Recently, it was all over the news that Google’s cybersecurity experts had found an attempted mass iPhone hack. This had the potential to lead to mass hysteria. But Apple has released a statement calling out Google for creating a “false impression” with their news and also “stoking fear among all iPhone users.” They have published what they say are the real facts behind this, creating a circumstance of who should be believed. Apple vs. Google This all started with Google’s blog post. They claimed their security researchers discovered a group of hacked websites that were… Read more

Being hacked remains a top concern of many, regardless of what type of a device they are using. With most of us having a smartphone in our pockets at any given time, having our phones hacked is always a concern. It can’t be much scarier then to know that you could be hacked by someone sending just one text message to you. A major security flaw in Androids has left over a billion devices vulnerable to such a hack. Android Text Hack The Check Point Software Technologies cyber security firm researchers identified the security flaw… Read more

While there has been much said over the past few years of Google gathering data on users to sell ads and make a profit, perhaps the most egregious of this practice is YouTube collecting data on children in order to sell ads for its products. There’s a price to pay, however. Google, the parent company of YouTube, has agreed to provide new protections for children and also to pay a $170 million fine as a settlement in an investigation. Penalizing YouTube After complaints from consumer groups, the Federal Trade Commission and the New York state… Read more