Tag: Google Workspace

  • Gmail: Be careful Google could destroy your account

    Gmail: Be careful Google could destroy your account

    If you do nothing, inactive Gmail accounts will be erased permanently. Following Twitter’s decision to remove dormant accounts, Google has announced that it will do the same for old Gmail accounts. Fortunately, it is now quite evident which accounts will be categorised as inactive and when account removals will commence.   Google noted in its…

  • With passkey Google allows you to sign in without passwords

    With passkey Google allows you to sign in without passwords

    Passkeys enable you to access your Google account only using biometrics. We all despise passwords: generating, remembering, storing, and using them. Google has now made a significant step towards a password-free future, relying instead on passkeys. With a passkey, you can now access your Google accounts without using a password by scanning your face or…

  • Google is introducing generative AI to cybersecurity

    Google is introducing generative AI to cybersecurity

    Google is among the companies competing for the emerging trend in the generative AI space. Google launched Cloud Security AI Workbench a cybersecurity suite driven by Sec-PaLM, a specialised “security” AI language model. Sec-PaLM is an outgrowth of Google’s PaLM paradigm that has been “fine-tuned for security use cases, It includes security information such as…

  • Google Cloud has a severe security issue

    Google Cloud has a severe security issue

    SADA is to thank for preventing a possible calamity on the Google Cloud Platform. The cybersecurity website specialists claimed to have discovered a critical vulnerability in the Google Cloud Platform. Moreover, the experts claim that it has now been patched by the tech giant.   The vulnerability is known as Asset Key Theft. It allows threat…

  • 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,…