Security News

Android 9 Brings Significant Security Advancements, Google Says
2018-12-21 17:26

The latest Android iteration brings along a great deal of security improvements, including better encryption and authentication, Google says.  read more

Google Finds Internet Explorer Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
2018-12-20 05:53

An out-of-band update released by Microsoft on Wednesday for its Internet Explorer web browser patches a zero-day vulnerability exploited by malicious actors in targeted attacks. read more

Cybercriminals Host Malicious Payloads on Google Cloud Storage
2018-12-19 18:27

A malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies in the United States and the United Kingdom has been abusing Google Cloud Storage for payload delivery,...

Google is reading text in YouTube videos for search crawling without user consent
2018-12-14 13:55

Videos uploaded as private or unlisted are subject to being crawled, but Google's documentation does not acknowledge this behavior at all.

Google Unveils New Encryption Features for Android Developers
2018-12-14 07:13

Security-minded Android application developers can better secure user data, thanks to new cryptographic features in Android 9.0, Google says.  read more

Google Beefs Up Android Key Security for Mobile Apps
2018-12-13 17:49

Changes to how data is encrypted can help developers ward off data leakage and exfiltration.

Rhode Island Sues Alphabet Over Google+ Security Incidents
2018-12-13 06:58

A government organization in Rhode Island announced on Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., over the recent security incidents involving the...

Google+ to power down early after second security hole found
2018-12-12 12:37

Google has disclosed the second security hole in its Google+ social network in three months.

What the Google+ security flaw and expedited shutdown means for enterprise users
2018-12-11 14:50

The consumer version of the social networking service is being shut down faster than originally announced, but the enterprise version will live on.

Google CEO Faces House Grilling on Breach, China Censorship
2018-12-11 14:44

WASHINGTON (AP) — Google's CEO faces a grilling from U.S. lawmakers on how the web search giant handled an alarming data breach and whether it may bend to Chinese government censorship demands. read more