MirrorFace, a China-linked group, is deploying the dormant ANEL backdoor—unused since 2018—in a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Japan.

Explore how these tactics are bypassing security measures: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/anel-and-noopdoor-backdoors-weaponized.html

🚨 Chinese hackers launched a stealthy four-month-long cyberattack targeting a major U.S. organization, harvesting emails and stealing sensitive data.

The attackers exploited Exchange Servers and used advanced tools like FileZilla and PowerShell.

Read the full story 👉 https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/researchers-uncover-4-month-cyberattack.html

🚨 Earth Minotaur is using an advanced toolkit, MOONSHINE, to deploy the DarkNimbus backdoor across Android and Windows devices, targeting vulnerable communities like Tibetans and Uyghurs.

Find details here —https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/hackers-target-uyghurs-and-tibetans.html

🚨 A critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-41713) in Mitel MiCollab could let attackers access sensitive system files and potentially perform unauthorized administrative actions without authentication.

Full details here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/critical-mitel-micollab-flaw-exposes.html

Europol has shut down Manson Market, a notorious marketplace facilitating large-scale online fraud, seizing over 50 servers and arresting two suspects.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/europol-shuts-down-manson-market-fraud.html

🚨 77 banks and crypto exchanges under attack...

DroidBot, a new Android malware, is wreaking havoc across Europe. This $3,000/month malware-as-a-service disguises itself as popular apps to infiltrate devices.

Discover how this hidden threat operates and which countries are under attack: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/this-3000-android-trojan-targeting.html

How to Remove Ads and Bloatware on Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco with HyperOS
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Samsung ends software support for a popular smartphone
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Android Auto Keeps Disconnecting? Here’s How to Fix It
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The next Pixel Drop is here, bringing a TON of new features!

- Pixel Screenshots app now auto-organizes screenshots
- Pixel Recorder adds a Clear Voice mode
- Now Playing history FINALLY shows album art
- Widgets on lock screen for Pixel Tablet

More details can be found here.

Google's Gemini app is getting a bunch of new features, including:

- New Spotify extension
- ‘Utilities’ & other extensions to make phone calls, send text messages, etc
- ‘Saved info’ for tailored responses
- New languages for Gemini Live

Details on these Gemini updates can be found in this article.

Pixels aren’t the only Android phones getting new features today!

Other phones are getting:

- Expressive Captions
- Upgraded Image Q&A in Lookout
- QR codes in Quick Share
- Auto-enhancements in Google Drive
- New pizza emoji combos!

Details on these new features can be found in this article.

Captions on Android are getting a major upgrade today!

Expressive Captions is a new feature that lets captions include things like shouting, sighs, applause, & laughter.

We interviewed Google’s Angana Ghosh on the Android Faithful podcast to find out how it works.

Hands-on: Here's how Pixel's new Simple View feature makes your phone easier to use

The December Pixel Drop adds a new Simple View feature that makes content easier to read. This article shows you everything it does.

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Google officially confirms the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, and Pixel Fold will get an additional 2 years of OS updates!

The company has updated a support page to mention that these Pixel phones are guaranteed 5 years of updates - including 5 years of OS and security updates - starting from when they went on sale.

This means the Pixel 6 series will get updates to Android 16 and Android 17, while the Pixel 7 series and Pixel Fold will get updates to Android 17 and Android 18.

H/T @nailsad_eleos

📱Pixel 9 finally gets adaptive refresh rate support in Android 15 QPR1

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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack

FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.

Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.

The hacking campaign, nicknamed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in U.S. history, and it has not yet been fully remediated. Officials on a news call Tuesday refused to set a timetable for declaring the country’s telecommunications systems free of interlopers. Officials had told NBC News that China hacked AT&T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies to spy on customers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

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