Chrome

Google ups efforts to protect users against unwanted software

February 24, 2015

Google is looking to minimize its users’ exposure to potentially unwanted software, and to that end they have announced a few changes. For one, Chrome users will now see …

Beware of emails pushing Google Chrome updates!

February 3, 2015

Google Chrome users are being actively targeted with a spam email campaign impersonating the Internet giant, urging them to download a newer version of the popular browser …

WhiteHat Aviator browser is not secure, says Google developer

January 12, 2015

Late last week WhiteHat Security open sourced Aviator, its Chromium-based browser that has been marketed as “the most secure browser online.” The browser offers …

Google triples Chrome bug bounties

October 1, 2014

Google has announced another change in its Chrome bug bounty: the maximum reward per bug has been tripled, and now stands at $15,000. “Due in part to our collaboration …

Critical SSL flaw patched in Firefox, Thunderbird, Chrome

September 25, 2014

If you are a Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird or Seamonkey user, you should implement the latest patches issued by the company as soon as possible, as they fix a critical bug …

Researchers find malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store

September 11, 2014

Earlier this year, Google has made it so that extension that are not hosted on the Chrome Web Store can’t be installed and used by users of its popular browser. This …

New Chrome fixes 50 security issues, bug hunter gets $30k

August 27, 2014

Having implemented 50 security fixes, the Google Chrome team has pushed out a new stable version of the popular browser. The company hasn’t shared many bug details since …

Analysis reveals many malicious Chrome extensions

August 20, 2014

An analysis of 48,332 browser extensions from the Chrome web store has revealed 130 outright malicious and 4,712 suspicious extensions, some of which have been downloaded by …

Google starts warning users about deceptive downloads

August 15, 2014

Google has announced a welcome change to its Safe Browsing service: starting next week, Google Chrome will also warn users about attempts to make them download software that …

EFF releases Firefox, Chrome plugin to stop online tracking

July 22, 2014

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a beta version of Privacy Badger, a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that detects and blocks online advertising …

Google testing new phishing and malware warnings

July 14, 2014

A Google engineer and a member of the Google Chrome security team has shared on Twitter a new look that is being tested for the phishing and malware warnings seen by Chrome …

Google unveils source code for Chrome encryption extension

June 4, 2014

Google has made publicly available the source code for a new Chrome extension that helps users encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign, and verify signed messages within the browser …