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Google’s Chrome 80 clamps down on cookies and notification spam

February 6, 2020 0 Comments chrome, chromium, cookies, Google, Google Chrome, http, https, malware, samesite, security threats, Spam, Web Browsers, website notifications

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:14:48 +0000

Version 80 of the Chrome browser is out with some new features designed to save your security and your sanity.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/yYDlj-wH94I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android pulls 24 ‘dangerous’ malware-filled apps from Play Store

February 6, 2020 0 Comments Android, Android apps, bad apps, china, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, malware, Mobile, rogueware, security threats, shenzhen hawk, vpn pro, vpns

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:35:36 +0000

The malware-infected apps used to harvest data and sign users up to premium services have been downloaded more than 382 million times.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8tR9brfQrYs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Someone else may have your videos, Google tells users

February 5, 2020 0 Comments cloud storage, data loss, duo security, Google, google photos, google take out, google takeaway, Privacy, security threats, the cloud

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:58:47 +0000

As the well-worn internet saying goes – there is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ANgXswF_DM0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Critical Android flaws patched in February bulletin

February 5, 2020 0 Comments Android, android open source project, critical flaws, cve-2020-0022, cve-2020-0023, CVEs, flaws, Google, google pixel, Mobile, Operating Systems, Patches, Patching, Pixel, qualcomm, rce, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:46:14 +0000

Google has patched Android bugs that include a couple of critical flaws that could let hackers run their own code on the mobile operating system.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k2wIz5MF-3I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones

February 4, 2020 0 Comments andriod, Android, Apple, device encryption, Google, iOS, Mobile, mobile forensics, national institute of standards and technology, nist, Operating Systems, Privacy, security threats, smartphones

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:54:30 +0000

Criminals have found to their cost that reducing a device to a pile of rubble means nothing if the internal chips are still in working order.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DhhD2UVxfZU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google’s Super Bowl ad will make you cry. Or wince.

February 4, 2020 0 Comments ads, advertising, adverts, Google, Google Assistant, loretta, Marketing, Privacy, super bowl, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:44:29 +0000

Google’s Super Bowl ad featured an elderly man’s voice as he asked Google Assistant to help him remember details about his late wife.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/a63Ljbmk14I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple proposes simple security upgrade for SMS 2FA codes

February 3, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Apple, Google, Microsoft, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, sms phishing

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:54:31 +0000

Apple thinks it’s come up with a simple way to make SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) one-time codes less susceptible to phishing attacks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EmuD8lIFjiU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google launches open-source security key project, OpenSK

February 3, 2020 0 Comments ble, Cryptography, data loss, dongle, fido, fido u2f, FIDO2, Google, nfc, nordic, opensk, security key, usb, WebAuthn, Yubikey

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:02:06 +0000

OpenSK is a piece of firmware that you can install on a USB dongle of your own, turning it into a usable FIDO or U2F key.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ku-9LnVkKCo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fraud spike prompts Chrome developer lock-out

January 29, 2020 0 Comments browser extension, chrome, chrome developers, Chrome Extension, chrome web store, chromium, Google, Google Chrome, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:17:56 +0000

Google Chrome extension developers have been left high and dry for weeks as the company struggles to cope with a spike in fraud on the Chrome Web Store.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LoRzNY2ZY7s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (January 20 – 26)

January 27, 2020 0 Comments A week in security, Apple, awis, blog recap, breach, facebook phishing, fake job listings, Google, hiring scam, jhonerat, nest iot, pupyrat, Ransomware, rat, remote-access trojan, sextortion, tech support scam, thsuite, tinder, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:14 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including tech support scams, deepfakes, and the latest ransomware attack in Florida.

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A week in security

Tags: Apple awis blog recap breach facebook phishing fake job listings Google hiring scam JhoneRAT Nest IOT PupyRAT ransomware rat remote access Trojan sextortion tech support scam THSuite Tinder weekly blog roundup

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