The Fargo Police is warning people to be on the lookout of a new scam involving Netflix.

Netflix has more than 100 million subscribers worldwide, maybe even you. Therefore you will want to watch your email.

The new scam comes in the form of an email comes with “Payment declined” in the subject line.

There is a button to click to update credit card information. But the link takes you to the scammer's website where you are asked to enter credit card information, which will then be sold on the Dark Web.

This scam is dangerous because so many people who are receiving this email are Netflix customers. Their first response may be to click the button and provide the requested information.

But there is a safer course of action. Should you receive one of these emails, type the Netflix URL into your browser and log into your account. After you’re signed in, click on your personal icon in the upper right corner of the page, then click on "account." Then click on "update payment info."

A cyber-security firm based in Australia says the scammers are using a “brandjacking” email hoping to capture credit card information.
Tell-tale clues

A closer look at the email, however, might save you the trouble. If the email mentions that your American Express card was declined, but Netflix uses your Visa, then the email is an obvious fake.

Also note the spelling of certain words. Emails sent to customers in the U.S. should refer to the "Help Center," not the "Help Centre."

Phishing scams can take different forms. Besides directing a potential victim to a phony website, they can also contain attachments that can unleash malware, including ransomware.

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One of the most-advanced Android malware discovered; can even 'steal' your WhatsApp messages

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LONDON: Researchers from Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Lab have found an Android spyware that has the ability to steal WhatsApp messages via Accessibility Services and connect an infected device to Wi-Fi networks controlled by cybercriminals.

Dubbed as "Skygofree", the malware is claimed to have been found on malicious websites in Italy and is most likely an offensive security product sold by an Italy-based IT company that markets various surveillance wares, Kaspersky wrote in its official blog Securelist late on Tuesday.

Kaspersky said that on the basis of the observed samples and the signatures, it found that the early versions of this Android malware were developed by the end of 2014 and the campaign has remained active ever since.
According to tech website Arstechnia, the malware has undergone continuous development since its creation with the latest version having 48 different commands.

"High-end mobile malware is very difficult to identify and block and the developers behind "Skygofree" have clearly used this to their advantage: creating and evolving an implant that can spy extensively on targets without arousing suspicion," The Telegraph quoted Alexey Firsh, Malware Analyst at Kaspersky, as saying.

The discovery is concerning because of its ability to record encrypted WhatsApp messages. It is able to do this by tricking an Android feature that was designed to help users with disabilities by making apps more accessible.

The spyware can read messages displayed on the screen through the Android Accessibility feature, including messages a victim sends on WhatsApp, Kaspersky said.
The spyware relies on several other exploits to gain privileged root access that allows it to bypass key Android security measures.


"Skygofree" is capable of taking pictures, capturing video and seizing call records, text messages, geolocation data, calendar events and business-related information stored in device memory.

It also includes the ability to automatically record conversations and noise when an infected device enters a location specified by the person operating the malware. The spyware also comes with an ability to recording Skype conversations.

 

HP launches 3D printers in India for Rs 2.5 crore

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NEW DELHI: Technology giant HP today launched its 3D printing solution in India, at prices starting from Rs 2.5 crore, to tap into sectors like manufacturing, education and defence.

3D printing refers to creation of a three-dimensional object in which layers of materials are formed with computers  controlling the process.

HP's Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution will be available in India primarily through the company's specialised partners. It has signed up Imaginarium and Adroitec as the first resellers of its 3D printers for India.

"Industry 4.0 is being impacted by a range of technologies -- Internet of Things, Cloud etc. The launch of our 3D printers in India comes at a time when the government is pushing manufacturing in India and we see a lot of potential for our printers," HP India Managing Director Sumeer Chandra told .

He added that the product would be aimed at sectors like manufacturing, defence, healthcare, education and product labs as well as service bureaus that provide printing as a service.  

The price tag of Rs 2.50 crore includes pre and post processing unit, the 3D printer and initial consumables. It also includes 3-year maintenance and service contract.

Chandra explained that using 3D printing, making prototypes is faster and competitively priced with current options.

He added that these 3D printers also allow for better customisation.

According to industry reports, the global 3D printing market is expected to be worth over USD 32 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of more than 25 per cent between 2017 and 2023.

The reports attribute the growth to factors like ease of development of customised products, ability to reduce overall manufacturing costs, and government investments in the 3D printing projects for the development and deployment of the technology.

