In detail, evasion is one of the crucial steps in the malware landscape. It can be done in various ways with various techniques. Although we will not cover all the techniques used, this article compiles some of the evasion strategies used by criminals in the wild. Environment awareness When malware runs, it’s often essential to identify whether it is running inside a sandbox environment or virtual machine. We use this technique to extract and check the system’s configurations and terminate the malware execution if all the conditions are not in place....

We told you last month about a neat Apple Watch utility app called Power, and today it’s learning a handy new trick and becoming even more useful. Power, created in part by jailbreak developer Surenix, lets you check how much battery power your iPhone has remotely from your Apple Watch. As I mentioned before, this is a practical utility as it’s not uncommon to use the Apple Watch to stay on top of notifications while the iPhone charges in another room....

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales brings back Orlando Bloom as Will Turner, after the actor (and character) sat out the fourth installment in Disney’s swashbuckling blockbuster adventure series, 2011’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. While the Dead Men Tell No Tales Super Bowl trailer offers a fleeting glimpse at Will with far more barnacles on his face than moviegoers are accustomed to seeing (more on that later), the marketing for Disney’s fifth Pirates movie has by and large danced around either including footage of Bloom or in particular, making references to the role that he plays in the film’s narrative....

Avoiding this sort of technological tunnel vision is one reason I regularly switch between Android and iOS for my primary mobile device. Earlier in 2021, I realized I had been using an iPhone for nearly two years (with a fairly recent iPhone 12 upgrade) and was overdue for a check-in with the latest Android device. Google’s introduction of two new Pixel phones in mid-October was the perfect excuse to switch back....

The Google Pixel Watch is an elegant smartwatch with a smooth, domed, circular design and unique band connection system. It is not going to challenge the Apple Watch Ultra or Galaxy Watch 5 Pro for those rugged outdoor adventures, but it will serve as the best Fitbit wearable and the best Google smartwatch for most Android smartphone users. Also: Google Pixel Watch vs Apple Watch Ultra: Which should you buy?...

Popular media player, Plex, has released an update for iOS and tvOS that allows users to schedule recordings without missing out on Live TV. The update also brings a variety of bug fixes. Plex highlighted the new ability to schedule recordings while watching Live TV in a tweet today. The recent update also brings a dozen fixes for issues like auto-pause when disconnecting headphones, UI columns on iPad, crashing, and more....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k73ipSDZJXM&feature=player_embedded] UPDATE [Monday, September 12, 2011 at 3:30pm ET]: Dolphin Browser HD for iPad just went live on the App Store. Most Android users are quite familiar with the third-party Dolphin Browser app, which has been downloaded over 9 million times and according to TechCrunch just raised $10 million from Sequoia Capital. It appears some of that investment will go towards the company’s efforts on iOS devices as well, as an official iOS version of the browser has just popped up in the App Store....

Phishing involves attempts by Internet fraudsters to access and obtain personal and sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and financial information, by utilizing social engineering techniques. To accomplish this, hackers impersonate legitimate businesses in order to trick users into divulging personal and often highly sensitive information. Phishing attacks were first discussed as a theoretical possibility at the 1987 Interex conference. The earliest reported instance of such an attack occurred in 1996 when hackers—attempting to generate fake AOL accounts—began contacting users of AOL Instant Messengers posing as AOL staff and requesting password confirmation....

Case in point: Microsoft’s recently unsealed legislative actions against an entity charged with malicious actions, as shown here at Law360. According to the charges, there were violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as a number of issues that lead users to this location in the first place such as typosquatting. This isn’t a word you hear every day, so let’s break this down and then see how it can affect us on a day to day basis....

QCODE is back with another show that is going to give them another hit. I just finished up episode one, and I can’t wait to hear more of the story. If you aren’t familiar with QCODE, they previously published shows like The Left Right Game and Blackout. Cole Sprouse, who stars on the show was recently on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon discussing the podcast. Episode one of Borrasca was released this past Monday, and new episodes will be available through July 20th, so it’ll be a great show to binge if you have any summer traveling coming up....

