US tech firms knew about and assisted with PRISM data collection
In a testimony before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, the NSA general council Rajesh De and his colleague stated on Wednesday that the tech companies that …
Beware of well-executed Google Docs phishing scam
An extremely convincing phishing spam campaign is currently targeting Google Docs and Google Drive users. It all starts with an email that tells potential victims that an …
Google Glass offers additional security to ATM users
Taking photos with a wink, checking one’s calendar with a glance of the right eye, reading text messages — the multinational cooperation Google wants to make it …
Dendroid spying RAT malware found on Google Play
A new Android malware toolkit called Dendroid is being offered for sale by its creators, and at least one of the malicious APKs created with it has managed to fool Google …
Malicious mobile apps on Google Play up 400 percent
RiskIQ announced research findings on the presence of malicious apps contained in the Google Play store. The company found that malicious apps have grown 388 percent from 2011 …
300,000 users affected by premium-SMS sending apps from Google Play
Panda Security has identified malicious apps on Google Play that can sign users up to premium SMS subscription services without their permission. These new threats have been …
Google offers five grants to women in security to attend HITB2014AMS
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, Google is offering five grants to women in security to attend the Hack In …
Google ups rewards for third-party software patches
Google is constantly tweaking its bug bounty and patch reward program, and the latest change consists of another broadening of scope and reward amount increases. …
A solution for fixing hijacked Chrome settings
Many users – if not all – have experienced downloading a free screensaver or game without looking at the small print and consequently getting their browser …
Beware of bogus Google “Suspicious sign-in prevented” emails
A very convincing phishing attempt aimed at harvesting users’ Google account credentials has been spotted by a security researcher (click on the screenshot to enlarge …
Many Android apps can track your location, access photos
An alarming proportion of Android applications can find and open private photographs on smartphones, track users’ locations, divulge e-mail addresses over the internet …
$2.7 million await successful Pwnium 4 contestants
Google has, once again, called security researchers to participate in its annual Pwnium contest scheduled to be held at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver in …