Security News

Google Backs Away from Default Lollipop Encryption (Schneier blog)
2015-03-03 14:55

Aggressive adware in Google Play apps (Help Net Security)
2015-02-27 07:49

Bitdefender has discovered 10 Google Play apps that have been packed full of aggressive adware. These either subscribe users to premium-rate numbers using scareware messages or install additional apps...

Researchers Spot Aggressive Android Adware on Google Play (SecurityWeek)
2015-02-26 19:19

Google cancels annual Pwnium competition to accept year-round bug discoveries (SC Magazine)
2015-02-26 14:19

Surveillance-based manipulation: How Facebook or Google could tilt elections (ArsTechnica)
2015-02-26 12:19

Google scraps Pwnium, invites researchers to submit Chrome bugs year-round (Help Net Security)
2015-02-26 07:28

Google is scrapping its annual Pwnium hacking competition which has been held for four years in a row at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, but that doesn't mean that security researchers...

Webnic Registrar Blamed for Hijack of Lenovo, Google Domains (Krebs on Security)
2015-02-26 06:41

Two days ago, attackers allegedly associated with the fame-seeking group Lizard Squad briefly hijacked Google's Vietnam domain (google.com.vn). On Wednesday, Lenovo.com was similarly attacked....

Google Turns Pwnium Competition into Year-Round Program (SecurityWeek)
2015-02-25 18:19

Google Maps Plugin Vulnerability Leveraged in DDoS Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2015-02-25 16:19

New DDoS attack and tools use Google Maps plugin as proxy (Help Net Security)
2015-02-25 12:44

Attackers are using Joomla servers with a vulnerable Google Maps plugin installed as a platform for launching DDoS attacks. A known vulnerability in a Google Maps plugin for Joomla allows the plugi...