Google has patched four vulnerabilities in Chrome, and disclosed that it had patched a fifth two weeks ago. The refresh of Chrome 16 was the second security-related update for the browser this month. One of the five bugs Google said had been quashed was actually a leftover from the 9…
Google Plus has more than 90 million users, claims Larry Page
Google’s social networking platform has had a very encouraging quarter, as CEO Larry Page announced yesterday that Google+ now boasts more than 90 million users worldwide, more than double the number of users it had in the previous quarter. Page also said that engagement on the social networking site has…
Google tackles online privacy in unusual ad blitz (AP)
AP – Google is focusing on the importance of protecting personal information in an unusual marketing campaign for a company that has been blasted for its own online privacy lapses and practices. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Google admits to Kenyan data scraping allegations
Google has admitted that some of its employees fraudulently gained access to the servers of a Kenyan business directory and tried to poach its customers. The US search giant said it was “mortified” to discover that staff working on its Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (GKBO) project – an initiative to give small businesses…
Google Search changes rile privacy advocates
Changes in what is displayed in search results, announced this week by Google, has one prominent privacy advocate ready to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), based in Washington DC, says his group is mulling filing…
Readers and Experts Weigh In on a Site Owner vs. Google
Malware may be the digital equivalent of bedbugs: suddenly ubiquitous, hard to treat and a real menace for those infested. That might explain why a Bits post on Thursday, “One Man’s Fight With Google Over a Security Warning,” stoked such impassioned responses. One commenter likened Dr. Epstein’s predicament with malware…
Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection
Nine months after first being put into testing, the forthcoming version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently downloading malware executables, Google has announced. As reported as being on the browser’s long list as long ago as April 2011, the version 17 beta includes the ability to relate…
Here’s An Easy Way To Get Google Wallet On Your Galaxy Nexus Without Hacking
A developer over at the XDA forums has the app as a quick and easy install. We haven’t tried it yet, but it reportedly works just fine on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Google pays out $6,000 in bounties in Chrome 16 update
Google has patched 15 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying $6,000 in bounties to bug hunters who reported some of them, and updated the browser to version 16. The one new feature in the upgrade that Google called out was multi-user synchronisation of bookmarks, passwords and apps. Google last refreshed Chrome on…
Google pulls dozens of apps from Android Market for SMS scams (Digital Trends)
Google’s popular Android operating system appears to still be the mobile operating system of choice for fraudsters and malware authors: Google has just pulled dozens of apps from the Android Market because they trick European users into paying premium SMS charges. According to the mobile security firm Lookout, Google has…
