Numerous Malicious Financial Apps Discovered Targeting Android Devices while Google did some house cleaning. According to a recent blog post by Check Point Research, they removed ten different apps from the Play Store, all of which contained droppers for financial Trojans. The same threat actor submitted all ten of the poisoned apps, who took … [Read more...] about Numerous Malicious Financial Apps Discovered Targeting Android Devices
Archives for May 2021
Google Analytics Gets New Security Feature
Google Analytics Gets New Security Feature, and based on current trends, marketers will have to get used to operating in a world without cookies. In light of that, Google has recently made some significant changes to Google Analytics designed to help marketers live and ultimately thrive in that world. In October 2020, Google rolled out the first … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Gets New Security Feature
Versions Of Windows 10 Stop Receiving Security Updates
Versions Of Windows 10 Stop Receiving Security Updates. On the heels of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has flagged specific versions of Windows 10 that will no longer receive security updates. These include versions 1803, 1809, and 1909. If you're currently using any of those, you'll want to update to a later version to … [Read more...] about Versions Of Windows 10 Stop Receiving Security Updates
Replace Old Broadband Routers with a newer and more secure model
Replace Old Broadband Routers with a newer and more secure model. Based on a 'UK security Watchdog, Which?' survey of more than 6000 UK households, the company identified 13 different older routers still using today. Of those 13, nine fall well short of meeting modern security standards. Naturally, those older routers have not received security … [Read more...] about Replace Old Broadband Routers with a newer and more secure model
Google Updates Play Store Privacy And Safety
Google Updates Play Store Privacy And Safety. Google generally does a great job with security when it comes to the Google Play Store. Of course, Google regularly makes headlines with discoveries of poisoned apps, but given the sheer number of apps available on the Play Store, the percentage of problematic ones is barely a blip on the radar. That … [Read more...] about Google Updates Play Store Privacy And Safety
Google May Force All Users To Use 2 Factor Authentication
Google May Force All Users To Use 2 Factor Authentication. Sometimes Google takes a heavy-hand approach to security, but their heart is in the right place. That seems to be the case with the company's most recent announcement. Soon, Google will start force Gmail and Google account holders to use two-factor authentication (2FA) by automatically … [Read more...] about Google May Force All Users To Use 2 Factor Authentication
