Google Trending Cybersecurity news headlines for this week
1.) The first trending news headlines related to Cybersecurity is a malware spread scare in which security researchers confirm that it is being spread on mobile phones by hackers through the Android OS feature called NFC(Near Field Communication). Although Google has issued a fix to this flaw, a recent study carried out by an independent […]
Google wants users to alert guests about eavesdropping by smart speakers
Next time when a guest enters your house and is in the vicinity of a smart speaker aka voice assistant- say Alexa; then you better alert them in advance that they are virtual assistants in a home that could be carrying eavesdropping. This is what Rick Osterloh, the Senior Vice President of Devices at Google […]
Egypt spies on its citizens through the Google Play Store
All those who are living in an around the region of Egypt are hereby informed that those who have downloaded apps from Google Play Store or downloaded the application downloading platform to their mobile phones are being subjected to a state-funded espionage campaign. The objective of this campaign is simple- to keep an eye on […]
Google scraps down backdoor meant to install play store on Huawei Mobile Phones
Huawei which happens to be a banned company in the entire west except the UK got into an embarrassing situation yesterday when Google announced that it is ‘not’ going to entertain backdoor websites that allow new Huawei Mobile Phones to download its Google Play Store. The announcement came from the web search giant when few […]
Utmost Mobile Security for low budget phones with Android 10 Go
Google which offered a preview of Android Q in March this year has renamed it as Android 10 and has been testing its beta versions on its home grew Pixel phones. The internet juggernaut and the subsidiary of the Alphabet Inc have now released an Android 10 Go Edition for budget-friendly phones on Wednesday and […]
Stay away from these Google searches if you want to be Cyber Safe
To all those who want to keep their computing gadgets safe and secure from hackers, here are some tips to follow- 1.) Never search for your banking & government websites on Google as these days hackers are devising fraudulent web pages to steal credentials and the trick is that these guys are also well capable […]
Google pays a penalty of $170 Million for sharing YouTube Kids Video Data
Information Security seems to be a top priority to governments operating across the world. And there is already enough evidence that they are not in a mood to entertain tech companies which are showing laxity in securing their user data. One such instance is here where Google has agreed to pay $170 million fine imposed […]
Google stops Android user data sharing with wireless carriers due to privacy concerns
Google which used to share Android user data with wireless carriers across the world has decided to shut it down soon and an official statement on this note was issued early today. However, the Google spokeswoman Victoria Keough stated that the Mobile Network Insights Service removal was taken up due to change in ‘Product Priorities’. […]
Cyber Attack on Google did not cause outage across the United States
All Google services including Gmail, Search and Docs were down across the entire United States from 14:09 EST and some media resources claimed that the disruption was due to a cyber attack launched by a foreign nation. However, in a briefing released a few minutes ago, Google has officially declared that the outage was not […]
Google manipulated Hillary Clinton votes from 2.5 m to 16 million says, Donald Trump
For the first time, US President Donald Trump took a direct dig at Google for manipulating 2016 Poll results in favor of Hillary Clinton. Revealing some details from the study made by Robert Epstein, the president said that his victory was bigger than thought as the tech giant depicted 2.5 million votes of Clinton as […]
