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Android users rejoice! Security updates will be coming out faster

August 6, 2015

August 5, 2015, is the date that (hopefully) marks the beginning of one of the biggest positive changes in the Android ecosystem.Adrian Ludwig, Google’s lead engineer …

Dmail: A Chrome extension for sending self-destructing emails

July 28, 2015

Social bookmarking web service Delicious has released a free beta version of Dmail, an extension for the Chrome browser which allows senders to delete an email they sent and …

New Google Drive phishing campaign exposed

July 28, 2015

Elastica discovered a new Google Drive-based advanced phishing campaign initiated by unknown attackers. The attackers used JavaScript code obfuscation and compromised websites …

How experts stay safe online and what non-experts can learn from them

July 23, 2015

Google researchers have asked 231 security experts and 294 web-users who aren’t security experts about their security best practices, and the list of top ones for each group …

Google helps Adobe improve Flash security

July 22, 2015

Adobe has been dealt a heavy blow after the Hacking Team data dump produced three Flash Player zero-day exploits and they begun being exploited in the wild.While Adobe was …

Google Safe Browsing to start blocking sites with ads leading to unwanted software

July 17, 2015

Ad networks that don’t vet carefully what ads they serve will be the next “victims” of Google’s Safe Browsing service.Since August 2014, Google has …

EFF delves into privacy practices of Apple, Google, Twitter, and others

June 19, 2015

Our digital lives are leaving data trails through social networking sites, email providers, Internet service providers, and mobile apps. But which companies fight the hardest …

Google announces reward program for Android bugs

June 16, 2015

Google has announced that it will start paying researchers for information about vulnerabilities affecting Android.The Android Security Rewards are incremental. “For …

Google releases new hub for managing security and privacy settings

June 2, 2015

Google has released a new privacy tool for users: the My Account centralized hub for managing Google Settings.“Privacy and security are two sides of the same coin: if …

Millions of users installed malicious Minecraft apps from Google Play

May 25, 2015

“Since August 2014, Minecraft lovers who like to play the popular game on their Android phones have been targeted with apps that are purportedly cheats for the game, but …

Account recovery via secret questions is a bad idea

May 22, 2015

Secret questions offer far lower security than user-chosen passwords, and should never be used as the only way to reclaim access to a lost account, Google researchers have …

Security firm publishes details, exploit code for Google App Engine flaws

May 15, 2015

Polish firm Security Explorations has published technical details and PoC code for several security issues identified in Google App Engine (GAE) for Java.The company has found …