This week, the Google Cloud team talked about a previously unknown DDoS attack that targeted a Google service back in September 2017 and peaked at 2.54 TB/sec, making it the most powerful recorded attack in history. Soon, analysts from the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) published their report on the incident, in which they said… Continue reading Google revealed the most powerful DDoS attack in history
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Google and Intel experts warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs in Linux
Google and Intel engineers warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs that threaten all but the latest Linux kernel versions. The bugs are collectively known as BleedingTooth and are associated with the BlueZ stack, which is widely used in Linux distributions, as well as consumer and industrial IoT devices (with Linux 2.4.6 and higher). “This issue allows… Continue reading Google and Intel experts warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs in Linux
Google recruits a team of experts to find bugs in Android applications
ZDNet reports that a number of new positions have been added to Google’s job list. The fact is that Google appears to be recruiting a team of Android security experts that will be looking for vulnerabilities in critical applications from the Google Play Store. According to Sebastian Porst, software development manager for Google Play Protect,… Continue reading Google recruits a team of experts to find bugs in Android applications
Researcher Earned $10,000 by Finding XSS Vulnerability in Google Maps
Israeli cybersecurity specialist Zohar Shachar talked about his discovery of XSS vulnerability in Google Maps in 2019, and then found out that Google was unable to fix it from the first time. The issue was related to the Google Maps feature that allows users to create their own maps. Such maps can be exported in… Continue reading Researcher Earned $10,000 by Finding XSS Vulnerability in Google Maps
Google cloud services are used for phishing
Attackers, whose main goal is to steal various credentials, are increasingly turning to public cloud services to host decoy files and phishing pages. Even Google services are now being used for phishing. Check Point experts warn that earlier this year they discovered a campaign, which was abusing Google cloud services. The scammers have developed an… Continue reading Google cloud services are used for phishing
Linus Torvalds approved exclusion of the terms slave, blacklist and others from the Linux kernel code
More recently, we talked that the IT community has also returned to discussing inappropriate and offensive terminology under the influence of Black Lives Matter protests that swept across the United States (and not only). Linus Torvalds did not stand aside and approved excluding the terms slave, blacklist, and others from the Linux kernel code. Many… Continue reading Linus Torvalds approved exclusion of the terms slave, blacklist and others from the Linux kernel code
Google Maps helps users protect themselves from COVID-19
Google has added a number of new features to its mapping service to help users protect themselves from COVID-19. Google Maps now provides travelers and people on duty with public transport information on how the COVID-19 pandemic could affect their trip. Among other updates, now the Google Maps application will display notifications of restrictions imposed… Continue reading Google Maps helps users protect themselves from COVID-19
Google experts talked about vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems
Google Project Zero specialists discovered and described many vulnerabilities in Apple’s operating systems. For example, they are part of the Image I/O framework, which is used for parsing images and is part of iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS. Overall were identified 14 vulnerabilities, six of which directly affect Apple Image I/O, and eight more problems… Continue reading Google experts talked about vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems
Due to the pandemic Google developers re-enabled FTP support for Chrome
Most recently, I wrote that Firefox developers plan to remove from their browser support for the FTP protocol, as consider it to be unsafe. At the same time, Google re-enabled FTP support for Chrome. Google developers have been talking about abandoning FTP since 2014, since very few browser users (0.1-0.2%) use the protocol. In 2018,… Continue reading Due to the pandemic Google developers re-enabled FTP support for Chrome
Firefox Refuses to Support FTP Protocol
ZDNet reports that Mozilla developers consider FTP to be an insecure protocol and will soon refuse to support it in Firefox. Therefore, users will no longer be able to upload files via FTP, and may not be able to view the contents of FTP links and folders in a browser. “We do this for security… Continue reading Firefox Refuses to Support FTP Protocol