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OnePlus is now pushing a new update to its Nord smartphones. The update carries version number OxygenOS 11.1.1.2 and adds no new feature, but it does include general bug fixes and performance improvements. Talking about what’s new in the update, the OxygenOS 11.1.1.2 adds the latest Android March 2021 security patch, improvement to the power consumption performance of the system, improved network ...

OnePlus officially launched its much-awaited affordable smartphone, OnePlus Nord. Although OnePlus hasn’t started shipping OnePlus Nord, meaning buyers are yet to get a taste of the OnePlus’...

Symantec today aounced that it is partnering with Microsoft to bring its Symantec Web Security Service to Azure and Office 365. Using this service, Azure customers can proactively protect themselves against cyber threats and can better control their corporate data.Generally, traffic from remote sites and mobile users coects through corporate data centers to access applications and utilizes security infrastructure to access the web. But this traditional security architecture adds latency and increase costs when organizations move to Azure and Office 365. Symantec is targeting these organizations so that they can make use of Symantec Web Security Service to move their entire network security s...

It just has been the 3rd day of 2018 and a newer security flaw detected in designing of Intel CPUs has forced the people to sayWTF! A new major security flaw in Intel processors’ design has been detected that is claimed to be existing for 10 years. But users need not worry because a fix is coming on Linux as well as Windows machines later this month which will fix the flaw but will require a major redesign of the Operating System which will drop the overall performance of the OS. All the detailed information won’t be revealed publically until the flaw is fixed but the report has some interesting insights that talks about what is actually broken. The reports point towards a flaw that will al...

This month’s Patch Tuesday has brought along a large number of fixes affecting Windows, Office, Inteet Explorer, Edge, Exchange Server and course the Malware Protection Engine used in Defender, discovered by the GCHQ.In total 34 fixes are being delivered, including some of the bundled Flash Player in Windows.Fortunately, none of the potential exploits has been used in the wild, meaning once applied your PC should be safe once more.The full list of patches can be seen below.TagCVE IDCVE TitleMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Office Defense in Depth UpdateAdobe Flash PlayerDecember 2017 Flash Security UpdateMicrosoft Exchange ServerMicrosoft Exchange Defense in Depth UpdateDevice GuardMicrosoft Window...

Yesterday, we reported on Apple’s latest MacOS security blunder. In brief, Apple had left an exploit open in the Operating System whereby individuals who gained physical access to any MacOS High Sierra device could bypass the security password by triggering the root account. This led to Apple’s PCs being criticised for such an egregious vulnerability.That isn’t where the story ends, however. Today, the Cupertino based firm issued the following statement to 9to5 Mac, saying:Security is a top priority for every Apple product, and regrettably we stumbled with this release of macOS.When our security engineers became aware of the issue Tuesday afteoon, we immediately began working on an update ...

When you live in the countryside you can often leave your door unlocked day and night. You may feel safe, but you are not really secure.It seems Apple has been operating under the same principle and today some-one managed to travel to their idyll and test the doors.Turkish developerLemi Orhan Ergin has discovered MacOS High Sierra appears to ship without a root password, and logging in with the useame root and no password will give you full admin access, to do whatever you want, including changing passwords for other accounts or just about anything else.Ergin reports it may take clicking the OK button more than once, but the “feature” has worked reliablyfor many people already.Apple is ...

In our increasingly networked world, many of our IoT devices relyon WIFI security for safe communication. Now a group of security researchers are set to reveal that the most popular WIFI security protocol currently in use, WPA2, has an inherent fl...

Cyberattacks are growing day by day and most of the organizations caot identify and fully protect their high-value digital assets. Also, the average cost of cybercrime for each organization is about $11.7 million and it is growing year over year. Microsoft, Accenture and Avanade are trying to capitalize on this market with their advanced cyberdefense offerings.Microsoft today aounced a multiy...

Organisations are increasingly deploying their workloads across multicloud environments in order to reduce risk, accommodate preferences of their development and operations teams, and take advantages of the unique strengths offered by different cloud providers. But this also increases security risks and creates complexities for compliance.Evident.io is a leading provider of public cloud compliance...