Google Security

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Eduardo Vela, Jan Keller and Ryan Rinaldi, Google Engineering In September, we shared how we are implementing the voluntary AI commitments that we and others in industry made at the White House in July. Google's generative AI products already have a dedicated reporting channel for these types of content issues.

Architecture 90

Architecture Accountability Engineering Software 90

Malwarebytes

JULY 20, 2022

Case in point, we recently uncovered a malvertising chain abusing Google’s ad network to redirect visitors to an infrastructure of tech support scams. The threat actors are abusing Google’s ad network by purchasing ad space for popular keywords and their associated typos. Google search : google.com/search?q=walmart&{…}

Scams 133

Scams Malware Engineering Internet 133

Malwarebytes

APRIL 15, 2021

Two weeks after Google launched a trial to replace run-of-the-mill online user tracking with new-fangled online user tracking, several companies and organizations have pushed back, criticizing the new technology—called FLoC —which is designed to respect people’s privacy more, as a detriment to user privacy. What’s going on?

Technology 145

Technology Advertising Internet Internet 145

Approachable Cyber Threats

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Category Awareness Risk Level. If you see one, find another way to access the information, like starting with a Google search, or going directly to the associated website. What’s a QR code?” You may have seen QR codes before: they’re a type of barcode with a matrix of scattered black and white pixels instead of vertical lines.

Mobile 98

Mobile Risk Cybersecurity Technology 98

Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 27, 2021

Category Vulnerabilities. The three bugs come after Apple patched another set of three iOS zero-days in November 2020, which were discovered by one of Google's security teams. “So Go to Settings > General > Software Update and download and install the latest iOS/iPad version - 14.4. Risk Level. A what now?”

Risk 111

Risk Software Cybersecurity 111

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If the site falls into one of 14 undesirable categories, the product sends an alert to Kaspersky Security Network. However, anonymous statistics are collected for all the 14 categories. Web filtering in Kaspersky Safe Kids currently covers the following categories: Software, audio, video. Website categorization. Videogames.

Accountability 105

Accountability Mobile Media Banking 105

Malwarebytes

MARCH 2, 2023

If the allegations are true we could see the ICO ordering Google to stop collecting the data , Google could by in line for a large fine. For example, there are no personalised ads on YouTube Kids, and no sensitive video categories. Child data is a prominent topic for Google. This is not the case on the main site.

Data collection 94

Data collection Accountability 94

Security Boulevard

JULY 18, 2022

Google Play Store is typically considered to be one of the safest sources for users to find and install android apps. However, threat actors continue to evolve their tactics and are able to successfully upload dangerous apps laced with malware on the Google play store. Universal PDF Scanner - com.unpdf.scan.read.docscanuniver.

Banking 98

Banking Malware Encryption Architecture 98

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Hot on the heels of the NSA, Google has just published an article on its security blog that provides some numbers to support agency's point of view. Google reports that it's seeing a significant drop in memory safety vulnerabilities in the Android operating system as the use of memory safe programming languages increases.

Software 83

Software Risk Cybersecurity 83

Security Boulevard

APRIL 27, 2023

To be acknowledged among such industry leaders as Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Google Cloud, and our very own partner CrowdStrike is truly an honor! Salt won a Silver Stevie Award in the “Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year” category. If you aren’t at the show and want to connect or schedule a demo, go to [link].

Digital transformation 64

Digital transformation InfoSec Education Cybersecurity 64

The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Either way, a singular piece of technology – artificial intelligence (AI) — is destined to profoundly influence which way we go from here. Google’s CEO said it was vital to keep bias out of AI implementations. And there will be plenty of that, going forward. Only time will tell.

Surveillance 304

Surveillance Government Accountability Artificial Intelligence 304

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. Where will the dollars go? One of the firm’s investments in this category is Immuta. Thomvest Ventures led the deal, which included other investors like M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Google, Cisco and Andreessen Horowitz.

