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Aoquin Dragon, who was hidden for ten years! Mysterious Chinese Cyberwing comes to light

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The Chinese cyber group that carried out the cyber attacks hid for ten years without giving any hints to anyone. That is the Aoquin Dragon. Joe Chen, an expert at Sentinel Labs, has now discovered this gang, which mainly targeted Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam for cyber attacks. Joe Chen says their main agenda is cyber espionage.  Aoquin Dragon infects victims' servers and networks by sending Word documents containing virus programs and installing backdoors such as Mongal and Hyoka on victims' computers.  Joe Chen also says that Aoquin Gragon uses political documents and pornographic images to lure victims into installing the virus. It is sent through emails.  Sometimes they also release fake versions of antivirus programs for the same purpose. Aoquin Dragon targets government, educational, and telecommunications organizations. Joe Chen says that their activities are often based on the political and international agendas of the Chinese governm...

WhatsApp New Features

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The popular messaging service WhatsApp is testing new features and security systems with each version. Expect many more features in the upcoming versions as well. The last few versions have brought many big changes. Many security and user-friendly features are being tested. The new report may give more time to delete messages sent by mistake.  A few days ago there was a report about the possibility of extending the deadline of the 'delete for all' feature. It is currently one hour, eight minutes and sixteen seconds. The time limit for this has been moved to two days. At the same time, there were earlier reports that the move is being made to extend it up to seven days. A new report by Wabetainfo suggests that WhatsApp is moving to change the time limit to 2 days in a future update.  The new feature was spotted in the Android 2.22.4.10 beta version of WhatsApp. With the new feature, users will be able to unsend messages after two days and 12 hours. WhatsApp is also wo...

Feature to hide online status on WhatsApp, delete limit 2 days

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WhatsApp may soon allow you to hide online status from certain contacts, according to reports. This feature allows users to choose who can see them while online on WhatsApp. It is likely to be available in a future update. Along with this, the time limit for deleting messages is also reported to be updated.  The feature was spotted in the Android beta 2.22.15.8 version of WhatsApp available through the Google Play beta program. According to a report by WabetaInfo, which tracks WhatsApp features, WhatsApp is developing a mechanism to hide online status from selected contacts.  This feature allows users to choose who can see their online status in WhatsApp privacy settings. The report has a screenshot showing the new privacy settings feature. This option is said to be in the testing phase and is likely to be available in a future update.  At the same time, it is also reported that WhatsApp is revising the time limit for deleting messages (delete for everyone). The up...