Google has modified the encryption method used by its HTTPS-enabled services including Gmail, Docs and Google+, in order to prevent current traffic from being decrypted in the future when technological advances make this possible. The majority of today’s HTTPS implementations use a private key known only by the domain owner…
Mobile malware exaggerated by “charlatan” vendors, says Google engineer
Security vendors are behaving like “charlatans and scammers” by peddling antivirus apps to protect consumers from smartphone malware, Google’s open source champion Chris DiBona has said in an uncompromising attack on the industry. In recent weeks, antivirus vendors including Kaspersky Lab, McAfee and even infrastructure companies Juniper Networks and IBM,…
AWS credentials uncovered using Google Code Search
One mistake by a developer could expose an organization?s AWS infrastructure, security researcher says. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Apple and Google told to improve smartphone security by Blue Coat
Blue Coat US vice president of cloud services Anthony James says the practice of “security by obscurity” on Apple iOS needs to improve as smartphone adoption increases, while he also criticised Google Android for its open operating system. James, an ex-pat Australian who has worked in the US for 10…
Android Malware Soars Due to Lack of Google Oversight, Says Juniper
Like us on Facebook Despite this, Juniper says Android is not necessarily an inherently less secure platform, but suffers instead from the absence of a gatekeeping mechanism: “The main reason for the malware epidemic on Android is because of different approaches that Apple and Google take to police their application…
Google, Yahoo and Facebook oppose Stop Online Piracy Act
Google, Yahoo, Facebook and several other large web companies today joined a growing chorus of strong opposition to proposed legislation that aims to curb online IP and copyright theft by foreign sites. The opponents contend that the two proposed laws, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act,…
Bogus Bank of America Google Plus page attacks their reputation
Hacker pranksters have created a bogus Bank of America profile on the Google Plus service. Is this harmless hijinx, or an indication of future Google Plus abuse? View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Zuckerberg dubs Google ‘little version of Facebook’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dubbed the Google social networking site Google+ as “their own little version of Facebook”. That’s what he declared in an interview yesterday evening ona US PBS network radio show. When asked him if Facebook planned to engage in a “flat out” platform war with Google, Apple…
(1) HIGH: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilitise
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Google Chrome prior to 15.0.874.102 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Malware makers migrate to ‘ce.ms’ domains after Google purge
After being thwarted by Google earlier this year, cybercriminals have shifted from “co.cc” to “ce.ms” as their preferred domains for hosting their malware. Security firm ZScaler noticed several “ce.ms” domains were hosting malicious code, along with JavaScript code obfuscated to evade antivirus software. “Attackers keep registering different random domains to…