Security News

Google patches Android Chrome address bar spoofing bug (Help Net Security)
2015-05-20 15:37

The existence of another address bar spoofing bug has been revealed, and this one affects the Android Chrome browser. "Due to a problem in handling 204 "No Content" responses combined with a window...

Google Patches 37 Security Bugs With Release of Chrome 43 (SecurityWeek)
2015-05-20 15:11

Google Fixes Sandbox Escape in Chrome (Threatpost)
2015-05-19 17:19

Google has patched a high-risk vulnerability in its Chrome browser that allows an attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox. That vulnerability is one of 37 bugs fixed in version 43 of Chrome. Six of...

Address Bar Spoofing Bugs Found in Safari, Chrome for Android (SecurityWeek)
2015-05-19 11:11

Google Changes Policy on Chrome Extensions (Threatpost)
2015-05-15 15:17

Google is rolling out a new policy that will force all Windows and Mac users to install Chrome extensions only from the Chrome Web store. The company last year began enforcing this policy for...

Google to Enforce Extension Hosting Policy on All Chrome Channels (SecurityWeek)
2015-05-15 15:11

Google completes ban of extensions not in the Chrome Web Store (Help Net Security)
2015-05-15 10:57

Google is slowly but surely working on preventing developers of malicious Chrome extensions from delivering their wares to users. First, in May 2014, they made it so that extension that are not hos...

Google extends Chrome malware crackdown to Windows dev channel, OS X (ArsTechnica)
2015-05-14 16:10

WinYahoo adware changes your Chrome secure preferences (Help Net Security)
2015-05-14 09:39

Potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) might not be as dangerous as malware, but can often lead to unexpected perils. Take for example WinYahoo. Despite it's name and the fact that, among other thing...

More malicious extensions cause Google to tighten Chrome policy on Windows, Mac (ZDNet)
2015-05-13 17:10