A database with phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users is currently up for sale on a hacking forum
The seller claims that the database was recent and contained 487 million phone numbers belonging to active WhatsApp users in 84 countries. Upon request, Cybernews researchers obtained a sample from the database. They investigated all the numbers included in the sample and managed to confirm that all of them are, in fact, WhatsApp users.
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EU antitrust regulators will investigate Microsoft over Teams integration into Office 365
Slack filed an anti-competitive complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission, claiming Microsoft has “illegally tied” its Microsoft Teams product to Office. Slack urged the EU competition authorities to order the company to separate Teams from the Office Suit and sell it separately at fair commercial price.
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Android manufacturers failed to provide patches for Mali GPU vulnerabilities
Google Project Zero teams warned there are five exploitable vulnerabilities in Arm’s Mali GPU driver that remain unfixed, leaving potentially millions of Android devices exposed to attacks. Devices from Google, Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, as well as other phone makers are currently impacted.
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Users will soon be able to react to a Google Message with any emoji
Previously, reactions were limited to only seven emojis. Currently, the feature is only available from the latest Google Messages Beta release.
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Oppo A1 Pro
Oppo A1 Pro has a 6.7-inch OLED screen, Snapdragon 695 processor, 8 GB or 12 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage. It will come with a 4,800mAh battery.
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Vivo Y02
The phone will have a 6.51-inch HD+ display, MediaTek Helio P22 processor and a 5000mAh battery. It will be launched on November 28th.
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