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Avast: Android Devices Ship with Pre-Installed Malware “Cosiloon”

27May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

Tech

Avast: Android Devices Ship with Pre-Installed Malware “Cosiloon”

World's Major cybersecurity company Avast has reported the presence of pre-installed malware in thousands of Android devices including those from manufacturers like ZTE, Archos and myPhone globally including in India. Dubbed as "Cosiloon", is an adware that creates an overlay to display an advertisement over a webpage within the user's browser, as per a report prepared by Avast Threat Labs. In its offical statement , Avast said, Thousands of users are affected and in the past month alone, Avast Threat Labs has seen the latest version of the adware on around 18,000 devices belonging to Avast users located in more than 100 countries, including Russia, Italy, Germany, India, Mexico, the UK as well as some users in the US. The adware which was first identified by Dr Web, a Russian IT s...

10May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

CHINA

China’s ZTE Main Business Operations Cease after USA Ban

Chinese Multinational Agglomerate, ZTE was hit by a ban from Washington, forbidding U.S firms from supplying it with components and technology allegations of violating against U.S export restrictions by illegally shipping goods to Iran. The U.S ban which threatens to cut ZTE supply chain came amidst the heightened tensions over a possible China-U.S Trade War. The Chinese government too had raised the issue of the ban while visiting U.S trade delegation. In its exchange filings on Wednesday, ZTE said, "As a result of the Denial Order, the major operating activities of the company have ceased. As of now, the company maintains sufficient cash and strictly adheres to its commercial obligations subject in compliance with laws and regulations." The U.S. action which was first reporte...

21Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

CHINA

China hits out at US after ZTE Ban

China on Friday hit out at the US for its perfectionist policies by imposing restrictions on its tech firms such as ZTE in the name of national security and said Washington was thinking and acting as a "bully". Hua Chunying, Foreign Minister said in her media interaction, We have noticed that the US has been making relevant moves "one by one" accusing China of technology theft and also exclaiming how Chinese products threaten its national security. Talking about the restrictions in high tech field Hua said that he believes that in the name of national security they are favoring protectionism.She further added, In China, a lot of people have iPhone. Do we think it poses a threat? But in the US, if some American consumers buy Huawei cellphone it is regarded as a national security threa...

These 5 Companies Dominate China’s Smartphone Market, Samsung Is Not Among Them!

7Dec By RishabhNo Comments

CHINA, Tech

These 5 Companies Dominate China’s Smartphone Market, Samsung Is Not Among Them!

Chinese market is the most popular smartphone maker and market in the world. China is now the world’s largest smartphone market and continues surging forward as its economy and people ramp up their consumption of things to match their already vast production. Kantar Worldpanel shows that now China's top five phone vendors own the market accounting for 91 percent of the overall market. The top five brands are; Huawei Xiaomi Apple Vivo Oppo That’s up from 79 percent a year earlier, extending a lead that now sees companies like ZTE, Meizu, and Lenovo struggling to find a foothold in their home country. Global smartphone leader Samsung is now at a 2.2 percent share in China and deteriorating, according to Kantar’s Dominic Sunnebo. Each of these companies have selected...

6Jan By reutersNo Comments

CHINA

China’s ZTE to Slash About 3,000 Jobs: Sources

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE, which is facing US trade sanctions that could severely disrupt its supply chain, is slashing about 3,000 jobs, including a fifth of positions in its struggling handset business in China, company sources said. The sources said the Shenzhen-based company, one of the world's biggest telecoms gear makers, is axing about 5 percent of its 60,000 global workforce. Its global handset operations will shed 600 jobs, or 10 percent of the total, with the cuts concentrated in China, where it has been losing market share. "Cuts in the handset business in China will be beyond 20 percent," said a senior executive who has been briefed on the lay-offs, which are scheduled to be completed within the first quarter. A local manager in one of the company's overse...