Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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Security fail over Xiaomi cameras

Several users have been affected by a security fail using Mi Home Basic 1080p, through Google Home Hub. This fail allowed them to access to the video signal of other users with the same gadgets.One...

References: 

c.mi.com

androidpolice.com

xataka.com

thehackernews.com

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Google

Information leakage

IoT

Google creates the App Defense Alliance to improve the security of the Google Play Store

To promote the security of Google Play Store, Google has started a collaboration with ESET, Lookout and Zimperium named App Defense Alliance. The main goal of this alliance is to stop malware...

References: 

security.googleblog.com

wired.com

engadget.com

silicon.es

muyseguridad.net

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Android

Google

Malware

Google reveals how an iOS malware campaign works

In early 2019, Google’s Threats Analysis Group (TAG) notified Apple about 14 vulnerabilities affecting iPhone devices from versions iOS 10 to iOS 12. This vulnerabilities was patched on out-of-band...

References: 

googleprojectzero.blogspot.com

support.apple.com

forbes.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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0day

Apple

Google

Malware

Vulnerability

Google improves Google Play Security Reward Program

In 2017, Google launched the Google Play Security Rewards Program (GPSRP) and three years after its creation, they have just announced an improvement in the program.With the aim of improving...

References: 

android-developers.googleblog.com

zdnet.com

xatakandroid.com

andro4all.com

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Android

Application

Google

Malware

Vulnerability

Google recognizes that they listens to fragments of the conversations users have with their devices

Google has recognized in its blog "The Keyword", that they listen to some fragments of the conversations that users have with their devices. They indicate that it is a way to improve the devices,...

References: 

blog.google

techcrunch.com

abc.es

genbeta.com

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Google

Information leakage

IoT

G Suite of Google stored passwords in plain text

Google has notified G Suite users and administrators that it had stored plain text passwords since 2005, due to a failure in the platform's administration console. G Suite, formerly Google Apps, is...

References: 

cloud.google.com

bleepingcomputer.com

databreachtoday.com

genbeta.com

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Application

Encryption

Google

Google withdraws applications from the developer DO Global from Play Store

Google has removed applications from the Chinese developer of DO Global software, including file manager ES File Explorer, from its Google Play store due to fraud in its advertising system and...

References: 

do.global

elandroidelibre.elespanol.com

osi.es

larazon.es

europapress.es

xatakandroid.com

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Android

Application

Google

Google+ shutdown accelerates after bug discovered

Google has announced that it will accelerate the closure of all Google+ APIs to April 2019, after discovering that the personal information of 52.5 million of its customers was affected by a...

References: 

blog.google

xataka.com

threatpost.com

incibe-cert.es

cloud.google.com

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Information leakage

Google

Incident

Google+ announces closure and reports 500,000 user accounts exposure

Alphabet, parent company to which Google belongs, has announced the gradual closure of its social network Google+ over the next ten months and has also revealed a vulnerability in the service that...

References: 

blog.google

bleepingcomputer.com

techcrunch.com

theregister.co.uk

xataka.com

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Google

Incident

Vulnerability

Google blocks accounts involved in disinformation campaigns

Kent Walker, SVP of Global Affairs at Google, has announced in a statement that 39 YouTube channels, 6 Blogger blogs and 13 Google+ accounts have been blocked following research conducted by the...

References: 

blog.google

fireeye.com

twitter.com

newsroom.fb.com

foxnews.com

abc.es

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Google

Internet

Social networks

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