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Last weekend users found that a simple picture can turn Android smartphone into a “piece of stone”, if you set it as wallpaper. The 9to5google magazine turned attention to the problem. Journalists say that the famous Ice Universe insider first reported about a strange bug. On his Twitter account, he …

Analysts of the German company SRLabs, using the SnoopSnitch application installed on more than 500,000 smartphones, collected information on the so-called “Patch delays.” Experts concluded that security updates began to reach Android users faster. Update speed is important because Android OS has been recognized as the most vulnerable platform of …

In the framework of the April “Tuesday of updates”, Microsoft fixed 113 vulnerabilities in 11 Microsoft products, 17 of which were rated as critical, and another 96 received status of important. Moreover, Microsoft fixed three 0-day vulnerabilities that were already under attack. So far, Google Project Zero and Threat Analysis …

Due to the widespread self-isolation and quarantine, the Zoom video conferencing application has gained unprecedented popularity. However, along with popularity, Zoom developers got many problems, for example today Google forbade its employees to use Zoom. Last week, NASA and SpaceX banned their employees from using the Zoom video conferencing application, …

Software manufacturers shift version updates dates and releases of new programs because of the coronavirus. For example, Chrome will jump from 81 to 83, and Microsoft Edge will postpone the update. Last week, it became known that Google cannot support the planned pace of Chrome browser releases. The fact is …

This week, Google reported about its success in adopting the HTTPS standard: 80% of applications encrypt traffic by default. So, in the official blog of the IT giant, appeared a message that currently 4 out of 5 applications (80%) available through the Google Play Store encrypt traffic by default and …

According to Reuters, the European Commission and European antitrust authorities are conducting a “preliminary investigation” regarding Google data collection methods. Therefore, the European antitrust monitors again tackle the search giant. “Competition enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic are now looking into how dominant tech companies use and monetise data. …

Google has revealed statistics about how often it has to warn users about “governmental attacks.” Over the past three months, Google has sent out over 12,000 such alerts. Most alerts were sent to users from the United States, South Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam. “Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) works to …

This week it became known that due to the use of third-party SDKs, the data of Twitter and Facebook users leaked to the side (of course, without any knowledge). SDK (software development kit) is a set of developmental tools that allows software specialists to create applications for a specific software …

Amnesty International, a nonprofit organization, has published a report inviting tech giants Facebook and Google to change their business model and stop relying on user data. According to the report, the constant monitoring of billions of people around the world by companies threatens human rights and freedom of speech. Google …