Tag: Google Workspace

  • Google Play Store will allow users to delete their account

    Google Play Store will allow users to delete their account

    The new Google Play Store data deletion policy is giving more authority to users.  It mandates that Android developers should give customers an online choice to erase their profiles. Moreover, in-app data has been made public by Google Workspace parent company.   Beginning in early 2024, the new policy will give Google Play users greater…

  • Phishing assaults are experiencing a significant increase

    Phishing assaults are experiencing a significant increase

    Researchers report a 5x increase in phishing email attacks year over year. Due to the explosive growth in phishing and other email-borne hacks over the past year, experts have advised small and medium-sized companies to be especially cautious of them. According to a study that examined information from 35 million global participants, since 2022 phishing…

  • Hackers use Google Chrome extensions to access your Gmail

    Hackers use Google Chrome extensions to access your Gmail

     Kimsuky used Google Chrome extensions to steal the target’s Gmail emails. Kimsuky also known as Thallium, Velvet Chollima is a North Korean threat organization. It conducts cyber-espionage against diplomats, journalists, government agencies, university academics, and politicians through spear phishing. Initially targeting South Korean targets, the threat actors gradually expanded their operations to the United States…

  • Google cautions consumers of Android device remote issues

    Google cautions consumers of Android device remote issues

      Google’s security research site warns of a troubling group of vulnerabilities disclosed in Samsung semiconductors powering dozens of Android devices. The vulnerability could be exploited within a short period, according to Google. Google Project Zero in-house security researchers reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos modems over the last few months. These include four…

  • Google adds another AI dollop to Workspace

    Google adds another AI dollop to Workspace

    A select group of trustworthy testers” will soon have access to ChatGPT-like text creation in Google Workspace.   With companies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DALL-E capturing the zeitgeist by storm with human prompt-driven generative AI. It was only a matter of time until Google joined the battle.   In conjunction with Google Cloud, Google launched…

  • Google Cloud storage is not as secure as we believe

    Google Cloud storage is not as secure as we believe

    Google Cloud Logs are a detective’s best friend. Google Cloud may have some worrying security issues. It allows threat actors to steal data without being detected by the cloud storage platform. According to cybersecurity website experts, who discovered that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) logs are often used to identify assaults. They comprehend what threat actors have accomplished,…

  • Gmail IMAP sync issues that are affecting Outlook users

    Gmail IMAP sync issues that are affecting Outlook users

    Google is looking into a service outage that is affecting Gmail users all over the world. It is causing problems when syncing emails with Microsoft servers via the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).   The users on affected devices report that they aren’t receiving emails and are having trouble syncing their Hotmail accounts. Customers who…

  • Google Workspace is the safest option for your workplace

    Google Workspace is the safest option for your workplace

    According to a new study cloud-based email favors over on-premises alternatives. Google Workspace is the most secure cloud-based email solution available.   Over four years, At-Bay reviewed data from around 40,000 individual SMB policyholders. They discovered that organizations that utilized cloud-based email products reported “substantially fewer” security issues. On the other hand, businesses that used…

  • Phishing campaign abusing Google ads to target AWS logins

    Phishing campaign abusing Google ads to target AWS logins

    A new phishing scheme is aiming at AWS logins using Google Ads to insert phishing sites into Google Search to acquire users’ credentials.   A cybersecurity website identified the campaign after researchers saw fraudulent search results on January 30, 2023. When searching for “AWS,” malicious advertising came in second, just after Amazon’s own sponsored search result.   Initially, the…

  • Google Bard: A ChatGPT competitor can transform Search Engines

    Google Bard: A ChatGPT competitor can transform Search Engines

    Google Bard will be available ‘in the coming weeks.  Google has finally snapped and launched a ChatGPT rival dubbed as Bard.  An experimental conversational AI service that’ll be available to the public in the coming weeks.    The chatbot, like ChatGPT, can answer complicated inquiries and teach you about complex topics in a conversational manner.…