Google strengthens its Workplace suite protection

Categories: Business

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Tags: gmail

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Tags: protection

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We take a look at how Google is strengthening protections across its Workplace products, and Gmail in particular.

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Fake Amazon Prime email abuses LinkedIn’s URL shortener

Categories: News

Categories: Scams

Tags: LinkedIn

Tags: Slinks

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: email

Tags: payment details

Tags: amazon

Tags: gmail

Tags: outlook

Tags: hotmail

Tags: scam

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The email claims if you not update your card information in the next 24 hours, your membership benefits will be cancelled.

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Ransomware attack turns 2022 into 1977 for Somerset County

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:12:10 +0000

Somerset County in New Jersey has been sent back to 1977 after a ransomware attack shut down various historical record checks.

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Gmail-linked Facebook accounts vulnerable to attack using a chain of bugs—now fixed

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 19:37:25 +0000

A researcher has combined a chain of bugs into an attack method that makes it possible to take over Facebook accounts linked to Gmail.

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Client side scanning may cost more than it delivers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 13:04:04 +0000

On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. Privacy advocates aren’t happy.

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How to remove Google from your life

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:35:14 +0000

Google and all its products can dominate the average person’s life. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to remove yourself from their ecosystem.

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Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:22:04 +0000

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cvVZ0VW5JqY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking 6,000 accounts

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:41:17 +0000

Reyes Daniel Ruiz went after younger women’s accounts, including those of his personal friends and work colleagues, he admitted.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/aH0yMJKQHEU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cooperating apps and automatic permissions are setting you up for failure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:53:10 +0000

Apps that cooperate and share permissions might seem convenient, but are they worth the security and privacy risk?

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