Security News

Google Open-Sources Cryptographic Protocol
2019-06-20 21:20

Google this week rolled out a new type of multi-party computation (MPC) to help organizations better collaborate with confidential data sets.  read more

Google launches new Chrome protection from bad URLs
2019-06-20 14:47

The "Suspicious Site Reporter" extension lets users easily report dubious sites, while a new warning flags potential typosquatting pages.

Google takes the PIS out of advertising: New algo securely analyzes shared encrypted data sets without leaking contents
2019-06-19 21:47

Plus: MongoDB crams end-to-end crypto into database tech Google on Wednesday released source code for a project called Private Join and Compute that allows two parties to analyze and compare...

Google Releases Open Source Tool For Computational Privacy
2019-06-19 19:19

Google's new multi-party computation tool allows companies to work together with confidential data sets.

Tech news roundup: HPE Discover 2019, Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, and Google Cloud's debacle
2019-06-19 14:59

This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include a look at the companies that hire the most data scientists, four significant impacts of a security breach, and a first-hand account of a...

Google Boosts Chrome Protection Against Deceptive Sites
2019-06-19 13:18

Google is making web browsing with Chrome safer with a new option for reporting suspicious websites and a new warning mechanism for sites that use deceptive URLs. read more

Google launches Chrome extension for reporting suspicious sites
2019-06-19 11:21

Google has announced two new features aimed at protecting users from deceptive and malicious websites: A new type of warning that will direct users away from sites that have confusing URLs (e.g.,...

XSS Vulnerability Exposed Google Employees to Attacks
2019-06-13 13:01

A researcher revealed on Wednesday that he discovered a blind cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could have been exploited to attack Google employees and possibly gain access to...

Google Researcher Details Windows Cryptographic Library Bug
2019-06-12 19:18

Flaw Could Cause Denial-of-Service Event in Windows Fleet, Researcher ClaimsA Google security researcher has disclosed what he calls an unpatched bug in the main cryptographic library used in...

Wondering where that upcoming meeting with 'Cheap Viagra' came from? Spammers beat Gmail filters by abusing Google Calendar, Forms, Photos, Analytics...
2019-06-11 23:54

Kaspersky fingers pro-G filters for letting cyber-muck through Spammers are abusing the preferential treatment Google affords its own apps to score free passes through Gmail's spam filters, it was...