A week in security (May 22-28)

Categories: News

Tags: Cisco

Tags: Zyxel

Tags: ChatGPT

Tags: Malvertising

Tags: Apple

Tags: Google

Tags: insider threat

Tags: Pentagon explosion

Tags: CISA

Tags: ransomware guide

Tags: Rheinmetall

Tags: BlackBasta

Tags: WordPress

A list of topics we covered in the week of May 22- 28 of 2023

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Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices

Categories: Personal

Tags: Google

Tags: tracking

Tags: location

Tags: data

Tags: court

Tags: lawsuit

Tags: settlement

Tags: advertising

We take a look at a case where Google is agreeing to pay $40m as a result of disclosure related to location tracking issues.

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Google killer, killed: Neeva and the limits of privacy as a philosophy

Well, that was fast.

Just under two years after splashing into the world with all sorts of provocative promises, a search startup that was set on convincing people to pay for a privacy-centric Google alternative is shutting its doors.

Neeva, founded by a pair of former Google executives and the subject of intense fascination within the tech universe, quietly announced over the weekend that its service will be winding down next week. From the announcement:

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Google I/O and the curious case of the missing Android version

With Google’s I/O announcement expo now firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time for us to enter the inevitable next phase of any tech-tinted revelation — and that’s the careful contemplation of everything we’ve just experienced.

It’s my favorite phase of all, personally, as it lets us really dive in and analyze everything with a fine-toothed comb to uncover all the subtle significance that isn’t always apparent on the surface.

And this year, my goodness, is there some splendid stuff to pore over.

Specific to the realm of Android, the sharp-eyed gumshoes over at 9to5Google noticed that this year’s under-development new Android version, Android 14, was mentioned by name only one time during the entire 2,000-hour Google I/O keynote.

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A week in security (May 8-14)

Categories: News

Tags: YouTube

Tags: ad block

Tags: sponsored tweets

Tags: Twitter

Tags: fake BBC News

Tags: AVLab assessment

Tags: Google

Tags: Google Passkey

Tags: MSP

Tags: Patch Tuesday

Tags: Discord

Tags: RedStinger

Tags: tech support scam

Tags: Aurora stealer

Tags: Invalid Printer loader

Tags: MSI

Tags: ransomware

Tags: Brightline

Tags: ransomware review

Tags: Allan Liska

Tags: Lock and Code S04E11

The most interesting security related news of the week from May 8 till 14.

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Update now! May 2023 Patch Tuesday tackles three zero-days

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: Microsoft

Tags: CVE-2023-29336

Tags: CVE-2023-24932

Tags: bootkit

Tags: CVE-2023-29325

Tags: Outlook

Tags: preview

Tags: CVE-2023-24941

Tags: Apple

Tags: Cisco

Tags: Google

Tags: Android

Tags: VMWare

Tags: SAP

Tags: Mozilla

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday round up for May 2023 includes patches for three zero-day vulnerabilities and one critical remote code execution vulnerability

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Google and Apple cooperate to address unwanted tracking

Categories: News

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Google

Tags: Apple

Tags: AirTag

Tags: Tile

Tags: Samsung

Tags: Bluetooth

Tags: trackers

Tags: stalking

Tags: car thieves

Google and Apple want to create a specification for tech that alerts users when they’re being tracked by AirTags and similar devices.

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AI-powered content farms start clogging search results with ad-stuffed spam

Categories: News

Tags: spam

Tags: AI

Tags: GPT

Tags: generated

Tags: content

Tags: farm

Tags: SEO

Tags: click

Tags: news

Tags: ad

Tags: advert

Tags: google

Tags: advertisers

We take a look at the potential issues surrounding AI-generated content produced on a mass scale.

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