A data breach affecting 15,661 Ericsson Inc. employees and customers has been disclosed after attackers compromised a third-party service provider used by the company. The incident involved unauthorised access to files containing personal information, according to breach notifications filed with US… Read More "Ericsson Breach Exposes Data of 15k Employees and Customers"
One year from now, with the release of Chrome 154 in October 2026, we will change the default settings of Chrome to enable “Always Use Secure Connections”. This means Chrome will ask for the user’s permission before the first access… Read More "Google Online Security Blog: HTTPS by default"
The next frontier for biometric authentication may be upon us, and it involves the vibrations of one’s skull. Last week, a research team led by Rutgers University introduced a new biometric authentication software compatible with extended reality (XR) headsets —… Read More "Picking Up ‘Skull Vibrations’? Could Be XR Headset Authentication"
The trends from January offer useful clues about the risks and priorities that security teams are likely to contend with throughout the year 30 Jan 2026 The year got off to a busy start, with January offering an early snapshot… Read More "This month in security with Tony Anscombe – January 2026 edition"
Google Cloud has warned that threat actors targeting cloud environments now favor campaigns which gain initial access by exploiting software vulnerabilities over credential-based attacks. Published on 9 March, the Google Cloud Office of the CISO’s H1 2026 Google Cloud Threat… Read More "Cloud Attackers Now Prefer Vulnerability Exploits Over Credentials"
Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse; Vijay Pareek, Manager, Android Messaging Trust and Safety As Cybersecurity Awareness Month wraps up, we’re focusing on one… Read More "How Android provides the most effective protection to keep you safe from mobile scams"
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is updating its look at the risk and defensive landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), reflecting the fast adoption of the technology and the security issues that adoption poses. The OWASP Foundation published expanded… Read More "OWASP GenAI Security Project Gets New Update, Tools Matrix"
When it comes to our children’s digital lives, prohibition rarely works. It’s our responsibility to help them build a healthy relationship with tech. 17 Feb 2026 • , 4 min. read The lives our children lead today are very different… Read More "Is it OK to let your children post selfies online?"
Just 24% of organizations test their identity disaster recovery plans every six months, according to new research which examined how businesses prepare for identity-focused cyber-attacks. The findings suggested that despite rising investment in identity threat detection and response (ITDR), many organizations… Read More "Only 24% Of organizations Test Identity Recovery Every Six Months"
Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in new code quickly yields durable and compounding gains. This year we look at how this approach isn’t just… Read More "move fast and fix things"
