Security News

Chrome extension warns users their login credentials have been breached
2019-02-07 11:57

Google's released a Chrome extension, Password Checkup, that's designed to warn users when they enter a username and password the company has detected in a data breach.

Google’s new Chrome extension flags insecure passwords
2019-02-06 10:20

As the number of compromised and leaked credentials rises inexorably with each passing day, Google has decided to help users choose safe combinations for all their online accounts. To that end,...

Google: All your leaked passwords are belong to us – here's a Chrome extension to find them
2019-02-05 21:38

And I'm OK with this, says chief of HaveIBeenPwned During its incessant web crawling, Google's search engine constantly encounters credentials dumped by hackers or left exposed by the careless....

Chrome’s hidden lookalike detection feature battles URL imposters
2019-02-04 12:41

Chrome now checks for misspellings of popular URLs and will display a link to the site that it thinks the user might have wanted to visit.

Update now! Chrome and Firefox patch security flaws
2019-01-31 13:54

Google and Mozilla are tidying up security features and patching vulnerabilities in Chrome and Firefox for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

As netizens, devs scream bloody murder over Chrome ad-block block, Googlers insist: It's not set in stone (yet)
2019-01-23 22:11

Advertising giant insists it's all still on drawing board – as plugin devs face code rewrites Analysis Following uproar from developers and netizens over proposed changes to Chrome that threaten...

Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
2019-01-22 22:27

How many ad blocks could an ad slinger block if an ad slinger could block blocks? Google software engineers have proposed changes to the open-source Chromium browser code that will break...

Google Partially Patches Flaw in Chrome for Android 3 Years After Disclosure
2019-01-03 12:48

Google has finally patched a privacy vulnerability in its Chrome web browser for Android that exposes users' device model and firmware version, eventually enabling remote attackers to identify...

Vulnerability in Chrome for Android Patched Three Years After Disclosure
2019-01-03 02:38

A vulnerabilitiy recently patched by Google in Chrome for Android was an information disclosure bug that was originally reported in 2015, but not patched until the release of Chrome 70 in October...

Chrome in Android Leaks Device Fingerprinting Info
2019-01-02 15:42

Attackers could craft a campaign that makes use of the device profile in order to exploit any vulnerabilities in a targeted fashion.