How To Use AirDrop On Your iPhone, iPad, Or iPod Touch
AirDrop is a feature in iPhones, iPads, iPods and Macs that lets you instantly send files, photos and other content to other iPhone or Mac users who are physically close to you. It’s not an app or a type of storage; it simply enables the...
Disney Introduces Cloth Face Masks And Donations For Families And Communities In Need
Disney announced that it is selling non-medical, reusable cloth face masks featuring favorite Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters in the U.S. To further help those in need, Disney is donating one million cloth face masks for children and families in underserved and vulnerable communities across...
Is Private Browsing Really Safe?
Private Browsing does not mask your identity or activity online. Websites can still gather information about your visit, even if you are not signed in, and so can internet service providers. If you use your device at work your company may be able to monitor...
COVID-19: Global Smartphone Shipments Tumbled 13% In Q1 2020
The global smartphone market declined its fastest ever, down 13% YoY in Q1 2020, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. Due to the impact of COVID-19, nearly all major smartphone brands saw their volumes drop significantly during the quarter. The first quarter...
Hackers Say They Stole Millions Of Credit Cards From Banco BCR
The Banco BCR, the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica, was reportedly hacked and 11 million credit card credentials were allegedly stolen. Hackers claimed to have gained access to the bank’s network in August of 2019, stating that they did not encrypt devices as the possible...
Good News Shade Ransomware Releases 750k Decryption Keys
The operators behind Shade ransomware took to GitHub this week to announce they had shut down, issued an apology to their victims, and relinquished approximately 750,000 decryption keys in their possession. On Thursday, Kaspersky Lab released an updated decryptor app that includes the newly-released keys...
Hackers Publish ExecuPharm Internal Data After Ransomware Attack
U.S. pharmaceutical giant ExecuPharm has become the latest victim of data-stealing ransomware. ExecuPharm said in a letter to the Vermont attorney general’s office that it was hit by a ransomware attack on March 13, and warned that Social Security numbers, financial information, driver licenses, passport numbers and...
Multiple Vulnerabilities In WordPress’ Most Popular Learning Management System Plugins
Popular WordPress plugins for creating learning management systems (LMS) are rife with vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of the platform, get test answers, and modify grades. The 3 leading WordPress LMS Plugins are: LearnPress, LearnDash, and LifterLMS. These platforms can transform any WordPress website into...
Microsoft Teams Has Now 75 Million Daily Active Users
Last month Microsoft said that, “We have seen an unprecedented spike in Teams usage, and now have more than 44 million daily users,* a figure that has grown by 12 million in just the last seven days. And those users have generated over 900 million meeting...
Facebook’s Photo Transfer Tool Is Now Available In United States and Canada.
Facebook is rolling out a new tool today allowing users in the US and Canada to transfer their photos and videos to Google Photos. The tool can be accessed by heading to your Facebook settings, then heading to the tab that reads “Your Facebook Information.”...
Apple Is Making It Easier To Unlock Your iPhone While Wearing A Mask
Apple’s latest beta version of iOS 13 comes with a much-needed improvement to lock screen authentication for those who now spend the majority of their time at work or outside wearing a face mask. Now, instead of constantly attempting to identify your face using Face...
TikTok Crosses 2 Billion Downloads After Best Quarter For Any App Ever
According to new data from SensorTower, The viral social media app TikTok has officially crossed 2 billion downloads across iOS and Android. The latest milestone comes just five months after TikTok surpassed 1.5 billion downloads. In Q1 2020, it generated the most downloads for any app ever...
Veteran Actor Rishi Kapoor Dies At 67 In Mumbai Hospital
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor breathed his last on April 30. The actor was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Rishi Kapoor was battling cancer since 2018, and was in the US for treatment for a year. The actor’s brother, Randhir Kapoor,...
Apple Releases iOS 13.5 Beta With COVID-19 Contact Tracing Features
The tech giant Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 to developers. If you’re one of those developers, you can either download the updates on your iPad or iPhone via OTA (over the air) download or by downloading the...
Facebook Usage Is Skyrocketing Due To COVID-19
Millions of people around the world are practicing social distancing due to the novel coronavirus, The social media giant Facebook says that it has seen a massive surge in the use of its various apps in recent weeks. In the past month, more than 3...
Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence Team Releases Guidance On Blocking Ransomware Attacks
Microsoft announced on a blog post that Cyber-criminals are targeting healthcare, critical services, and shared tips on how to block new breaches by patching vulnerable internet-facing systems. Multiple ransomware groups that have been accumulating access and maintaining persistence on target networks for several months activated...
Samsung Electronics Announces First Quarter 2020 Results
Samsung Electronics today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Total revenue was KRW 55.33 trillion, a decrease of 7.6% from the previous quarter mainly due to weak seasonality for the Company’s display business and Consumer Electronics Division and partially due...
Bollywood Star Irrfan Khan Passes Away At 53
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, known internationally for roles in Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World, has died at the age of 53. He was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai when he passed away. Khan was known for his nuanced and understated performances,...
Microsoft Security Intelligence Found Malicious VBScript Into ZIP Files Posing As Movie Downloads
Microsoft warns that malicious actors are taking advantage of this trend trying to infect potential victims with malware delivered via fake movie torrents. “With lockdown still in place in many parts of the world, attackers are paying attention to the increase in use of pirate...
US Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Million
More than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the U.S., marking a grim milestone in the country with the most reported coronavirus infections in the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. U.S. deaths from the respiratory virus passed 57,000 on...
