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Most ransomware criminals demand their victims send cryptocurrency payments, typically in Bitcoin or the harder-to-trace Monero. A new strain of mobile ransomware targeting Android devices prefers good old credit cards. Checkpoint researchers were recently tipped off about the re-emergence of the Black Rose Lucy malware that they themselves first discovered back in 2018. It was already a dastardly piece of malware, enslaving Android devices into a botnet and delivering additional malicious payloads to the phones and tablets it infected. Now "Lucy" is full-blown ransomware. Once it's taken hold on a device, files are encrypted and victims are given a ransom demand. To encourage them to pay, Lucy relies on a well-worn tool from the ransomware extortionist's toolkit. Victims are told that the reason their files have been encrypted is because they've been caught perusing illegal pornographic websites. They're told that they have committed a criminal of...

caption You can backup your Android device manually or automatically. source Hollis Johnson/Business Insider If you have ever lost your smartphone or had it damaged beyond repair, and that said phone was not backed up, chances are that you weren't able to recover the files on your phone. On the other hand, if you've taken proactive action and backed up your Android phone then you've never had to experience the loss of not being able to recover your photos, downloads, or settings. Here's how to manually or automatically back up your Android device. Check out the products mentioned in this article: Samsung Galaxy S10 (From $899.99 at Best Buy) How to manually backup your Android device 1. Open the Settings app on your Android and tap "Cloud and accounts." caption On some Android phones, there may be a specific "Backup" tab in the main Settings menu. source Steven John/Business Insider 2. Tap "Ba...

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing technology they've developed to help inform people when they may have been exposed to the virus. The contact tracing technology, which the two companies have been working on for a little over a month, was initially designed to help people alert one another if someone they were in contact with over a 14-day period was diagnosed with the coronavirus. When the project was first announced, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google head...

Credit: David Imel / Android Authority OnePlus just announced that OnePlus 5 and 5T users can download a beta version of Oxygen OS version 10.0 based on Android 10. The company took to its community message board to announce that the beta for Android 10 is available to download right now, with packages ready for each of the devices. OnePlus is looking for feedback from users before the OS drops in a final form in the future. Oxygen OS version 10.0 won't be available for an OTA download, so users interested will need to acquire the package for their devices from the company's website (the OnePlus 5 is available here and the 5T is available here). However, users will receive future beta and stable builds via OTA, which is change from the way the company normally executes its beta programs. The process of updating to the beta version of Oxygen OS 10.0 is fairly painless for most users. Open the File Manager, and move the zip package linked to above to the root directory. From ther...

Do you want to be able to access your Android smartphone's SMS messages, photos, calls, notifications, and more, directly from your PC? Well, with the built-in Your Phone app on Windows 10, you can do just that. Microsoft's Your Phone app brings integration between Android and Windows, enabling users to share data between their phone and PC with ease. This feature is exclusive to Android smartphones, meaning if you use an iPhone, you cannot take advantage of the Your Phone app on Windows 10. This is because Apple limits what kind of information third-party developers like Microsoft can access. Android is a much more open platform, and as such, can integrate with the Your Phone app. With that out of the way, here's how to get Your Phone set up. To begin, you'll need to download the Your Phone Companion app on your Android smartphone. Keep in mind; some Samsung smartphones may already have the Your Phone Companion (branded Link To Windows) preinstalled. If so, to ...

By packing the big A13 chip into its small iPhone SE, Apple has made its budget smartphone a more compelling product at just the right time for a coronavirus-spooked world. Where most budget phones cut costs by using lower-end processors, the new $400 iPhone SE uses the same flagship chip that powers the $1,450 iPhone 11 Pro Max, which launched last year. That processing power means this newest iPhone, though lacking some iPhone 11 features, like Face ID and an ultrawide-angle camera, still gets new capabilities that require the A13 chip. Those include the latest portrait mode effects for blurring backgrounds behind photo subjects, the six studio lighting effects Apple also offers, the newest HDR technology to handle scenes with bright and dark ele...

By packing the big A13 chip into its small iPhone SE, Apple has made its budget smartphone a more compelling product at just the right time for a coronavirus-spooked world. Where most budget phones cut costs by using lower-end processors, the new $400 iPhone SE uses the same flagship chip that powers the $1,450 iPhone 11 Pro Max, which launched last year. That processing power means this newest iPhone, though lacking some iPhone 11 features, like Face ID and an ultrawide-angle camera, still gets new abilities that require the A13. Those include the latest portrait mode effects for blurring backgrounds behind photo subjects, the six studio lighting effects Apple also offers, the newest HDR technology to handle scenes with bright and dark elements, a...

Google today launched the third Android 11 developer preview with app exit reasons updates, GWP-ASan heap analysis, Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Incremental, wireless debugging, and data access auditing. You can download Android 11 DP3 now from developer.android.com — if you have the previous preview, Google will also be pushing an over-the-air (OTA) update. The release includes a preview SDK with system images for the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 4, and Pixel 4 XL, as well as the official Android Emulator. Google launched Android 11 DP1 in February, the earliest Android developer preview it has ever released, and Android 11 DP2 in March. Last year, Google used the Android Beta Program, which lets you get early Android builds via over-the-air updates on select devices. This year, however, Google is not making the first few previews available as betas (you'll need to manually flash your device). In other words, Android 11 is n...

(Bloomberg) -- Motorola on Wednesday debuted a pair of 5G smartphones, joining a wave of upgrades among Android device vendors and highlighting the relative slowness of Apple and Google in offering the latest and fastest networking. The two phones -- the Edge and Edge+ -- are built around a 6.7-inch display that curves around the sides and makes for an edgeless appearance. A Verizon exclusive, the highly-specced Edge+ costs $999, matching the much smaller iPhone 11 Pro. It has a 108-megapixel camera, a supersized battery and a 3.5mm headphone jack, a rarity among flagship phones. Motorola's less premium Edge has a slower processor, less memory and a lower-resolution camera, but its price hasn't been disclosed yet. The market for phones approaching or surpassing $1,000 has so far been dominated by Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., and it's unclear if consumers have the appetite for other brands at that price tier, particularly as the global economy struggles with Co...

Learn how to share files between your Android 9 or 10 device and a Bluetooth-enabled desktop, laptop, or tablet. Android makes it possible to easily share files back and forth between so many platforms. With a few quick taps, you can share files to cloud storage, contacts, and third-party services. Android also makes it really easy to share files using Bluetooth. With this feature, you can move files between your Android device and your desktop (or any other connected device) with ease. The one caveat to using this protocol for file sharing is that it's a pretty slow transfer. So if you're looking to send larger files (such as videos) over Bluetooth, you might want to use a different means, like SMB or a third-party cloud. I tested the sharing of a 200 MB file from my Google Pixel 4 to a Linux desktop running Pop!_OS and the transfer took roug...

Filed under: Mobile How-to Reviews How to use your Android or iOS device as a webcam New, 4 comments Useful if you have a spare phone and no webcam for your PC By Cameron Faulkner@camfaulkner Apr 20, 2020, 11:43am EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter ...