Security News

A picture tells a 1,000 words. Pixels pwn up to 5 million nerds: Crims use steganography to stash bad code in ads
2019-01-24 23:56

Apple fans lured into installing malware via crafty JavaScript A strain of malware has been clocked using steganography to run malicious JavaScript on Macs via images in online banner ads, it was...

Google Pixel 3 Improves Data Protection with Security Chip
2018-10-18 13:24

Google has packed the recently launched Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL devices with Titan M, a hardened security microcontroller that can better protect information at hardware level. read more

Decoding the Google Titan, Titan, and Titan M – that last one is the Pixel 3's security chip
2018-10-18 01:18

Chocolate Factory opens lid, just a little, on secure boot and crypto phone coprocessor People in the Googleplex need to talk to each other more: the Chocolate Factory has launched a third product...

Google Password Protects Pixel 2 Firmware
2018-06-04 14:44

Google has made the firmware of Pixel 2 devices resistant to unauthorized attempts to upgrade it by password protecting it. read more

Pixel 2 encryption is so good it can even fend off insider attacks, Google says
2018-06-01 13:18

New Android security features for the Pixel 2 prevent attackers from installing malicious firmware on the security module in a lost or stolen device.

Researchers Earn $100,000 for Hacking Pixel Phone
2018-01-18 06:23

A team of researchers has earned more than $100,000 from Google for an Android exploit chain that can be used to hack the company’s Pixel phone remotely simply by getting the targeted user to...

Google Patches Critical Encryption Bug Impacting Pixel, Nexus Phones
2017-12-06 19:48

As part of its December Android and Pixel/Nexus security updates, Google has issued patches addressing a bevy of flaws, 11 of which are rated critical.

Data exfiltration tool PTP-RAT encodes data in pixel colour values
2017-11-10 17:35

How to exfiltrate data from a machine that doesn’t have file transfer capabilities or whose Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection has been locked down, making it impossible to send files?...