Google fixes two critical Pixel vulnerabilities: Get your updates when you can!

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 14:44:24 +0000

Google has released updates for Android and its Pixel phone. We discuss the three vulnerabilities that were classified as critical.

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Download: UEM vendor comparison chart 2022

Credit to Author: Bob Violino, Valerie Potter| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700

Unified endpoint management (UEM) is a strategic IT approach that consolidates how enterprises secure and manage an array of deployed devices including phones, tablets, PCs, and even IoT devices.

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You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:25:49 +0000

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. The move comes just months after Google rolled out a new policy enabling people under the age of 18 (or a parent/guardian) to request removal of their images from Google search results.

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Hackers fool major tech companies into handing over data of women and minors to abuse

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:01:36 +0000

Law enforcement believes that these hackers duping major tech companies are teenagers. But they are causing severe harm.

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000

When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.

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“Reject All” cookie consent button is coming to European Google Search and YouTube

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:39:42 +0000

Soon, all countires in Europe, including the UK and Switzerland, will have the power to accept all and reject all cookies with a single click.

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Rogue ads phishing for cryptocurrency: Are you secure?

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:29:14 +0000

Phishers racked up an enormous haul of stolen cryptocurrency via rogue Google ads. Time to check if you’re free from bad ad worry.

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Android 12 Upgrade Report Card: What a weird year

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0700

In the world of software, six months is an eternity.

Heck, look at how much has happened over the past six months since Android 12 came into the universe. Google started and then finished a hefty 0.1-style update that lays the groundwork for significant large-screen improvements to the Android experience. And it’s now well into the public development phase of its next big Android version, Android 13 — which is the rapidly forming release on most folks’ minds at this point.

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