google Debug Certificate and converted it into your personal spy. Fortunately the fresh and corrupted software failed to reach the Play Store. It’s unknown how much of the malware affects Android users. It seems that the latest malware made its first appearance a few months ago with the first upload to VirusTotal taking place in May. There is still insufficient evidence to determine who is behind the attack but the malware is a significant threat to the security and privacy of Android users, so we advise users to be careful in avoiding apps of questionable value and not allowing third-party applications to be installed on them. Grip.

ByNitish Singh-October 16, 2018.553 Hacker Jose Rodriguez discovered a vulnerability that is still unpatched in Apple’s VoiceOver software. The vulnerability allows the possibility for attackers to circumvent lock screens and gain access to computers. VoiceOver is a feature integrated into Apple’s apps to support low vision users and users with dyslexia navigate devices using voice commands. By manipulating VoiceOver, a hacker has managed to find an exploit that allows attackers to access iOs devices. The vulnerability remains available, and has not yet been patched. Jose Rodriguez, an amateur hacker has posted a video showing the exploit. If you want to avoid exposure to the exploit, you can deactivate Siri lock screen access from Settings> Face I d Passcode or Settings> Touch I d Passcode under the configuration section “Allow access when locked” According to Rodriguez, “the target iPhone receives first a phone call from an external number that activates a regular iOs call dialog. If the attacker is unaware of the target iPhone number, they can obtain caller I d information by invoking Siri and asking the assistant to dial their personal phone digit by digit. “The vulnerability was discovered only two weeks after Rodriguez discovered two other VoiceOver vulnerabilities that enabled users to access the images and contacts of the users. The new exploit allows hackers to move images from one iOs device to another in a few simple steps as shown in the video, unlike the other discovered methods. This isn’t the first security flaw Apple will have to contend with this year with a new Bloomberg article saying that earlier this year Chinese military hackers infiltrated cloud systems belonging to companies like Apple and Amazon.

Plex Grid View Tv Guide Now Available for Apple Tv Users ByNitish Singh-July 13, 2018.554 Figure 1 Photo Courtesy of Gadgets360 Plex announced its conventional grid TV schedule earlier this year but it hasn’t been available for Apple Tv until today. The functionality rolls out to Apple Tv users starting today and sometime soon it will appear on Mac and iOs versions of the app. The revamped Plex app also boasts a new Dvr setup interface which can make it easier than ever to search through Tv guides. Given the much-hyped and demanded grid view Plex believes that the best way to find and display content on the platform is still their flagship Discover mode. Most live streaming services choose to use Ui to display TV schedules in a box format. But what most older consumers are used to from early days of cable television is a grid-style Ui. Grid view on Plex was first made available exclusively to Plex Pass users only, but the feature is now being slowly made available to other platforms. The feature allows users to filter by day time and availability of Hd via content. Watch and Record functions are also included in the Grid View Ui. .555 Figure 2 Photo Courtesy of Plex The Plex team announced in their blog their design ideas behind the new Grid View “As we set out to build the best Dvr and Live Tv platform on the planet we realized there would be challenges. We designed a scheduling engine that reins in the multiverse by considering any possible recording schedule and then picking the best one like the late great Stephen Hawking’s work. “Cord cutting is on the rise and the new grid view will appeal to users who switch away from traditional cable connections. In the latest update the Discover function also received some minor tweaks. Now users can see previews of upcoming shows, as well as a preview of the platform’s most popular shows. The app also includes sub-categories which make it easier to find content. As the city services are slowly restored, it is recommended that people be compassionate and understand. The City of New Orleans in Louisiana experienced a ransomware attack on Friday, several hazardous forms of malware have been identified right now. Both public calls to the Emergency Operations Center were redirected over the weekend while the recovery is still underway. Many systems have been taken back to their normal state of service but up to a point still affects others. On Twitter the major’s account gave an summary of the recovery status just hours before writing this piece. The City Hall will open today, as the same reports have confirmed, although some facilities may not be available or may take longer to process than normal. The Emergency Operations Center will remain active throughout this cybersecurity incident to promote interagency response. The City needs patience and understanding from citizens and suppliers as our information technology team works to normalize all operations. Pic.twitter.com / vw2t15ywUr — Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) 16 December 2019 What information has been compromised as a result of this incident involves domain names belonging to the City of New Orleans domain controllers Ip addresses user names and different file shares. The official clarifications rule out the possibility of the actors having accessed any citizen or employee Pii data. The reality is that they will have to keep an eye on their systems for a while because there are pretty high chances of having to clear Emotet and Trickbot from inside. If you live in New Orleans, it is recommended that you postpone any non-emergency activities that would strain the city for next week, and generally try to maintain a positive attitude towards public service officers.

