Four critical Android bugs patched, one could lead to permanent device compromise
Google’s December security update for Android has been pushed out to Nexus devices on Monday, and it contains fixes for 19 vulnerabilities, four of which are deemed …
The privacy risks of school technology tools
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Google for collecting and data mining school children’s personal …
Custom secure apps are gaining popularity in the enterprise
It looks like organizations are increasingly building custom secure apps. Among Good Powered by BlackBerry customers who are building custom apps, the average organization has …
Vonteera adware blocks AVs, can install uninstallable Chrome extensions
The Vonteera adware family has been around for quite some time, but it is now slowly starting to cross the line between unwanted, potentially malicious software to outright …
Analytics services are tracking users via Chrome extensions
It’s quite possible that, despite your belief that the Google Chrome is the safest browser there is and your use of extensions that prevent tracking, your online …
Bug in Android Gmail app allows effective email spoofing
Yan Zhu, a Technology Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has unearthed a flaw in the Gmail Android app that can lead to very effective phishing attacks.The flaw is …
Google debuts customized warning for social engineering sites
Google Chrome users will from now on be faced with a new, customized warning every time they visit a website/page that contains social engineering content:“The threat …
Email is more secure today than it was two years ago
Google has partnered with University of Michigan and the University of Illinois, and they have been trying to discover, for the last couple of years, how email security has …
Video: General Data Protection Regulation, Safe Harbor Agreement, Copyright reform and the Google case
After having been ruled invalid by the ECJ, the Safe Habor Agreement is now back in the spotlight as the Commission has finally issued a communication on the Trans-Atlantic …
11 zero-days uncovered in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
An internal contest between the North American and European members of Google’s Project Zero has resulted in the discovery of eleven high-impact zero-day flaws affecting …
Security update kills several critical bugs in Android Marshmallow
Google’s November Android security update carries fixes for seven vulnerabilities, including two remote code execution flaws that are rated “critical” …
