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What about the 2016 Bangladesh Bank $80 million hacking heist, the biggest cybertheft operation on a financial institution in history so far? And last year, there was the massive attack of ransomware called “WannaCry.” The WannaCry campaign has claimed 200,000 victims across 150 countries worldwide, targeting private companies and public organizations and has actually endangered lives. All of these attacks are commonly attributed to a certain state-sponsored hacking group from North Korea....

But the one, I feel, Google shouldn’t delay abandoning any further is the navigation drawer which was added way back in 2013 with the KitKat update. You’re probably not familiar with the name but there’s a good chance you interact with it often. The navigation drawer is that side panel you pull from the left edge or the hamburger icon for revealing more options in an app. Of course, it’s not available on each one of them but most have it....

Although many have faced this dilemma, chances are you’ve never considered options beyond turning your phone off, but what if you get an important message? Tap or click to see mysterious text messages. You do have texting options, and they don’t require the use of your smartphone. Think big and rid yourself of the hassle by using these three easy, time-saving ways to send text messages from your computer....

The revelation comes weeks after repeated warnings from the government that cryptocurrencies, due to their “sharp speculative price swings”, are unsuitable retail investments for the public. Recent market events clearly demonstrated the risks with prices of several cryptocurrencies dipping significantly, said Senior Minister and Minister in Charge of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Tharman Shanmugaratnam. In a written response issued Monday to a parliamentary question, he said MAS since 2017 had issued cautionary notes about cryptocurrency investments....

If you have an extensive catalog of images on your hard drive, the best way to upload them to Google Photos is to use the uploading tool. Download the desktop uploader, then sign in with your account. You can select to upload photos from your camera/storage card, desktop, or any images on your computer. The Desktop Uploader can import images on your hard Drive to Google Photos. Then, decide if you want free, unlimited storage though your files are compressed or to back them up at full size....

Blasting away junk programs, unnecessary files and other tech dirt from your computer can help it run better the rest of the year. This cleaning doesn’t have to be an all-day affair, either. With the tips we’re going to talk about, you can clean up your computer in no time. Wipe unneeded programs A good place to start cleaning is your programs. You probably have a bunch you don’t use, so they’re just taking up space and slowing things down....

Both apps now support a much larger list of file extensions, which can significantly ease your life if a client or colleague wants that spreadsheet as a .csv file or would prefer you send over the slideshow as a .jpg. The following screenshots reveal that you can save a Slide or Sheet in one of several new formats thanks to the update. Slides has another new trick: now when you start a new slideshow, you can touch the Overflow button the title that you already entered on the first slide will autosuggest the name....

Hackers continue to find creative ways to commit crimes, and one method is quickly rising in popularity: sextortion. A new type of sextortion malware is spreading around. Click or tap here to learn if your internet accounts have been compromised. We have the latest details on how a convincing sextortion campaign has already scammed hundreds out of their hard-earned savings. If you receive a threatening email in your inbox, avoid opening it at all costs....

Shadow Brokers Quit Operation! Giving Away Windows HACKING Tools For Free Well, a few days ago we have seen a notorious group of black-hat hackers, Shadow Brokers which leaked many exploits has found selling the package of Hacking tools ‘Equation Group Windows Warez‘ that was stolen from the NSA-linked hacking unit named The Equation Group. The full package of the hacking tool includes Windows Exploits and antivirus bypass tools. Shadow Brokers posted a message on their ZeroNet based website, in which they openly announced the sale of the ‘Windows Warez’ package for 750 bitcoins (around US$678,630)....

rtal is the company’s newest app, designed just for this purpose. Once you’ve installed it you just need to head to the rtal site to start a transfer. shbullet also touts that rtal serves as an easy repository for finding any of your transferred files. No need to dig through Android’s file manager—just open up the rtal app you’ll find everything you’ve sent over. ile shbullet has a similar capability for sharing files to your phone, it’s much faster to go the rtal route, which sends them directly over your local network....

Previously, ransomware functioned a lot like an ordinary virus. If you got a malicious email from an attacker, downloading the attachment would install the virus. But now, they’re sophisticated enough to infiltrate your computer through websites alone. Tap or click here to see some of the worst kinds of ransomware circulating now. Believe it or not, paying the ransom is actually one of the worst things you can do if you’re attacked....

In Summary Cameras have been around on smartphones for a while now. However, their functionalities and features have changed. While cameras on phones have generally become more powerful than in the past, they have also lost some features that could be relevant even today. Here is a look at seven features that phone cameras had in the past and would be super handy in today’s devices. It would be super cool if brands could step into a time machine, grab these seven features from cameraphones of the past and paste them on the current crop of camera-toting smartphones:...

Described as a new approach for creating reminders, Shifu lets you set reminders based on time, location, network or on a contact. Furthermore, it can identify hours of high usage, thus alerting you to charge ahead of time. And what’s really cool is that it can anticipate the next thing you need to do, such as predicting your next call and bringing out the right contacts when you need them the most....

You don’t want your kids to end up on creepy websites and you definitely don’t want their faces stuck in their devices all day long. Need help setting boundaries? Tap or click here for Kim’s free internet safety contract for parents and children. Then it’s time to dive into parental controls. Setting these up is easier than you think. Let’s start with adjusting a few settings. Built-in parental controls Before we get into the details, remember your 6 year old will require different parental control settings than your tween or teen....

Some 55,000 local-hosted phishing URLs were identified last year, up 17% from 2020, with social media companies accounting for more than half of spoofed targets. This might have been due to threat actors looking to exploit public interest in WhatsApp’s announcement to update its privacy policy, said Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) on Monday, when it released its Singapore Cyber Landscape 2021 report. Social networking sites were the most commonly spoofed sector, followed by financial services and the online and cloud services sector....

Here is a list of six phones that we think can prove to be a headache for the OnePlus 8: 1. iQOO 3: It has the IQ(OO) to Unsettle! With a starting price of Rs. 34,990 (although it was launched at a slightly higher price tag), the iQOO 3 is perhaps the most affordable phone that is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor in the market at present. This is paired with 8GB RAM and 128 GB storage....

Old tech is particularly in high demand. If you have old gaming consoles or computers not being used, you might be able to sell them for serious money. Tap or click here for a list of old tech that is worth big money. But before you put something up for sale, you need to be aware of a recurring payment scam spreading across the nation. Thieves are targeting online marketplaces and if you fall for their scheme, your bank account could be drained....

Read on to see how the flaw can give hackers access to camera footage and what you can do about it. Here’s the backstory Ring quietly stamped out a flaw that could have given hackers access to its Android app and view video footage from your device. The technical details are complex, but Checkmarx explains the vulnerability “was accessible to other applications on the same device.” Hackers could access the file when Android users are tricked into installing malware....

Below, we rounded up the best deals, taking into account a six-month price history on each product. Anything discounted less than 15% off was not included in this list, and we kept off items that were price gouged and then discounted to appear like a deal. Be sure to take a look at Best Buy’s weekend deals, and be sure to pick them up before the sale ends on Sunday night....

wants virtual reality to be far more than just a neat trick performed by your Android phone: the company took to the Developers Blog to announce a new VR View tool that eases the process of embedding VR content into a website. As an example, a 360-degree image on the site can be manipulated to offer you a full perspective from the underwater scene. has open sourced the HTM vaScript for developers on github so they can get started on such experiences right away....