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Google reaches $700 million Play Store settlement in US

Latest Mobile PhonesBy Haslinda Bt Ghani December 19, 2023

One of the more notable headlines from last week was Epic Games’ win against Google in the District Court of Northern California. The three-year-long legal battle was settled with the jury determining Google holds a monopoly in the Android app distribution market and in-app billing services. That court settlement wasn’t the only one fought by…

Cybersecurity threats facing medical devices

Internet of ThingsBy Shiv Eswar December 19, 2023

Patrick Maw, an expert in medical device cybersecurity at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, recently gave a talk at IoT Tech Expo Global highlighting the cybersecurity threats facing connected medical devices. Maw explained that a wide range of medical equipment now connects to healthcare networks, from infusion pumps and CT scanners to mobile…

With Amo’s third app, the makers of Zenly release a Zenly-like app

Smart TvsBy Shiv Eswar December 19, 2023

Amo, the buzzy Paris-based startup that keeps releasing consumer social apps, is dropping its third app today. And it’s going to look really familiar to former users of Zenly as Amo’s third app is a location-sharing app — just like Zenly. In case you missed the previous episodes, Amo is a relatively new startup created…

Google Maps pushes updates to enhance user experience in India

DronesBy Shiv Eswar December 19, 2023

Google Tuesday introduced a range of new features and updates for its mapping service in India as it wraps up for the year and sets the base for the coming year. One of the latest in the series of new additions is Lens in Maps, which will be launching in 15 cities across India by…

Marvel and The Walt Disney Company have dropped up-and-coming star Jonathan Majors from all current and future projects. The decision came just hours after a Manhattan court found Majors guilty of assaulting his former girlfriend earlier today. Majors’ career was poised for major stardom after appearing as villain Kang the Conquerer in “Ant-Man and the…

Black British founders are down but not out

Cyber AttacksBy Jessica Venkat December 19, 2023

Black founders in the UK are also seeing the impact of venture’s winter year. Black founders in the United Kingdom raised only 0.95% of all venture investment allocated in the country so far this year (or just $165 million out of around $17.3 billion), according to a new report by Extend Ventures. That would put…

8220 Gang Exploiting Oracle WebLogic Server Vulnerability to Spread Malware

Web Security NewsBy Jessica Venkat December 19, 2023

Dec 19, 2023NewsroomCryptojacking / Cyber Threat The threat actors associated with the 8220 Gang have been observed exploiting a high-severity flaw in Oracle WebLogic Server to propagate their malware. The security shortcoming is CVE-2020-14883 (CVSS score: 7.2), a remote code execution bug that could be exploited by authenticated attackers to take over susceptible servers. “This…

CISA urges manufacturers to end default passwords

Telecom NewsBy Haslinda Bt Ghani December 19, 2023

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged manufacturers to end default passwords on internet-exposed systems due to the severe risks posed by malicious actors. In a recent alert, CISA highlighted the exploitation of operational technology devices by Iranian threat actors affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who used default passwords…

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