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Google blocks Java plugin in new Chrome by default

Google has released Chrome 42 to the stable channel, and among the changes announced is one that will automatically block Oracle’s Java plugin and other plugins that use …

Large malvertising campaign linked to potentially compromised Google ad reseller

Dutch infosec firm Fox IT has spotted a lage scale malvertising campaign that seems to originate from Bulgarian Google ad reseller EngageLab. The first redirection has been …

Google boots unwanted ad injector extensions from Chrome Web Store

Google is done with tolerating sneaky ad injectors and, following the results of a study they recently conducted, they removed from the Chrome Web Store 192 deceptive Chrome …

Google decides to stop trusting CNNIC certificates

In the wake of last week’s incident caused by the issuance of unauthorized digital certificates for a number of Google domains by the hands of MCS Holdings, an …

US tech giants urge Congress to curb mass digital surveillance

As the date of the expiry of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act draws near, a wide range of tech companies, privacy advocates, and trade associations have asked the US …

Half of all Android devices vulnerable to installer hijacking attacks

A critical Android vulnerability that has been discovered over a year ago and responsibly disclosed to Google and other Android manufacturers can be exploited by attackers to …

Polymorphic security warnings more effective than same, static ones

In the last year or so, we have witnessed Google becoming increasingly interested in providing effective warnings that would spur users into making good decisions regarding …

Google aims to make Play Store safer, sets up human app review team

The time has come for Google to add some more hoops for Android app developers to jumpt through in order to get their offering accepted to the Google Play store. The first …

Yahoo announces email encryption plugin, password-free logins

Yahoo email users will soon be able to encrypt the emails they send out by simply clicking on a button. In addition to this, users will be able to effectively forget their …

Fake guides and cracked apps on Google Play Books lead to malware

Google has become pretty swift at finding and removing fake and malicious apps from its Google Play store, but there is one part of it where malware peddlers still seem to …

Aggressive adware in Google Play apps

Bitdefender has discovered 10 Google Play apps that have been packed full of aggressive adware. These either subscribe users to premium-rate numbers using scareware messages …

Google scraps Pwnium, invites researchers to submit Chrome bugs year-round

Google is scrapping its annual Pwnium hacking competition which has been held for four years in a row at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, but that doesn’t …

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