Google relies exclusively on App Developers declaration over Security Permissions
Google has made it official that it is reinstating the app permissions section back into its Google PlayStore for Android users by this month’s end as it is keen on offering utmost privacy and transparency to them. The company pulled back the app permission section from its playstore. But on the request from Android Community, […]
Google services get banned in this country
Google and its services have occupied a prominent place in our lives so much that we cannot imagine a life without them- for say Maps ,Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, GoogleDocs and such… So, despite this scenario, Denmark has decided to permanently ban Google services and Chromebooks in schools and educational institutions operating in its […]
Ransomware news trending on Google
1. A Financial service offering company to healthcare industry has admitted that a ransomware attack on its data firm could have led to a data breach affecting over 600 healthcare establishments. The firm that is being discussed is Professional Finance Company Inc (PFC) and was founded in the year 1904 and allows customers of various […]
Italian spyware targets Apple and Android smartphones says Google
Google Threat Analysis team has discovered a new spyware tool that was being fraudulently installed on iPhones and Android devices by a group of hackers in Italy. The tech search giant revealed the information and threw some light on how the spyware industry was flourishing. Mobile security researchers from Google claim that RCS Lab made […]
Ransomware news headlines trending on Google
1.) In a study made recently, ransomware attacks on educational institutions are estimated to have crossed $3.58 billion in 2021. And the costs that stemmed were accounted as such from the downtime and recovery expenses incurred through cyber attacks. The file-encrypting malware attack is said to have affected over 1.3 million students at different schools […]
Google stops its password use on third-party apps
Google has finally taken a stringent decision against the use of its email and passwords on third-party apps. The internet juggernaut has prompted a password re-entry on apps that are not trusted by its email servers. So, users need to either go for a 2FA on such apps in order to use their Google email […]
AI Demon scares Google Employee
A suspended Google employee named Blake Lemoine, 41, said that a newly invented AI tool in his former company was acting sentient and was speaking some scary words. Mr. Blake said that an artificial intelligence tool called LaMDA that was under development was speaking like an 8-year-old and occasionally saying that if he shuts him […]
What to do if your Android Phone gets lost
Sometimes because of bad luck or you can call it whatever, we lose our smartphone because of misplacement or when someone steals it. The very first thought that strikes our mind thereafter is what to do next? The first thing to do is to dial it and see if someone picks it up. And if […]
Google offers Open Source Security Maintenance Crew
Google seems to have taken Biden’s cybersecurity initiative seriously and has pledged an open-source initiative community of security engineers from its side to patch critical open source projects having vulnerabilities. In January this year, major American technology companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, and IBM pledged to contribute fair enough resources to improve cybersecurity resources […]
Google to use Apple iPhones and Android devices to block Phishing Attacks
Google has made it official that it is going to use Apple iPhones and Android Devices as physical devices that could help in preventing phishing attacks on users using its web services. The plan is to use the mobile phones as physical keys such as Titan Keys to eliminate any kind of man-in-the-middle-attacks. All these […]
