Security News

Password Practices Still Poor, Google Says
2019-02-05 15:05

The Problems With Passwords and MFA on Safer Internet Day read more

Google says sorry for pulling a Facebook with monitoring program
2019-02-01 10:32

It was using the same Apple enterprise back door as Facebook to get its market research done, but it owned up and backed off.

Apple yoinks enterprise certs from Facebook, Google, killing internal apps, to show its power
2019-02-01 01:56

You have been warned, says Cupertino: Tech giants abuse dev program, iPhone maker eventually undoes ban After briefly punishing Facebook and Google for violating the rules of its enterprise...

Google Pulls Data-Chugging App From iOS Devices
2019-01-31 14:26

A day after Facebook was dinged for shady iOS distribution techniques of its data-collecting research app, Google was discovered using the same methods for its own app.

Google also abused its Apple developer certificate to collect iOS user data
2019-01-31 11:38

It turns out that Google, like Facebook, abused its Apple Enterprise Developer Certificate to distribute a data collection app to iOS users, in direct contravention of Apple’s rules for the...

Week in review: Man in the Cloud attacks, Google GDPR fine, business resilience
2019-01-27 18:56

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Bug in widespread Wi-Fi chipset firmware can lead to zero-click code execution A vulnerability in the firmware of a...

"Cobalt" Hackers Use Google App Engine in Recent Attacks
2019-01-25 17:36

Infamous "Cobalt" hacking group has been using Google App Engine for the delivery of malware through PDF decoy documents, Netskope’s security researchers say.  read more

The Reasons Behind Google's GDPR Fine
2019-01-25 11:03

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of why Google was one of the first companies to be hit with a major GDPR fine, plus a global update on GDPR compliance trends...

Google to Appeal 50-Million-Euro French Data Consent Fine
2019-01-25 05:33

Google said Wednesday it would appeal a record 50-million-euro fine imposed by France's data regulator for failing to meet the EU's strict new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). read more

Google in €50m GDPR fine appeal bombshell
2019-01-24 15:35

Didn't see that coming Google is to appeal the €50m fine handed down to it by the French data protection agency earlier this week.…