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity Risk Technology Ransomware 130

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You may have Google Alerts set up for your name (a great idea!), Your first step in this auto-dox is going to be brainstorming as much personally identifying information (PII) shared online as possible. This way you can add your collected credentials and update weak or reused passwords as you go. . Start your list here: .

Passwords 118

Passwords Accountability Media Password Management 118

Google Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Posted by Oliver Chang, OSS-Fuzz team Since launching in 2016 , Google's free OSS-Fuzz code testing service has helped get over 8800 vulnerabilities and 28,000 bugs fixed across 850 projects. For more details, see the fully updated rules for our dedicated OSS-Fuzz Reward Program.

Software 93

Software 93

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In doing so, CASBs became the fastest growing security category ever , as declared by Gartner. For one thing, the top cloud services providers, namely Amazon, Google and Microsoft, imposed a “shared responsibility” model for cybersecurity. Organizations today typically use a dozen or more cloud services. I’ll keep watch.

Risk 200

Risk Cloud Migration Engineering Cyber Risk 200

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

There’s room for Baffin Bay’s cloud-first approach to security because in today’s cyber threat landscape, low hanging fruit – like the smart toaster — does not go unnoticed by threat actors for very long. Yet both categories of attacks continue to turn up, hour-to-hour, on a daily basis, Sundberg says.

DDOS 171

DDOS Internet Internet Digital transformation 171

Spinone

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Sometimes, you may need to disconnect apps from Google Drive for security reasons or simply when you have no use for them anymore. But how do you remove connected apps from Google Drive ? We would like to share four quick and easy ways to remove Google Drive-connected apps so they will no longer access your data.

Accountability 52

Accountability Risk 52

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

If applied to a higher-impact threat—such as a credential harvester or spyware—this PowerShell behavior could help malware gain an initial foothold and go undetected before performing more overtly malicious activity, like exfiltrating data from a user’s browser sessions.” ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

Malware 117

Malware Spyware Threat Detection Engineering 117

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Modern browsers include synchronization features (like Google Chrome’s Sync ) so that all your browsers, on all your devices, share the same tabs, passwords, plugins, and other features. Google regularly has to clear out bad extensions from its Chrome Web Store. What is browser sync? An informed decision.

Risk 108

Risk Passwords Adware Accountability 108

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Some areas of PIPL, however, go beyond GDPR standards. Relatedly, PIPL outlines some categories of sensitive information that do not receive additional protection under GDPR. The challenge becomes even greater for large enterprises – particularly when employees (or even entire departments) go rogue with Shadow IT implementations.

Data privacy 142

Data privacy Encryption Data breaches Insurance 142

Spinone

APRIL 23, 2019

You may have Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) users who have deleted a file or a number of files only to realise it was not the file or files they assumed. In this article, we will share all the mechanisms in place to help you recover deleted files from Google Drive, whether it’s photos, sheets, video, audio, or text documents.

Backups 95

Backups Accountability Ransomware Encryption 95

Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 29, 2022

Category Awareness, Guides, News, Social Engineering. Google what you're interested in from an email instead of clicking the links. Use your browser bookmarks, google it, or ask your supervisor for the correct link to those services instead of using the links in the email. Risk Level. They use paper mail.

Scams 98

Scams Phishing Social Engineering Big data 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2020

Google revealed it successfully removed more than 1,700 apps from the Play Store over the past three years that had been infected with the Joker malware. Google provided technical details of its activity against the Joker malware (aka Bread) operation during the last few years. ” reads the post published by Google.

Malware 78

Malware Spyware Advertising Mobile 78

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I think people are conditioned to think, 'Facebook is everywhere, and whatever, they're going to get my data.'," said Disconnect Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Patrick Jackson. "I When it comes to tracker presence online, Google and Meta still lead. It turns out that pixels are already widespread. "I

Data collection 98

Data collection Advertising Accountability Technology 98

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

Adware : Though not all security professionals consider adware malicious, this threat category presents users with unwanted advertisements and may track their activities without consent. Attacking known vulnerabilities : This is perhaps the most obvious form of attack, when attackers simply go after known issues.

