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The cloud native core banking technology firm, has announced that its core banking platform Vault now runs on every major cloud infrastructure provider including Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. Vault can be deployed on either the bank's choice of cloud provider, on premise, in a hybrid cloud using OpenShift from Red Hat, or as a SaaS product.
E-mails telling you that your data has been compromised are now sometimes fake. TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with Eva Velasquez, CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center about new malware threats that look like breach alerts.
E-mails telling you that your data has been compromised are now sometimes fake. Be careful what you click on.
Google is tweaking its privacy settings to keep less data on new users by default. The change comes after Google added new controls last year that allow users to effectively put an expiry date on their data, by providing the option to auto-delete location history, search, voice and YouTube activity data after three or 18 months.
Researchers reported on Monday that hackers are now exploiting Google's Analytics service to stealthily pilfer credit card information from infected e-commerce sites. According to several independent reports from PerimeterX, Kaspersky, and Sansec, threat actors are now injecting data-stealing code on the compromised websites in combination with tracking code generated by Google Analytics for their own account, letting them exfiltrate payment information entered by users even in conditions where content security policies are enforced for maximum web security.
Quantum Metric, the platform that helps organizations build better digital products faster, announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace. The Google Cloud Marketplace lets users quickly deploy functional software packages that run on Google Cloud and easily stand up a familiar software package with services like Compute Engine or Cloud Storage, with no manual configuration required.
France's highest administrative authority on Friday dismissed a challenge by Google against a fine of 50 million euros for failing to provide adequate information on its data consent policies. The fine was imposed in 2019 by France's data watchdog, the CNIL. It found at the time that Google made it too difficult for users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is used, in particular with regards to targeted advertising.
Google removed 106 Chrome browser extensions Thursday from its Chrome Web Store in response to a report that they were being used to siphon sensitive user data. The attackers used the Google Chrome browser extensions to not only steal data, but also to create persistent footholds on corporate networks.
The apps were among a small haul of 38 beauty-themed apps the company detected from the same developer which were reported to Google for bombarding users with unwanted ads. As well as serving out of context ads at every opportunity, the apps also sent users to websites and made it difficult to de-install the apps using techniques such as hiding icons from the home screen and apps folder.
An infosec researcher reckons Whatsapp was a bit too quick off the mark to blame its users when hundreds of thousands of phone numbers, names and profile pictures were found to be easily accessible via Google. Athul Jayaram, a self-described "Full time bug bounty hunter", published a blog post earlier this week highlighting that a large number of Whatsapp users' mobile numbers could easily be found by searching Google for the domain "Wa.me".