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Goo.gl Links Shortened Using Google URL Shortener to Stop Working from August 25
Google URL Shortener has become a highly popular tool over the years. It essentially allows you to take long URLs and squeeze them into concise links which are easier to share on other platforms. However, the platform’s deprecation was announced by the company back in 2018. Last year, the company announced that links shortened by the Google URL S...
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Daam Virus That Steals Call Logs, History and Accesses Cameras Spreading on Android Phones, CERT-in Warns
Daam, a new Android virus that can access sensitive information such as call logs, contacts, history — and even access a device's cameras — is spreading, according to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team. CERT-In says the Daam Android malware can also "bypass anti-virus programs and deploy ransomware on the targeted devices" and is distr...
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Government Blocked 94 YouTube Channels, 19 Social Media Accounts in 2021-22 for Spreading Fake News
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that the government blocked 94 YouTube channels, 19 social media accounts and 747 uniform resource locators (URLs) during 2021-22 for spreading fake news. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister Thakur said that these actions have been taken under Section 69A of the Information Tech...
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Zoom Fixes a Vanity URL Issue to Prevent Potential Phishing Attacks
Zoom along with the cybersecurity company Check Point has fixed an issue with its Vanity URL that could have potentially allowed hackers to manipulate meeting ID links for phishing purposes.
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WhatsApp Phishing URLs Jumped Over 13,000 Percent in Q4 2019: Vade Security
WhatsApp is reportedly is among phishers’ favourite target, a new security report has revealed. The report claims that the number of WhatsApp phishing URLs has seen a staggering 13,467.6 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth.
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Google to Shut goo.gl URL Shortener in Favour of Dynamic Links
Google has announced plans to shut down its goo.gl URL shortening service starting April.
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Google Chrome 64 for Android Automatically Cleans Up URLs While Sharing
URL shortener works automatically while sharing links in the Chrome browser.
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Chrome for Android Now Suggests URLs You Have Copied to Your Phone's Clipboard
The feature is currently available in Chrome Dev app for the version 60 on Android and can updated via Google Play store.
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WhatsApp in New Colours Being Offered by Deceptive Adware Campaign
The new adware makes use of a fake URL as instead of directing users to WhatsApp's official website, the adware directs users to a different domain, which makes use of characters from Cyrillic alphabet.
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Google Study Reveals 760,935 Websites Were Breached Last Year
The research was made with the help of Google's Safe Browsing Alerts initiative that notifies network administrators of potential security breaches and doctored URLs on the websites.
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Shortened URLs Can Let Hackers Spy on You: Study
While URL shortening tools may be useful, the short length makes it simple for hackers to brute force (trial and error) them.
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New Algorithm to Identify Illegal Websites Listed in Photos, Videos
The team has successfully tested their algorithm on thousands of images with overlaid URLs.
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Dropbox Users Can Now Bookmark URLs to Cloud Storage
The feature is present for its Web interface as well as Android and iOS mobile applications.
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Google Tone Lets You Share URLs via Sound
The Google Tone extension creates a sound signature that is broadcast by laptop speakers to other Tone-enabled machines around.
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Google Gets Over 1 Million Copyright-Based URL Removal Requests a Day
Google shared the number of copyright-based URL removal requests for the past month as 30,143,926 URLs (averaging roughly 1,004,798 a day).
_1495802473068.jpg?downsize=260:195 "Chrome for Android Now Suggests URLs You Have Copied to Your Phone's Clipboard")
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Goo.gl Links Shortened Using Google URL Shortener to Stop Working from August 25
Google URL Shortener has become a highly popular tool over the years. It essentially allows you to take long URLs and squeeze them into concise links which are easier to share on other platforms. However, the platform’s deprecation was announced by the company back in 2018. Last year, the company announced that links shortened by the Google URL S...
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Daam Virus That Steals Call Logs, History and Accesses Cameras Spreading on Android Phones, CERT-in Warns
Daam, a new Android virus that can access sensitive information such as call logs, contacts, history — and even access a device's cameras — is spreading, according to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team. CERT-In says the Daam Android malware can also "bypass anti-virus programs and deploy ransomware on the targeted devices" and is distr...
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Government Blocked 94 YouTube Channels, 19 Social Media Accounts in 2021-22 for Spreading Fake News
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that the government blocked 94 YouTube channels, 19 social media accounts and 747 uniform resource locators (URLs) during 2021-22 for spreading fake news. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister Thakur said that these actions have been taken under Section 69A of the Information Tech...
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Zoom Fixes a Vanity URL Issue to Prevent Potential Phishing Attacks
Zoom along with the cybersecurity company Check Point has fixed an issue with its Vanity URL that could have potentially allowed hackers to manipulate meeting ID links for phishing purposes.
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WhatsApp Phishing URLs Jumped Over 13,000 Percent in Q4 2019: Vade Security
WhatsApp is reportedly is among phishers’ favourite target, a new security report has revealed. The report claims that the number of WhatsApp phishing URLs has seen a staggering 13,467.6 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth.
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Google to Shut goo.gl URL Shortener in Favour of Dynamic Links
Google has announced plans to shut down its goo.gl URL shortening service starting April.
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Google Chrome 64 for Android Automatically Cleans Up URLs While Sharing
URL shortener works automatically while sharing links in the Chrome browser.
-
Chrome for Android Now Suggests URLs You Have Copied to Your Phone's Clipboard
The feature is currently available in Chrome Dev app for the version 60 on Android and can updated via Google Play store.
-
WhatsApp in New Colours Being Offered by Deceptive Adware Campaign
The new adware makes use of a fake URL as instead of directing users to WhatsApp's official website, the adware directs users to a different domain, which makes use of characters from Cyrillic alphabet.
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Google Study Reveals 760,935 Websites Were Breached Last Year
The research was made with the help of Google's Safe Browsing Alerts initiative that notifies network administrators of potential security breaches and doctored URLs on the websites.
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Shortened URLs Can Let Hackers Spy on You: Study
While URL shortening tools may be useful, the short length makes it simple for hackers to brute force (trial and error) them.
-
New Algorithm to Identify Illegal Websites Listed in Photos, Videos
The team has successfully tested their algorithm on thousands of images with overlaid URLs.
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Dropbox Users Can Now Bookmark URLs to Cloud Storage
The feature is present for its Web interface as well as Android and iOS mobile applications.
-
Google Tone Lets You Share URLs via Sound
The Google Tone extension creates a sound signature that is broadcast by laptop speakers to other Tone-enabled machines around.
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Google Gets Over 1 Million Copyright-Based URL Removal Requests a Day
Google shared the number of copyright-based URL removal requests for the past month as 30,143,926 URLs (averaging roughly 1,004,798 a day).
