Security News

Rolling in DoH: Chrome 78 to experiment with DNS-over-HTTPS – hot on the heels of Firefox
2019-09-10 20:06

Google promises it won't override your choice of DNS provider Only days after Mozilla said it plans to make DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) available by default gradually for Firefox users in the US, Google...

Chrome bumps ineffective EV certificates off the omnibar
2019-09-10 10:40

Ever notice a missing company name next to the URL address bar? Ever change behavior because of it? Likely not, so bye-bye, useless badge.

Firefox won’t follow Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, says Mozilla
2019-09-05 14:27

Mozilla has told developers not to fret - it won't follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software.

Google warns of system-controlling Chrome bug
2019-08-30 09:34

Google is patching a serious bug in the desktop version of its Chrome browser that could let an attacker take over a computer simply by luring them to a website.

Google will pay for data abuse reports related to popular Android apps, Chrome extensions
2019-08-30 08:46

Google is expanding the Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP) to include all apps in Google Play with 100 million or more installs, and is launching a new Developer Data Protection Reward...

Google moves closer to letting Chrome web apps edit your files despite warning it could be 'abused in terrible ways'
2019-08-23 11:31

Using the new Native File System API, web apps would be able to read and save files, as well as gather info on files stored on your device.

Chrome users ignoring warnings to change breached passwords
2019-08-20 15:45

If you were told that the password you had just entered was known to have been compromised in a data breach, what would you do?

iFrame clickjacking countermeasures appear in Chrome source code. And it only took *checks calendar* three years
2019-08-19 09:04

After inaction, technical changes promise better fraud defense Three years ago, Google software engineer Ali Juma proposed that Chrome should be modified to ignore recently moved iframe elements...

Chrome add-on warns netizens when they use a leaked password. Sometimes, they even bother to change it
2019-08-16 20:57

Alerted to exposed credentials, users do something about it roughly a quarter of the time Between February and March this year, after Google released a Chrome extension called Password Checkup to...

Chrome Incognito mode detection fix busted by researchers
2019-08-13 13:43

Remember that Chrome update that stopped websites from detecting Incognito mode? Well, researchers claim to have found a way around it.