Chrome

Fake Rovio games for Chrome hijack browser

October 5, 2012

The popularity of Rovio’s Angry Birds game and its expansion packs are a guarantee for the success of their newly released Bad Piggies game, but unfortunately for those …

Chrome 22 released, researchers awarded $30K in bug bounties

September 26, 2012

Chrome v22 has been released, and with it over 40 vulnerabilities – 15 of which high-severity – have been closed. Google’s reward program for the responsible …

Google adds Do Not Track support to Chrome

September 17, 2012

The next official release of Google’s Chrome browser will more than likely support the Do Not Track (DNT) initiative by sending the DNT HTTP header to websites if the …

Malicious FB Timeline Remover plugins still tricking users

September 6, 2012

It is a well-known fact that some Facebook users simply can’t stand the (relatively) new Timeline interface and have actively sought for ways to revert their accounts to …

Google announces $2 milion in prizes for Pwnium 2

August 16, 2012

Following the announcement that it will be upping the monetary rewards given to security researchers that responsibly disclose Chromium vulnerabilities, Google has announced …

Google will block Chrome add-ons from third-party sites

July 17, 2012

Google has instituted a new rule that should keep Chrome users safe from malicious add-ons: starting with version 21.0.1180.41 (currently in beta), the browser will block all …

Fake Flash update leads to malicious add-ons

June 25, 2012

Fake Flash update notifications are old news, but users still fall for the trick. In the latest example unearthed by Zscaler’s Julien Sobrier, one such notification …

HTML5 browser-based, certificateless encryption platform

June 1, 2012

CertiVox launched the PrivateSky, a service that provides protection for messages, files and other information sent via the cloud through a two-factor authentication process …

When syncing sinks your browser

May 31, 2012

Google Chrome’s most recent version (v19) introduced a “tab sync” feature. When inspecting this feature from a security perspective we realized that a new …

MacScan 2.9.3 with Google Chrome and SeaMonkey support released

May 18, 2012

SecureMac released MacScan 2.9.3, which features tracking cookie detection and cleaning for Google’s Chrome browser. MacScan is the premier Macintosh security program, …

Banking Trojan masquerading as Chrome installer

May 16, 2012

Brazilian and Peruvian users looking to install Google’s Chrome browser are in grave danger of downloading information-stealing malware instead. “We recently found …

Facebook users targeted with account-hijacking Chrome extensions

March 26, 2012

With the steady rise in popularity of both Facebook and Google’s Chrome browser, cyber scammers have turned to targeting users of both. According to Kaspersky Lab expert …