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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Google blocks largest HTTPS DDoS attack to date

Google has officially announced that the largest HTTPS-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, which peaked at 46 million requests per second, was neutralised in June.A...

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cloud.google.com

bleepingcomputer.com

theregister.com

csoonline.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybercrime

Denial of service

Google

Incident

Internet

Malware

Campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers detected

Google has identified an ongoing campaign targeting cybersecurity researchers working on study of vulnerabilities across multiple companies and organizations, suspected to be perpetrated by an...

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blog.google

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

microsoft.com

blog.google

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0day

Botnet

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Google

Incident

Information leakage

Internet

Malware

Microsoft

Social networks

Vulnerability

Unauthorized access to a Nitro database

The global document management company, Nitro, reported, on October 21, on limited access to one of its databases by an unauthorized third party.The affected database supports certain online...

References: 

ir.gonitro.com

bleepingcomputer.com

siliconangle.com

redeszone.net

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Apple

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Google

Incident

Microsoft

FCM keys expose millions of users to spam and phishing

Security researcher Abhishek Dharani, known as Abss, has blogged an investigation related to a vulnerability in Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), a cloud solution for messages and notifications on...

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abss.me

portswigger.net

cybernews.com

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

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Android

Apple

Application

Google

Internet

Tool

Vulnerability

Firebase platform suffers from data exposure

Firebase, a Google platform for developing web and mobile applications, has exposed sensitive information from more than 4,000 applications that use its database, due to poor permission settings by...

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comparitech.com

thehackernews.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Android

Application

Google

Information leakage

Internet

Tool

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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blog.google

techcrunch.com

abc.es

genbeta.com

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Google

Information leakage

IoT

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