Google Expands Bug-Bounty Program to Battle Abuse Methods
The program focuses on potential abuse methods across Google’s product-specific channels like Google+, Youtube, Gmail and Blogger.
Source: Threat Post – Web
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Google Chrome Bug Opens Access to Private Facebook Information
The method could be used to deduce the age, sex, likes or the location history of a user – essentially, the attacker can
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Google patches Chrome bug that affected 'majority' of web users
The bug would’ve allowed some malicious data extraction
Source: The Inquirer – Google patches Chrome bug that affected ‘majority’ of web
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Google Services Track User Movements In Privacy Faux Pas
A recent report found that Google services – with functions like checking maps, the weather, and search – are tracking users even when
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Google's Public DNS reaches its 8.8.8.8th anniversary
Celebrates with a promise of new functionality on the way
Source: The Inquirer – Google’s Public DNS reaches its 8.8.8.8th anniversary
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Google Tracks iPhone and Android Users Location Data Even If Location History Turned Off
Google tracks your location even if you have the Location History turned off on your mobile devices. Generally, Google asks permission to allow
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Google apps are recording your location, even when you turn tracking off
This could be the biggest GDPR fail yet
Source: The Inquirer – Google apps are recording your location, even when you
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How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location
A new report shows that Google still tracks your location even if you thought you opted out.
Source: Wired – How to
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A Tweet About Hacking During Defcon Gets a Google Engineer in Trouble
Matt Linton says he was asked to leave Caesars Palace Thursday night after a tweet about an “attack” was reported to the police.
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Cloud Intelligence Throwdown: Amazon vs. Google vs. Microsoft
A closer look at native threat intelligence capabilities built into major cloud platforms and discussion of their strengths and shortcomings.
Source: Dark
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