Security News

Google Patches 11 Critical Android Bugs in June Update
2018-06-05 17:30

Remote code execution vulnerabilities dominate this month’s critical Android patches.

Google says fix for ‘weird’ 1975 text message bug is on the way
2018-06-05 09:14

As of Monday, you could still see recent texts by searching on the string "the1975..com".

Google Password Protects Pixel 2 Firmware
2018-06-04 14:44

Google has made the firmware of Pixel 2 devices resistant to unauthorized attempts to upgrade it by password protecting it. read more

Thousands of Organizations Expose Sensitive Data via Google Groups
2018-06-04 04:52

Google has issued a warning to G Suite users after researchers discovered that thousands of organizations expose sensitive information through misconfigured Google Groups instances. read more

Public Google Groups Leaking Sensitive Data at Thousands of Orgs
2018-06-01 19:24

The exposed information includes accounts payable and invoice data, customer support emails, password-recovery mails, links to employee manuals, staffing schedules and other internal resources.

Is Your Google Groups Leaking Data?
2018-06-01 14:29

Google is reminding organizations to review how much of their Google Groups mailing lists should be public and indexed by Google.com. The notice was prompted in part by a review that...

Pixel 2 encryption is so good it can even fend off insider attacks, Google says
2018-06-01 13:18

New Android security features for the Pixel 2 prevent attackers from installing malicious firmware on the security module in a lost or stolen device.

Artist rigs up Google Assistant to (sometimes) fire a gun on command
2018-06-01 12:09

"A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." But, what if a robot breaks the first law of robotics?

Google, KPMG partner on GDPR solution to keep you compliant in the cloud
2018-05-31 14:41

The KPMG Intelligent Interactions product will be available to Google Cloud customers as part of the partnership.

Android bug causes text messages to show up in Google Search; here's how to fix it
2018-05-30 16:54

Android users searching for very specific things found their text messages in Google Search results instead. Are business users at risk of having data compromised?