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ForkLog 9 09.10.2020

Roskomnadzor seeks information on Google’s Global Cache servers. Banning them would hit YouTube

Russian telecom operators have received letters from Roskomnadzor demanding information on whether they are connected to Google's Global Cache servers. The letters' authenticity has been confirmed by several large providers.

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ForkLog 10 06.10.2020

Google Cloud named a candidate to be an EOS block producer; EOS rises about 14.6%.

Block.one said that Google Cloud has become a candidate to act as a block producer for EOS.

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ForkLog 22 06.08.2020

Malicious actors have created Uniswap copycat sites to steal cryptocurrency and are promoting them on Google

Several fake Uniswap copycat sites appeared online, through which attackers steal cryptocurrencies. The fraudulent sites are promoted via Google ads.

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Krzysztof Shpak 884 23.06.2020

Hackers Use Popular Web Analytics Tool to Steal Online Shoppers’ Payment Information

Threat actors are now targeting Google Analytics service to harvest data entered by users. As the victims are generally Europe and Americas-based online stores selling cosmetics, food products, digital equipment, and spare parts, the stolen information includes their shoppers’ credit card details.

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Google Chrome Extension With 32M Downloads Has Malicious Add-Ons that Steal Data, Report

Krzysztof Shpak 3803 19.06.2020

Google Chrome Extensions With 32M Downloads Have Malicious Add-Ons that Steal Data, Report

As of May 2020, Google’s Chrome Web Store has reportedly been hit with the most massive surveillance campaign so far, which managed to steal data from users around the world through over 32 million downloads of malicious extensions.

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Krzysztof Shpak 604 05.06.2020

Enlightened Despot: Is Google Fit to Tell Good from Evil?

For decades Google has been widely criticized for privacy breaches and turning its host of services into a perfect global surveillance mechanism. But it took a while until this global corporation owned up to the criticism, albeit silently.

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Krzysztof Shpak 856 27.05.2020

Latest Modification of ComRAT Trojan Targets Gmail Users to Steal Confidential Documents

Researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET have detected a modified version of ComRAT malware, which now targets Gmail users to steal confidential documents. In addition to misappropriation of documents, the trojan collects information about the network, Microsoft Windows configurations, and the Archive Directory groups or users.

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Krzysztof Shpak 506 20.05.2020

Google to Fight Online Ads That Use Built-In Crypto Mining Scripts

Tech giant Google has begun combating resource-heavy web ads, such as those that mine cryptocurrency, and is planning to launch a dedicated feature on the Chrome browser by the end of summer.

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Krzysztof Shpak 863 15.05.2020

Searching for Search Engine and Post-Google Dream

Numbers strongly suggest that for the last several years people have been doing a lot of googling and really not much of binging, yahooing, and even baiduing in comparison. When it comes to certain alternative solutions like DuckDuckGo, there’s even more ground to gain. And there are reasons to want these leftfield solutions gaining ground, […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 599 24.04.2020

Oppressed Ethnic Minorities, Technology, and You

According to the recent news, an exploit in iOS was used between January and March 2020 to spy on visitors of certain websites related to an ethnic minority living in northwestern China.

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Krzysztof Shpak 640 16.04.2020

Apple and Google Will Track Infected With Coronavirus via Bluetooth. What About My Privacy?

Tech corporations Apple and Google are going to develop an API solution to trace contacts of infected people and notify potential carriers of the disease about the need for self-isolation. The solution is meant to be used together with applications from unnamed healthcare providers.

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Krzysztof Shpak 401 20.03.2020

Content Creators Talk About #ForkGoogle and Leaving Centralized Platforms Behind Eventually

Responding to the growing concerns about the instances of crypto-content being taken down on YouTube, Google Play, and other centralized services, the crypto-community launched the #ForkGoogle initiative. The initiative is aimed to inform and educate people and companies about the need to shift from the centralized infrastructure and build decentralized alternatives to the dominant centralized […]

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