A couple of hackers have teamed to deface the most viewed YouTube video of all time, Despacito, just for fun. The hackers replaced the thumbnail image of the video with a still of a gun. Beneath the videos, the hackers wrote “Free Palestine”. This includes videos from many other artists who were affected. The videos
A testimony to the severe fragmentation in the Android space, Marshmallow is still the most popular version of Android. Google released android 6.0 back in 2015. That is a really long time ago. Google periodically updates the OS distribution charts. In the latest update dated 08 January Marshmallow has a market share of 28,6. This
EcoCash has announced they will be suspending the use of their MasterCard internationally. This comes hot on the heels of news announcing you can use the card only after you fund it in USD Cash. In a statement on Facebook, the leading mobile money provider announced that the suspension of the card has been extended
Samsung Internet, the Android browser by Samsung, is now available on all android phones. The browser is available on devices running Lollipop and beyond from the Play Store. Samsung Internet was previously available only on their own devices. Earlier this year, they extended support to Google devices in a beta. Now that the beta period
Google has developed a new way to connect Bluetooth headphones called FastPair. The new pairing method will save you going into settings to pair your headphones. When a supported device is nearby, you’ll get a notification on your phone. Tap the notification and pairing is complete. No need to go through the Settings. Furthermore, if
Google is offering white hat hackers up to USD 1000 to take part in bug hunting. The offer applies to the most popular applications in the Play Store, as well as their own apps. To join the program, a white hat hacker finds an exploit and demonstrates the vulnerability. Only Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities
After being praised for not having a kill switch, it appears the NotPetya ransomware has a weakness after all. When it starts running, the malware checks for its own filename. If found, it then stops encrypting. Researchers are not totally sure they have found the real filename, but so far they found one that works
Hot on the heels of WannaCry is a variant Petya Ransomware and it’s spreading across the world. The ransomware first attacked in Ukraine, and reports are now coming in from other countries. The Petya/GoldenEye malware encrypts both the drive and files then demands a $300 ransom in Bitcoin. Cyber security companies have identified the ransomware
NetOne OneFusion is the company’s flagship package, and it has turned around fortunes for them. The bundles, as that is what they really are, offer voice calls, texts, mobile data and social media bundles in one package. It’s a good deal and customers like it. NetOne was the only mobile operator to increase the number
The Galaxy Note 7, which went up in flames last year, is now on its way back. According to a report on Android Authority, Samsung will sell up to 45o 000 of them. The phablet is returning under the name Galaxy Note FE. Samsung indicated last year that they would probably return some of the
