Google | DataProtectionCenter.com

Google Patches Android Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

02

Nov

2021

The zero-day vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-1048 and Google says there is evidence that the flaw has been exploited in limited, targeted attacks. The internet giant described it as a use-after-free bug in the kernel that can be exploited for local privilege escalation. No other information has been provided about the attacks exploiting CVE-2021-1048, but […]

Category Mobile Mobile security Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

Is Apple’s Safari browser the last, best hope for web privacy?

02

Nov

2021

What browser do you use? There’s a good chance—roughly one in seven—that it’s Google Chrome. And even if you prefer a different browser, there’s a good chance that you’re using something that’s based on Google Chrome, such as Edge, Vivaldi, Chromium, Brave, or Opera. After a decade and and a half of relatively healthy competition […]

Category Mobile Mobile security Privacy protection Security Written by Blog 0 Comments

Google Play Store removes over a dozen malicious Android utility apps

29

Oct

2021

Security researchers have helped kick out 19 apps from the Google Play Store that installed a rare rooting malware to take over the smartphone. Discovered by cybersecurity investigators at Lookout, the malware dubbed AbstractEmu rooted an infected Android device to conduct several malicious activities such as monitoring notifications, capturing screenshots, recording the screen, and even […]

Category Mobile Mobile security Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Google Patches Android Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Is Apple’s Safari browser the last, best hope for web privacy?

Google Play Store removes over a dozen malicious Android utility apps

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us