Security News

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...

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....