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Google has been storing unhashed G Suite customer passwords

May 22, 2019

Google has discovered that it has been storing some G Suite users’ passwords in clear text and is notifying G Suite administrators that it will force a password change …

How effective are login challenges at preventing Google account takeovers?

May 21, 2019

Despite implementation bugs that might affect the security of physical security keys, they are the strongest protection against phishing currently available, Google maintains. …

Google offers free replacement for buggy Titan Security Keys

May 16, 2019

Misconfigured Bluetooth pairing protocols in Google’s Titan Security Keys may allow attackers to communicate with users’ security key or with the device their key …

Google offers auto-delete option for location, web tracking history

May 3, 2019

Google has added a control option to users’ accounts that will allow them to instruct the company to auto-delete their location history, browsing and search data once a …

Google will check apps by new developers more thoroughly

April 19, 2019

In an attempt to thwart Android developers who are set to distribute malicious apps through Google Play, Google will be taking more time when reviewing apps by developers with …

Google introduces many G Suite security enhancements

April 15, 2019

Last week, the big news from Google Cloud Next 2019 was that phones running Android 7.0 or higher can be turned into a security key for G Suite account 2-step verification. …

How the Google and Facebook outages could impact application security

March 20, 2019

With major outages impacting Gmail, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram recently, consumers are right to be concerned over the security of their private data. While details of …

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 …