During Google’s Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference, Russian bug hunter Sergey Glazunov demonstrated a Chrome exploit that completely defeats the browser’s much touted security sandbox. Chrome is viewed as one of the most secure web browsers by the security community, primarily because of its sandboxed architecture, which restricts…
Google search domains to get HTTPS by default
The steady roll-out of SSL for the world’s most popular websites continues with the news Google’s global search domains including google.co.uk are finally to get HTTPS encryption by default over the coming weeks. The company turned on HTTPS by default for its global .com domain in October, which now works…
Is Google actually evil?
Few tech company-names ever become common English-language terms. No one ever asks you to “Microsoft” a document or “Apple” a video. Yet the verb “to Google” is so commonplace it’s lost its initial-cap. As journalists, we often google companies we report on to check their press releases or find biographical…
Google Offers $1 Million in Hacker Bounties for Exploits Against Chrome
It may be hard out there for a pimp, but it just got a little bit more lucrative for a hacker. Google announced on Monday that it would pay $1 million in cash awards to anyone who can hack its Chrome browser during its Pwnium security challenge next week in…
Google: Internet Explorer P3P privacy policy impractical in modern web
Microsoft’s P3P privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said yesterday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. Google is already facing allegations from Microsoft’s corporate vice…
Google: Internet Explorer P3P privacy policy impractical in modern web
Microsoft’s P3P privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said yesterday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. Google is already facing allegations from Microsoft’s corporate vice…
Google: Internet Explorer P3P privacy policy impractical in modern web
Microsoft’s P3P privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said yesterday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. Google is already facing allegations from Microsoft’s corporate vice…
Google: Internet Explorer P3P privacy policy impractical in modern web
Microsoft’s P3P privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said yesterday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. Google is already facing allegations from Microsoft’s corporate vice…
Google: Internet Explorer P3P privacy policy impractical in modern web
Microsoft’s P3P privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said yesterday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. Google is already facing allegations from Microsoft’s corporate vice…
Google: Internet Explorer P3P privacy policy impractical in modern web
Microsoft’s P3P privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said yesterday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer. Google is already facing allegations from Microsoft’s corporate vice…