Google hit with €1.49 billion antitrust fine by EU
The third penalty that Europe has levied on the tech giant in less than two years brings the total to €8.25 billion
Latest Chrome update plugs a zero‑day hole
It now turns out that the vulnerability in the browser was being exploited in tandem with a zero-day in Windows
Google aims for password‑free app and site logins on Android
With FIDO2 certification for Android, Google is setting the stage for password-less app and website sign-ins on a billion devices
Google – “Here’s how we cracked down on bad apps last year”
Apps downloaded from Google Play were eight times less likely to compromise a device than apps from other sources
Google+ to shut earlier as new bug exposed data of 52.5 million users
There is no evidence that the flaw was misused during the six days it was alive, said the tech giant
New Chrome version aims to remove all ads from abusive sites
The move is part of Google’s continued clampdown on adverts that are intended to hoodwink users
Google wants you to beef up your account security with its own hardware token
The company credits hardware-based two-factor authentication with practically eliminating the problem of phishing attacks that have targeted its own employees of late
Chrome now flags HTTP sites as “not secure”
This is bad news for many websites that have yet to embrace encrypted connections
Google slapped with €4.34bn fine by EU over antitrust violations
Tech giant has 90 days to comply with ruling or faces further penalties over ‘anti-competitive’ practices
Google to require Android device‑makers to roll out OS security patches regularly
The move is intended to help address the mobile platform’s perennial problem – that many manufacturers of Android-powered devices are slow to get software updates out the door
Google rolls out .app domains with built‑in HTTPS
The move is part of the company’s HTTPS-everywhere vision for the internet
All HTTP websites to soon be marked as “not secure” by Google Chrome
If you're still running a website that is still using insecure HTTP then it's time to wake up and drink the coffee. Because unless you take action soon, you're going to find many of your visitors are going to distrust your website.
New Instagram credential stealers discovered on Google Play
ESET researchers discovered 13 new Instagram credential stealers on Google play and looked into the motivations behind their fraudulent schemes.
Aggressive ad‑displaying Google Play app tricks users into leaving high ratings
ESET researchers have observed an increased number of apps on Google Play using social engineering techniques to boost their ratings, ranging from legitimate apps, through adware to malware.
Gmail starts blocking JavaScript attachments: Alternative infector vectors to be expected?
Gmail rolls out a new policy to block JavaScript attachments, increasing security restrictions as ransomware attacks increase.
18 years of Googling: Malware can still be just one click away
18 years of Googling is certainly something to behold, but on this anniversary, ESET's Ondrej Kubovič is keen to highlight the cybersecurity threat.
The Dynamic Duo for Securing your Android: Common Sense and Security Software
On Thursday, September 12, Duo Security, a young-but-respected vendor of two-factor authentication devices, announced the preliminary results of a study of over 20,000 Android devices from a two month old study they performed. Based on the results, they calculated that over half of Android devices on the market have security vulnerabilities that are, as yet,
CVE2012‑1889: MSXML use‑after‑free vulnerability
As soon as Microsoft had released patches for security bulletin MS12-037 (which patched 13 vulnerabilities for Internet Explorer) Google published information (Microsoft XML vulnerability under active exploitation) about a new zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) in Microsoft XML Core Services. Sometimes vulnerabilities are discovered at a rate that outpaces the patching process and so a temporary fix
Google's data mining bonanza and your privacy: an infographic
Do you use Google? These days the question sounds almost absurd. If you use the Internet, or an iPhone, or an Android phone, or a Kindle or an iPad, then of course you use Google in some shape or form. And if you take a keen interest in how your personal information is used, you