Security News

Google Patches KRACK Vulnerability in Android
2017-11-08 15:10

Google this week finally addressed the KRACK vulnerability in Android, three weeks after the WPA2 protocol flaw was publicly disclosed.

Google Patches Critical Bugs in Android
2017-11-07 17:17

Google on Monday released its November 2017 set of security patches for Android to address 31 vulnerabilities, 9 of which are remote code execution issues rated Critical severity. A total of 9...

1M Downloads Later, Google Pulls Phony WhatsApp From Google Play
2017-11-06 14:45

An adware-laden phony WhatsApp download has been removed from Google Play and the developer’s account suspended, but not before it was downloaded one million times.

Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users
2017-11-03 23:48

Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that's popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google's official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place...

Poisoned Google Search Results Lead to Banking Trojan
2017-11-03 15:39

A recently observed Zeus Panda banking Trojan attack used poisoned Google search results for specific banking related keywords to infect users, Cisco Talos researchers warn. read more

OpenSSL Patches Flaws Found With Google Fuzzer
2017-11-02 16:31

OpenSSL updates released on Thursday patch two low and medium severity vulnerabilities discovered using Google’s open source OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service. read more

Police: DDoS Provider Targeted Google, Pokemon, Skype
2017-11-02 13:03

British Man Charged With DDoS Disruptions, Selling Malware and 'Crypters'A 21-year-old man appeared in British court this week to face 11 charges, including using DDoS attacks to disrupt sites run...

Microsoft Engineer Installs Google Chrome Mid-Presentation After Edge Kept Crashing
2017-11-01 01:44

Ever since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has been heavily pushing its Edge browser, claiming it to be the best web browser over its competitors like Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome...

Google to Remove Support for PKP in Chrome
2017-10-31 15:46

Google is planning to deprecate and eventually completely remove support for public key pinning (PKP) from the Chrome web browser. read more

Google's Bug-Tracking Database Had a Bad Bug
2017-10-31 12:48

Google Pays $15,600 Reward, Fixes Bug Tracker In an HourIt's a score to find a severe software vulnerability in a widely used Google product. But finding information on all unpatched software...