“Gmail is one of the most powerful and most popular email services available, and there’s a reason why. However, many of its best features are buried in the app’s dense settings pages. You’d be forgiven for missing some of the many powerful tools that are sitting right under the surface.”
Scraped personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users has reportedly leaked online
“The personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users has leaked online on a popular hacker forum, according to a Saturday report from Cyber News. The scraped data of Clubhouse users includes names, social media profile names, and other details.”
Chrome users, check if Google is tracking you with new targeted advertising
“Google is keeping an eye on where you go on the internet. Back in 2020 Google announced the beginning of the end of third-party cookies that track you as you click around the Chrome web browser.”
Android spyware masquerades as a System Update
“Malware of all kinds on Android are nothing new. Some even manage to get past Google Play Store’s security checks. Most, however, ride on apps that are sourced outside of Android’s sanction app store and those are often able to wreak more havoc than normal harmful apps.”
Verizon 5G Home Internet expands: Price and speed details vs T-Mobile
“It’s clearly the week for 5G home internet launches, with Verizon lighting up two new markets on the heels of T-Mobile launching its own 4G/5G-router.”
The Personal Data of Over 533M Facebook Users Has Been Posted Online
“Names, locations, and phone numbers are all available as part of this massive data leak.”
Vulnerabilities in Single Sign-On services could be abused to bypass authentication controls
“SAML XML injection gives attackers free rein over user accounts, although hard-to-execute bug proves real-world threat is minimal UPDATED A class of vulnerability detected in several Single Sign-On (SSO) services might allow attackers to hack into corporate systems, security researchers at NCC Grou”
Critical netmask networking bug impacts thousands of applications
“Popular npm library netmask has a critical networking vulnerability. The component gets over 3 million weekly downloads, and as of today, has scored over 238 million total downloads over its lifetime. Further, about 278,000 GitHub repositories depend on netmask.”
T-Mobile: First US network to comply with FCC’s STIR/SHAKEN protocol deadline
“For years now, US carriers have been doing their best to protect their customers against scam callers. It has gotten so bad that the government has even implemented rules against it and encouraged carriers to take the concern seriously.”