Users feel insecure on social media sites
More than four out of five users worry about their personal information being stolen or misused on social media sites such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, according to …
Google raises bug bounty to $20,000
Google has announced that it will be updating the rules for its bug bounty program and will start handing out bigger amounts to the researchers participating in it. According …
Google sent out notifications to owners of hacked sites
Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s Web spam team, has announced on his Twitter account that the company has notified 20,000 Web site owners that their sites may have been …
“Movie” apps on Google Play steal contact info
29 malicious Android apps whose goal is to steal personal and contact information have been discovered over the weekend on the official Google Play market. According to …
Fake account verification email phishes for Google credentials
Once again, Google users are being targeted with emails purportedly coming from the Google Team, confirming a bogus recovery e-mail update: Seeing the threat of a permanent …
How Google Tests Software
Testing expert James Whittaker, a former Google testing leader, and two top Google experts reveal exactly how Google tests software, offering best practices you can use. How …
Cybercriminals target Google, LinkedIn and Mass Effect 3 users
During March 2012, GFI Labs documented several spam attacks and malware-laden email campaigns infiltrating users’ systems under the guise of communications purporting to …
Secure browser for Android
Good Technology announced Good Mobile Access (GMA) for Android, a secure mobile browser for Android devices. GMA is a feature of the Good for Enterprise solution that provides …
Mozilla testing default Google search encryption in Firefox
Firefox users should soon have encryption turned on by default when searching for things online via the built-in Google search engine, Mozilla confirmed. The change has been …
Google educates Gmail users on spam
Educating computer users about security is something that every online service should consider doing, and I’m glad to see that Google has started explaining why its …
Beware of fake Google AV
Cyber crooks are once again trying to take advantage of Google’s name and logo to push malware onto unsuspecting users. According to GFI researchers, a number of pages …
Fake Google Play site serves Android malware
Online scammers are known for their adaptability, so it should not come as a surprise that the recent name change of Google’s official Android Market – now dubbed …