Blog Google Drive Users Should Be Aware Of Upcoming Update July 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Does your business utilize Google Workspace? If so, be advised that the company recently issued an alert for Workspace admins. The alert warns that a planned update designed to improve security relating to Google Drive link sharing could actually cause some of the links to break, which in turn, could overwhelm your company’s IT support […] Read more » Business Advice Google Google Apps New Technology Recent News Technology News
Blog Google Adding Additional Security Feature To Chrome On iOS July 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google made a small but significant change to Chrome for iOS. If you use the browser in that environment, it now allows you to lock your incognito tabs behind a FaceID protection wall, giving you an added layer of security. This new feature makes it much more difficult for people to snoop around on […] Read more » Apple Chrome Google New Technology Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Chrome Speed Will Increase With Update June 14, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re one of the legions of users who rely on Google’s Chrome browser when you surf the web, we’ve got great news. As of the release of Chrome 91, it’s about to get a whole lot faster. The engineers behind Chrome’s continued improvement have found a clever ‘cheat’ that makes the browser a whopping […] Read more » Chrome General Interest Google Recent News Technology News
Blog Massive Data Leak Affects More Than 100M Android Users June 9, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you own an Android smart device, be advised there has been a data leak. Security researchers at Check Point have recently discovered a massive data leak that left an assortment of personal data for more than 100 million Android users exposed. The data was found in unprotected databases used by a total of 23 […] Read more » Android Data Breach General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Improves Android Feature To Change Compromised Passwords June 7, 2021 by Vertical Axion Several months back, Google introduced a new feature to its Chrome browser that searched a user’s stored passwords, comparing them against a list of known compromised passwords. The best part is they are alerting the user if any of the passwords they have saved have been compromised. It’s an excellent feature and definitely helps to […] Read more » Android General Interest Google New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Numerous Malicious Financial Apps Discovered Targeting Android Devices May 31, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google did some house cleaning. They removed ten different apps from the Play Store, all of which contained droppers for financial Trojans, this according to a recent blog post by Check Point Research. Apparently, all ten of the poisoned apps were submitted by the same threat actor, who took pains to get them past […] Read more » Android General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Analytics Gets New Security Feature May 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion Based on current trends, marketers are going to 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. Back in October 2020, the company rolled out the first significant […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Google Prioritizing Privacy And Safety With Play Store Updates May 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion Google generally does a great job with security when it comes to the Google Play Store. Of course, the company regularly makes headlines when poisoned apps are discovered, 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 certainly doesn’t […] Read more » General Interest Google Google Apps New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Google May Force All Users To Use 2 Factor Authentication May 24, 2021 by Vertical Axion Sometimes Google takes a heavy-handed approach to security, but it’s also widely accepted that their heart is in the right place. That seems to be the case with the company’s most recently announced change. In the near future, the search giant is going to start pushing Gmail and Google account holders to use two-factor authentication […] Read more » General Interest Google Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Chrome Zero Day Exploit Gets Fixed With Latest Update May 19, 2021 by Vertical Axion On April 20, 2021, Google released Chrome 90.0.4430.85, designed to address a zero-day exploit hackers are currently taking advantage of, tracked as CVE-2021-21224. The patch also patches four other high severity security flaws that had previously been plaguing the most popular browser on the web. By the time you read these words, the latest version […] Read more » General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News