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…
Microsoft accuses Google of also circumventing IE privacy policies
Microsoft accused Google yesterday of bypassing privacy protections in Internet Explorer, following accusations last week that Google was doing so in Apple’s Safari browser. Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president for Internet Explorer, described how Microsoft believes Google is getting around IE privacy policies in a blog post. IE by default…
(5) MEDIUM: Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Google Chrome prior to 17.0.963.46 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
How Google got around Apple’s Safari privacy protection
Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student at Stanford, caused a major stir this morning when he published research showing how Google used loopholes within Apple’s Safari browser cookie-blocking policy to place unexpected third party cookies within the browser. In this article we’ll detail Mayer’s findings and their implications for Safari users….
Google Chrome update fixes 12 vulnerabilities and patches Flash Player
Google released a new version of its Chrome browser in order to update the bundled Flash Player plug-in and address serious security vulnerabilities. Google Chrome 17.0.963.56 fixes 12 security flaws, seven of which are considered high severity, four of medium severity and one of low severity. Security researcher Jüri Aedla…
Google Falsely Flagged as Malware by Microsoft
The world’s most popular search engine was falsely identified by Microsoft as malware for four hours on Valentine’s Day due to a faulty software security update, leaving many frustrated Internet Explorer users unable to access Google. The false positive affected searchers in the U.S., Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and…
Google Employs Kill Switch to Yank Apps
Techs can now remotely shut down unauthorized content from smartphones. Will governments be next to use this technology? View full post on computer security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Google Wallet prepaid cards disabled temporarily
Google acknowledged a major hole in its Google Wallet mobile payment platform this weekend after it temporarily disabled its Google Prepaid Cards. Google announced the change to Google Wallet on the Google Commerce blog. Google Wallet and Payments Vice President Osama Bedier wrote that Google was pulling the prepaid cards,…
Google ‘bouncer’ gets tough with Android malware apps
Developers making rogue apps for Google‘s Android platform, look out – the Bouncer is here. Bouncer, Google’s new security service for its Android platform, scans the Android Market and even developers’ accounts for potentially harmful apps and kicks them out, just like its real-life namesake. “Today we’re revealing a service…