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 …
Most notorious Android malware
Total Defense announced the findings of its 2011 Internet Security Threat Intelligence Report, which indicates Android’s rise in market share was only surpassed by the …
Android pattern lock stumps FBI forensic experts
Who would have thought that pattern screen locks on Android phones actually provide such an effective barrier to unauthorized access that even the FBI is forced ask Google for …
DARPA director leaves the agency for Google
Regina Dugan, the first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has been offered and has accepted a “senior executive position” …
Teen exploits three 0-days to hack Chrome, earns $60K from Google
The end of this year’s editions of the Pwn2Own and Pwnium contests has been marked by another Chrome hack, executed by a teenage security researcher that goes by the …
IE 9 hacked at Pwn2Own, Google patches Chrome bugs
After the success they had with attacking Google’s Chrome browser, the team of vulnerability researchers from French firm VUPEN has also managed to hack …
Chrome already pwned twice at CanSecWest
The annual CanSecWest conference opened on Wednesday in Vancouver, and before the first session even started, Google’s Chrome was exploited successfully not once, but …
Two-thirds of Android AV solutions not good enough
Nearly two-thirds of Android antivirus products offered on the market today cannot be considered reliable enough for use, says independent IT and security research institute …
“Google Pharmacy” spam hitting inboxes
Google’s name and reputation is once again being misused by spammers trying to trick users into believing that what they are selling is endorsed or approved by the …
Indian govt to ask Yahoo, Google to route emails through servers in India
Web mail service providers such as Google, Yahoo, and others will be asked to route all emails accessed in India through servers located in the country – even if the …
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