Security News

Google, Niantic to Limit Data Pokémon GO Collects (Threatpost)
2016-07-12 18:42

Niantic said Monday night it wasn’t the company’s intent to request full access permission of its users’ Google accounts via Pokémon GO.

Google's Post-Quantum Cryptography (Schneier on Security)
2016-07-12 17:53

News has been bubbling about an announcement by Google that it's starting to experiment with public-key cryptography that's resistant to cryptanalysis by a quantum computer. Specifically, it's...

Pokémon GO gets full access to players’ Google account (Help Net Security)
2016-07-12 16:10

Pokémon GO, the mobile augmented reality game that has become hugely popular in record time, brings with it a lot of unexpected dangers. Its popularity has been exploited by malware peddlers and...

Google Updates CA Trust Mechanisms in Android Nougat (Threatpost)
2016-07-11 17:28

Google last week announced changes in the way it will handle trusted Certificate Authorities in Nougat, the latest version of the Android operating system.

Google Testing Post-Quantum Cryptography in Chrome (Threatpost)
2016-07-08 18:00

Google has announced its first venture into post-quantum cryptography with the use of a post-quantum key-exchange algorithm in the Canary test build of the Chrome browser.