Future Publishing | Getty Images reader comments 49 with 35 posters participating Share this story Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they broadcast cryptocurrency scams, sometimes they simply auction off access to the account. Now, Google has detailed the technique that hackers-for-hire used to compromise thousands of YouTube creators… Read More »
Enlarge / Never put a GriftHorse on your phone. John Lamparsky | Getty Images reader comments 26 with 21 posters participating Share this story Google has taken increasingly sophisticated steps to keep malicious apps out of Google Play. But a new round of takedowns involving about 200 apps and more than 10 million potential victims… Read More »
Enlarge / A giant peacock in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Getty Images | NBC reader comments 89 with 65 posters participating, including story author Share this story NBCUniversal recently asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock, the NBC streaming service that has apparently failed to get many paying subscribers. The Comcast-owned… Read More »
Enlarge / Insomnia people and mobile-addiction concepts. (credit: Getty Images) Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it’s continuously sending data including your location, phone number, and local network details to Apple or Google. Now, a researcher has provided a side-by-side comparison that suggests that, while both iOS and Android collect handset data… Read More »
reader comments 39 with 32 posters participating Share this story A team of advanced hackers exploited no fewer than 11 zeroday vulnerabilities in a nine-month campaign that used compromised websites to infect fully patched devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, a Google researcher said. Using novel exploitation and obfuscation techniques, a mastery of a wide… Read More »
Enlarge / Sunset, over the Google empire. reader comments 7 with 7 posters participating Share this story A new report alleges that Google employees who report experiencing gender or racial harassment or discrimination routinely get told to take “medical leave” and seek mental health treatment—only to be shoved aside when they try to come back.… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 18 with 16 posters participating Share this story Google is adding its password checkup feature to Android, making the mobile OS the latest company offering to give users an easy way to check if the passcodes they’re using have been compromised. Password Checkup works by checking credentials entered into apps against… Read More »
reader comments 29 with 23 posters participating Share this story Users of Google’s Chrome browser have faced three security concerns over the past 24 hours in the form of a malicious extension with more than 2 million users, a just-fixed zero-day, and new information about how malware can abuse Chrome’s sync feature to bypass firewalls.… Read More »
Enlarge / Exterior view of a Googleplex building, the corporate headquarters of Google and parent company Alphabet, May 2018. reader comments 77 with 59 posters participating, including story author Share this story More than 225 workers at Google have formally launched a company-wide union membership drive, following an increasing drive toward organization inside the company… Read More »
Enlarge / Former Google AI Research Scientist Timnit Gebru speaks onstage during Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Kimberly White | Getty Images reader comments 5 with 5 posters participating Share this story Apple v. Samsung View more stories Google struggled on Thursday… Read More »