Google blocks worlds largest DDoS Cyber Attacks
Google has released a formal statement that it has one of the largest Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) for one its customers, thus avoiding large scale disruption and downtime that could have lasted for days. “It was a Layer 7 DDoS attack and was observed to have been 76% larger than the previous one […]
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 […]
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 […]
Android 13 promises more on Mobile Security and Privacy
Google disclosed at its I/O developer conference that its upcoming beta version of Android 13 mobile OS will have more features on privacy and security. This means it will take the security and privacy of users seriously and will allow them to take control over what is being accessed by apps and what not should […]
Google is protecting Ukraine from State Sponsored Cyber Attacks of Russia
Russia is not only indulging in a physical war with Ukraine, but has been consistently attacking it on a digital note via cyber attacks. But thankfully, God and Google seem to be on the side of Ukrainians, as the former has been saving most of them from the physical war, while the latter has been […]
Google blocked billions of malicious app downloads
Google released a press update at the end of last month saying it has blocked billions of malicious app downloads from its Play Store. The said goal was achieved as the web search giant blocked about 1.2 million apps from being published to its app store for breaching its policies and exhibiting malevolent behavior. Internet […]