Mobile 103

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 103

Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 3, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals Risk Level “What are HTTP and HTTPS? While using a secure version of HTTPS to protect the transmission of data between your web browser, like Google Chrome and Firefox, and the rest of the internet is important, it’s not everything. Are they the same? ”

Internet 96

Internet Internet Encryption Cybersecurity 96

Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides, Privacy Risk Level In the musical words of Rockwell, ? “I The global pandemic and the increase of remote workers has led to a surge in online video conferencing using tools such as Zoom and Google Meet - Zoom alone has tripled its user base since 2019.

Passwords 106

Passwords Identity Theft VPN Authentication 106

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Statistics for YouTube community guidelines enforcement are now available for the period April to June 2022, via Google’s Transparency Report. Where misinformation is concerned, this is vital to prevent mistruths and other nonsense going viral. The guidelines are pretty much what you’d expect.

Scams 63

Scams Media Technology 63

Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2021

Alice and Bob wanted to build a vaccine passport app with go micro-services and a React UI. As you might know we are planning to use docker and host the micro-services on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Bob is a polyglot developer who has recently been juggling with go and TypeScript. Review with AppSec on Zoom.

Engineering 81

Engineering Passwords Technology Risk 81

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this talk, I am going to make several arguments. We will make a fundamental category error. The system isn’t perfect—there are always going to be untrustworthy people—but most of us being trustworthy most of the time is good enough. And when we do that, we are making a category error.

Government 358

Government Surveillance Artificial Intelligence Marketing 358

Google Security

AUGUST 10, 2020

Pixel 4a ioXt certification Today we are happy to announce that the Pixel 4/4 XL and the newly launched Pixel 4a are the first Android smartphones to go through ioXt certification against the Android Profile. NCC Group leveraged Uraniborg to conduct the assessment for the ioXt Security by Default category.

Manufacturing 75

Manufacturing Risk Mobile Marketing 75

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Similarly, if you're going to blow the whistle at anything that captures your keystrokes, you're fighting a losing battle. Every time you type a search in a browser, what you type is sent off to the search engine of your choosing (most likely Google). Consider Google docs, for example. The most concerning category of keyloggers.

Adware 79

Adware Software Spyware Passwords 79

SecureList

JUNE 1, 2021

If the site falls into one of 14 undesirable categories, the product sends an alert to Kaspersky Security Network. However, anonymous statistics are collected for all the 14 categories. Web filtering in Kaspersky Safe Kids currently covers the following categories: Software, audio, video. Website categories. Videogames.

Mobile 82

Mobile Internet Internet Software 82

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Fake apps in the Google Play store illustrate vulnerabilities in our software distribution systems. Technical solutions fall into two basic categories, both currently beyond our reach. So while this is an important part of the solution, and something we need to focus research on, it's not going to solve our near-term problems.

Government 227

Government Artificial Intelligence Internet Internet 227

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

Crooks increasingly often use legitimate services such as Google Forms and Telegram to obtain user data stolen on phishing websites. In 2020, the brands most often exploited in phishing kits were Microsoft, PayPal, Google, and Yahoo. Cybercriminals actively use legitimate services to obtain compromised data. Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 73

Phishing Cybercrime Social Engineering Accountability 73

NopSec

MAY 25, 2023

Each rule consists of a filter (category +”.”+ In order to support users ability to learn the text based query system and provide some organization we are leveraging filter categories. New Categories will be: Application = Filters related to SAST and DAST asset metadata only will be placed here.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 1, 2024

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Privacy Risk Level Cookies help enhance our browsing experience, but what are the risks? The browser delivers the same text file on your hard drive, and additional information to the server’s side the next time you go back to the same website. It is called a "persistent cookie".

Internet 59

Internet Internet Risk Advertising 59