CIA Awards Secret Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract
The Central Intelligence Agency has awarded its long-awaited Commercial Cloud Enterprise, or C2E, contract to five companies—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Oracle and IBM. Keep Reading
Artificial Intelligence Agreement Will Enhance Environmental Monitoring and Weather Prediction
NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) has signed an agreement with Google to explore the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for enhancing NOAA’s use of satellite and environmental data. Keep Reading
USC, Google, and Other Partners Aim to Help Get Election Info to Voters
USC has allied with Google, elected officials, and nonprofit leaders on a mission to help provide voters with important information about where, when, and how to vote in the 2020 elections — now just six weeks away. Keep Reading
Amazon, Google and Wish Remove Neo-Nazi Products
Amazon, Google and Wish have removed neo-Nazi and white-supremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click. Keep Reading
Data Privacy Day: Find and Delete the Scary Amount of Data Google Has on You
Google collects a staggering amount of personal information about its users -- perhaps even more than you realize. Google keeps tabs on every search you perform and every YouTube video you watch. Keep Reading
How to Comply with CCPA and Secure Consumer Data in the Cloud
DATA PRIVACY DAY: Aura of ambiguity around the new legislation has led to a slow start for enforcement. Keep Reading
Tensions Rise at Google Amid Trend of Employees Demanding ICE, CBP Contracts Be Nixed
Microsoft, GitHub, Salesforce, Wayfair and Amazon are among the companies that have faced internal and external criticism over their homeland security sales. Keep Reading
Google Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin Relinquish Control of Alphabet to CEO Sundar Pichai
The two men will remain employees of Alphabet and retain their seats on the board, but they will no longer oversee the company’s sprawling, almost trillion-dollar empire. Keep Reading
ISIS Cybersecurity Bulletin Notifies Followers of DOJ Request for Rifle Scope App User Data
Department of Justice filed an application for a court order seeking the names, phone numbers and other identifying data of at least 10,000 users of Obsidian 4. Keep Reading
Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking
Hacking the iPhone has long been considered a rarified endeavor, undertaken by sophisticated nation-states against only their most high-value targets. Keep Reading
Google Suspends Fraudulent Samsung Update App
While the app on the Google Play Store, called “Updates for Samsung,” did indeed redistribute Samsung’s software, it was also a scam to get users to pay money for the updates. Keep Reading
Redirecting Hate: ADL Hopes Googling for KKK or Jihad Will Take You Down a Different Path
The Redirect Method steers individuals who search online for violent or extremist content to material that exposes the falsehoods and hatred. Keep Reading
Google Goes Down After Major BGP Mishap Routes Traffic Through China
The leak appeared suspicious to many, in part because it misdirected traffic to China Telecom, the Chinese government-owned provider. Keep Reading
Google’s Automated Fuzz Bot Has Found Over 9,000 Bugs in the Past Two Years
A fuzzer (fuzzing tool) and the technique of fuzzing works by feeding a software application with large quantities of random data and analyzing its output for abnormalities and crashes. Keep Reading
Google Brainstormed Ways to Combat Trump’s Travel Ban by Leveraging Search Results for Pro-Immigration Causes
They also discussed how to alter the search engine so that people could easily contact their lawmakers and government agencies to ask questions about the ban, the emails showed. Keep Reading
Senators’ Gmail Accounts Targeted by Foreign Hackers
Sen. Ron Wyden said company "informed a number of Senators and Senate staff members that their personal email accounts were targeted by foreign government hackers." Keep Reading
Google and Harvard Team Up to Use Deep Learning to Predict Earthquake Aftershocks
The deep learning network was significantly more reliable than the most useful existing model, known as “Coulomb failure stress change.” Keep Reading
Social Media Firms Manage Expectations for Stopping Foreign Influence Campaigns
Silicon Valley is under heavy public and political pressure to crack down on foreign operations. However, some cyber experts say it’s too late for them to secure their platforms before voters cast ballots on Nov. 6. Keep Reading
More Fraudulent Apps Containing Aggressive Adware Found on Google Play
All these apps manifest identical behaviors upon launching: after users install the apps, they are subjected to a series of guided screens, with advertisements popping up at every single Next button pressed. Keep Reading
Washington State Attorney General Files Lawsuits Against Facebook and Google
Ferguson alleges that the tech giants aren’t complying with a state law requiring them to disclose basic information about political advertising on their platforms, including the cost of any given ad campaign and the identities of the people behind specific political ads. Keep Reading