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Google to pay $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube

September 5, 2019

Google and its subsidiary YouTube will pay a record $170 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General that the YouTube …

Google discovers websites exploiting iPhones, pushing spying implants en masse

August 30, 2019

Unidentified attackers have been compromising websites for nearly three years, equipping them with exploits that would hack visiting iPhones without any user interaction and …

Google will pay for data abuse reports related to popular Android apps, Chrome extensions

August 30, 2019

Google is expanding the Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP) to include all apps in Google Play with 100 million or more installs, and is launching a new Developer Data …

G Suite news: Anomalous alert activity for Google Drive, Advanced Protection for enterprise users

August 1, 2019

Google is rolling out new security options for G Suite users and admins, aimed at alerting organizations about data exfiltration attempts on Google Drive and helping them …

Global IaaS market reached $32.4 billion in 2018, total growth was 31.3%

July 30, 2019

The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 31.3% in 2018 to total $32.4 billion, up from $24.7 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. Amazon was once again …

Google increases bounties for Chrome, Google Play bugs

July 22, 2019

Bug hunters searching for security flaws in Google’s offerings are now vying for higher bounties. Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty program. Google’s changes …

High-risk vulnerabilities found in 1/3 of iOS apps, nearly half of Android apps

June 21, 2019

Expert testing of iOS and Android mobile applications shows that in most cases, insecure data storage is the most common security flaw in mobile apps. Positive Technologies’ …

Google launches Chrome extension for reporting suspicious sites

June 19, 2019

Google has announced two new features aimed at protecting users from deceptive and malicious websites: A new type of warning that will direct users away from sites that have …

Chrome extension devs must drop deceptive installation tactics

May 31, 2019

After announcing its intention to limit third-party developers’ access to Chrome’s webRequest API, which is used by many ad-blocking extensions to filter out …

Google has been storing unhashed G Suite customer passwords

May 22, 2019

Google has discovered that it has been storing some G Suite users’ passwords in clear text and is notifying G Suite administrators that it will force a password change …

How effective are login challenges at preventing Google account takeovers?

May 21, 2019

Despite implementation bugs that might affect the security of physical security keys, they are the strongest protection against phishing currently available, Google maintains. …

Google offers free replacement for buggy Titan Security Keys

May 16, 2019

Misconfigured Bluetooth pairing protocols in Google’s Titan Security Keys may allow attackers to communicate with users’ security key or with the device their key …