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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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

Firefox and Chrome will not trust Symantec's certificates

Mozilla reported that during 2018 no longer trust certificates issued by Symantec and its subsidiaries. The process will be carried out gradually until in October all the sites are marked as...

References:

mozilla.org

securityweek.com

wccftech.com

certsi.es

googleblog.com

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Information leakage

Google

SSL/TLS

20 million Amazon Echo devices and Google Home affected by BlueBorne

In the month of September were discovered a series of vulnerabilities named as BlueBorne which affect the Bluetooth protocol of a large number of devices. As time has gone by, companies have...

References:

certsi.es

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

securityaffairs.co

esecurityplanet.com

bitdefender.com

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Google

Vulnerability

Judy virus infects 36 million Android devices

The study, published by security company Check Point, claims to have discovered a new virus, called Judy, which has infected more than 36 million Android devices.The purpose of this virus is to use...

References:

blog.checkpoint.com

elmundo.es

thehackernews.com

redeszone.net

gizmodo.com

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Android

Google

Malware

Millions of Google Docs users affected by a phishing attack

Google has confirmed that it was a victim during the first days of May of a sophisticated phishing campaign that affected millions of Google Docs users. This phishing would consisted of receiving a...

References:

techcrunch.com

theguardian.com

foxnews.com

money.cnn.com

abc.es

tecnologia.elpais.com

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Cybercrime

Google

Internet

Millions of dollars from Google and Facebook stolen through phishing techniques

The publication Fortune.com has revealed that computer companies Google and Facebook would have been victims of a multi-million dollar fraud carried out through phishing techniques. The complex...

References:

justice.gov

fortune.com

theguardian.com

bbc.com

genbeta.com

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Cybercrime

Google

Social networks

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

G Suite of Google stored passwords in plain text

Google withdraws applications from the developer DO Global from Play Store

Google+ shutdown accelerates after bug discovered

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

Google blocks accounts involved in disinformation campaigns

Firefox and Chrome will not trust Symantec's certificates

20 million Amazon Echo devices and Google Home affected by BlueBorne

Judy virus infects 36 million Android devices

Millions of Google Docs users affected by a phishing attack

Millions of dollars from Google and Facebook stolen through phishing techniques

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