Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
It is that time of the month again when vendors send out the patches. Pixel 3 smartphone then this is probably your last update as Google has stated they are discontinuing support for the device. Critical Android 12 bug fixed in February security patches • The Register The usual set …
Following the recent publicity of Linux vulnerabilities, here is an announcement from The Linux Foundation, of $10m of donations to their Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). Among the donors are Microsoft and Google. Linux Foundation announces $10 million cross-industry investment in Open Source Security Foundation (scmagazine.com)
Here is just a short article from The Guardian, that highlights some of the privacy we all give up. In this case though it benefited law enforcement who caught a wanted criminal who had been on the run using Google Street View. Italian mafia fugitive arrested in Spain after Google …
It is common for cyber-criminals to exploit legitimate software and business practices to carry out their attacks. Bad actors are now abusing the comments feature of Google Docs, to send users malicious links via email. Hackers exploit Google Docs in new phishing campaign – TechRepublic Initiating a cyber attack via …
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You must remember that companies such as Alphabet and Meta, apparently give away services for free and so consequently have huge use bases for their apps. However the cost to you is usually some information about your usage, which they can then monetise, because it takes a lot of money …
