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Google takes CAPTCHA security to the streets
An experiment with digital images from Street View aims to stymie CAPTCHA-resistant bots Follow @tsamson_IW In a move that could make CAPTCHA challenges a bit easier for humans and more difficult for bots, Google is experimenting with using street-number images from Street View to strengthen its reCAPTCHA authentication technology. Traditionally,…
Google increases cloud security of hosted developer services
Google has beefed up the security of its cloud hosted services for developers by making several of them able to authenticate interactions with applications using certificate-based Service Accounts. These certificates offer a stronger authentication method than shared keys and passwords because they aren’t “human-readable or guessable,” explained Google product manager…
Google patches nine bugs in Chrome 17
Google has patched nine vulnerabilities in Chrome in the sixth security update to Chrome 17, the edition that launched on February 8. The update was the first since the Chrome security team issued a pair of quick fixes during the “Pwnium” hacking event held earlier this month at the CanSecWest…
12.11.14 Google Chrome Remote Code Execution
CVEs: CVE: CVE-2011-3047 Platform: Cross Platform View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Firefox intends to make all Google searches encrypted in the future
Mozilla is currently testing default encrypted Google searches for all Firefox users, with the intent to make all Google searches encrypted in the near future, the browser maker said on Wednesday. “We are currently testing the change to use SSL for built-in Google searches in our Firefox nightly channel,” said…
Google faces class action lawsuits in US over new privacy policy
Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California that claim that its new privacy policy violates the company’s earlier policies, which promised that information provided by a user for one service would not be used by another service without consent. The Internet company is being charged…
SXSW panel sparks over Big Data privacy concerns even without Google, Facebook
A Sunday afternoon panel designed to address head-on privacy concerns stemming from so-called “big data” collection sparked passions even though both Facebook and Google, whose privacy practices draw most consternation from critics, declined to participate, leaving no one to take the side of industry. Moderator Molly Wood, the executive director…
Google Chrome Hacker Wins $60K at Pwnium
Google has updated its Chrome browser, fixing an issue that was first uncovered at its Pwnium browser hacking contest. A Russian security researcher won $60,000 for demonstrating his exploit at the hackathon solely focused on Chrome hacks. View full post on firefox hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
Four ways for you to control your Google Privacy
Last week, Google rolled out its new privacy policy, condensing into one more than 60 former privacy policies across Google products, such as Gmail, GChat, Picassa, Google+ and YouTube. As part of the change, Google now shares the information it has about you among all of its services, creating one…