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With five additional apps found containing FalseGuide, Check Point has estimated 2 million Android users have unknowingly downloaded malware. An estimated 2 million Android users have now fallen victim to malware mistakenly downloaded from Google Play, which was initially reported to have affected approximately 600,000 users. The malware, dubbed FalseGuide, was hidden in more than 40 guide apps for games, the oldest of which was uploaded to Google Play as early as November last year, security researchers from  Check Point said . "Since April 24, when the article below was first published, Check Point researchers learned that the FalseGuide attack is far more extensive than originally understood," Check Point said. "The apps were uploaded to the app store as early as November 2016, meaning they hid successfully for five months, accumulating an astounding number of downloads." The security firm said it found five additional apps containing the malware...

Microsoft is working to add a new battery-saving feature to Windows 10 'Redstone 3', and it has begun testing it on machines with Intel sixth-generation and beyond Core processors. Microsoft rolled out its second "Redstone 3" test build for PCs on April 14. On April 18, officials went public with one of the under-the-cover features in that build:  Power Throttling . Microsoft officials first talked up intentions to provide this kind of battery-saving feature in January, when the company was testing the Windows 10 Creators Update. In Build 15002 of the Creators Update. Microsoft officials said they were experimenting with power throttling with some, but not all, testers. In early experiments, Microsoft executives said Power Throttling showed up to an 11-percent savings in CPU power consumption for "some of the most strenuous cases."Power Throttling (a temporary, not final, name for this feature) is in the Insider Preview build 16176 for Fast Ring PC t...

The limited test is so Samsung can understand how the market will react to a dual-screen smartphone. A report said Samsung also has a foldable OLED smartphone in the works to get into the market. Samsung plans to carry out pilot production of a dual-screen smartphone during the middle of this year,  reported  ET News, as the smartphone giant looks to better understand how the market will react to the form factor. Samsung is planning to produce 2,000 to 3,000 dual-screen smartphones and has already ordered corresponding components to complete the prototype device, the report said. It's not clear what the specific design of the dual-screen smartphone will look like, but it will be made up of two display panels, folded and unfolded. The Investor  added  that the prototype can be folded open 180 degrees and the two display panels are connected by a hinge in the middle. Samsung has been working on foldable display technology, but has yet to bring...

The bank has launched a pilot trialing voice verification for money transfers greater than AU$1,000. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has announced it will be introducing voice biometrics to its mobile banking in a bid to improve security on high value transactions. From mid-2017, customers transferring more than AU$1,000 through ANZ's mobile apps will be able to use their voice to automatically authorise high value payments, and bypass usual security measures such as visiting a branch in person. ANZ will kick off the new technology with a pilot running with ANZ staff and select customers in May using the Grow by ANZ mobile app. The service will then be rolled out to ANZ goMoney and other digital services progressively, the bank said. According to Peter Dalton, ANZ managing director customer experience and digital channels, voice biometrics is the next step in making banking more convenient for customers while also strengthening security. "One of the...

Summary: Verizon, Comcast and AT&T all defended their business practices following a controversial congressional vote that gives them the power to sell customers' data. Major internet service providers (ISPs) on Friday said they don't plan to sell their customers' web browsing data, even after Congress cleared the way for them to do so. The statements from Verizon, Comcast and AT&T follow the congressional vote to repeal federal regulation that would have prevented ISPs from selling consumers' personal information. "We have  committed  not to share our customers' sensitive information (such as banking, children's, and health information), unless we first obtain their affirmative, opt-in consent," wrote  Comcast senior vice president Gerard Lewis . He argued that Comcast's privacy commitments "go even beyond this protection of sensitive information that has dominated the dialogue this week. If a customer does not want us to ...