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Improving software security through a data-driven security model

May 31, 2016

The current software security models, policies, mechanisms, and means of assurance are a relic of the times when software began being developed, and have not evolved along …

Google Allo messaging app offers end-to-end crypto, but not as default

May 19, 2016

On Wednesday, at its annual developer-focused conference, Google introduced two new cross-platform apps: Allo and Duo. Google Allo is a messaging app, and Duo is a video …

Google drops support for old crypto on Gmail, SMTP servers

May 18, 2016

In less than a month, Google will stop supporting SSLv3 and RC4 on its SMTP and Gmail’s web servers. The end of support is not unexpected, as the Internet giant announced the …

Gboard enhances your keyboard, but what about your privacy?

May 16, 2016

Gboard is a Google app for your iPhone that lets you search and send information, GIFs, emojis and more, right from your keyboard. You can search and send anything from …

The fragile security of the mobile ecosystem

May 12, 2016

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become indispensable in our daily lives. In fact, in Q4 2015, smartphones accounted for around 75 percent of all mobile …

Solutions for the hijacked websites problem

April 19, 2016

According to a group of researchers from Google and University of California Berkeley, roughly 16,500 new sites get hijacked each week and start serving drive-by-malware or …

Chrome Web Store developers have to improve user data transparency

April 18, 2016

Google has announced that it’s modifying the User Data Policy for the Chrome Web Store, and developers have three months to make the needed changes if they don’t …

Google’s poor design decision undermines 2FA protection

April 11, 2016

A design decision by Google can be exploited by attackers to gain control of both devices needed to access users’ accounts protected via SMS-based 2-factor …

New alerts for Gmail users targeted by state-sponsored attackers

March 29, 2016

Since 2012, Google has been warning Gmail users when they have been targeted by state-sponsored attackers, but now the alert will be even more visible (and therefore less …

Google offers binary comparison tool BinDiff for free

March 21, 2016

In case you missed it, Google announced on Friday that BinDiff, a comparison tool for binary files, can now be downloaded for free. The tool is used to spot differences and …

Google starts tracking, encourages worldwide HTTPS usage

March 16, 2016

Google has added a new section to its Transparency Report, which will allow users to keep an eye on Google’s use of HTTPS, and HTTPS use of the top 100 non-Google sites …

Hack Chromebook in guest mode, get $100,000

March 15, 2016

Google has once again upped the ante for bug hunters concentrating on Chrome, and is now offering $100,000 to anyone capable of achieving a compromise of a Chromebook or …