Researchers find, Google fixes Glass hijack flaw
Google Glass is scheduled to be made widely available to regular consumers by the end of this year, so the Internet giant has still time to fix the most obvious security flaws …
Bug bounties are cheaper than hiring full-time bug hunters
Software companies that have instituted bug bounties are on the right track, a recently published report by researchers of the University of California, Berkeley computer …
“Google account hacked” text scam puzzles researchers
A curious spamming campaign continues to target Google users via their mobile phones, and researchers still don’t know what it actually does. First spotted back in …
The magnitude of Android’s “master key” bug
The Android flaw whose existence was revealed last week by Bluebox Security is as bad as they come. “Blowing hash and signing functions so that the underlying code can …
Android bug allows app code change without breaking signatures
Researchers from Bluebox Security have discovered a critical Android flaw that allows attackers to modify the code of any app without breaking its cryptographic signature, and …
Google implements malware scan for submissions to Chrome Web Store
Late last week, Google has announced that submissions to the Chrome Web Store will, from now on, be checked for malware. Mimicking the Android Bouncer program incorporated …
Thwarting facial recognition systems with privacy visors
Despite Google announcement that it won’t allow facial recognition on Google Glass (yet) and Facebook turning it off (just in Europe), every person should be aware that …
Google asks secret court permission to publish FISA numbers
Google’s open letter to U.S. Attorney General Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Muller last week obviously produced some results, but the company in …
Google warns Iranian users of politically-motivated phishing
A massive phishing campaign believed to be motivated by the upcoming Iranian presidential election has been spotted targeting Iranian Gmail users, the company warned in a blog …
Google ups (some) bug bounties
Google has once again decided to raise the sums that researchers can earn by offering information about bugs in the company’s web services and properties (YouTube, …
NSA has direct access to Google, Facebook, Apple servers
After yesterday’s news that Verizon is compelled to share all phone call metadata with the NSA on a daily basis comes the incendiary revelation that the spy agency has …
Google researcher publishes Windows 0-day exploit
Less than two weeks after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released information about a new Windows zero-day vulnerability on the Full Disclosure mailing list and asked for …
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