Security News

Microsoft Silently Fixes Kernel Bug That Led to Chrome Sandbox Bypass (Threatpost)
2016-11-30 21:10

Microsoft appears to have silently fixed a two-year-old bug in in Windows Kernel Object Manager that could have allowed for the bypass of privileges in Google's Chrome browser.

Google Removing SHA-1 Support in Chrome 56 (Threatpost)
2016-11-17 20:39

Google released its final SHA-1 deprecation deadlines, and crypto services provider Venafi said that 35 percent of the web is still running weak SHA-1 certificates.

Attackers Exploited Chrome Zero-Day to Deliver Android Trojan (SecurityWeek)
2016-11-09 13:13

Bug in Chrome for mobile exploited for drive-by Android malware downloads (Help Net Security)
2016-11-08 18:34

Users of the mobile version of Google Chrome should be extra careful when faced with unsolicited offers to install a popular app, Kaspersky Lab researchers warn. Cyber crooks pushing the Svpeng...

Google to patch Chrome mobile hole after bank trojan hits 318k users (The Register)
2016-11-08 07:28

Half of Chrome Pageloads are HTTPS (Threatpost)
2016-11-04 15:32

Google said that more than half of pageloads on Chrome across platforms are encrypted; Android as the lone laggard, but trending upward.

Google: 'Web has never been more secure', as HTTPS dominates Chrome browsing (ZDNet)
2016-11-04 11:58

Chrome's Certificate Transparency to Become Mandatory (SecurityWeek)
2016-11-04 11:43

Google: Chrome 56 will Not Trust Most WoSign and StartCom Certificates (October 31, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-11-01 19:27

Apple fans using Chrome on alert for Mac malware (The Register)
2016-11-01 16:57