Security News

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...

Google Bug Tracker Exposed Details of Unpatched Vulnerabilities
2017-10-31 08:55

A bug bounty hunter has earned more than $15,000 from Google after finding several potentially serious vulnerabilities related to the company’s Issue Tracker, including one that exposed the...

Cryptocurrency-mining script planted in apps on Google Play
2017-10-30 21:50

Coinhive’s cryptocurrency-mining script has found its way into mobile apps offered on Google Play. Trend Micro researchers have spotted two apps that have been equipped with it: The first...