Music streaming Helped the industry to expand by 16.5 percent

ByNitish Singh-March 24, 2018.557 Revenue increased by 16.5 percent compared to the year before. For two years in a row, the music industry witnesses a double-digited development. As a result of customers ‘ decision to start charging for their music listening rights on demand, the biggest chunk of the income came. Music reported seldom sales in all honesty yet it is a billion dollar business in the Us and the revenues are still climbing. The Recording Industry Association of America or the Riaa, in short, published their annual year-end sighting study that recorded music sales rose by 16.5 per cent, thanks to music streaming. The industry saw sales in 2017 rise up to $8.72 billion from $7.5 billion (approx.) in 2016, according to the study. That ends two consecutive years of double-digit growth with no signs of slowing down. In reality, following the current trend, it won’t be too far-fetched to see a 20 per cent revenue growth in 2018 in the music industry. Music streaming accounted for 65 per cent of all recorded music revenues. In reality, the music industry made $5.7 billion in 2017 just from streaming alone, which is a big jump from $4 billion in 2016 that was previously tailed by $2.3 billion in 2015. Growth rates are by no means short of phenomenal. Figure 1 Photo Courtesy of Rolling Stones The majority of the industry’s money came from customers who decided to start paying for their rights of streaming music on demand. Music streaming has about 35 million users who have added to the industry about $4.1 billion. Meanwhile, users who use a free ad-supported music streaming service in 2017 have managed to raise around $659 million. This may not be much in comparison, but from 2016 it is still up by 33 percent. “Online and personalized radio services” including SiriusXm and other internet radio stations would be the only area to see a decline in revenues. They managed to bring in about $1bn which is lower compared to their results in 2016.

Microsoft Outlook to Receive A Dark Mode Later This Year ByNitish Singh-July 5 2018 .559 Figure 1 Image Courtesy of Medium Outlook’s email service by Microsoft will be receiving a new Dark Mode as an alternative color scheme to the White themes the client currently offers. For part of last year’s Halloween, the email service had a temporary Dark Mode and Microsoft has been working on a permanent Dark Mode for email service for the past few months. The new Dark Mode is in its final stretch of development and should be out in the coming months for Microsoft Outlook’s 400 million users.Cold Mountain (2003) Dare to Be Wild (2015) Deep Blue Sea (1999) Fish People (2017) Friday Night Lights (2004) Life Is Beautiful (20097) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Mortal Kombat (1995) Nancy Drew (2007) Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) Seven (1995) Sin City (2005) Speed Racer (2008) Terminator 3: Rise of the Ma.April 20 Aggretsuko: Season 1 — Netflix Original Dope: Season 2 — Netflix Original Dude — Netflix Original Movie Kodachrome — Netflix Original Movie Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1 — Netflix Original April 21 Letdown: Season 1 — Netflix Original April 24 Call the Midwife: Series 6: “Christmas Special 2017” April 25 Bill Nye: Science Guy Nye: Season 1 — Netflix Original April 24 These have now been withdrawn after posting to Google’s Play Store but the advanced functionality that takes place practically under their hood reveals a disturbing new generation of adware that will be more difficult to identify for consumers as well as ad serving platforms. Starting with the users, these apps provided the expected functionality and in some cases came with strikingly modern and user-friendly interfaces that suggest a high-quality piece of software that users can easily trust. While the user was running the fraudulent program, the latter operated in the background by communicating with a command-and-control server (C2) which in turn directed the malware to send ad requests to ad-serving agencies. Even if the user closed the app, in the background the ad-serving operation was still active in interacting with the C2 server every 80 seconds. By actually serving the user with the ad in their app suspecting this background behavior was rather difficult. Even if the user reboots the system then the malware will automatically re-activate itself. The above completes the technique by which these apps kept their behavior secret from the users and the only thing that could expose their operation would be the seemingly inexplicably high use of battery and internet data pointing to them. Yet what about outsmarting the fraudulent identification algorithms of ad networks? This is another aspect of the versatility of those new-gen adware apps according to Sophos. The server will tell the malware to submit ad requests that obviously come from a variety of applications and not just the one that orchestrates the entire process. Besides this, the server used a wide range of product recognition signatures ranging from 33 brands to 249 models. Realistic sense has been complemented by differentiation of Android Os version starting from 4.4.2 and going up to 7.x. It made it more difficult for the ad serving networks to detect that something is wrong as variation created a figure of false-realism in the requests. What’s even more surprising is that the adware sent quite a few requests from what seemed to be iPhone users as well as a considerably higher ad fee for iOs devices. .570 The new generation of Android app malware is more pervasive and flexible than ever and the techniques needed to identify such adware apps among the millions that need to be created. Users should protect themselves by monitoring their apps ‘ battery drain and data usage periodically, since even previously clean apps can turn into adware at any time. Join our Forum Discussions. Huawei Heavily Investing in Luring App Developers at its Own ‘ Play Store ‘

