Code in the Cloud: Programming Google AppEngine
Cloud applications are the next big shift in application development: instead of building single-user applications to run on a personal computer, new applications are being …
35 million Google Profiles collected into private database
If you are one of those individuals that made their own Google Profile, chances are that you knew and agreed to the fact that the information you included in it will be …
Google to fix Android flaw
Two days ago, a group of German scientists made public the fact that a Google authentication protocol flaw. The flaw makes it possible for malicious individuals to sniff out …
Google authentication protocol flaw endangers Android users
If you’re an Android user that has still not upgraded to the 2.3.4 and 3.0 version, you’re in danger of having the information contained in various Google …
Chromebook: A new class of risks
We are certainly living in interesting times. It was less than a week ago that a rumor appeared that Apple is going to switch to ARM processors for its next generation of …
400% increase in Android malware
Enterprise and consumer mobile devices are exposed to a record number of security threats, including a 400 percent increase in Android malware, as well as highly targeted …
Google Chrome sandbox apparently cracked
French security firm VUPEN has announced that its researchers have managed manufacture an exploit able to bypass Google Chrome’s sandbox, ASLR and DEP. It is precisely …
Poisoned Google image searches becoming a problem
If you are a regular user of Google’s search engine you might have noticed that poisoned search results have practically become a common occurrence. Google has, of …
Gaping security hole in Skype for Android
The Skype application for Android contains a flaw that allows a rogue app to access and harvest users’ personal information and things like chat logs from the device …
Google tests malicious download warning for Chrome
A new feature that is aimed at protecting Chrome users against the inadvertent download of malicious files is being rolled out by Google. “It’s easy to find sites …
Rogue SSL certificates issued for Google, Yahoo, Skype
A Comodo affiliate Registration Authority (RA) has been compromised and the incident resulted in the issue of nine rogue SSL certificates for seven popular domains, reported …
Malicious app found in Android Market
To infect a mobile device, the Rootcager/DroidDream Trojan used two known exploits: exploid and rageagainstthecage. If the first one failed to root the device, the malware …