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G Suite admins can now disable SMS and voice 2FA

March 19, 2019

G Suite administrators can now prevent enterprise users from using SMS and voice codes as their second authentication/verification factor for accessing their accounts. The …

Android Q will come with improved privacy protections

March 18, 2019

Android Q, the newest iteration of Google’s popular mobile OS, is scheduled to be made available to end users at the end of August. While we still don’t know what …

What can we expect of this March Patch Tuesday?

March 11, 2019

March is here and that means it was time for RSA Conference in San Francisco. I’ve been on the expo floor all week and I can tell you the worldwide security industry is …

Zero-day Chrome/Windows combo actively exploited in the wild

March 8, 2019

We now know why a number of Googlers made a point to urge users to implement the latest Chrome update as soon as possible: the vulnerability (CVE-2019-5786) is definitely …

Google plugs Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild

March 6, 2019

If you’re using Google’s Chrome browser and have not yet upgraded to the latest available version, do so now or risk being hit by attackers. About CVE-2019-5786 …

Cisco partners with Google Station to provide sustainable public Wi-Fi

February 25, 2019

Cisco announced that it is working with Google Station on a mission to include one billion people in the growth opportunities of the digital economy. The program will provide …

Adiantum: A new encryption scheme for low-end Android devices

February 8, 2019

Google has created an alternative disk and file encryption mode for low-end Android devices that don’t have enough computation power to use the Advanced Encryption …

Google’s new Chrome extension flags insecure passwords

February 6, 2019

As the number of compromised and leaked credentials rises inexorably with each passing day, Google has decided to help users choose safe combinations for all their online …

Google also abused its Apple developer certificate to collect iOS user data

January 31, 2019

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 …

Industry reactions to Google’s €50 million GDPR violation fine

January 22, 2019

On 21 January 2019, the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) imposed a financial penalty of €50 million against Google, in accordance with the GDPR. This is the …

G Suite warns admins about domain data exfiltration attempts

January 9, 2019

Google has rolled out new options for the G Suite alert center, to help administrators battle phishing emails more efficiently and spot data export operations initiated by …

Another API bug spurs Google to ditch consumer Google+ sooner than planned

December 11, 2018

Google has unearthed another Google+ API bug, which prompted it to accelerate the sunsetting of all Google+APIs and that of the consumer version of Google+. The API bug The …