Even when turned off, Google location tracking continues to follow users

Security Digest Information security news and advice from TechTarget's network| August 15, 2018 FEATURED STORY Google location tracking continues even when turned off by Michael Heller, Senior Reporter New research has discovered that mobile apps may still store where users have been even after Google location tracking services have been turned off. (SearchSecurity.com) Advertisement NEWS   Parisa Tabriz's Black Hat 2018 keynote challenges infosec's status quo In her Black Hat 2018 keynote, Google's Parisa Tabriz celebrated the unrecognized, long-term work that can cause real change in security and challenge the status quo. (SearchSecurity.com)   Amanda Rousseau talks about computer forensics investigations Amanda Rousseau, aka Malware Unicorn, discusses her time in computer forensics investigations with the DoD, as well as the joys of reverse engineering malware encryption by hand. (SearchSecurity.com)   Risk & Repeat: Can Disclose.io help protect vulnerability researchers? In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss the Disclose.io project and what it could mean for the future of security research and vulnerability disclosure. (SearchSecurity.com)   Web cache poisoning attacks demonstrated on major websites, platforms PortSwigger's James Kettle doesn't believe web cache poisoning is theoretical and to prove it, he demonstrated several attacks on major websites and platforms at Black Hat 2018. (SearchSecurity.com)   Meltdown and Spectre disclosure suffered 'extraordinary miscommunication' During a panel discussion at Black Hat 2018 on Meltdown and Spectre, Google explained how miscommunication left the company's incident response out of the early disclosure process. (SearchSecurity.com)   2018 Pwnie Awards cast light and shade on infosec winners The Meltdown and Spectre research teams won big at the Pwnie Awards this year at Black Hat, while the late-entry Bitfi Wallet team overwhelmingly won for Lamest Vendor Response. (SearchSecurity.com) EXPERT ADVICE   How online malware collection aids threat intelligence Threat intelligence can facilitate cloud-based malware collection, which has value for enterprise cybersecurity. Expert Frank Siemons discusses collecting and analyzing malware. (SearchCloudSecurity.com)   Incident response frameworks for enterprise security teams After a security breach, incident response practices become crucial to minimize and contain the damage. Learn about incident response frameworks with guest David Geer. (SearchSecurity.com)   How criticality analysis benefits from an entropy engineer NIST published 'Criticality Analysis Process Model: Prioritizing Systems and Components' to guide organizations when prioritizing systems. Discover the key processes with Judith Myerson. (SearchSecurity.com)   Okiru malware: How does this Mirai malware variant work? A Mirai variant has the ability to put billions of devices at risk of becoming part of a botnet. Discover how this works and what devices are at risk with expert Nick Lewis. (SearchSecurity.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Security Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Security Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.