April 20 Aggretsuko: Season 1 — Netflix Original Dope: Season 2 — Netflix Original Dude — Netflix Original Movie Kodachrome — Netflix Original Movie Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1 — Netflix Original April 21 Letdown: Season 1 — Netflix Original April 24 Call the Midwife: Series 6: “Christmas Special 2017” April 25 Bill Nye: Science Guy Nye: Season 1 — Netflix Original April 24 These have now been withdrawn after posting to Google’s Play Store but the advanced functionality that takes place practically under their hood reveals a disturbing new generation of adware that will be more difficult to identify for consumers as well as ad serving platforms. Starting with the users, these apps provided the expected functionality and in some cases came with strikingly modern and user-friendly interfaces that suggest a high-quality piece of software that users can easily trust. While the user was running the fraudulent program, the latter operated in the background by communicating with a command-and-control server (C2) which in turn directed the malware to send ad requests to ad-serving agencies. Even if the user closed the app, in the background the ad-serving operation was still active in interacting with the C2 server every 80 seconds. By actually serving the user with the ad in their app suspecting this background behavior was rather difficult. Even if the user reboots the system then the malware will automatically re-activate itself. The above completes the technique by which these apps kept their behavior secret from the users and the only thing that could expose their operation would be the seemingly inexplicably high use of battery and internet data pointing to them. Yet what about outsmarting the fraudulent identification algorithms of ad networks? This is another aspect of the versatility of those new-gen adware apps according to Sophos. The server will tell the malware to submit ad requests that obviously come from a variety of applications and not just the one that orchestrates the entire process. Besides this, the server used a wide range of product recognition signatures ranging from 33 brands to 249 models. Realistic sense has been complemented by differentiation of Android Os version starting from 4.4.2 and going up to 7.x. It made it more difficult for the ad serving networks to detect that something is wrong as variation created a figure of false-realism in the requests. What’s even more surprising is that the adware sent quite a few requests from what seemed to be iPhone users as well as a considerably higher ad fee for iOs devices. .570 The new generation of Android app malware is more pervasive and flexible than ever and the techniques needed to identify such adware apps among the millions that need to be created. Users should protect themselves by monitoring their apps ‘ battery drain and data usage periodically, since even previously clean apps can turn into adware at any time. Join our Forum Discussions. Huawei Heavily Investing in Luring App Developers at its Own ‘ Play Store ‘

Huawei is making its next move by investing in its alternative Google Play Store. The Chinese think the crisis has provided an opportunity to compete with a better product. Huawei has already signed up for their store with 55000 applications and is providing all development kits and Apis for free. Huawei is calling on app developers to sign upstop closed-source licensing of Android componentsHarmonyOsthey has proposed “Fast Apps” to be used instead of “Instant Apps” from Google and now they are finally selling their Google Play Store alternative to the Huawei Mobile Services (Hms). The Hms has already signed up 55000 users and entered its fourth edition according to the news. Huawei’s main advantage is that the Hms will be much more integrated with the services and apps of the rest of the company than the stock Play Store could ever be. The company has made the platform free to download and use to attract more app developers in quickly, providing 24 developer kits and nearly a thousand Apis to use without paywall constraints. The kits provide image labeling machine learning capabilities for location-tracking in-depth text recognition of hyper-advanced facial recognition, and more. That’s exactly what Google has been afraid of all this time and why they’ve tried to persuade people to buy them no matter what.