Data Breach stories for this day
1.) Three million Google Chrome UK users are vulnerable to hackers-A research conducted by a cybersecurity consultancy firm named ‘Surecloud’ has discovered that all 3 million Google Chrome users in the UK and 30 million Chrome users on a global note are vulnerable to hackers. Experts suggest that the security flaw could make hackers steal […]
Google collects this data from its users
A research conducted by Vanderbilt University on Google search engine’s data collection activity has found that the internet juggernaut collects two-thirds of data through passive means from its users. This includes information from apps running in the background of Android devices, Youtube, Google Photos, Maps, Chrome browsers, and even in incognito browsers. Therefore, to all […]
Some exciting Cyber News for this Weekend
Well, we do not know whether this news might interest all. But we believe it surely has some substance to excite most of the reading minds. A bunch of Google employees is said to have signed a petition against their company for developing a separate search engine for the Chinese populace. They believe that the […]
Google takes the blame for India UIDAI Aadhaar data controversy
Google has taken the blame for the Indian UIDAI Aadhaar Data goof up and admitted that it pushed the Aadhaar helpline number into the contact lists of the phones to help the Indian Populace. At the same time, the internet juggernaut clarified that the coding of the helpline number into the mobile phones was not […]
French Hacker transcends Aadhaar UIDAI helpline number to millions of Android phones in India
French hacker named Robert Baptiste, who tweets with pseudonym Elliot Anderson has once again proved that nothing can be concealed from the hacking world. The latest controversy which is supposed to be created by him or is supposed to involve him in one way or the other proves this instance to the core. It’s said […]
Google to build Dragonfly search engine exclusively for China
Internet Juggernaut Google is all set to release an exclusive search engine for that surfing web from China and sources add that the browser may be exclusive to Android operating system users. Codenamed as “Dragonfly” the search engine is said to be in lines with the censorship guidelines drafted by the People’s Republic of China […]
Google USB Security Key is hard to hack
Web Search giant Google which is now a business unit of Alphabet Inc has announced that its USB security keys are hard to get cracked by hackers and added that none of its employees using it till date have been compromised. As per the stats available with Cybersecurity Insiders, Google has been giving out its […]
EU penalizes Google with $5 billion fine for monopolizing its Android Software
We all know that Google offers some of its default apps on its Android smartphones which include its Chrome search browser, Youtube, and Gmail. But the European Union (EU) has slapped an anti-trust penalty of $5 billion on Google for indulging in such practices which is almost equivalent to a yearly budget contributed by the […]
Security Metadata for Android Apps on Google Play Store
From now on Google has decided to make a significant change to the authentication of Android apps loaded onto its Play Store. The internet juggernaut has decided to add security metadata feature to all Android APKs to ensure that the apps are authentic and have come from the valid source. Digital Rights Management (DRM) will […]
Google Engineers refuse to build Air Gap Cloud Security for US Military
News is out that Engineers from Google have refused to build customized cloud security applications for US Defense. And FYI, all this happened while Google is chasing the $10 billion JEDI contract of US Defense to choose a single cloud vendor to provide wholesome services to the Department of Defense (DoD) for up to 10 […]
