Category: Technology News

Signal ignores proxy censorship vulnerability, bans researchers

Signal, an end-to-end encrypted messaging platform was recently blocked by the Iranian government. To help its users bypass censorship in Iran, the company suggested a TLS proxy workaround. However, multiple researchers have now discovered flaws in the workaround that can let a censor or government authority …

Malicious extension abuses Chrome sync to steal users’ data

The Google Chrome Sync feature can be abused by threat actors to harvest information from compromised computers using maliciously-crafted Chrome browser extensions. Google’s infrastructure is also up for misuse as a command-and-control (C2) communication channel to exfiltrate the stolen data to attacker-controlled servers as security consultant …

Mozilla fixes Windows 10 NTFS corruption bug in Firefox

Mozilla has released Firefox 85.0.1 and includes a fix that prevents a Windows 10 NTFS corruption bug from being triggered from the browser. Last month, BleepingComputer reported that a bug in Windows 10 and Windows XP allows non-privileged users to mark an NTFS volume as dirty. …

OnePlus 9 to have the same display as the OnePlus 8T

OnePlus is gearing up to launch its next smartphone lineup, the OnePlus 9 series. The company is tipped to launch three smartphones: the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Lite and the OnPlus 9 Pro. Rumors regarding the devices have already started surfacing online. The latest one claims …

The BEST headsets for Xbox Series X and Series S

The Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s next big console, stealing the power crown from Sony’s PlayStation 5. It comes complete with ray-tracing realistic reflections and lighting, SSD speeds for world streaming and loading, and a far more powerful CPU. 4K resolution with 60 frames per second …