Niantic is celebrating its second anniversary of the hit Pokémon GO game all month. The company announced in a blog post that starting tomorrow and running through the end of the month, there will be a few changes to the Pokémon GO app in commemoration… First off, Niantic says that Pikachu and Pichu will appear more frequently in the application. Furthermore, there will be a special “Summer Style” Pikachu in the Pokémon GO app throughout the month as well:...

Following launches in the United Kingdom and Germany, Pokemon GO is making good on its promise to rollout to more European countries. The game is now officially available in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Download it for free in the App Store. The game continues to top App Store charts worldwide. Reaction to Pokemon GO has been mixed. It has no doubt become a gaming sensation but the augmented-reality geocaching nature of the game has caused some frictions in the wider world....

The older games in the Pokémon series made it difficult to detect the Individual Values of Pokémon stats, but it’s possible to easily check them in Pokémon Sword & Shield in the post-game, so long as the player is able to crush Leon in a second battle. Individual Values (better known as IV values) determine how much a Pokémon’s stats will increase when it levels up. A Pokémon’s IVs are determined when it’s created by the game and encountered by the player for the first time, but the player cannot easily find out what they are without outside help....

During today’s Pokemon Direct presentation, Pokemon Sword and Shield developer Game Freak revealed the release window for the upcoming Pokemon Home service. Pokemon Home was originally announced last summer, and was described as a new cloud-based Pokemon storage service for Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android. Pokemon Home will serve as the successor to Nintendo’s Pokemon Bank app for the 3DS. It will be the main storage solution for Pokemon going forward, and supports the transferring of Pokemon from Pokemon Bank, Pokemon GO, Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, and Pokemon Sword and Shield....

The Apple Watch Series 5 is the first to feature an always-on display, and Apple touted that it was able to achieve that without a measurable impact on battery life. Now that the Series 5 is widely available, however, some users are reporting mixed results when it comes to battery performance – but it could be a software bug. Apple says the Apple Watch Series 5 can achieve up to 18 hours of battery life, which is the same as what it also advertised for the Series 4....

Saban’s Power Rangers reboot is soon to be released, and it’s fair to say there’s an ever growing buzz surrounding the movie. For many, it’s a welcome return but much-needed reboot of the franchise that enjoyed the peak of its fame in the nineties. Fans of the show then, are likely to be awaiting Power Rangers with eager hope; will Saban and Lionsgate have done the franchise justice, giving us plenty of nostalgia while also delivering something new?...

This major cyberattack that began in late 2015—referred to as “Dragonfly 2.0”—was likely the work of a foreign government, as it bore the hallmarks of some well-known international exploits. Once this situation was discovered, the U.S. government warned industrial firms about phishing campaigns targeting the nuclear and energy sectors, alerting companies about recent efforts to harvest credentials on an operational level. Why Phish Energy Industry? Phishing expeditions in the energy industry are usually motivated more by the opportunity to create harm than by monetary gain....

A man from Columbus, Ohio claims that his less than one-month old iPhone XS Max caught fire and exploded in his pants pocket around December 12, iDropNews reports. The man, Josh Hillard, says he initially noticed a strange smell emanating from his rear pant pocket, before feeling a “large amount of heat” allegedly burn his leg. While the man says he’s already been in contact with Apple regarding the matter, their offer of a replacement hasn’t seemed to bode well, who says he’s already exploring his legal options against the company....

Only brought to light last week by IBM’s X-Force Exchange, the vulnerability in the two phone models opens access to hidden B interfaces. According to the report, “By rebooting the device with custom bootmodes, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to override a secure B configuration gain elevated privileges on the system, cause a local permanent denial of service exfiltrate sensitive information.” The researchers warned that the exploit could result in “data theft, data destruction, () data corruption....

Shortly after Google’s 57 hour keynote ended, the Bluetooth SIG published a press release saying support for Bluetooth Smart will be coming to Android in “the coming months”. What exactly is Bluetooth Smart? It’s an ultra low power version of Bluetooth meant for things like sensors, smart watches, and other sorts of devices with tiny batteries. It’s ok if you never heard of Bluetooth Smart, because it’s not been marketed very properly, but you should know that it’s part of the Bluetooth 4....