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Facebook's WhatsApp on Friday said users will soon be able to store end-to-end encrypted backups of their chat history on Google Drive in Android or Apple iCloud in iOS, with an option to self-manage the encryption key. "We're adding another layer of privacy and security to WhatsApp: an end-to-end encryption option for the backups people choose to store in Google Drive or iCloud," said Facebook supremo Mark Zuckerberg in a missive on his platform.
How do you set up two-step verification for Google? The process isn't difficult but does require a few steps to take and a few choices to make. Figure B. Assuming you chose the code option, the next screen displays your phone number and asks how you wish to receive the code: text message or phone call.
The person who reformatted the Guntrader hack data as a Google Earth-compatible CSV has said they are prepared to go to prison - while denying their actions amounted to a criminal offence. The pseudonymous person spoke to The Register by email late last week after dumping the personal data of 111,000 UK firearm and shotgun certificate owners online in a CSV formatted for ease of importing into Google Earth, pinpointing gun owners' homes.
TensorFlow, a popular Python-based machine learning and artificial intelligence project developed by Google has dropped support for YAML, to patch a critical code execution vulnerability. Maintainers behind both TensorFlow and Keras, a wrapper project for TensorFlow, have patched an untrusted deserialization vulnerability that stemmed from unsafe parsing of YAML. Tracked as CVE-2021-37678, the critical flaw enables attackers to execute arbitrary code when an application deserializes a Keras model provided in the YAML format.
It's possible to track someone's user location via Google Play sign-ins, a researcher has discovered - a potential stalker avenue that, so far, the internet behemoth has yet to address. In short: Arntz logged into his Google Play account from his wife's phone, in order to pay for an app that that she wanted to install.
The names and home addresses of 111,000 British firearm owners have been dumped online as a Google Earth-compatible. Dumped online last week onto an animal rights activist's blog, the reformatted Guntrader breach data was explicitly advertised as being importable into Google Earth so randomers could "Contact as many [owners] as you can in your area and ask them if they are involved in shooting animals."
Google says that users of some Android phone models are affected by a Google App bug preventing them from making and receiving calls. "After the latest update to the Google Search App on Android, the users of certain mobile phones are experiencing difficulty in receiving and making calls," a Google community manager said earlier today.
Google and Microsoft said they are pledging to invest a total of $30 billion in cybersecurity advancements over the next five years, as the U.S. government partners with private sector companies to address threats facing the country in the wake of a string of sophisticated malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure, laying bare the risks to data, organizations, and governments worldwide. Microsoft will invest $20 billion over the next five years to deliver advanced security solutions, in addition to making available $150 million in technical services to help federal, state, and local governments with upgrading security protections.
Google and Microsoft said they are pledging to invest a total of $30 billion in cybersecurity advancements over the next five years, as the U.S. government partners with private sector companies to address threats facing the country in the wake of a string of sophisticated malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure, laying bare the risks to data, organizations, and governments worldwide. To that end, the U.S. government on Wednesday announced a collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and industry partners to develop a new framework to improve the security and integrity of the technology supply chain, alongside plans to expand the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to secure natural gas pipelines.
Using data gathered by its Privacy Checker website, Kaspersky has been able to pinpoint areas of concern for visitors seeking to improve their privacy posture. Using data gathered over nearly two years, Kaspersky said that its Privacy Checker website indicates that most visitors are concerned over mobile operating system privacy and the privacy of their data captured by Google.