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Android O
Google’s plan to foil screen-hijacking malware in Android O

74% of ransomware, 57% of adware, and 14% of banker malware abuse a specific app permission to target nearly 40 percent of all Android users – by overlaying screens, …

fuzzing
Google found over 1,000 bugs in 47 open source projects

In the last five months, Google’s OSS-Fuzz program has unearthed over 1,000 bugs in 47 open source software projects, and it’s ready to integrate even more of …

Google
Spectacular phishing attack pushes Google to improve defenses

The most recent Google-themed phishing attack shouldn’t have come as a surprise, but it did – and has affected around a million Gmail users. As Google succinctly …

Be careful on Google Play

An often repeated piece of advice given to users of mobile devices says that they should stick to well-reputed, official app stores if they want to avoid malware. But while …

Android malware
iOS spyware Pegasus has an equally capable Android counterpart

Mobile security firm Lookout and Google have revealed the existence of Chrysaor (aka Pegasus for Android), a powerful espionage app that is believed by both companies to be …

Symantec
Google to sanction Symantec for misissuing security certificates

In a post on a developers’ forum, software engineer on the Google Chrome team Ryan Sleevi has announced Google’s plan to start gradually distrust all existing …

Nest Cam Outdoor
Burglars can easily make Google Nest security cameras stop recording

Google Nest’s Dropcam, Dropcam Pro, Nest Cam Outdoor and Nest Cam Indoor security cameras can be easily disabled by an attacker that’s in their Bluetooth range, a …

Money
Google, Microsoft increase bug bounties

Bug hunters, rejoice: both Google and Microsoft have announced a considerable increase of the amount they will pay out for information about bugs in their products. Google ups …

alert
Chrome users on macOS to see more dangerous site warnings

MacOS users who use Chrome to surf the web are likely to see more security warnings in the coming days, as Google’s Safe Browsing service will start flagging sites …

hole
Google releases details, PoC exploit code for IE, Edge flaw

As we’re impatiently waiting for Microsoft to patch vulnerabilities that were scheduled to be fixed in February, Google has released details about a serious …

Gmail
Simple Gmail spoofing leaves users open to targeted attacks

Gmail shows no warning as it delivers legitimate-looking spoofed emails seemingly coming from an existing Gmail.com address, even though they come from a non-Gmail server. …

Google
Google launches its own Root Certificate Authority

Google is known for slipping fingers in many pies, so it should not come as a surprise that it has opted for starting its own Root Certificate Authority. With the increased …

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