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WhatsApp’s chat manipulation exploit remains unresolved even after a year

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 11:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Vulnerabilities uncovered in WhatsApp — the messaging app used by about 1.5 billion users across the world — can allow bad actors to exploit the platform to manipulate or spoof chat messages. The flaws would make it possible to “intercept and manipulate messages sent in both private and group conversations, giving attackers the power to create and spread misinformation from what appear to be trusted sources,” the researchers noted. Details of the vulnerabilities were disclosed by Israeli cybersecurity firm Checkpoint Research at Black Hat 2019 security conference in Las Vegas on August 7. Checkpoint, in particular, notes three kinds of social engineering…

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Google Maps’ AR navigation feature is rolling out to more phones

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:49 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Back in February, Google announced that it’s testing an augmented reality (AR) feature in its Maps app for a limited number of users. Now, the search giant said today it’s rolling out this function, officially called Live View, to more phones, and shifting the feature to beta status from alpha. Google said it has tested the Live View with the Local Guides and Pixel community over the past few months, and now the company is introducing it to Android and iOS devices that support ARCore and ARKit. The search giant had originally demoed the feature at its developer conference Google IO…

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CHEAP: Up to $600 off Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10? Here, take my iPhone

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! After months of anticipation, Samsung finally unveiled its all-new line of flagship phones, the Galaxy Note 10 series. I know you’re itching to get your hands on one, but you’ll have to wait until August 23 when Samsung starts shipping them. You know what you can do today, though? Pre-order it – and get some sweet discounts on it. That’s right. Thanks to Samsung’s trade-in options, you can get up to $600 off the new Galaxy Note 10 lineup. Not only that, the South…

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CHEAP: Up to $600 off Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10? Here, take my iPhone

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! After months of anticipation, Samsung finally unveiled its all-new line of flagship phones, the Galaxy Note 10 series. I know you’re itching to get your hands on one, but you’ll have to wait until August 23 when Samsung starts shipping them. You know what you can do today, though? Pre-order it – and get some sweet discounts on it. That’s right. Thanks to Samsung’s trade-in options, you can get up to $600 off the new Galaxy Note 10 lineup. Not only that, the South…

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Web advertising 5 times more profitable than crypto-jacking, research says

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


When cryptocurrencies were soaring in value in late 2017 to early 2018, crypto-jacking was all the rage with opportunistic hackers. Thankfully, it’s not been quite as popular in recent times, and recent findings might make it even less so. New academic research, spotted by ZDnet, has found that crypto-jacking is way less efficient at generating website revenue when compared to traditional web-based advertising. The researchers say a website that includes three adverts can make five and a half times more money than a website that uses crypto-jacking to generate income. The figure is based on the average time a user spends on…

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