Security News

Google reveals BuggyCow macOS security flaw
2019-03-06 12:09

Google’s Project Zero researchers have revealed a "high severity" macOS security flaw nicknamed ‘BuggyCow’ which Apple appears to be in no rush to patch.

Google Photos disables sharing on Android TV
2019-03-06 11:08

Two models of Android TVs showed a stream of strangers' Google accounts, along with profile pics, though not the actual photos.

RSA Conference 2019: Microsoft, Google, Twitter on Federal Privacy Regs
2019-03-06 11:00

Public policy honchos for the tech giants discussed what they would like to see in sweeping GDPR-like federal data privacy legislation.

New Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability Found Actively Exploited in the Wild
2019-03-06 10:03

You must update your Google Chrome immediately to the latest version of the web browsing application. Security researcher Clement Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered and reported...

Google Launches Backstory — A New Cyber Security Tool for Businesses
2019-03-05 08:18

Google's one-year-old cybersecurity venture Chronicle today announced its first commercial product, called Backstory, a cloud-based enterprise-level threat analytics platform that has been...

Bad news: Google drops macOS zero-day after Apple misses bug deadline. Good news: It's fiddly to exploit
2019-03-05 06:43

Step one: Run malware on your victim's machine. Step two: Mount some storage... Google has publicly disclosed a zero-day flaw in Apple's macOS after the Cupertino mobe-maker failed to fix the...

Alphabet snoop: If you're OK with Google-spawned Chronicle, hold on, hold on, dipping into your intranet traffic, wait, wait
2019-03-05 02:04

No, no, it's not an April Fools. Backstory wants to sniff your packets for hackers RSA Google-spawned security outfit Chronicle this week unveiled a service that analyzes telemetry data from...

Google Discloses Unpatched 'High-Severity' Flaw in Apple macOS Kernel
2019-03-04 13:48

Cybersecurity researcher at Google's Project Zero division has publicly disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploit of a high-severity security vulnerability in macOS operating system after...

WannaCry-hero Hutchins' trial date set, Microsoft readies Google's Spectre V2 fix for Windows 10, Coinhive axed, and more
2019-03-02 11:14

PS: Update Adobe ColdFusion, Cisco WebEx Meetings, Nvidia drivers with security fixes Roundup Here's your weekend rapid-fire roundup of infosec news, ahead of next week's RSA Conference, beyond...

GreatHorn protects users from the large variety of Microsoft and Google credential theft attacks
2019-02-28 03:45

GreatHorn, provider of the industry’s most advanced email threat protection platform, announced the capability to analyze and assess the authenticity of Office 365 and G Suite login pages embedded...