Security News

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...

Google ditches Pwnium hacking contest in favour of year-round prize of 'infinity millions' (ZDNet)
2015-02-25 10:19

Google offers 'INFINITY MILLION DOLLARS' for bugs in Chrome (The Register)
2015-02-25 07:19