Security News

Google Took Down 2.3 Billion Bad Ads in 2018
2019-03-15 18:55

Google this week revealed that it took down 2.3 billion bad ads last year, including 58.8 million phishing ads. The ads were taken down for violations of both new and existing policies, and the...

Ep. 023 – Facebook promises and Google Chrome patches [PODCAST]
2019-03-15 12:41

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - listen now, and tell your friends and colleagues about us, too!

Google needs breaking up, says news chief
2019-03-14 12:03

And Oracle accused Google of creating shadow profiles of even non-users. Theirs are just two of 85 responses to an Australian inquiry.

Many Security Apps on Google Play Inefficient, Fake: Study
2019-03-14 09:05

Antivirus testing firm AV-Comparatives has analyzed 250 security applications for Android offered on Google Play and found that many of them either fail to detect threats or they are simply fake. read more

Google Patches Critical Bluetooth RCE Bug
2019-03-11 19:14

In all, Google reported 45 bugs in its March update with 11 ranked critical and 33 rated high.

Google Launches New Cloud Security Services
2019-03-11 15:14

Google has introduced a new set of services to provide cloud customers with improved protection from unsafe websites, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, and other threats. read more

Booking a restaurant? Let Google’s Duplex AI make the call for you
2019-03-11 11:06

Bon appétit, Dave. Google's table-booking Duplex AI needs to pass the creepy test.

Google Discloses Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerability
2019-03-08 09:54

Google this week released information on a zero-day vulnerability in Windows being actively exploited in targeted attacks alongside a recently fixed Chrome flaw. The Windows vulnerability has been...

Google Patches Actively Exploited Chrome Vulnerability
2019-03-06 18:09

A vulnerability Google patched last week in the Chrome browser had been already exploited in the wild. read more

Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
2019-03-06 17:20

When a security expert on the Chrome team says, "update your Chrome installs... like right this minute" - well, here's how to check!