G Suite passwords stored in plain text for 14 years
G Suite which happens to be a Cloud Computing brand of productivity and collaboration tools of Alphabet Inc’s subsidiary Google has disclosed on Wednesday that a bug in its database caused the passwords to be stored in plain text for 14 years i.e. since 2005-6. Thus, with the latest revelation, the web service giant happens […]
Google recovery phone number is essential for mobile security
Google has issued the latest update on its blog saying recovery phone numbers are essential to block automated bot attempts and stop access to credential stuffing attacks. The internet juggernaut came to the said conclusion after a team of researchers from New York University and the University of California conducted research on behalf of Alphabet […]
Google Mobile Security alert for Huawei users
Huawei phone users across the world are hereby informed that Google has chosen to suspend the transfer of proprietary hardware and software to the Chinese vendor from now-on resulting in the suspension of future support to Google apps and all future operating system updates on the said devices. Technically it means that the phone company […]
Google Titan Security Key has a Bluetooth Security Bug flaw
Google has officially announced today that its Titan Security Keys are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to a security bug in the Bluetooth protocols. The tech giant announced that the susceptibility could allow cyber crooks in close physical proximity exploit the key barring it from providing the intended security. Security experts from the internet juggernaut […]
Cyber Threat news trending now on Google
1.) One of the cyber threat news articles which is trending on google right now is about a cyber attack on Singapore Red Cross(SRC) website which has led to the leak of personal data of more than 4,000 blood donors. The news comes just after SingHealth cyber attack which took place almost 5 months ago […]
Google vows on data privacy rules
Google has made an official announcement at Google I/O 2019 conference that it will never-ever share data from its devices with third party advertisers. Well, the latest pledge did not surprise the tech world at all like almost every company such as Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft say the same. But follow a different set of […]
Google bans apps developed by Chinese company Baidu
Google has made it official that it will be blocking over 100 apps developed by Chinese company ‘Do Global’ which is partly owned by internet service provider Baidu. The Alphabet subsidiary came to this decision after its security engineers reported that the applications developed by ‘Do Global’ and having over 600 million installs on their […]
Google to introduce highly encrypted Chrome Browser in TOR style
Google, the business subsidiary of Alphabet Inc is all set to introduce a highly encrypted Chrome browser soon which will be in lines with the TOR Browser. Highly placed sources who are working on the success of the project report that the browser is mainly aimed at governments which are imposing internet parental control systems […]
Google makes its Android phones as Physical Security keys for added cybersecurity
Google, the America based internet juggernaut has made it official that it is going to use all it’s android version smartphones running on Android OS version 7 or above as physical security keys which offer 2-factor authentication for users to log into their respective accounts in a secure way. Yes, you’ve read it right! In […]
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google face ban in the UK
Online services which fail to curb the circulation of harmful content on their respective platforms could soon face a ban in the UK. This includes the blockage of website services like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google. The proposal is designed in lines with the web reforms being practiced in China and so could soon face a […]
