Security News > 2021
"After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it," the company said in a tweet. The insinuation from DuckDuckGo comes as Google has been steadily adding app privacy labels to its iOS apps over the course of the last several weeks in accordance with Apple's App Store rules, but not before a three-month-long delay that caused most of its apps to go without being updated, lending credence to theories that the company had halted iOS app updates as a consequence of Apple's enforcement.
The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a U.S. security-camera startup. Swiss authorities said they had raided Kottmann's home in Lucerne late last week at the request of U.S. authorities.
Taliware announced that its identity-management software developer toolkit is now available. By integrating the Taliware SDK with their applications, mobile app developers can use Taliware's patented Biombeat to access ECG-based biometric verification, to enable passwordless, location-based authentication.
ElcomSoft updates iOS Forensic Toolkit, the company's mobile forensic tool for extracting data from a range of Apple devices. Version 7.0 expands the ability to perform full file system extraction without the need to install a jailbreak, adding support for recent versions of iOS including iOS 14 through 14.3 on all devices including the current iPhone 12 range.
Digital Guardian announced the release of DLP policy packs for top business communications and collaboration applications, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Slack, and Zoom. The new policy packs can help Digital Guardian customers enable secure communications and collaboration wherever employees are working by monitoring and controlling sensitive data sharing within these solutions.
CyberGRX announced the introduction of in-platform Auto Validation, a new feature that speeds up the assessment process while providing greater transparency into the CyberGRX assessment methodology. Available to both third parties and customers, Auto Validation will enable third parties to respond faster and more accurately to assessment requests, while providing customers with quicker and greater insight into the results.
Avaya announced new capabilities for Avaya Spaces, the modern workstream collaboration platform that offers evolved Unified Communications capabilities via a user's preferred device. AI-enhanced meetings and simpler, integrated voice and video calling powered by Avaya OneCloud CPaaS can now extend existing on-premise calling technology with Avaya Spaces.
Stellar launched the latest version of its flagship mailbox database repair software for Microsoft Exchange Server. Stellar Repair for Exchange v10 is now available globally and introduces a slew of new & enhanced features to expedite mailbox recovery from corrupted and dismounted Exchange databases in vast scenarios.
Okera announced it has added the ability to delegate data access policy management, an important functionality for enabling Distributed Stewardship, to its Okera Dynamic Access Platform. As data volumes continue to soar, large, distributed enterprises require Distributed Stewardship to enable data stakeholders, who are the experts in their respective disciplines and domains, to ensure effective governance and compliance with data privacy regulations, including HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and more.
Synopsys announced complete IP solution for the PCI Express 6.0 technology that includes controller, PHY and verification IP, enabling early development of PCIe 6.0 system-on-chip designs. Built on Synopsys' widely deployed and silicon-proven DesignWare IP for PCIe 5.0, the new DesignWare IP for PCIe 6.0 supports the latest features in the standard specification including, 64 GT/s PAM-4 signaling, FLIT mode and L0p power state.