Security News

Google Releases Crypto Test Suite (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-20 12:12

Google has released Project Wycheproof a test suite designed to test cryptographic libraries against a series of known attacks. From a blog post: In cryptography, subtle mistakes can have...

Google Unveils Cryptographic Library Test Suite Wycheproof (Threatpost)
2016-12-19 20:15

Google on Monday announced Project Wycheproof, a collection of unit tests designed to help check for weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms.

Microsoft, Google to Block Flash by Default in Edge, Chrome (Threatpost)
2016-12-15 18:46

Microsoft followed Google's lead and said it will soon block Flash Player by default in the Edge browser.

Google publishes eight national security letters (Help Net Security)
2016-12-15 13:15

Have you ever wondered what a national security letter (NSL) received by Google looks like? Well, wonder no more, as the Internet giant has published eight of them. Along with the letters, Google...

Google Discloses Contents of Eight National Security Letters (Threatpost)
2016-12-14 18:57

Google Tuesday disclosed the contents of eight National Security Letters it received between 2010 and 2015, becoming the latest company under reforms afforded by the USA Freedom Act to do so.

Google Debuts Continuous Fuzzer for Open Source Software (Threatpost)
2016-12-05 20:22

A new Google program OSS-Fuzz is aimed at continuously fuzzing open source software and has already detected over 150 bugs.

Google Fixes 12 High-Severity Flaws In Chrome Browser (Threatpost)
2016-12-02 16:45

Chrome 55.0.2883.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux was released Thursday and patched 36 vulnerabilities, including 12 high-severity flaws eligible for bounties.

Gooligan Malware Breaches 1 Million Google Accounts (Threatpost)
2016-12-01 10:00

The Gooligan Android malware steals Google authentication tokens from mobile devices to breach user and corporate accounts.

Gooligan Android malware used to breach a million Google accounts (Help Net Security)
2016-11-30 19:58

Check Point security researchers have revealed a new variant of Android malware, breaching the security of more than one million Google accounts. The new malware campaign, named Gooligan, roots...

New Cerber Variant Leverages Tor2Web Proxies, Google Redirects (Threatpost)
2016-11-30 12:00

Researchers have discovered that criminals behind the latest Cerber ransomware variant are leveraging Google redirects and Tor2Web proxies in a new and novel way to evade detection.