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Mobile security firm Skycure has claimed that a new Android malware can allow malicious apps to access all text-based data on a device without requiring permission from the user. The research firm has further claimed that the latest Android malware family dubbed "Accessibility Clickjacking" impacts almost all Android versions except the last two versions - Android 5.0 Lollipop and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It adds that Accessibility Clickjacking affects almost 65 percent of all Android devices "at this point" which turns out to be over 500 million Android devices. The research firm says that the malware family affects Android devices running Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, and KitKat OS versions. Skycure's Yair Amit explains in a blog that the malware can access personal information including emails without the consent of the user. He adds, "Clickjacking is a term for a malicious UI redressing technique that tricks a victim into clicking on...

Telecom operator Reliance Jio will provide free Wi-Fi services at six cricket stadiums during the upcoming T20 World Cup matches. "Reliance Jio will install Wi-Fi network at six stadiums that will be complimentary for audience and provide unlimited access," a RJIL spokesperson told reporters while launching the services at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. The company's Wi-Fi network Jio Net will be available in Eden Garden at Kolkata, Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai), IS Bindra Stadium (Mohali), HPCA stadium (Dharamshala), Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru) and Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi). Jio Net was made operational at Wankhede Stadium during India and South Africa One-Day series in April 2015, where the company witnessed a record data usage. "We supported connectivity for about 30,000 people in Mumbai. At any given point, 20,000 people were continuously connected on Jio Net. It was delivering speed of 15-35 megabit per second," the spokesperson said. At Feroz...

Fitbit in January during the CES 2016 trade show launched its Fitbit Blaze smartwatch with fitness tracking features along with customisable textured rubber bands, leather bands, and metal bracelet. The company has finally launched the wearable device in India priced at Rs. 19,999. The device is exclusively available with Amazon India in small and large sizes, and in Black, Blue, and Plum rubber band options. The Fitbit Blaze apart from interacting with Fitbit's own fitness app, can push calendar appointments, calls, and texts onto your wrists. You can then interact with the notification by touching on the display of the smartwatch. The screen is a full-colour display, with a soft appearance. You can navigate menus with the push buttons on the frame or use the touchscreen itself. Workouts and sleep are automatically detected and the heart rate monitor functions continuously, minimising the number of times you have to fiddle with it when you're merely d...

Ever witnessed a total solar eclipse? Here's a chance for all those space lovers. Come Wednesday, a solar eclipse will be visible from Southeast Asia all the way till Hawaii. Indonesia will be the only country to see a total solar eclipse. Parts of Indonesia will witness a total solar eclipse lasting for over a minute in every location on its path, revealed astronomers from Nasa . Other regions where a partial solar eclipse will be visible include Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, Micronesia, and Hawaii. Most of India and Nepal will see the sun rise partially eclipsed on the day. Eclipses can be viewed using a solar-filtered telescope, eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.  As the moon passes precisely between the sun and Earth - a relatively rare occurrence that happens only about once a year because of the fact that the moon and the sun do not orbit in the exact same plane - it will block the sun's bright face, revealing the tenuous and comparativel...