With mobile devices becoming increasingly more dominant and more of the daily online interactions taking place on portable devices, it’s no wonder that they are becoming a larger and larger vector for attack by bad actors. Potentially Harmful Applications (PHAs) are one such vector for attack. On Android, we have …
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Security and authentication are big, complicated problems that lots of companies are trying to improve. It’s not good enough to just set a password on something – passwords can be shared and compromised. Provision and use of two-factor authentication systems have seen a big rise in recent years after high-profile …
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Privacy is the new flavour of the month in Silicon Valley, with many large tech firms looking to add controls and reassure users in the face of scandals and bad publicity. Google holds a lot of personal information on us all, so it needs to act responsibly when granting access …
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Security form Trend Micro posted on their site detailing the discovery of some 29 malicious camera in from the Google Play store. The good news? They’re gone – removed by Google. The bad news? They collectively ranked up a few million downloads, and apparently managed to evade Google Play Protect …
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Amazon-owned Ring has found itself under fire today for its internal handling of users’ video streams and recordings generated by its smart home products, according to a report published today at The Intercept. It’s not the first time privacy concerns have been raised about smart home systems, and Ring especially, …
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For the past few years Google has made it easier for users to control the security on their Google accounts. Today that are announcing that they are not only making it easier to control your account but at the same time provide more detailed information. The new update designed to …
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Security researchers have discovered and disclosed two new exploits that can be executed against modern processors dubbed “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. The range of potentially affected processors is vast: “Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on …
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Australian company Swann has announced a range of new wire-free security cameras, equipped with 1080p full HD video and 120-degree viewing angle, the cameras offer sufficient image quality to make out facial detail and licence plates from any angle. With IP65 weatherproofing, Swann is promoting these cameras as able to …
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The start of the month is when Google usually release their security patches and updates for their relevant devices. This month is no exception with today Google releasing the full factory images and OTAs for October. This month we see the security update arrive for the Google Pixel and Pixel …
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Oreo has only been out for a short time but that doesn’t stop Google from rolling out security updates to their devices. After OTA updates started heading out to relevant devices yesterday Google has today provided links to not just the OTA update but, as usual, the full factory image …
Read More » July 4th in the US is over, and that means Google is back on track and has released the July security patches for Android, including OTA and Factory images for supported Nexus and Pixel devices. As usual, Google has released the patches in two variants, allowing manufacturers to patch more …
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LastPass is one of the most popular password managers around with native applications for Android, iOS, Chrome browser, Firefox, Windows and more. Using a password manager to assist in the creation and tracking of long, strong and unique passwords for every site you visit is one way to achieve good …
Read More » Welcome to a new month and of course that means Google has released a security bulletin outlining all the issues they’ve found, or had reported to them and subsequently fixed. For those of you on a supported Nexus or Pixel device, that means you’ll be receiving an OTA update soon, …
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Samsung has announced that they will be retiring their My Knox security product in favour of the new Secure Folder application in an email being sent out to My Knox users. My Knox, which debuted on Samsung devices in 2014, was a free security solution that enabled users to keep …
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Many of you know LastPass as a popular password manager and secure online Vault, hopefully, many of you also know that they offer a 2 Factor Authenticator app as well: LastPass Authenticator. One issue with Authenticator over apps like Authy is it didn’t include secure online backup of your 2FA …
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