Security News

Google Research Reveals Profitable, Pervasive Ad Injector Ecosystem (Threatpost)
2015-05-06 14:36

More than five percent of all unique IP addresses accessing Google sites included some kind of ad injector software, and there are more than 50,000 of those injector browser extensions in use...

Google Updates Password Alert Extension, But Some Bypasses Still Work (Threatpost)
2015-05-04 18:07

For the second time in less than a week, Google has updated its Password Alert extension for Chrome to address a method for bypassing the warning screens that alert users that they’re entering...

Google Patches Clickjacking Bug (Threatpost)
2015-05-04 17:13

Google paid out a $1,337 bounty to a researcher who found a clickjacking vulnerability in Google API Explorer.

Researcher Finds Method to Bypass Google Password Alert (Threatpost)
2015-05-01 15:47

A security researcher has developed a method–actually two methods–for defeating the new Chrome Password Alert extension that Google released earlier this week. The Password Alert extension is...

Researcher neutralizes Google's Password Alert with a few lines of code (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:36

Google's Password Alert extension for Chrome, which was released on Wednesday, has received its first critical security update less than 24 hours later, as infosec consultant Paul Moore came up with a...