As per a 6Wresearch, the Indian 3D printer market is expected to cross USD 79 million by 2021, with automotive applications accounting for the biggest chunk of business.


Currently, the printers use plastic as raw material. However, HP has announced its intent to use metal and colours for the 3D printers in future.

YouTubers, Google has a new plan for you

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SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube on Tuesday announced ramped-up rules regarding when it will run ads with videos as it scrambled to quell concerns by brands about being paired with troublesome content.

"There's no denying 2017 was a difficult year, with several issues affecting our community and our advertising partners," YouTube vice president of display, video and analytics Paul Muret said in a blog post.  

"The challenges we faced in 2017 have helped us make tough but necessary changes in 2018."

Channels at YouTube will need to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time within the past year to be eligible for ads, according to Muret.

Previously, channels could be eligible for ads as part of a YouTube Partner Program by racking up 10,000 views or more.

"We want to take channel size, audience engagement, and creator behavior into consideration to determine eligibility for ads," Muret said.

YouTube will closely watch for spam, abuse flags and other signals to make sure channels are remaining within the Google-owned video-sharing platforms policies regarding content, according to the post.

Muret said that manual reviews of video will be added to a Google Preferred system that brands use to place ads with popular YouTube content to better vet videos. 

YouTube is also providing advertisers simpler controls regarding where ads appear and transparency including safety checks by outside parties, according to Muret.

The changes were expected to affect "a significant number" of YouTube channels eligible to run ads.

YouTube late last year pulled 150,000 videos of children after lewd comments about them were posted by viewers and went public with a vow to greatly increase the ranks of workers focused on rooting out content violating its policies.

The moves came as YouTube strived to assure companies their ads would not appear with offensive or inappropriate videos.

"We are passionate about protecting our users, advertisers and creators and making sure YouTube is not a place that can be co-opted by bad actors," Muret said.

"While we took several steps last year to protect advertisers from inappropriate content, we know we need to do more to ensure that their ads run alongside content that reflects their values."

 

 

Gmail and Google Calendar integration is an embarrassment. Gmail can never recognize all the crucial event info, and to fix it, you have to open up Google Calendar in a new tab, defeating the purpose. Thankfully there are third-party fixes, like Pod for Gmail, which recognizes event info and loads it into a full calendar event right inside your Gmail window.

Pod’s intro post demonstrates a perfect use case, but Pod for Gmail didn’t always work well for me. It created one event easily, but as soon as I ran more demos to get the screencap above, it started screwing up. Still, Pod loaded up my existing schedule in the right rail, and I was able to enter all the event info while having the email handy. So even in its failure state, Pod makes the transfer from email to calendar less stressful, and less error-prone.

The add-on comes from the makers of Pod, a calendar app for iOS. I’m always wary of apps that promise to “rethink” concepts like contacts, calendars, and messaging—I’ve been burned by too many ambitious apps—but I love anything that reduces friction between the three.

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WhatsApp is working on a feature in its app which will empower its users to prevent spam messages, a watcher of the app's beta changes said.

According to WABetaInfo, a fan website that tests new features, the feature is still in its beta version and isn't officially enabled yet. This feature will be developed for both Android and iOS, platforms for which it is already being tested (disabled by default).



Spam messages are those which a user sends in bulk to its list of contacts.
"A spammer never sends spam messages to a single contact, but he is used to sending them to multiple users, selecting them in his contacts list, picking these data from the internet or from some registration services," WABetaInfo said.

"These messages may contain unwanted advertising and fake news, and they often invite you to forward the message to your contacts," the website added.



Users are used to forwarding one or multiple spam messages to multiple contacts using the Forward option in WhatsApp - for this reason, WhatsApp is going to inform you about messages that have been forwarded many times.

If the user needs to send a message to many contacts, WhatsApp recommends users utilise the Broadcast List feature, where only contacts that have your phone number in their address book will receive your message.

Recently, some WhatsApp for Android users across the world were hit by a version 'obsolete' error that was due to the manner in which the app was distributed on Google Play. The Facebook-owned messaging service had said the error was being fixed, and that its occurrence was out of its control.

Separately, WhatsApp was recently spotted testing a feature for groups called 'Dismiss as Admin'. The feature allowed group administrators to remove admin privileges for other users in the group without first removing them from the group.