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5 Reasons Why Google Drive Is a Security Risk
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5 Reasons Why Google Drive Is a Security Risk

Google Drive is an incredibly useful cloud storage solution that offers numerous features and benefits. With Google Drive, sharing documents and working remotely as a team has never been easier. As part of the Google Suite, Google Drive offers seamless integration with other Google services.

However, there are some security risks associated with using Google Drive that you should be aware of. So why is Google Drive still a security risk? How can your data be compromised through the service?

Google Issues Emergency Security Update For 3.2 Billion Chrome Users—Attacks Underway
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Update your Chrome Browser ASAP!

Google has issued an emergency security update for all Chrome users as it confirms that attackers are already exploiting a high severity zero-day vulnerability.

The emergency update to version 99.0.4844.84 of Chrome is highly unusual in that it addresses just a single security vulnerability. A fact that only goes to emphasize how serious this one is.

In a Chrome stable channel update announcement, published March 25, Google confirms it “is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-1096 exists in the wild.”

All Chrome users are therefore advised to ensure their browsers are updated as a matter of urgency.

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Microsoft Just Gave A Billion Users A Reason To Quit Windows 

Windows 10 and Windows 11 users, you need to take immediate action! A serious vulnerability has been discovered in both platforms which Microsoft has not only failed to patch but actually made worse. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Walmart-exclusive router and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control devices

suspicious backdoors have been discovered in a Chinese-made Jetstream router, sold exclusively at Walmart as their new line of “affordable” wifi routers.

iPhone Hackers Caught By Google
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Forbes: iPhone Hackers Caught By Google Also Targeted Android And Microsoft Windows, Say Sources

The unprecedented attack on Apple iPhones revealed by Google this week was broader than first thought. Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation said that Google’s own Android operating system and Microsoft Windows PCs were also targeted in a campaign that sought to infect the computers and smartphones of the Uighur ethnic group in China.