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Android’s Find My Device app can now show you where people are, too
Google is rolling out a Find My Device app feature update that shows a map of your friends and the family members who share their location with you, 9to5Google reports. The new feature was announced in the Android March feature update last week and is now available for more users. There’s already a way for friends and family to see…
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Some Chromecasts are giving ‘Untrusted device’ errors today
Reports are cropping up today that second-generation Chromecasts and music-streaming Chromecast Audio devices are failing, displaying an error on the device they’re trying to cast from that seems to imply the streamers may no longer be supported, reports 9to5Google. Text from screenshots of the error posted to Reddit reads, “Untrusted device” and continues, saying the device “couldn’t be verified. This…
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How to disable ‘Let’s finish setting up your device’ with ‘Remind me in 3 days’ prompt on Windows 11
On Windows 11, you can stop the system from showing the “Let’s finish setting up your device” page at login, and in this guide, I’ll explain the steps to complete this process. Sometimes, after installing an update or restarting the computer, Windows 11 may show you the “Let’s finish setting up your device” prompt to lure you into using other…
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How to turn Find My Device Off or On on Android (Samsung Galaxy included)
Google’s Find My Device tracking service allows users to remotely trace, locate, and wipe devices that are part of the company’s crowdsourced network of Android devices. Users can locate their missing Android phones, tablets, earphones, Wear OS-powered smartwatches, and other devices. While this feature is helpful, it also regularly sends location information to Google’s servers, and privacy-conscious users may want…
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Hackers steal emails in device code phishing attacks
An active campaign from a threat actor potentially linked to Russia is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts of individuals at organizations of interest using device code phishing. The targets are in the government, NGO, IT services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, and energy/oil and gas sectors in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center tracks the threat actors behind the device code…
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uTag lets you use Samsung’s SmartTags trackers with any Android device
Samsung’s SmartTags trackers and Galaxy Find network offer similar functionality to Apple’s AirTags and Find My network, including precision finding using ultra wideband (UWB) radios. The downside is that they only work with Samsung Galaxy devices. A free open-source app called uTag (short for Universal Tag), developed by Kieron Quinn, lets Samsung’s SmartTags trackers work with Android devices that run…
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Five Eyes cyber agencies issue guidance on edge device vulnerabilities
A host of cybersecurity agencies have teamed up to offer guidance on how to secure edge devices from ever-increasing threats. The advice covers network edge devices and appliances, such as firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPN) gateways, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, internet-facing servers and internet-facing operational technology (OT) systems. Issued by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), CISA,…
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Chinese cyberspies use new SSH backdoor in network device hacks
A Chinese hacking group is hijacking the SSH daemon on network appliances by injecting malware into the process for persistent access and covert operations. The newly identified attack suite has been used in attacks since mid-November 2024, attributed to the Chinese Evasive Panda, aka DaggerFly, cyber-espionage group. As per the findings of Fortinet’s Fortiguard researchers, the attack suite is named “ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr” and…
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How to know if your device has a virus (and what to do about it)
Some viruses and malware, such as adware, make their presence known rather obviously (and very annoyingly), while others are much more subtle and go out of their way to avoid detection. It’s not always easy to determine if your device is infected. You may well have an antivirus installed – as you should – but an antivirus won’t necessarily detect…
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A Pixel-inspired productivity upgrade for any Android device – Computerworld
PixelShot (left) and the native Google Pixel Screenshots app (right). JR Raphael, IDG And the similarities stretch far beyond the surface. Just like Pixel Screenshots, PixelShot works to analyze your screenshots and make ’em more useful as an ongoing reference and resource. There really isn’t much to it, either: Once you open it up and go through its initial setup…
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