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Google wants bug hunters to probe popular Android apps for bugs

October 19, 2017

Google has started another bug bounty initiative: the Google Play Security Reward Program. While the name of the program might suggest that bug hunters will be after …

Another KRACK in the network perimeter

October 19, 2017

When a high profile vulnerability surfaces that is as far reaching as KRACK, a WPA2 encryption attack to hijack Wi-Fi networks, it’s common to respond impulsively. “Why are …

Google offers Advanced Protection for high-risk users of its services

October 18, 2017

High-risk Google users – journalists, human rights and civil society activists, but also campaign staffers and people in abusive relationships – can now take …

Google to enforce HTTPS on TLDs it controls

October 4, 2017

In its sustained quest to bring encryption to all existing Web sites, Google has announced that it will start enforcing HTTPS for the 45 Top-Level Domains it operates. How …

Widely used DNS forwarder and DHCP server Dnsmasq riddled with flaws

October 3, 2017

Google researchers have discovered seven serious vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq, a lightweight, widely used DNS forwarder and DHCP server for small computer networks. Dnsmasq is …

Google Chrome most resilient against attacks, researchers find

September 19, 2017

Researchers have analyzed Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer, and found Chrome to be the most resilient against attacks. “Modern web browsers such as …

Chrome will tag FTP sites as “Not secure”

September 15, 2017

Google Chrome 63, expected to be released sometime around December, will label resources delivered over the FTP protocol as “Not secure”, a member of the Chrome …

Phishers targeting LinkedIn users via hijacked accounts

September 13, 2017

A new phishing campaign has been spotted hitting LinkedIn users via direct messages and the LinkedIn InMail feature. They are sent from legitimate LinkedIn Premium accounts …

Google Dashboard becomes mobile-friendly

September 12, 2017

Google Dashboard, a privacy tool through which users can see what Google has learned about them through their use of the company’s products, has been redesigned. …

Using behavior analysis to solve API security problems

September 12, 2017

When people think about complex security challenges, airport security might be the most familiar. The scope of challenges and implications of breaches are daunting. This is …

Tech firms band together to take down Android DDoS botnet

August 29, 2017

An ad-hoc alliance of tech firms has managed to seriously cripple an Android-based botnet that was being actively used to DDoS multiple content providers. The botnet, dubbed …

Android Oreo: What’s new on the security front

August 24, 2017

On Monday, Google released the long-awaited Android 8.0 Oreo in an unveiling that coincided with the total solar eclipse visible in much of the US. The newest version of the …