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Here's some bad news for Android users again. Certain low-cost Android smartphones and tablets are shipped with malicious firmware, which covertly gathers data about the infected devices, displays advertisements on top of running applications and downloads unwanted APK files on the victim's devices. Security researchers from Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web have discovered two types of downloader Trojans that have been incorporated in the firmware of a large number of popular Android devices operating on the MediaTek platform, which are mostly marketed in Russia. The Trojans, detected as Android.DownLoader.473.origin and Android.Sprovider.7, are capable of collecting data about the infected devices, contacting their command-and-control servers, automatically updating themselves, covertly downloading and installing other apps based on the instructions it receives from their server, and running each time the device is restarted or turned on. The list of Android device...

Lenovo announces two VR ready Windows 10 desktop gaming systems The last few years has seen the sales and market share of laptops’ decline. Thanks to the arrival of smartphones, tablets and phablets. As a result, companies have been periodically launching powerful gaming laptops keeping the requirement of the gamers in mind. Now, Lenovo, the company, best known for ThinkPad and Yoga laptops, has unveiled two Windows 10 desktop PCs at the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany yesterday that emphasize gaming power and virtual reality experience on the go: the IdeaCentre Y710 Cube and IdeaCentre AIO Y910 . “With VR, live streaming and lifelike visuals that dwarf consoles, PC gamers have completely new ways to experience and immerse themselves in games today,” said Johnson Jia, Lenovo’s Senior Vice President, PC & Smart Device Business Group, in a statement. “Our new IdeaCentre Y710 Cube and IdeaCentre AIO Y910 gaming desktops are the products of years of listening to the gr...