Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing
Richi Jennings | | AirTag, android, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, google, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking
C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...
Security Boulevard
ALERT: Google Wants to DRM your OS for ‘Web Environment Integrity’
Richi Jennings | | adtech, attestation, Chrome, digital rights management, DRM, environment attestation, freedom to tinker, google, IntegrityToken, SB Blogwatch, Web Environment Integrity, WEI
We will kill WEI: A thinly veiled attempt to track you and make more ad money ...
Security Boulevard
Google Launches Red Team to Secure AI Systems Against Attacks
Google is rolling out a red team charged with testing the security of AI systems by running simulated but realistic attacks to uncover vulnerabilities or other weaknesses that could be exploited by ...
Security Boulevard
Safeguarding Enterprise Data | The Significance of Google’s Privacy Policy Update
Privacy and Proprietary Data Protection in the Face of Google's Policy Amendment In a noteworthy policy revision announced on July 1st, Google has made a significant update to its privacy policy, warranting ...
Unraveling an AI Scam with AI
Ron Masas | | AI, Application Security, Artificial Intelligence, facebook, google, Imperva Threat Research, scam
The last year has seen an unprecedented surge in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its deployment across a variety of industries and sectors. Unfortunately, this revolutionary technology has not just ...
The FTC’s Complaint Against Ring, Detecting Malware Infected Apps, America’s Most Cybersecure Companies
Tom Eston | | amazon, America, android, companies, Cyber Security, Cybersecure, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, fine, Forebes, FTC, google, Google Play, Hacker Safe, Hackers, Information Security, Infosec, iRecorder, Malicious App, Malware, Mobile, Mobile App, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Ring, security, SecurityScorecard, smartphone, technology, vulnerability, Weekly Edition
The FTC charged Ring, the Amazon-owned home security camera company, for compromising customer privacy and having inadequate security measures. Employees accessed private videos, while hackers exploited vulnerabilities and now Ring needs to ...
Google Recruits Allies to Apply Generative AI to Cybersecurity
At the Google Cloud Security Summit, Google today announced that Broadcom, Crowdstrike, Egnyte, Exabeam, F5, Fortinet, Netskope, Securiti, SentinelOne, Sysdig, Tenable and Thales have all committed to using generative artificial intelligence AI ...
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Chrome Extensions Warning — Millions of Users Infected
Richi Jennings | | Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, chrome store malware, Chrome Web Store, google, Malware, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
Malware Déjà Vu: Perhaps as many as 87 million victims—maybe more ...
Security Boulevard
Are Internet Providers ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Crimes?
The internet was on tenterhooks over the question of whether the U.S. Supreme Court would find that online providers like Google, Facebook and others could continue to enjoy protection under the Communications ...
Security Boulevard
Google Now Supports Passkeys, Risky New Top Level Domains, Twitter’s Encryption Dilemma
Tom Eston | | Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Direct Messages, end-to-end encryption, Episodes, google, Information Security, Infosec, Passkeys, passwordless, passwords, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, signal, technology, TLD, Top Level Domain, Twitter, Weekly Edition, WhatsApp
In this episode, we explore the arrival of passwordless Google accounts that use “passkeys,” which offer enhanced usability and security. We discuss the benefits of passkeys over traditional passwords, but also why ...